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Allan’s a ‘Parkie’ for life

Allan Nairne is rarely lost for words. But when Electrinet Park bestowed life membership on him on Sunday in what had been a carefully planned, almost covert operation, he was gobsmacked. “It blew me away. I had no idea,” said Allan, who joins...

Golf roundup

MĀhia Fairways past and present will be walked this weekend when Māhia Golf Club celebrates its 50th anniversary. Stories will start flowing tomorrow at a 9-hole competition from 3pm followed by a meet and greet at 6pm. Saturday features 18 holes...

HSOB and Ngatapa put to the test tomorrow

The premier rugby competition leaders have the bye and everyone else has to get a win while they can. Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae will take a hard-earned break and the other six teams in Civil Project Solutions Premier Rugby must strike while the...

Coast season opens with a drawn game

The season proper is up and not so much running as purring contentedly in the Sky Blue Union. Both the Heke-O-Te-Rangi Blackbee Contractors Ngati Porou East Coast men’s and Enterprise Cars NPEC women’s club competitions produced juicy fare on...

Tasty try fare in Toko’s two

Hatea-a-Rangi Memorial Domain was a happy place on Saturday. The beating heart of rugby in Tokomaru Bay was the venue for two fast and furious games at the weekend, with a gutsy Waima side making last year’s beaten finalists Tihirau Victory Club...

On the mats: cousins off to pairs zone final

Dylan Foster and his Cousin Kayla Trowell were in command all day to win the local final of the New Zealand mixed pairs competition for the second year in a row, by a margin of 9-2 against Warren Gibb and Lois Lamont. After three of the nine-end...

HSOB have first points on table

The Blue and Whites have their first win of the season. Earthworks Solutions High School Old Boys, under captain and halfback George Halley-Donnelly, beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 34-17 at the Oval on Saturday. A side who copped the tough Tapuae...

Javelins ready to fly

Pieces of the puzzle are clicking into place for organisers of the 100th edition of New Zealand’s oldest sailing trophy event, which starts in Gisborne tomorrow. Gisborne Yacht Club is hosting the 2024 Sunshine Brewery Sanders Cup and Javelin...

Tapuae take down champs

Is being on top in Week 3 a good thing? The mountaintop of Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby is where Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae now find themselves in the wake of their 17-14 win against two-time defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP...

Defending champions handed second defeat

Defending premier grade champions Whangara Old Girls suffered a second consecutive loss in the mid-week netball matches in the Gisborne YMCA on Wednesday night — an intense battle that could have gone either way. TR Builds Horouta Koura led almost...

Thistle relying on emerging players

Liverpool great Alan Hansen secured his place in the history of football punditry when he said, “You can’t win anything with kids”. Never mind win . . . Electrinet Gisborne Thistle coach Tam Cramer would settle for a draw when his “kids”...

Can the Youth A team outshock the Shockers?

Shockers Gold have taken the early lead in Eastern League first-division football but face a genuine test against Gisborne Thistle Youth A tomorrow. A second-division team last year, Shockers have started their league campaign with two wins — 2-1...

Javelins’ 100-year-old trophy

yachting The 100th edition of New Zealand’s oldest sailing trophy event, the Sanders Cup Interprovincial Challenge, will be held in Gisborne starting on Anzac Day. Gisborne Yacht Club will host the 2024 Sunshine Brewery Sanders Cup and Javelin...

Emotional Kelly Slater falls out of tour, spelling an end to his phenomenal career

Eleven-time world surfing champion and legend of the sport Kelly Slater has called time on his career. A visibly emotional Slater sent a message to his family after the realisation suddenly hit him. It was almost fitting that it took the current...

Golf roundup

Poverty Bay The stars of one of the greatest performances in Poverty Bay club history were at it again on Sunday. Paul Rickard and Brad Morgan successfully defended the Tom Shaw Memorial Awapuni Shootout crown. “Rick”, getting around on his late...

Tight at the top as Oligoi Jug tees off

A vow to earn Te Puia Hot Springs a long-awaited Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants title got off to a mixed start in rounds 1 and 2 of the 2024 edition. William Brown is a Waikohu boy at heart and a Poverty Bay member as the course’s chief...

Big win for Tapuae to co-lead premiers

Tapuae have made an impressive start to the season. Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae and defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP both have two wins. The Wairoa-based Green and Blacks beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 70-8 on Saturday. Pirates won the...

Nuhaka, Athletic top teams

Nuhaka and Wairoa-Athletic are the teams to beat two weeks into the Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby season. The Nuhaka V8s overcame their hosts Mahia Avenue Shop Tapuae 62-0 at Tapuae Sports Ground No. 1. Nuhaka, known as The Star, scored...