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Paddlers make a splash

Poverty Bay Kayak Club paddlers made a big splash at their first regatta of the summer season, near Rotorua this month. Tikitapu 1 is an annual event that draws top New Zealand paddlers from a wide area. Tairāwhiti athletes won gold medals in...

Savea claims top prize at awards

A month after claiming World Rugby's biggest prize, All Black Ardie Savea has claimed the Player of the Year at Thursday's New Zealand Rugby Awards. It is the second time Savea has received the top honour, while he was also named the All Blacks...

Young Guns to go Hard at it

Up-and-coming youngsters of the North Island speedway scene will be in action at Gisborne Speedway Club’s annual Youth Ministock 100 tomorrow. The night will conclude with a 26-car demolition derby and Santa will be doing the rounds on the track...

PB paddlers produce first summer results

CANOEING Paddlers with Poverty Bay Kayak Club produced a string of outstanding results at their first regatta of the summer season at Lake Tikitapu this month. The regatta, an annual event, brought together clubs from a wide area to race in...

Taylor, Corrin ready for Iron series

Gisborne surf lifesaving athletes Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin begin their quest for Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series glory at Manly Beach in Sydney this weekend. Taylor and Corrin, who compete with Australian club Northcliffe and also with...

Midway lifeguards to tackle Mount Monster

Gisborne will be represented this weekend in the gruelling Mount Monster long-distance “iron” surf lifesaving event at Mt Maunganui. Run by the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service, it entails a 12-kilometre ski leg, 5km run, 1.5km ocean swim and...

Sweeping to the finishing line

by Rockin’ Robin Luca Vita stamped his mark on Eastland Kart Club's third points meeting of the season. He won all three races of the A Group — the club's fastest — and at the end of the meeting he finished at the head of a 12-strong field...

Rampant Coastlands put PB to the sword

Poverty Bay had their moments but suffered defeats in a Bay of Plenty double at the Emerging Rangatahi Northern Districts under-19 tournament here yesterday. The PB bowlers were put to the sword by a rampant BoP Coastlands side at Harry Barker...

Doleman Cup forces to collide

Tomorrow two powerful teams could lay on one of the best club cricket finals in recent history. Doleman Cup holders Bollywood High School Old Boys will defend their title against Coastal Concrete Old Boys Rugby. The final of the Premier Grade’s...

North Island saloon cars title among Gisborne club’s weekend success

A North Island saloon car title, an overall team victory in superstocks and a fighting third in stockcar teams competition made the weekend memorable for Gisborne Speedway Club. In Stratford, saloon racer Daniel Cook (77G) racked up his fourth North...

‘Huge learnings’ for teen rookies

Long-time Poverty Bay-East Coast and now Tairāwhiti men’s golf team manager Dave Keown has enjoyed plenty of highlights over the years. Last Friday at the national interprovincial tournament on the Paraparaumu Beach course was near the top of...

ND u19s tourney under way

Rising cricket talent is on show in Gisborne this week at the Northern Districts Emerging Rangatahi (under-19) tournament on the Harry Barker Reserve pitches. Eight teams are competing in three rounds of 50-over and four rounds of twenty20 games —...

OBR book spot in Doleman Cup final

Old Boys Rugby and High School Old Boys will contest Poverty Bay cricket’s Doleman Cup final. The Nick Greeks-led Coastal Concrete OBR team booked their place in the first Premier Grade club cricket showpiece of the season with a 143-run win...

Cramer is Thistle’s new coach

A 62-year-old Glasgow-born Partick Thistle supporter is Gisborne Thistle’s new coach. But while Tam Cramer has yet to come to grips with the playing strength at Gisborne’s oldest surviving football club, he is no stranger to the city. His wife...

Rare feats in Wi’s sights

Tairāwhiti No. 1 William Brown is on a mission to play at the national interprovincials in every New Zealand golf province. And he’s well on track to achieving it. Brown ended his 15th consecutive national tournament yesterday in Wellington and at...

Loss for McDonald as HBPB book semi against Waikato

Defeat at the hands of Otago dropped Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay down the leaderboard at the women’s national interprovincial this morning. HBPB lost 3-2 to the southerners on the Waikanae course. Gisborne’s Tessa McDonald was among those to lose...

King in the Ring champ Coastie Parkes returns to fight in 75kg super middleweight

KICK BOXING East Coast kickboxer Sam “Cowboy” Parkes lost a semifinal bout to the eventual winner of the super-lightweight King in the Ring contest, and is sure of one thing: the weight restriction was five kilograms too light for him. Parkes...

Sisters carving up the paddock

The Olsen-Baker girls are on their way. The multi-talented sisters — Te Uarangi, 25, Te Mai Ora, 23, and Kaipo, 21 — have loved sports all their lives. Two-test Black Fern Kaipo and Te Uarangi are excelling in women’s rugby, and both are in...