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HOY the dangling carrot for riders

Gisborne riders have been competing over the past several months with the aim of qualifying for a start in the Horse of the Year events. Horse of the Year is the pinnacle show for many. It is even more special this year because it hasn’t run since...

Vette 49th-equal at ISA Games

Gisborne’s Saffi Vette had to settle for a top 50 finish at the ISA World Surfing Games which finished in Puerto Rico over the weekend. Vette was eliminated in repechage 3 of the women’s competition at the event which was also the final...

BRIDGE RESULTS

Monday, February 26 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 1 North/South East/West Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 62.08 Anne Roberts, Raewynne Cook 54.17 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 57.50 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 53.33...

Gisborne-East Coast crew claim bronze in women’s open fours

by Trevor Mills Kahutia Bowling Club members Dayvinia Mills and Mere Nepia earned bronze medals at the Bowls New Zealand national women’s fours at Taranaki last weekend. With teammates skip Kaye Bunn (Thames Coast) and Janeen Noble (Whanganui)...

Building to the Oceania champs

Madeleine Wilson is a star on the rise. And 2019 Gisborne Girls’ High School head prefect and dux Maddie, 21, who is in her fifth year of study at the University of Canterbury, has been in superb form lately. At the weekend in Christchurch, she...

Points differential decided Ella Gibson women’s open fours title

Joan Gledhill joined Glenys Whiteman’s team as a late replacement for an ill team member last weekend and was rewarded with her first senior centre title. The team of Whiteman, Del Tamanui, Karen Pinn and Gledhill won the trophy for the Ell...

Director of football a Thistle first

Gisborne Thistle have appointed their first director of football. He is 41-year-old Lee Smith, who moves into the role from his position as Central Football’s Tairāwhiti Gisborne community development officer. He will provide administrative...

Golf roundup

Poverty Bay Dave Pirimona could count himself a little unlucky. The NZ Warriors-loving Pirimona had his two best 18-hole rounds in nearly a year over the weekend, and neither was good enough to win. Pirimona shot 82-16-66 in the qualifying round for...

DJ Barry Cup semifinal at 11am

This clash could be one for the ages. The 1 v 4 DJ Barry Cup two-day Premier Grade semifinal between cup holders Bollywood High School Old Boys and Gisborne Boys’ High School has all the makings of a classic. The semifinals will both start at 11am...

Miller’s team claims Burton Cup glory

Five teams were vying for Burton Cup bowls glory after the first day’s play, but Ricky Miller’s team cleared out on the second day to win by 10 points. Miller, Mark Walker, Ben Elkington and Jackie Horsfall — who all play at the Tolaga Bay...

Golf roundup

Patutahi Jill Smith was not just the star of the show at the Patutahi women’s open tournament on Saturday — she was in another galaxy. Smith cracked 100 with ease on her way to a personal-best 94-34-60, for 47 stableford points. She was light...

Force is strong in Horouta, OBR bowlers

Darth Vader might have had an opening similar to that of Round 3 of the DJ Barry Cup in mind when he said, “This will be a day long remembered”. The cut and thrust of premier grade club cricket’s longest form was on show between Breakers...

Bowls Gisborne-East Coast women take the podium in Whanganui octagonal tourney

Overall results did not stop the press, but Bowls Gisborne-East Coast representatives put in some performances that turned heads at the octagonal tournament in Whanganui last weekend. This tournament encompassed all centres in the lower half of the...

Bridge results

Monday, February 12 — Summer Pairs 2 North/South East/West Joy Marden, Vincelle Marvin 55.83 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 69.17 Caroline Taylor, Jean Turnbull 55.83 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 53.75 Beverley Evans, Glenys Evans 54.58...

Junior surf athletes from three Gisborne clubs racing against NZ’s best

The junior surf athletes from the three Gisborne clubs head out of town today to join with their compatriots from across the country in the Oceans 24 national championships, full of high hopes for medal success. A total of 701 11-14 year olds will...

Long-boarding to the world champs

Gisborne surfer Hannah Kohn saved her best to last and booked a trip to the ISA world championships at the New Zealand Festival of Longboarding contest at Papamoa on Sunday. Kohn, 27, won the open women’s title while fellow Gisborne surfer Dan...

Midway rack up the medals

Midway came home from the Northern Regional surf lifesaving championships at Whangamatā at the weekend with a stack of medals with the squad producing another strong performance ahead of the nationals next month. The club’s Under-19 athletes were...

Tristin stars at Super 8

Gisborne Boys’ High student Tristin Williams won’t forget his Super 8 secondary schools golf tournament debut on the Awapuni Links course yesterday. Playing in the B Division of the 54-hole event, the youngster racked up an incredible 60...