Horouta Koura shooter Lexi Rutene and Ngatapa goal keep Alex Megaw in an aerial duel for the ball during a Premier Grade netball game in the YMCA on Saturday. Horouta won 52-24. While these players had the relative comfort of an indoors setting, other sports had to battle the elements of a miserable winter’s day in the district. Picture by Liam Clayton
Gisborne Pak’nSave senior netball — Premier Grade: Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A 48 Character Roofing YMP 41, Horouta Koura 52 Farmlands Ngatapa 24.
Other grades (*bonus point for scoring within three goals.), Prem Reserve/A Grade: Down to Earth Natural Health OG Whangara 40 Waikohu P2 27, YMP Masters 32 GGHS
Foster brothers, Nathan Trowell named in North Island team for inter-island clash