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Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: M Reedy, T Kaio (Cossy Done n Dusted); K Arahanga (Sugar Stallions); R Mason (Roseland); T O'Neill (Cossy Kiwispan 6 Shooters); C Waikawa (2NZ Tao Spartans); L Eyles (Sugar & Spice); C Giddens (2NZ TCL); M Hawe...

Women’s competition under way

Women's high school rugby got under way with a fun-spirited competition at Barry Park last week. Teams from Gisborne Girls' High School, Lytton High School and Tolaga Bay Area School took part in the competition last Wednesday. Lytton girls' rugby...

YMP players happy to be the party poopers

THE neutrals may be hoping that Waikohu make history with their first Lee Bros Shield final victory . . . but YMP aim to spoil the party.“I’ve been a loser as a player (with Pirates in 2010 and 2012) and I want the young boys in our team to...

Tairawhiti name adopted

Anaru Reedy new president of district association

Te Wharau School 2 best in the Bay

Girl cricketers shine

Maunga to Moana . . . ‘An opportunity in our own back yard’

They conquered the maunga, made it to the moana and even filleted a fish or two in between. It was all in a day’s mahi for Maunga to Moana Multisport Adventure competitors. After it was held three times as an army team-building exercise, corporal...

Heikell not finished yet

WITH two trophies safely locked away in the silverware cabinet, Grainger Heikell is targeting two more for his Timisoara Saracens team. The former Poverty Bay Heartland coach — in his second season with the Romanian-based team — has already...

Narrow losses for super veterans

BADMINTONEastland narrowly lost their two ties in the final weekend of play in the 2018 inter-association super veterans’ badminton competition, in Rotorua. They lost to Auckland (2), 5 matches to 4, and to North Harbour, 5-4. This meant Eastland...

Weather worries greet first DJ Barry Cup game of season

THE weather may have a decisive say in Poverty Bay cricket's first DJ Barry Cup game of the season. MetService has forecast showers to turn to rain tomorrow afternoon and that could affect how many points High School Old Boys and OBR are able to pick...

?Christie’s late charge perhaps too little too late

RICARDO CHRISTIE backed up his best result on the World Surf League Qualifying Series with ninth place in the Hawaiian Pro at the weekend. After being seeded into round 3, the Gisborne-Mahia surfer navigated his way into the quarterfinals of the...

Famous father, no problem

BEING the son or daughter of a famous sportsman or sportswoman can bring unwarranted pressure and abuse. But Poverty Bay and OBR all-rounder Graham Hudson, taking the local cricket scene by storm, says comparison with a famous father doesn’t faze...

City Lights, Dragons in ‘sudden death’

THE two best men’s teams in Gisborne club basketball will be confirmed tonight. Defending champions City Lights and the Dragons play a semifinal at the YMCA at 6.30pm to decide who will play Old School in the final. That game will be preceded by...

Cameron’s ‘homecoming’ a winning one

Competing in Gisborne is like coming home for Catherine Cameron. While it has been a few years since she has been here, she made up for it yesterday on the opening day of the Larsen Sawmilling Show Jumping Championships with a solid win in the 1.4m...

Bowlers impress in defence of low total

To defend 60 all out takes something special. And three left-arm bowlers produced just that for the Life Guards in the Gisborne Boys' High School derby match with the Admiralty on Wednesday. The Jett Whitaker-led Life Guards beat the Admiralty by one...

Braithwaite the flagbearer

Gisborne contenders to take on Piha waves

2022 Lochore Cup final: what the coaches say

The 2022 Lochore Cup final has tongues wagging nationwide. And Hosea Gear of the host Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi — and his opposite, John Sherratt of the visiting Mid-Canterbury Hammers — are not the only head coaches of Heartland...

Thunder in the Bay

Gisborne will echo to the roar of big-boat engines tomorrow when a dozen or more powerboats charge around the waters of Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay in the second round of their national series. The first of them arrived in the city yesterday and...

Around the greens

Te KarakaTe Karaka Bowling Club members played their first competition of the 2017/18 season — the mixed pairs club championships — on Sunday, September 24. Andy and Del Tamanui were the winners in a field of four pairs. In the first round, both...