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Horouta ‘playing to win’ final

HOROUTA will take a positive mindset into their quest to win Poverty Bay cricket's DJ Barry Cup tomorrow. For captain David Situ, it doesn't really matter that his team are the top qualifiers and therefore could secure the trophy with a conservative...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

Gisborne ParkROD Moore completed step one of his club championship mission at the weekend — top qualifying. Moore impressively handled the windy conditions on Saturday to post 2-over 74 and earn the No. 1 seeding in the senior division. He was two...

It’s Brigham Young . . .

BASKETBALLArielle Williams-Mackey wanted to be in Gisborne to announce her scholarship to play sport in America. The basketball prodigy had a wealth of offers from universities across America and ultimately accepted a scholarship from Brigham Young...

Thistle back on track with away victory

Early setbacks did not stop Gisborne Thistle from recording a 4-1 victory over Napier Marist in Central Federation League football in Hawke's Bay yesterday. A miskick in an attempted clearance led to a goal being scored by Marist in the 11th...

At home on the Coast

HAVING played 69 games at lock for Poverty Bay, Wayne Ensor is no stranger to local derbies. But on Saturday he will be up against his old province as co-coach of Ngati Porou East Coast for their Queen’s Birthday Weekend clash with the Bay at...

Six Gizzy boys in championship playoffs

SHERIDAN Rangihuna is the first of six Gisborne rugby players in action this weekend in the Mitre 10 Cup semifinals. Rangihuna, from the Gisborne Boys’ High School “class of 2011” and his Wellington Lions teammates play Northland in Wellington...

Town-versus-Country game much anticipated

Town against Country is a rugby match-up older than the trees on the hills, and the players are raring to go. The Civil Project Solutions game acts as a final chance to impress Poverty Bay selectors and earn a spot in the upcoming Heartland...

Taking her culture to the equestrian world

For Lizzie Rangihuna, competing in a showjumping competition in Ireland won’t just be about the New Zealand team’s equine talents. She wants to “empower more young Maori to take up this sport and to feel proud to do so”.Rangihuna, 20, wants...

This one’s for ‘Nanny’

YMP have been well served by their coaches and management teams since the club was founded in 1910. And in the best traditions of complementing their players’ muscle and passion with their astute reading of the game, East Coast Farm Vets YMP...

East Coast Open tournament cancelled

TWO chances to win the Poverty Bay Open in 2022 has been offset by the cancellation of one of the three “majors” of Tairawhiti men’s golf. Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club confirmed this week that its annual East Coast Open tournament scheduled...

Ethan Cook top-qualifies at the opening night of the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting in Wellington

SPEEDWAYGISBORNE saloon car racer Ethan Cook (1NZ) took giant strides towards another major title last night when he top-qualified at the opening night of the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting in Wellington. The 24-year-old won the New Zealand Saloon...

Rugby club officials suspended

FOUR club officials have been suspended following an incident during a premier rugby match at Rugby Park. The incident occurred when four officials went on to the field following a scuffle involving players from both Ngatapa and Pirates sides in the...

Trio’s dedication paying dividends

The Gisborne Trampoline Club's top trampolinists and tumblers are poised to qualify for international competition next year. Lily Arnold was named the best all-round trampolinist of the year at the club's end-of-year prizegiving.“She's very...

Around the greens: Club bowls news

Plenty of close competition at the Gisborne Bowling Club on Saturday

Maadi Cup off but season a success

Gisborne rowers were shaping up nicely for Maadi Cup but Covid-19 has curtailed their season

Gisborne women chosen as national coaches

GISBORNE paddlers Kiwi Campbell and Sieda Tureia have been chosen by Waka Ama New Zealand as national sprint coaches for elite women and development women respectively. The appointments have been made in preparation for the 2018 IVF World Sprint...

Kulaar the destroyer

All-rounder lays waste to bowling and batting

Pedraza stars in City Lights’ win

They’re happy with it. Gisborne Basketball Association men’s club basketball defending champions City Lights won Game 2 of Week 8 — the 1 v 2 A Grade quarterfinal — 77-69 against Old School, in overtime, on Monday night. Tiny guard Carlos...