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HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVES

SURFINGWITH the Tino Rangatiratanga flag on one sleeve and the New Zealand flag on the other, Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie surged to victory in his opening heat of the Corona Bali Protected Pro in Bali yesterday. From the moment he produced...

Fearne’s visit helps coaches and players

BASKETBALLStraight between the eyes — that’s the way 2015 Australian National Basketball League Coach of the Year Aaron Fearne gave players what they needed to know to get better. Fearne was in Gisborne last weekend as part of a two-week tour in...

‘We’re ready for war’

Captain Hook features in Peter Pan, not Cinderella. But both are tales in which the underdog triumphs. On 2022 results, the Anthony Kiwara-coached Turanga Pirates go into tomorrow's Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 club rugby final at Rugby Park...

Scoreboard

RugbyPoverty Bay premier grade: Woodbank HSOB 26 Larsawn Ngatapa 28, Farmvets YMP 52 Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 22. Senior 1: Horouta 0 Wairoa Athletic 15, Nuhaka 30 OBM 21, YMP 12 Tapuae 34, HSOB 7 Ngatapa 53. East Coast club competition: Uawa 38...

Ure’s team win Peace Shield for open fours

BOWLS By Crackerjack

Derby has drama to the end

FROM first minute to last, the derby between United and Thistle held spectators captive. United skipper Kieran Venema scored from a last-minute penalty to give his side a 2-1 victory in Pacific Premiership football at Harry Barker Reserve on...

Kayley Knight in action for u19s

Gisborne's Kayley Knight was in Christchurch this week to play in the first games for the newly formed New Zealand under-19 women's cricket team. The team's first three games were on successive days against the New Zealand Police women's team. In the...

Northern women HBPB interzone champs again

A cobbled-together team added another successful chapter to Northern's impressive history at the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay interzone competition earlier this week. Northern won the 27-hole aggregate team stableford competition held on the Hawke's Bay...

Teens win five judo medals in Macau and Hong Kong

SYDNEE Andrews has returned from judo championships in Macau and Hong Kong with medals of every colour — a gold, silver and two bronze medals. Ella Kelso has a silver to add to the list. The two 16-year-olds, both Year 12 students at Gisborne...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

ROOKIES Matt Henwood and Craig Christophers overcame shanks, nerves and dogged opposition to win one of the club’s most coveted titles — the Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs — on Sunday. In their first season at Electrinet Park, the Lytton High...

YMP DO THE DOUBLE

YMP got the double done in premier-grade hockey when their men's and women's A teams won their Poverty Bay club hockey finals on Saturday. The YMP men's side completed a perfect winnng season with a 3-1 win over arch-rivals HPY Advisors Lytton Old...

Racing keen at dirt track

KARTING by Rockin’ RobinThe racing was keen at Eastland Kart Club’s seventh points meeting of the season. In the rookies class, wins went to Conrad Gooch (2) and Nixon Gooch. Second placings went to Nixon (2) and Conrad. This is a great learner...

Experience counts in T20s

A MORE experienced Hawke’s Bay girls’ cricket team won both Twenty20 games against Poverty Bay at Harry Barker Reserve at the weekend. School holidays meant some players were unavailable, so both sides drew on representative teams ranging from...

Lions end Giants’ title hopes

Gisborne Giants had to settle for fifth place overall at the New Zealand superstock teams’ championship in Palmerston North on Sunday. The Giants qualified for the semifinals after a brutal win over the BayPark Busters, followed by a clinical...

A dream come true: Kirk to make national teams debut

The Gisborne Giants go into battle tonight in a bid to qualify for the ENZED Superstock Teams Champs finals in Palmerston North and team captain Peter Rees says they are ready to rumble. Young Gisborne driver James Kirk (331G) will make his debut...

Great fundraiser for Campion campaign

BASKETBALLPut it on for a good cause, and Gisborne people come out. About 150 supporters of Campion College basketball did just that on Saturday, for the Gizzy It’s in the Bag! Quiz Night hosted by MC Walter “Whizz” Walsh at the RSA. The evening...

Gooch to swap 10G for 1NZ in streetstock racing

GISBORNE streetstock racer Brenden Gooch, who normally has the number 10G on his car, will proudly display 1NZ when he next drives his vehicle out on to the Eastland Group Raceway. Gooch won the Cleanways Ltd New Zealand Streetstock Championship with...

Spot in final at stake

A place in the Federation Cup final is at stake when Gisborne United play Wanganui City at Harry Barker Reserve at 2pm tomorrow. Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United clinched the Pacific Premiership title with a last-minute 3-2 victory over...