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BRIDGE RESULTS

Monday, August 22 — Village Butchery Teams Final ResultsTracy Clayton, Katrina Duncan, Stephen Francks, Amanda Matthews 85 IMPsJeff Allen, Caroline Kirkpatrick, Carolyn McMurray, Helen Kerisome, Frank Nieuwland 64 Bette Parker, Trish Corson...

Favourites must be on guard

Whangara Old Girls and High School Old Girls would be favourites to win their Pak’nSave premier-grade netball games at the YMCA tonight but neither side can afford to take their opposition for granted. Whangara play Horouta Gold at 6pm in a match...

Bridge results

Monday, September 26 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 8 (Howell movement)Stephen Francks, Amanda Matthews 63.10 Murray Owen, John Rouse 58.33Annette Prebble, Trish Corson 55.77 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 55.77Sue Minot, Joy...

Jamey Ferris, Marie Wright win singles championships

BOWLSMENGisborne Bowling Club’s Jamey Ferris has cemented his claim for the singles berth in the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast team to play in the Bowls NZ Intercentre event this season. He won the Martin Cup Centre Men’s Open Singles at the weekend...

Business league to start soon

BADMINTONANOTHER edition of the badminton business house league starts next Wednesday (July 31). The closing day for entries is Sunday (July 28).BIZminton 5 was completed recently with winners Enterprise taking the “log of wood” for the first...

Nationals yield big haul for kayakers

Poverty Bay Kayak Club members returned from the national sprint championships with a haul of medals and some great individual performances, but the real highlight was the strength of their team boat racing. For a club with small numbers — not even...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

YOUTH player Temple Edwards scored her first official 180 in Brezz’n Darts Club competition on Tuesday night. INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Temple Edwards, Wi Brown, Toby Ratapu, Joe Kiri snr, Kayne Arahanga, Hayden Kiri. Highest start (157): Joe Kiri...

Players mixed and matched for relay

The first round of Badminton Eastland's first two-week relay tournament was held at the Badminton Centre on Wednesday night. Organisers were delighted with the enthusiasm of the 20 players who took part. Top masters and super veterans mixed with...

Bridesmaid one week, bride the next,Cancer Society golf fundraiser draw

KATH Willis had to settle for bridesmaid in the Poverty Bay women’s club championships last week. Not so on Wednesday. Willis, beaten in the intermediate final of the champs, combined with Anne Witters to claim the top prize in the Taste One First...

Huta wins gold and silver on return

Kaiya Huta made a successful return to competitive trampolining, winning gold and silver at the Manukau championships in Auckland. The 16-year-old student at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri a Maui won gold on double mini and silver on tramp in the...

PBEC accentuating the positive

GOLFPoverty Bay-East Coast this morning sharpened their swords for one last assault at what has been a Battle of Hastings for the country’s smallest golfing union. Sitting bottom of Section 2 at the national men’s interprovincial being staged on...

United in two-goal fightback

Gisborne United came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with league leaders Napier City Rovers Seconds, and almost snatched a win in Pacific Premiership football at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Meanwhile, at Childers Road Reserve, Gisborne Thistle came...

Whangara come storming back

WHANGARA Old Girls went from 10 goals down to one goal ahead in the last quarter of their premier netball playoff against Ngatapa at the YMCA on Saturday. Last year’s Pak’nSave premier runners-up beat Farmlands Ngatapa 50-49. Ngatapa, playing in...

Top racers charge Eastland Ministock 100

MORE than 70 youth ministock racers will start tomorrow night in the annual Eastland Ministock 100 and several Gisborne drivers are in with a chance of winning it. The two-night programme begins at 7pm tomorrow night with heats in the Heavy Equipment...

Enterprise heat up winter champs

ENTERPRISE Cars Swim Team had a hugely successful weekend at the Hawke’s Bay Poverty Bay winter championships in Flaxmere over the weekend. The Gisborne club won the overall top club trophy and the senior trophy. Eight of its members won age group...

Waka ama trifecta at Australian sprint championships

THE smiles said it all after Akayshia Williams and twin sisters Cory and Kody Campbell (pictured) completed a stunning waka ama trifecta at the va’a world sprint championships in Australia. Williams won the V1 500 metres final in the junior 19...

Guildford gets his first points for the Coast

RUGBYThe Coast are on the move. Ngati Porou East Coast continued their march towards the Heartland opener against Buller on August 24 with a 61-14 win against Bay of Plenty Maori on Saturday. In good conditions at Rotorua, the Coast outscored the home...

Dramatic afternoon for Uawa

SOFTBALLA CLOSE loss and a close win — Uawa women softballers had a dramatic afternoon at Waikirikiri Park on Saturday. They had a double-header in the Tairawhiti club competition and, against a determined Whatatutu outfit first up, they were...