PremiumPremiumSportGisborne surfers shine in BoPFIVE surfers from Gisborne Boardriders Club contested the New Zealand Longboard and SUP Open at Papamoa Beach over the weekend. The standout Gisborne performer was 14-year-old Stella Smith, who dominated the open women’s stand-up paddleboard...18 Mar 06:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportLocal results from secondary school football tournamentsGisborne results from New Zealand Secondary School Football winter tournamentsSchoolboys — Trident Tournament, Palmerston North, Monday: Lytton High School 7 Palmerston North Boys’ High Development 0, Lytton 1 Wairarapa College 3. Tuesday: Lytton...18 Mar 06:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBatter up!Seventeen high school teams are sweating it out on four softball diamonds at Gisborne’s Waikirikiri Park as the next wave of talent emerges. Tairawhiti Softball is hosting the Division 2 North Island Secondary Schools Championships, which started...18 Mar 06:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBikes set to make the sand fly againMOTORSPORTIt’s time to hit the sand again as the Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club starts its 2018 Beach Racing series tomorrow. The senior open and 0-to-500cc class will see the return of the usual suspects, Graham Wedlake (Kawasaki KXF450) leading...18 Mar 06:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportClub out to harness energyHARRIERSCHANGES are afoot at Gisborne Harrier Club. Among the developments happening in the club are:• Group fitness classes.• Information workshops.• Increased team travel.• A change from Saturday to Sunday morning runs.• The creation of...18 Mar 06:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne follow on . . . twiceThey came heart-breakingly close. But the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 11 couldn’t stave off outright defeat against Napier Boys’ High in a two-day cricket game at Napier this week. Forced to follow on, the Paul Stewart-led Gisborne side...18 Mar 06:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGreat day out for WhitemansIt was a great day out for the Whitemans when Eastland Kart Club held a fun meeting on Sunday. On Sunday, Aaron Whiteman picked up a good win in the KT class, as did his daughters Tara, who also won races in the KTs, and Aimee, who won a couple of...18 Mar 06:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportClub’s top athletes presented with their trophiesATHLETICSGISBORNE Athletic Club trophy winners for the 2018/19 season were presented with their awards last week. They were — Warren Edlin: Herald Cup, Barry Cup, Geddes & Murray Trophy. Willem van den Worm: Executive Trophy, Johnson Cup. Xavier...18 Mar 06:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportStars of the future on displayRUGBYPoverty Bay Rugby Football Union chief executive Josh Willoughby is looking forward to seeing a great exhibition of fast and exciting rugby this weekend.“About 100 young rugby players will be running around The Oval tomorrow and Sunday in the...18 Mar 06:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportPODIUM FINISHGisborne production saloon racer Lloyd Stuart (34G) recorded his best finish at a national level when he finished third in the North Island Production Saloon Car Championship at the Huntly Speedway at the weekend. Stuart went from third position on...18 Mar 06:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBIZminton3 results and drawThe intensity of competition increased as the final week of the BIZminton3 badminton league loomed. Final placings will be determined by the last matches, being played tomorrow night. Week 4 results — WSP Opus 3 matches defeated Starship Enterprise...18 Mar 06:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge resultsTUESDAY, April 2 — Harcourts Vicki Taylor Pairs 1North/South East/WestMurray Owen, Gretchen Ivess 62.50 Joy Marden, Trish Corson 62.08Ann McCombe, Philip Beale 57.08 Eileen Lee, Herman Koenders 56.25Elizabeth Jackson, John Hudson 52.92 Robin...18 Mar 06:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSports drawsFootballTONIGHT —Women, Braybrook Cup, quarterfinal, 6pm: CRR2, DJ Mac Panel & Paint Bohemians v Heavy Equipment Services United. Saturday — Men, Bailey Cup, 2.30pm: CRR1, Wainui Sharks v Carpet Court Thistle Reserves. Bye: Thistle Massive, GBHS...18 Mar 06:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportEngines give up the ghost at MakororiThe weather was great and the action even better at Round 2 of the Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club beach racing series at Makorori Beach last Saturday. The racing was fierce, riders pushing it so hard that three engines destroyed themselves that...18 Mar 06:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportJack be quickJACK Keepa’s first New Zealand short course championships in 2017 resulted in no medals, a few top 10 placings and some personal best times. The Enterprise Cars Swim Team member returned from the champs in Auckland “determined to train harder and...18 Mar 06:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportKayak gold rush for PBKAYAKINGBOTH the weather and competition were scorching but Poverty Bay kayakers shone at the national championships. Quaid Thompson and Sam Ferkins stood out in the individual men’s events. Thompson won the open 1000 and 5000 metres, as well as the...18 Mar 06:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportPotential for growth ‘endless’Ario