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Skipper Skudz to rack up 150th

IF Poverty Bay Premier club rugby gets the go-ahead on the district’s rain-hammered grounds tomorrow, competition leaders YMP will celebrate another milestone. Week 10 — the last games of Round 2 of the Civil Project Solutions Premier...

Playing in any weather

It is winter and we expect rain but it's been a ridiculous year weather-wise, which continued on Gisborne sports fields over the weekend. The Ngatapa-OBM Poverty Bay Premier club rugby game at Patutahi's Paddy Park turned into a mudbath, with...

PRIMARY FOOTBALL DRAW

All games on Saturday — First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8.30am: 5, Te Hapara Toru v Central Tahi; 6, Wainui Crays v Awapuni Black; 7, Wainui Paua v Te Wharau Kereru; 8, Wainui Kina v Te Wharau Kiwi; 9, Wainui Mussels v St Mary’s Asteroids; 10...

Swann pairs glory to Berry, Thompson

SNOOKER John Berry and Phil Thompson topped a nine-strong field to win the Cosmopolitan Snooker Club’s Ray Swann Championship Pairs last weekend. There were some good combinations which made for a well contested competition. Those to make it to...

GOLF ROUNDUP

POVERTY BAY Phil Allan didn’t know he and partner Chris Shaw were the No. 1 seeds for the 2023 Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs until told three days after qualification. “What? Top qualifiers? How’s that, eh?” the scaffolding...

A legacy of strength, pride and passion: YMP Hockey celebrates a century of success

by Lynne Holmberg YMP Hockey Club is celebrating its centenary year in 2023. A formal dinner is being held on Saturday, July 15 at The Vines restaurant. Those wanted to attend needed to confirm by Tuesday of this week. However, if you missed this...

Sports draws

Football eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, Coates Associates Wainui Demons v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Thistle Vintage; Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services...

Honours to Paikea in thriller on the turf

Paikea and GMC Kowhai fought out the game of the week in Poverty Bay club hockey with just a goal separating them on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve. In contrast, all other results in the men’s and women’s competitions were clearcut. Paikea’s...

Ngatapa to face Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A at the Y tonight

Horouta Koura wing defence Skye Swann (pictured above) gets a hand to the ball before Ngatapa’s Caroline Gregory in a Premier Grade netball game at the YMCA on Saturday. Ngatapa will look to bounce back from a 52-24 defeat when they face Gisborne...

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD

Gisborne Pak’nSave senior netball — Premier Grade: Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A 48 Character Roofing YMP 41, Horouta Koura 52 Farmlands Ngatapa 24. Other grades (*bonus point for scoring within three goals.), Prem Reserve/A Grade: Down to...

Inspiring next-gen

Youngsters from Te Wharau School had an Olympian walk through their doors and were suitably impressed. New Zealand kayaker Alicia Hoskin was back on her stomping ground before heading to Cambridge for zero-degree morning training to continue her...

Gisborne club darts results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: T Irwin (Brezz’n Gold); B Leach (Done n Dusted); Q Stevens (Rebels); R Edwards (6 Shooters); K Morrell, F Moreland (Roseland); I Eyles (Gunz); H Ngarangione (Stallions). Highest start (180): K Morrell (Roseland); H...

Tapuae, Athletic set benchmark

The green-and-blacks are on the warpath. Unbeaten Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 men’s club rugby leaders The Roseland Tavern Tapuae Taniwha, who spent three hours travelling 200 kilometres from Wairoa to Gisborne and back for a win by default...

A PAIR OF ACES

TIM Adamson gave a standard Coast reaction when asked about his career-first hole-in-one. “Pretty mean, bro.” The Tolaga Bay member achieved golf’s ultimate shot on the 134-metre 12th hole on his home course on Sunday. He and playing partners...

Students to be put to the ultimate test

High school teams face a litmus test of their progress in the weekend Poverty Bay club hockey round as they front against two of the leading teams in the mens and womens competitions. Gisborne Boys’ High 1st XI face the blowtorch first when they...

Noon to debut as Thistle eye upset

If everyone loves an underdog, Gisborne Thistle will be brimful of good vibes at Memorial Park in Palmerston North tomorrow. They’ll need every edge they can get. Their opponents, Palmerston North United, beat Taradale 7-1 last Saturday, in...

Bishop, Fox epitomise grassroots rugby

Hikurangi Te Maunga are dominant at this point. They are unbeaten with four wins, having defeated Waima, Waiapu, Tihirau Victory Club and — by 15-10 on Saturday in the derby match — Ruatoria City in H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast...

Gisborne must overcome slow start

It was a great game in 2022 and may be again tomorrow. Not until the 69th minute of a memorable duel, which began on Rectory field No. 1 and ended on No. 2 because of a serious injury to a visiting player, did Akina Hastings Boys’ High School...