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Around the greens

Poverty BayENDS won and shot differential had to be taken into account to separate four teams who each had three wins in the McKenzie Shield Mixed Eight-point Triples last Wednesday. Winners Steve Berezowski (skip), Marilyn Knowles and Barbara Gibson...

Coast ring the changes

NGATI Porou East Coast coaches Troy Para and Wayne Ensor have retained only five of the 22 players from their final game of the 2015 Heartland season for the Queen’s Birthday Weekend clash against Poverty Bay at Ruatoria on June 4. Halfback Sam...

A special day at Motu

GISBORNE’S Callum Gordon celebrated his 23rd birthday by easily defending his title in the headline event of the Motu Special mountainbike races on Sunday. Gordon, who is back home from a stint of road racing with the SoCalCycling. com team in...

Ormond, Central cross-country champs

Schools throughout the district have been busy running their cross-country events before tomorrow's inter-school champs at Showgrounds Park. Up to 500 young runners could be in action at the inter-school cross-country. Among the events in the lead-up...

Another return for the summer game

THE summer game returns — again — tomorrow after the weather last week meant all local games were cancelled. This weekend, Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys and Coastal Concrete OBR will hope to continue their winning ways after strong early...

Grading successes signal club growth

Growth of a new martial arts club in Gisborne was signalled by a grading day in which 25 students completed grading tasks. They are members of Tu Mana Toa Combat Systems, an organisation that was established in June last year. Lexx Karauria, who has...

PB carry preseason loss into Heartland comp

Poverty Bay will have just one week to iron out the issues that saw them lose 33-12 to Hawke's Bay Saracens. In their last preseason game before the Heartland competition starts next weekend, Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay could not make...

Top bowlers in Gisborne for trophy

SOME of New Zealands top indoor bowlers will meet in Gisborne this weekend to contest the Paterson Trophy. Waikato, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay East Coast will play — the overall winners advancing to the Welch Trophy...

Two records each for Rubi Perano and Ruby Westrupp

RUBI Perano and Ruby Westrupp were the golden girls of a record-breaking Lytton High School athletics championships. Perano and Westrupp set two records apiece, and three other records also fell. Westrupp set a new best time for the senior girls’...

Bay batsmen need to curb attack habit

POVERTY Bay face Northern Districts powerhouse Northland over the weekend and coach Lance Cairns’ prime concern is to see his side occupy the crease against quality bowling not seen in the local club competition. Northland will be overwhelming...

Gisborne dominates small sticks tournament

Makaraka and Makauri schools share the Small Sticks Hockey Festival trophy for being joint winners of the 2018 Big Save Festival three-day tournament in Napier last week. St Mary’s finished third, and two other Gisborne teams finished in the top...

Four from Gizzy in streetstock finals

­ Gisborne Speedway Club will be well represented in the finals of the New Zealand streetstock championships at the Meeanee track in Hawke's Bay, with four Gisborne drivers through to the finals. A lineup of 26 cars from around the country will...

Campion keen to set their Hope Cup record straight

CRICKETCAMPION College player-coach Mark Naden says his side have an added incentive going into tomorrow’s Hope Cup cricket final against Gisborne Boys’ High School at Harry Barker Reserve.“To make any final is an honour and last year we got...

Gisborne swimmers in the fast lane

AROUND 170 swimmers are competing in the meeting, which started last night and runs to Sunday at the Olympic Pool

SPORT in brief

Flanker Callum McDonald was named representative player of the year at the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union annual prize-giving on Saturday night. McDonald collected the Paul Sceats Memorial Trophy for his efforts in his first Heartland Championship...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: John Love (Cossy Shakers), Shane Horne (2NZ Rebels), Rowe Mason (2NZ Bullz), Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (2NZ Titans), Joe Hall (Cossy Downers), Ngata Monika (2NZ McCann’ics).Best start (140): John Love (Cossy Shakers) 2, Jesse...

Uawa beat Hikurangi

RUGBYNGATI Porou East Coast club rugby defending champions Uawa beat Hikurangi 25-3 to take the Chas Keelan Memorial Trophy in a commanding performance at Kahuitara on Saturday. Hicks Bay beat Ruatoria City 36-15 at Wharekahika and Tihirau Victory...

Sports draws

FootballSATURDAY — Men’s Division 1, 2.30pm: HBR1, Heavy Equipment United v Carpet Court Thistle Reserves; Rectory, Gisborne Boys’ High School v Shipwreck Bohemians; Wainui; Wainui Sharks v Thistle Massive. Men’s Division 2, 12.30pm: HBR2...