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Three local clubs shine

Horouta, Mareikura and YMP junior crews were among the pacesetters on the first two days of the Waka Ama New Zealand national sprint championships at Lake Karapiro. Puhi Kaiariki, of Self Storage Gisborne Horouta Waka Hoe Club, won the J16 women’s...

Battle on the lake

Tairāwhiti paddlers are setting new marks before racing even starts in the waka ama national sprint championships at Lake Karapiro tomorrow. Self Storage Gisborne Horouta Waka Hoe Club has 264 registered paddlers competing at the nationals. They...

Boys’ High claim first win in two seasons to end drought

Thursday was a huge night for premier grade cricket at the Harry Barker Reserve. T15 Walker Shield leaders Coastal Concrete Old Boys Rugby beat the holders of all of the three first-grade championships, Bollywood High School Old Boys, by 13 runs and...

Two-day DJ Barry Cup begins at 11am

Today will be a big one at the Harry Barker Reserve. On turf pitches baked in 27-degree heat, the showpiece of Poverty Bay club cricket — the DJ Barry Cup two-day Premier Grade championship — will start at 11am. David Situ’s Breakers Horout...

Vette carves into women’s open final

Gisborne has the chance of another title on the last day of the national surfing championships at Dunedin tomorrow. Saffi Vette, 21, comfortably reached the final of the open women’s division with a second placing in her Round 1 heat yesterday...

Titles on the line at Awapuni

Champion of champions titles go on the line for the hard-charging saloons and production saloons when Gisborne Speedway Club launches into 2024 tomorrow night. The ProTraffic Saloon Champion of Champions event will be thrilling. That class has...

Horouta prepare for national sprint championships

Gisborne waka ama club aspiring to be the best.

Golf roundup

Te Puia Hot Springs Happy new golfing year Bill Clark. Former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Clark teed off 2024 in supreme style in Round 1 of the Summer Cup series on Sunday. Clark had his best round since March 20 of 2022 — 74-15-59 —...

Aussie-based club swoops in on Gisborne’s Bronlund after impressive performances

Dylan Bronlund gets the most out of his ability. The former Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15, Poverty Bay and Hurricanes development camp attendee, who turned out for the University of Western Australia under-19s last season, has signed...

R&V Classic Golf Tournament draws sporting stars

Get in the . . . 66-test All Black and now commentator Israel Dagg tees off the sixth hole at Poverty Bay Golf Club in the inaugural R&V Classic 18-hole ambrose tournament on Thursday. A field of 144 players divided into 36 teams entered the...

Sporting feats to remember in cyclonic year to forget

A one-name unstoppable force of nature will be the enduring memory of 2023 for Tairāwhiti. A cyclone called Gabrielle — the French feminine form of the name Gabriel meaning “God is my strength” — tore its way through the district on...

GOLF ROUNDUP

Patutahi The immense contribution George Brown has made to Patutahi Golf Club has been recognised. At Patutahi’s recent AGM, Brown was unanimously elected as a life member of the club. “He has certainly made a big contribution to the running of...

Helping lead Coast in right direction

Kim Harris’s first sporting love will always be rugby. And the man who, with the late Poverty Bay men’s captain Garry Thompson, coached the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 who won the Moascar Cup in 1993 and the Condor 7s, Bank of...

Penalty perfection

Old Dogs New Tricks had just enough guile to beat Just For The Beers in the final of a six-a-side football competition organised by Gisborne Thistle. The score was 0-0 at the end of normal time at Childers Road Reserve on Thursday evening and Old...

Future lifeguards gather at Waikanae Beach for some serious fun

Gisborne’s junior surf lifesaving athletes had some serious fun at the twilight carnival held at Waikanae on Thursday night and Santa was there! More than 120 youngsters from Dawson Building Midway, Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae and Riversun Wainui took...

Zwinnen named Community Football Coach of the Year

Tom Zwinnen grew up in Belgium, home to some of the world’s best footballers, but he had to come to Gisborne for his talent as a junior football coach to be recognised. This month Zwinnen, 47, was named the McDonald’s Community Football Coach of...

Winning skips, leads and directors

Poverty Bay Bowling Club members held their annual Rex Rigney Christmas Tournament this month. The event was run as a progressive triples tournament, with players in different teams for each of their three games. Two skips had two wins and a draw...

OBR, HSOB, Horouta claim wins

Tim Jefferd and Hiren Bhatti proved the value of teamwork on Saturday. Jefferd’s anticipation at mid-wicket and Hiren Bhatti’s nerve at the bowler’s end ensured a one-run win for Chicking High School Old Boys Presidents against defending...