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Nathan Trowell continues great run of indoor bowls success

Sixteen-year-old Nathan Trowell has continued his great run of indoor bowls success. He defeated his cousin Matthew Foster 12-9 to win the local final of the New Zealand under-18 singles, then defeated Matthew's younger brother Dylan Foster 18-7 to...

BRING ON THE BUTCHER BOYS

One of the weirdest seasons of rugby in living memory comes to an end tomorrow for Poverty Bay. The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay side take on Wanganui's “Butcher Boys” at Napier's McLean Park in a curtain-raiser for Hawke's Bay's defence...

Happy 100th

COREY Reihana capped his 100th game for High School Old Boys with a scintillating try in their 26-18 premier win against Waikohu at the Oval on Saturday. The bonus-point victory stretched the defending champions’ lead at the top of the table to 11...

Big challenge for GBHS,First away game for 2019 won’t be easy

RUGBYThe first away game of a season can be very revealing. So, although the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 played top rugby in the 66-12 win at home against Lindisfarne College last Saturday, their fans should expect tomorrow’s 12pm clash...

Jags to take the step up

GISBORNE Thistle is to field a team in the 2016 Central Federation Premier League. Jags chairman Ron Young told The Herald yesterday the club committee unanimously decided to make the step up. The team will be coached by Fred Robertson, with Liam...

Lee Bros Shield action

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: None. Best start (160): Ora Taukamo-Pohio (2NZ 3).Best finish (124): Cris Kiri (2NZ Rebels).Most high scores (15): George Vaotu’ua (2NZ Bullz).All games won in the match: Thao Duncan (2NZ Say My Name Again), Webby Lewis...

Hockey champions THC begin their bid to lead competition tonight

Defending Poverty Bay men’s hockey champions THC will look to pick up where they left off when they begin their 2018 campaign on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve tonight. The season opens tonight and tomorrow afternoon with seven...

Coast, Bay players in NZ Heartland XV

FOUR local players have been selected in this year's NZ Heartland XV squad ahead of the only game of their campaign against the New Zealand Barbarians. Ngati Porou East Coast captain and loose forward Hone Haerewa, first five-eighth Te Rangi Fraser...

Suns bow out on the road

It’s done. The Turanga Health Rising Suns have finished their 2015 SAS Sports Conference Basketball League season in Round 7. They lost 130-62 to the Waikato Pistons and 83-70 to St John’s College in Hamilton on Saturday, and 124-42 to the...

Taylor sits 13th in Nutri-Grain Ironman surf lifesaving series

GISBORNE’S Cory Taylor is sitting 13th on the rankings after the first two rounds of the prestigious Nutri-Grain Ironman surf lifesaving series on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Gold Coast-based Taylor, making his ironman series debut, was 11th in...

Handicap singles win for Raggett

Bill Raggett won Gisborne Cosmopolitan Snooker Club’s handicap singles championship this month. In the final, he defeated Tiny Thompson — in the decider for the third year in a row — two frames to one. Qualifying was played in four sections...

Sports draws

CricketFRIDAY — WALKER SHIELD T15 BLAST, 5.45pm: — HBR 1, Auto Tyres Eagles v Eastland Broncos. Bollywood Stars have defaulted to Smash Palace Bail Breakers. SUPERSTARS, 3.45pm: HBR 1, Mixed Schools PBCA years 2-6 v Wainui Wizards; HBR 2, Makauri...

Two new roles with Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti: Coast-based staff to help young stay active

Two new Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti staff will be based on the East Coast, supporting efforts to keep tamariki active and contribute to community well-being. Rawinia Parata is joining the team as a “community connector” and Victor Herbert is an...

Airbenders in tourney action

ULTIMATE FRISBEE

GEC beat southern neighbours

Gisborne-East Coast senior representative bowlers beat Hawke's Bay by two points in a two-day tournament on the Gisborne Bowling Club greens. GEC scored 39 points, with a differential of minus-3, while Hawke's Bay scored 37 points with a differential...

North Island IRB champs under way this weekend

Tairawhiti to be well represented

OBR clinch top spot

JONATHAN Purcell took a hat-trick in five overs of spin mastery that yielded seven wickets for 14 runs in Doleman Cup cricket on Saturday. Purcell’s heroics helped OBR maintain their unbeaten run in all competitions this season. The Bain...