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Tangaroa next up after winning start

The Puna Hihi-led team are on show here again at 4pm today. The Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15, who opened their season with a 32-0 win against Mount Maunganui College on the Rectory No. 1 ground last Friday, are set to defend that turf...

Class and promise on display

Youngsters showed promise and older hands showed a bit of class as Gisborne football teams had a pre-season hit-out in the Geoff Logan Memorial Tournament at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday. Thistle’s Central Federation League team won a hotly...

Victoria Domain courts abuzz

Tūranga FM YMP 1 came out on top again in the Sutherland Auto-sponsored Kathleen Henderson netball tournament at the Victoria Domain courts on Saturday. “It was a great day at the courts to get our year underway,” centre manager Allisa Hall...

Golf roundup

Tolaga Bay A Scottish name topped the prize list on Ireland’s day at Tolaga Bay’s long-awaited opening day tournament. Gary McLean won the men’s stableford on a St Patricks’ Day when more beer than Guinness flowed on Tolaga Bay’s 19th at...

‘Kids showed a lot of promise’ during Primary Festival Day

Last Wednesday was a great one for youth cricket at Harry Barker Reserve. The reserve served as the venue for the Primary Festival Day on which 10 teams from nine schools played five fast-paced games of eight-a-side, eight-overs soft-ball cricket...

MacGregor fortunate to walk away from somersaulting crash

A spectacular rollover by TQ racer Dylan MacGregor left fans gasping at the Gisborne Speedway on Saturday night and he was fortunate to be able to walk away. It happened on the first lap in MacGregor’s first race of the night on board 17G as he...

‘I can’t get there on my own’

Gisborne’s Alicia Hoskin likely to be member of K4 crew that will head to Paris Olympics.

Midway roar into second place

Midway produced a stunning effort on the last two days of the national surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui to finish runners-up to the host club at the weekend. The Mount amassed 133 points across the Alan Gardner Trophy club...

Campbell looking for dual-code titles

Waka ama paddlers preparing for world champs are among those who have been learning about kayaking on the Waimata River in the past few months. Gisborne Boys’ High School student Maia Campbell, who won the J19 men’s 250-metre dash at the Wak...

Kahutia team wins champ of champs

A Kahutia team recovered from a narrow first-round loss to win the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast junior optional two-bowl triples champion of champions tournament. Teams from Gisborne, Kahutia, Te Karaka and Poverty Bay bowling clubs competed in this...

Midway leading Gisborne charge for medals at nationals in the Mount

Hopes are high among the Gisborne clubs for medal success at the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships and the Midway club look set to be a serious contender for the top three places on overall points. The championships start this morning for...

Mayor wins main event at Eastland Kart Club's annual club champs

Tauranga driver Adam Mayor won the main event at Eastland Kart Club's annual club champs at its Te Maanga Road track on Sunday. Mayor won the main-event final over 10 laps, recorded the fastest lap of the day — 19.255 seconds — and passed more...

Close games decided by one-hoop in Hi/Lo Golf Croquet Doubles tourney

A one-hoop advantage in differential determined the winners of Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s Hi/Lo Golf Croquet Doubles tournament. In Hi/Lo competitions, high-handicap players are partnered with low-handicap players, the idea being that the less...

Boys’ High hit record entries in field events

A Fijian flier and record numbers in field events highlighted Gisborne Boys’ High School’s annual athletics sports last week. The timing of the event allowed sports staff to assess the top performers and select a team to represent the school at...

Whiteman, McIlroy go undefeated in pairs

Glenys Whiteman and Boon McIlroy were the only pair to win all eight of their games in the Val Smith 2-4-2 Mixed Pairs Tournament played at Poverty Bay and Gisborne bowling clubs. Trevor Mills presented the Evelyn Mills Memorial Trophy to Whiteman...

High School Old Boys have second triple crown in sights

Only a great side could do what they've done. Bollywood High School Old Boys have a second straight triple crown of Premier Grade club cricket in their sights — and momentum — heading into the DJ Barry Cup two-day final this weekend. The...

Angus, Mako standouts for Comet

The long-course swim meet at the new Kiwa Pools at the weekend has been hailed a success. It produced qualifying times for national meets, as swimmers from Hawke’s Bay, Bay of Plenty and as far afield as Auckland competed against those from...

Amateur Rider title to Kershaw in jumping debut at Horse of the Year

It has been a few years since Gisborne relief teacher Cindy Kershaw has competed at the Land Rover Horse of the Year (HOT) Show in Hastings. The last time, she recalls, was riding ponies in showing classes. This year she made her debut in the...