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Boys’ High fall to late comeback

SCOTS College fought back from a 30-16 deficit to draw 33-all in the Hurricanes Secondary Schools’ semifinal and eliminate Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 — five tries to three.“It was a bitter pill to swallow,” Ngati Porou Seafoods...

One change for the Coast

NGATI Porou East Coast coaches Troy Para and Wayne Ensor have been forced to make one change to the 22-man squad who came close to toppling Poverty Bay last week — for tomorrow’s Heartland Championship rugby game against Mid Canterbury at...

Trio off to Fiji for Coral Coast Sevens

THREE women from Gisborne will be part of a New Zealand-based rugby sevens side competing at a tournament in Fiji next week. Renee Holmes, Kaipo Olsen-Baker and Jade Stacey will play for the Rugby Vault International side at the Coral Coast...

Fitzsimon masters tricky course

Tegan Fitzsimon and Windermere Cappuccino bagged a perfectly timed win in the EvoEvents Horse Grand Prix at the Poverty Bay A&P Show but it wasn't without its challenges. Horses, riders and organisers had everything thrown at them with the saturated...

Change in competition,. . . but not everyone’s happy about it

CRICKET by Grant MillerSCRAPPING the DJ Barry Cup final will promote positive play, says Poverty Bay Cricket operations manager Nic Hendrie, but the decision has been described as “disappointing” and “unorthodox”.Some players said they were...

Resilience fund helps 49 groups

Covid-19 assistance of $440,000 for region's sports

Students ace Whangara exam

YMP remain unbeaten in premier-grade netball but it was Gisborne Girls' High who stole the show in last night's tripleheader in the YMCA. The Gillies Electrical Gisborne Girls' High Senior A side defeated Whangara Old Girls 37-28 as all six teams...

Title heavyweights start in style

The big two flexed a bit of muscle to the detriment of Horouta Gold as the Pak'nSave netball season started in earnest on Saturday. Reigning premier champions YMP Sunshine Brewery and 2020 runners-up Whangara Old Girls (1) brushed aside Horouta to...

Doleman semifinalists decided

OBR will play High School Old Boys and Pirates will take on Horouta in Saturday’s Doleman Cup semifinals after wins to OBR, Pirates and Horouta in the final games of round-robin play at Harry Barker at the weekend. Landmark Homes Bains Construction...

Tokararangi take care of business

Tokararangi had a job to do on Saturday and they did it. The defending champions of Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby beat seventh-placed Tokomaru Bay United 64-0, scoring 10 tries in the process. Left wing Hirau Grant opened the scoring at Te Araro...

Poverty Bay make the playoffs

. . . in game to decide first Bill Osborne Shield winners

First game of season for reps

Men's and women's cricket teams take to the field on Sunday

Horouta Gold cause big upset

HOROUTA Gold produced one of their best performances this season to beat Claydens Waikohu 52-44 in a see-saw contest in premier-grade netball in the YMCA on Saturday. Horouta led 13-11 after 15 minutes but Waikohu got their game going to lead 23-22...

Comet overall junior runners-up

COMET Swimming Club finished a close second in the overall junior club competition at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Winter Championships in Hastings last weekend. Napier Aquahawks were the overall junior club competition winners. Over 200 swimmers...

Opportunity for school sides

IT'S unrelenting pressure. The three college teams — Lytton High School, Campion College and Gisborne Boys’ High School — each have once-in-a-season opportunities in Week 8 of Gisborne men’s club basketball tonight. For Lytton, it’s a chance...

Ngati Porou and Turanga to face off in final

THEY were semi-finals to remember. The Gisborne Basketball Association women's club final next Monday will feature three-time defending champions Ngati Porou and Turanga. Ngati Porou standouts Bronya McMenamin and Ata Mangu were held to 12 points each...

Grand final in Stella's sights

Gisborne teenager Stella Smith is into the main event final of the women’s surfing division at the ISA SUP and Paddleboard World Championship in Wanning, China. Smith, 16, placed second in her round 3 heat to advance to what is a two-life heat...

Draft League ‘a roaring success’

Any questions about the new Gisborne Basketball Association Draft League were asked and answered last night. Week 1 of five in the post-club basketball league at the YMCA was a roaring success. TEAM REG beat TEAM TOM 74-68 in Game 1, and TEAM KEENAN...