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Trio to make debuts

A master, an apprentice and a father of six will make their national interprovincial debuts for Poverty Bay-East Coast in Auckland this month. Diversity is a feature of the six-man team for the week-long tournament on the Whitford Park course. Three...

Kerr falls three shy of century against Hamilton

CRICKET by John Hilla magnificent knock of 97 from Bollywood Stars Poverty Bay wicketkeeper/batsman Bruce Kerr was not enough to stop the Bay from losing to Hamilton in the Northern Districts T20 cricket tournament in Taupo. The 23-year-old from...

Poverty Bay rep rugby draw

HOME — Saturday, 2.30pm: Oval, Poverty Bay Development v New Zealand Marist. AWAY — Saturday, 2.30pm: Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, PB Heartland v Central Bay of Plenty. 1pm: Sports Institute, Palmerston North, PB Under-20s v Wairarapa Bush. Sunday...

Newton, McMillan win first up

CROQUETBarry Memorial Croquet Club members held a doubles competition as their summer season opening tournament. Early on, it appeared that Dave Newton and Mary Dixon, who had a 9-6 victory in the first round, would be a force to be reckoned with. In...

Wainui groms to fore,Johnson and Smith win open events

THIS looks set to be the year of the grom, with two Wainui 14-year-olds taking out the open men’s and women’s divisions of this year’s first Gisborne Boardriders Club event, at North Makorori on Saturday. Finn Johnson, surfing for Stock Route...

‘Tommy gun’ delivers

MOTORSPORTThe HLR Husqvarna Racing Team took a “Tommy gun” into battle at the annual New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships at the weekend and completely outgunned the competition. Wairoa’s Tommy Watts was simply unstoppable at the two-day...

Bridge results

Congratulations to Frank Roach and Mark Fleming for their score of 75.56 on Thursday. Monday, October 3 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Pairs 1North/South East/WestHelen Kerisome, Delwyn Arthur 57.74 Vincelle Marvin, Jean Bennett 61.61Pippa Williams...

Hawke’s Bay win thrilling Cup final

In one of the most thrilling finals seen at Bushmere Polo Grounds in years, Hawke's Bay A beat Poverty Bay A 10-9 after extra time at the weekend. It earned them the premier trophy of the tournament — the Poverty Bay & East Coast Challenge...

ITM title the perfect farewell

Hawke’s Bay are playing for promotion and to send captain Brendon O’Connor out on a winning note when they host Wellington tonight in the ITM Cup final. It is the former Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 player’s last game for the Magpies...

Reid increasing bike load in training tweak

TRIATHLONTAYLER Reid is increasing his load on the bike, tweaking his training after fading to 20th in his most recent sprint triathlon.“He’s fit and fast; you can just be off by 1 percent and finish 20th,” his coach Stephen Sheldrake...

Big boat action back in the Bay

POVERTY Bay will resound to the thunderous roar of the New Zealand offshore powerboat series when it returns to Gisborne this Saturday. More than 20 of the big boats will be in action. The “McCannics ENZED Gisborne Thunder Out East” event is race...

‘Green Machine’ and Paikea put on thriller

THE contest between the GMC Green and Paikea was the highlight of the senior hockey round on the LJ Hooker turf at the weekend and Paikea produced one of their best efforts of the season. The GMC “Green Machine” won 4-3 but it could have gone the...

Perano and Kohatu win junior titles

RUBI Perano and Uenuku Kohatu won the junior girls’ and boys’ titles at Badminton Eastland’s junior tournament held in the Badminton Centre at the weekend. It was the second year running that Rubi had won this title. A field of 48 junior players...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayHIS time was always going to come. It was never a matter of if William Brown would win the senior men’s club champion; it was when. When should probably have come a lot earlier than it did for such a talented player. But it came, and...

Support for big push in Maori rugby

“IT’S a Ngati takeover,” jokes Val Morrison who has joined Albie Gibson on the Maori Rugby Board, an affiliated body of New Zealand Rugby (NZR).Morrison’s Te Araroa-born cousin, former Counties and Maori All Black winger Peter Goldsmith, is...

Two Jags goals in a minute

Two goals in one minute earned Gisborne Thistle a 3-1 victory over Hastings Western Rangers in Pacific Premiership football at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday. A 64th-minute Jake Theron rocket from 20 metres and a 65th-minute looping header from...

HSOB in box seat for DJ Barry Cup

HIGH School Old Boys should go a long way towards sealing top spot and a place in the DJ Barry Cup final when they play Gisborne Boys’ High School at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Bollywood Stars HSOB have defeated their two main rivals, Old Boys...

Gisborne - East Coast sports draws

CyclingGisborne Cycling Club events — visitors and new cyclists welcome. Saturday, club ride (no racing) — From the Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road, starting at 1.30pm. Most rides are 90 minutes to three hours long and at a comfortable pace for...