Rewi could do great things for Ngāti Porou East Coast rugby on and off the field. Rewi, 29, of Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Manawa and Tuhoe descent with affiliations to Te Whānau a Takimoana of Rangitukia, will continue as an outdoor experience tutor...18 Mar 06:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHSOB Pressies out to trump consistent OBRBoth clubs will be up for it when OBR take on HSOB Presidents in Hope Cup club cricket at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. And while the Craig Christophers-led Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby are unbeaten and lead the six-team Senior B competition with 18...18 Mar 06:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportA successful swimming enterpriseTEAM first. That’s the motto of Enterprise Cars Swim Team who clinched the President’s Cup for top overall club points at the Hawke’s Bay Poverty Bay summer champs here last weekend.“It’s very much a team situation for us,” said head...18 Mar 06:38 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBay begin tournament with two lossesPOVERTY Bay started their Northern Districts senior secondary schools’ cricket tournament with two losses at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. After winning the toss and electing to bat first in their opening Twenty20 clash against Waikato Valley...18 Mar 06:38 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTitle race opens as ’18 finalists both defeatedRUGBY LEAGUEWAENGAPU Stallions tipped over the champion Paikea Whalers and Ngatapa Stags grabbed their first win in a round of rugby league that showed several teams are in the hunt to win the Gisborne-Tairawhiti title. The Stallions piled on more...18 Mar 06:37 AM
PremiumPremiumSportReps on Bay of Plenty forayThe 2017/18 bowls season has just begun but four Gisborne-East Coast representative teams will be at the Ohope Bowling Club tomorrow to play their Bay of Plenty counterparts in the annual one-day intercentre fixture. Play gets under way at 9.30am...18 Mar 06:37 AM
PremiumPremiumSportFlynn holds off chasersHAWKE'S Bay flyer Steve Flynn held off spirited challenges from Mount Maunganui drivers Chris Cowling and Peter Dickson to win the super saloon feature at Awapuni on Saturday night. The 20 big grunters turned on a power-packed display across three...18 Mar 06:36 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGood night for Hawke’s Bay,Rollover and bike damage take toll in sidecar eventGISBORNE Gladiators were “mauled” by their Meeanee opponents in a stockcar teams clash at Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night. Hawke’s Bay also took the honours in the New Zealand sidecar teams’ event for the second year in a row with...18 Mar 06:36 AM
PremiumPremiumSportPoverty Bay made to work hardPOVERTY Bay brought Day 3 of Rawleigh Tournament hockey for under-13 girls to a close with a 2-0 win against Wairapapa. Unbeaten Poverty Bay were made to work for the three points by a determined Wairarapa, who needed to win the match to stay in the...18 Mar 06:36 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTairawhiti shows strength in paddlingTairawhiti schools filled three of the top five places in the medal table for the National Secondary School Waka Ama Championships at Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua, last week. Gisborne Boys’ High topped the medal table with four golds, one silver and one...18 Mar 06:36 AM
PremiumPremiumSportUnited give reigning champs a hidingFOOTBALL by Jason TrowillTHIS was a season opener that reigning Pacific Premiership football champions Napier City Rovers Reserves will want to forget. They were demolished 9-1 by last year’s runners-up, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United, at...18 Mar 06:36 AM
PremiumPremiumSportYMP debut winnersIt’s first-time lucky for YMP. The Janelle Te Rauna-Lamont-led club won Gisborne Basketball Association’s bottom-four final 45-27 against the Honey Badgers to claim a title on debut. Heather Haenga scored 13 points, Trish Hina eight and Miri...18 Mar 06:35 AM
PremiumPremiumSportLast-gasp goal for BatarritaThistle still in with a chance of taking second place18 Mar 06:35 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne well representedEQUESTRIANGisborne was well represented at the Land Rover Horse of the Year Show held at the Hawke’s Bay A&P Showgrounds this month. With over 1600 riders and 1800 horses competing in multiple disciplines, the show is a must-see event for many...18 Mar 06:35 AM
PremiumPremiumSport‘A True legend’RUGBYPOVERTY Bay coach Mana Otai says Sione Ngatu’s retirement from representative rugby is a huge loss. Otai and assistant Dwayne Russell yesterday named a 35-man squad for the Heartland Championship, which starts on August 23. For the first time...18 Mar 06:35 AM
PremiumPremiumSportClub bowls newsPoverty BayWhat a splendid start to the season!Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s opening day format was a mixed triples progressive tournament sponsored by Star Service Centre. There were three games, each lasting one and a half hours. This popular format...18 Mar 06:34 AM
PremiumPremiumSportThe complete package - multi-skilled Maddie eyeing heptathlonTHE first time Maddie Wilson threw a javelin, she set a Gisborne Athletic Club record at the weekly club night at Awapuni Stadium. She knew she could jump high and run fast, but the javelin record took her by surprise. Since then, she has concluded...18 Mar 06:34 AM