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Bridge results

Tuesday, October 24 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 9 (Howell movement) Hans van der Kuijl, Katrine Matthews 60.95 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe 55.83 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 54.17 Vicki Taylor, John Hudson 53.33 Anne Roberts, Raewynne...

Peck and Yelverton shields go to Poverty Bay, Kahutia

by Paddy Stewart Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s team won the Peck Shield for women and the Kahutia team won the Yelverton Shield for men in tricky winds on fast greens at Gisborne Bowling Club. Junior bowlers from Gisborne, Poverty Bay, Kahutia, Te...

Centre fours champions unbeaten

by Paddy Stewart The winning teams in the Gisborne-East Coast centre men’s and women’s fours bowling championships went through the tournament unbeaten. Dayvinia Mills (skip), Glenys Whiteman (director), Del Tamanui (two) and Karen Pinn (lead)...

Six-wicket win for Blues, Royals

Caleb Taewa was the best of them. The Gisborne Boys' High School Blues and Royals all-rounder made the highest score, an unbeaten 28 as first-drop, in Game 1 of the T20 Challenge Cup on Wednesday. The platform for GBHS six-wicket win lay on the...

Gisborne Speedway Club’s opening round begins tonight for the Ashley Scott Memorial Trophy

The Ashley Scott Memorial stockcar trophy battle and the first round of the superstock points dash will highlight the action-packed opening to the Gisborne Speedway Club’s season tonight. Superstock drivers Josh Prentice (2NZG), Ethan Rees (3NZG)...

New format features in club season

by Rockin’ Robin The first meeting of the Eastland Kart Club’s 11th season was held on Sunday, featuring a different format for the year. Just the rookies and juniors run under the 3 heat format front, middle and back. However, the added feature...

HSOB begin defence

Gisborne Boys' High School Blues and Royals' six-wicket win over the Campion College second 11 in round 1 of the secondary schools’ Year 9-11 Challenge Cup officially led off organised cricket in Poverty Bay on Wednesday. All three junior leagues...

GOLF ROUNDUP

PATUTAHI MONDAY — Men’s net: Dave Skudder 65, CharlieTaylor 68, Graeme Holland 68, Lindsay Jamieson 68. Twos: Dave Skudder. SATURDAY — Patutahi open closing day and Ruka Tupara Memorial Trophy, Canadian foursomes stableford: Tony Green/Helen...

Poverty Bay Golf life member Arthur Bacon farewelled

OBITUARY: ARTHUR BACON Half-hearted wasn’t in Arthur Bacon’s vocabulary. If he was going to do something, he was going to give it his best shot. And giving it his best shot almost always meant doing it well. Especially in the sporting aren...

Trophy stays with Cornwall

Cornwall Oaks have retained the Brough-Thompson Trophy. The Hawke’s Bay Division 4 2B side beat local Senior B stalwarts Breakers Horouta by eight wickets at Gisborne’s Nelson Park. Former Poverty Bay men’s senior representative Blake Taylor...

Gis Int have good hit-out tourney

A man with a passion is bringing out the best in junior cricket. Former Rere School principal David Milne, the driving force behind the West Gisborne Rural Schools team, will coach a Gisborne Intermediate School boys’ first 11 on the rise to the...

Around the greens

Poverty Bay July Hoepo-Williams and Karen Pinn won a 2-4-2 mixed pairs tournament at Poverty Bay Bowling Club. Sixteen teams contested the Mangapapa Garage-sponsored tournament on a sunny but very windy day. Each team played four 90-minute games...

Another Bay comeback falls just short in Lochore Cup final

There’s something about comebacks that gets Poverty Bay firing on all cylinders. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Weka fell agonisingly short of winning the Heartland Championship’s Lochore Cup (fifth to eighth) final for the fifth time on...

Multiple sclerosis not stopping Grand Prix champion Davey

Julie Davey saved the best for last in the major class on the final day of equestrian at the Poverty Bay A&P Show on Saturday. She and her imported grey mare Just D were the last to go in a classy field in the Property Brokers Horse Grand Prix...

Bridge results

Congratulations to Bette Parker and Caroline Kirkpatrick for a top score of 70.63 percent on Friday, October 6. Monday, October 2 — Bayleys Pairs 1 (Howell movement) Amanda Matthews, Pippa Williams 64.19 Murray Owen, Mark Fleming 63.81 Elizabeth...

Gisborne’s Andrews NZ Judoka of the Year, black belt upgrade for Kelso

Eight titles, a new black belt and the judoka-of-the-year honour . . . Gisborne Judo Club had an event to remember at the national championships in Porirua over the weekend. “We won titles from juniors to veterans, which was cool,” club head...

The adventures of ‘horse-crazy’ Tyla

Tyla Hackett is living the dream. The 22-year-old is one of two team riders for Takapoto Estate in Cambridge. She has been there nearly a year and says every day she still pinches herself as the reality of spending her days with horses sinks in...

History on Bay's side heading into final

The last time Poverty Bay made a Heartland Championship Lochore Cup final, they turned on their best performance of the season — a 49-22 drubbing of South Canterbury in Gisborne in 2011. And history is definitely on their side heading into the...