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Kershaw shines early at champs

The 33rd Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships got off to a cracking start yesterday morning. Locals to shine early in the main arena were Cindy Kershaw aboard Kiwi Vision who won the open horse 1.15m for horses seven and under and Holly Baines...

Quality over quantity

Mt Maunganui and the Eastern Regional Championships beckon this weekend for more than 30 of the district’s surf lifeguards, and while it’s a smaller contingent than in years gone by, it will be big on performance. Gisborne’s Sonia Keepa, Surf...

Centre triples cup titles decided

The first Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre events for 2024 — held last weekend — showcased the resilience of the district’s lawn bowlers. Te Karaka Bowling Club hosted the men’s centre triples for the Terry Gardiner Memorial Trophy. It was...

Bringing the ‘cowboy vibe’ back

HORSE SPORTS An “East Coast cowboy vibe” was the quality that Ūawa Horse Sports Club organisers were aiming to revive with their inaugural horse sports last Saturday. A field of 108 competitors ranging in age from four to 60-plus gathered at...

One-wicket thrillers to Horouta, OBR

Grit was the defining characteristic of Senior B club cricket on Saturday. Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby beat Campion College by one wicket, Breakers Horouta Te Waka beat Chicking High School Old Boys by one wicket and Civil Project Solutions Ngatap...

Battle of the Bays

by John Sherratt English three-goaler Ollie Jones was named Player of the Tournament at Bushmere polo ground over the weekend, and had a hand in another prestigious award. Laura Gavin was awarded the Guy Kirkpatrick Memorial Trophy for horsemanship...

Big entry list for North Islands champs

The entry line-up for the North Island stock car championships at the Gisborne Speedway Club keeps getting bigger and bigger. The entry list as of yesterday is 1NZ Kyle Rowe, 3NZ Cody Lockett, 4B Courtney Hatton, 7G Shane Bunning, 7H Hamish Whyte...

Golf roundup

Electrinet Park Judy would have been impressed. But she also might have fired out a couple of “bloody burglars” barbs after the Gisborne Thistle AFC Golf Day produced some of the best scoring in its history on Sunday. Good weather, a short...

Gisborne Speedway Club racer Jamie Hamilton wins World 240s title

Gisborne Speedway Club superstock racer Jamie Hamilton took out the prestigious World 240s Superstock Championship at the Paradise Valley Raceway in his car 9G in Rotorua on Saturday night. The Gisborne club was well represented in the 140-car...

Williams in class of her own on way to sixth Premier title

She’s no Dame yet but Tairāwhiti juggernaut Akayshia Williams showed similarities to Olympic Games kayaking superpower Lisa Carrington as she made it six Premier women’s crowns on W1 day of the waka ama sprint nationals. The Self Storage...

Poverty Bay crown triples champions

Heat was the third party in every game played in Poverty Bay Bowling Club's open championship triples. The championships were played over two days in sweltering conditions. The two-life format was used, with games of one hour 45 minutes or 12 ends...

Boost for HSOB

The first session of play in Premier Grade club cricket at the Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow is all-important. The crunch session of OBR-HSOB on the No. 2 ground and Horouta-GBHS on the representative wicket may be that between 11am-1pm on Day 2 of...

Bay’s Nepia taking next career step

Australian clubs are recognising the raw potential of union players in our own backyard and enticing more of them over the Tasman. Poverty Bay and YMP forward Hayze Nepia will depart New Zealand shores in March after finalising a 12-month contract...

Golden glory for Grace, Ruru masters Te Marua

Valerie Grace led the way as Waikohu members made their mark at the 86th Maori National Golf Tournament hosted by Poneke last week. Grace won the 72-hole net title in the golden girls division played on the Te Marua course in Upper Hutt. Her 271...

Well worth the travel

Paddy Stewart travelled all the way from Gisborne to Christchurch to take part in an invitational tournament . . . and won it. He teamed up with an old Canterbury bowling mate, Kerry Becks, to win the Rawleigh’s Stewart Buttar Invitation Burnside...

New format, great atmosphere

Poverty Bay Bowling Club's year got off to a great start with a new format for the Graham Shield Classic Optional Tournament. Fourteen teams of four players entered, so 56 players enjoyed a great atmosphere and good competition on a wonderful summer...

T15 Walker Shield plot-twist as Round 4 begins tonight at Harry Barker

The plot has thickened ahead of Round 4 of the T15 Walker Shield. The plot-twist revolves around Coastal Concrete Old Boys' Rugby — who trailed Bollywood High School Old Boys' Rugby by 118 runs at the end of Day 1, Round 1 in the DJ Barry Cup...

W1 results from Day 4 of the national waka ama champs

Masters 75 women 500m final 3rd, Diane Reilly: Horouta, 3:23.50; 6th, Kathy Sheldrake: Horouta, 3:37.22. Master 70 men W1 500m Final 10th, Dave Langford: Horouta, 3:09.49; 12th, Val Irwin: Horouta, 3:17.05. Master 70 women W1 500m 2nd, Marianne...