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Ethan Cook wins V8 title

GISBORNE speedway racer Ethan Cook (1NZ) took out the V8 saloon series at the weekend in the final round raced at the Stratford speedway. Cook won two of the five rounds, and massed enough points overall to win the series title. He won it by four...

Vette and Quinn in mix for Raglan

The “spring and autumn” of Gisborne surfing will take part in New Zealand’s richest surfing event this weekend. Emerging star Saffi Vette makes a return to the domestic scene in the Rip Curl Pro at Raglan after spending much of summer competing...

Vette advances at world champs

SURFINGGISBORNE teenager Saffi Vette has moved into round 4 of the under-18 girls’ division at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in California. In a dramatic round 3 heat at Huntington Beach, Vette was the beneficiary of two priority...

Late tries give HSOB flattering margin

TRIES to No. 8 Siosiua Moala and left-winger Korey Love gave High School Old Boys a flattering 18-6 win against a 14-man OBM side in the final game of the first round of premier rugby at the Oval on Saturday. The victory ensured Woodbank HSOB kept...

Farewell to John Turnbull

JOHN Turnbull was a Gisborne cricketer who belonged to a select group of “country” players who represented Auckland before Northern Districts achieved first-class status. He died in Katikati this month at the age of 82. Gisborne-born Turnbull was...

Golf Roundup

Gisborne ParkIF you didn’t have 43 points, you weren’t in the hunt in the Tuesday veteran men’s stableford last week. John Rosewarne led the way with his lowest gross score in over eight years — 88-26-62, for 46 points. Phil Simpson followed...

Football Ferns Kya's goal

WHEN the New Zealand and Peru teams walk out on to Wellington’s Westpac Stadium for their World Cup qualifier on Saturday afternoon, Wainui Beach School’s Kya Solomon will be holding hands with one of the players.“I’m really excited but...

Entrants will race for an hour, exactly

FOR the first time in many years, Gisborne Harrier Club will hold a one-hour race. Based at the club’s headquarters at Innes Street, this Saturday’s 2pm event involves racing laps of 710 metres. Running watches are not allowed, and competitors...

Thrills in sidecars, freestyle motocross

THE daredevils of Freestyle NZ, the country’s top motocross display team, take centre stage at the Eastland Group Raceway tomorrow night. But in the racing, the New Zealand teams sidecar championship goes on the line. The Gisborne team will try to...

Good representation at Bay of Plenty champs

SURF LIFESAVINGA STRONG contingent of lifeguards from the three Gisborne clubs will have the opportunity this weekend to compete at the venue for next month’s New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships — Ohope Beach. Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae...

Silencing the critics

Silver medal run a promising performance: Reid

Namana shows ’em how

BASKETBALL

Poverty Bay Mixed Schools in ‘biggest’ game of year

Yesterday the Poverty Bay Mixed Schools team played their biggest game of the year. In one sense, biggest means the longest because their clash with Matamata in the Year 8B Riverbend cricket camp was a 50-over affair — and the only opportunity...

Tairawhiti junior softball draw

Saturday, Waikirikiri ParkEmerging Sox intermediate softball (Year 7/8) —11am: D1, Ilminster Tahi v St Mary’s; D2, Ilminster Rua v Waikirikiri Toa. Rookie Sox primary softball (Year5/6) —9am: D1, Te Hapara v Te Wharau Titans; D2, Mangapap...

Last athletics blast before summer break

Gisborne Athletics Club made the most of its last night at Awapuni Sports Stadium before the summer break. Jayden Selena — who aspires to make the magical four-metre mark — pipped George Bennett by three centimetres to reach 3.78m in the long...

Master and apprentice

WAKA AMA - MARIANNE Gillingham started paddling waka ama at the age of 63 and now, a couple of months shy of her 67th birthday, she’s a national champion. Competing in the Waka Ama New Zealand Long Distance Nationals at Picton, she won the golden...

Womens basketball results

RESULTS from Gisborne Basketball Association Womens draft league at the YMCA last night. 3rd-4th play-offBrick Layers 41 (Jayda Waititi-Leach 10, Jamieson Tapsell 7) Hoops I Did it Again 32 (Ariana Kepa 11, Maia Rickard 5) - Q1 Hoops 10-9, HT Brick...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Mihi Awatere (Manaaki); Carol Woods (Knights); Tahuna Irwin, Toby Ratapu (Falcons); Corey Kaio (Young Guns); Heath Woollett (Tigers).Highest start, women (100): Carol Woods (Knights); Riria Awatere-Kohonui, Tangiwai Heure...