PremiumPremiumSportBridge resultsMonday, June 26 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 5 North/South East/West Eileen Lee, Anne McCombe 63.10 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 58.04 Caroline Kirkpatrick, Robyn Cheyne 58.33 John Rouse, Murray Owen 55.06 Diana Styche, Joy...04 Jul 08:40 AM
SportFlying finish earns Waikohu Premier victoryA fourth-quarter blitz earned Waikohu (1) a come-from-behind 60-50 win over Horouta Koura in a hard-fought Premier Grade netball game at the YMCA on Saturday morning. Competition leaders Turanga FM YMP (1) turned on another powerhouse performance...04 Jul 08:37 AM
SportPinn goes close to Super semi spotLAWN BOWLS Kahutia Bowling Club’s Karen Pinn narrowly missed out on making the semifinals of the national super singles tournament for players with up to eight years of bowls experience. In a field of 24, she finished ninth. After a stellar summer...04 Jul 08:32 AM
PremiumPremiumSportDefending champs YMP, Waikohu to face off in Premier grand finalDifferent year. Same teams. The 2023 Civil Project Solutions Premier club rugby final will feature the same protagonists as 2022 after YMP and Waikohu booked their spots in the Lee Bros Shield decider with semifinal victories on Saturday. GT...04 Jul 08:26 AM
SportWeekend sports resultsRUGBY Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby semifinals: YMP 63 Larsawn Ngatapa 11; GT Shearing Waikohu 38 Enterprise Cars OBM 26. Senior 1 semifinals: Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 40 Pango Productions Uawa 15; Roseland Tavern...03 Jul 09:20 AM
PremiumPremiumSportIt’s a YMP-Waikohu grand finalYMP and Waikohu will contest the 2023 Poverty Bay Premier club rugby grand final after contrasting semifinal wins at the weekend. East Coast Farm Vets YMP — the reigning champions — made no contest of their Civil Project Solutions semifinal...03 Jul 08:46 AM
SportGisborne, Turanganui-a-Kiwa darts resultsGISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION June 27 — Individual highlights 180s: J White (Brezz’n Gold); H Brown (2) (Stallions); T Kaio (2), M Reedy (Done n Dusted); T O’Neill ( 6 Shooters). Highest start: (180) H Brown (Stallions); T Kaio (Done n...30 Jun 04:50 PM
SportFrom dead last to BIZminton championsIf at first you don’t succeed . . . well, you know the rest. Woolie Jumpers epitomise the old saying about trying again and never giving up. They won the social grade of the BIZminton 2023 mercantile badminton competition after humble beginnings...30 Jun 04:46 PM
SportHolmes impresses in Wallaroos whitewashGisborne’s Renee Holmes underlined her importance to the “new-era” Black Ferns with a strong performance in a 50-0 whitewash of Australia in Brisbane on Thursday night. The Wallaroos had no answer to the world champions in their opening clash...30 Jun 04:45 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGround conditions mean Thistle’s home run of Central Fed games to start with Matariki weekend doubleheaderGisborne footballers will dip their studs in the mud as they return to local league competition this weekend. Women’s Eastern League games on Sunday are the most likely to go ahead. The grounds have an extra day to recover, and the women have had...30 Jun 09:20 AM
SportTake 2 for latest round of Coast compThey’re not slowing down on the Coast. Last week’s games in H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby will be played tomorrow at the same times and venues. Pango Productions Waiapu are to host Waima at George Nepi...30 Jun 09:18 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTasty treat on offer in top-of-table tusslePOVERTY Bay club hockey over the weekend has plenty of mouth-watering prospects but the men’s clash between Lytton Old Boys Traktion and YMP A tomorrow is likely to be the tastiest. Their top-of-the-table encounter takes place at 5pm on the Hain...30 Jun 09:18 AM
SportTop 20 for Reid in Montreal TriathlonGISBORNE professional triathlete Tayler Reid had a top 20 finish at the Montreal Triathlon last weekend. Reid was 20th in the 55-strong elite men’s race in the Canadian city — the fourth event of the World Triathlon Championship Series. He...30 Jun 09:16 AM
SportDO OR DIEPoverty Bay Senior 1 semifinals - Tapuae v Nuhaka; Athletic v Uawa Sir David Attenborough said migration in numbers, despite obstacles, dangers and predators, was the key to a species’ survival. Such will be the case with the semifinals of the...30 Jun 09:13 AM
SportPremier wins to Whangara, YMPThe top two teams in Premier Grade netball reinforced their standings with Wednesday night victories in the YMCA. Second-placed Whangara Old Girls saw off Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A 50-41 in a close Pak’nSave Premier contest. Competition...30 Jun 09:11 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSemifinal showdownsIt is the business end of the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby competition and a new ball game for the four teams hunting Lee Bros Shield glory. The Civil Project Solutions Premier sudden-death semifinals take place tomorrow with back-to-back action...30 Jun 09:04 AM
SportRep golf in Gisborne next monthPoverty Bay-East Coast contenders for national interprovincial tournaments will get a welcome taste of top-quality matchplay in Gisborne next month. Wellington and Hawke’s Bay masters squads will be coming through for a 54-hole quadrangular...29 Jun 09:42 AM
SportSix Gisborne clubbies in Battle of the Tasman teamsSurf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has named the Junior Black Fins and New Zealand Pathway teams for the inaugural Battle of the Tasman and six members are from Gisborne clubs. The event is to be held on the Gold Coast from August 24-27. The...29 Jun 09:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf RoundupPOVERTY BAY BARNS-Graham Cup favourites are about as clear as the mud covering golf courses throughout the district after another rain-pummelling over the weekend. It’s take 2 in the Gisborne Motors BG Cup men’s pairs this weekend after the...29 Jun 09:38 AM
PremiumPremiumSportStudents embrace skimboarding at flooded Watson ParkWatson Park is better known as a football venue and golf practice area but in the wake of last weekend’s rain which flooded highway-side areas of the beachside reserve, a group of Gisborne Boys’ High students used it for a sport more commonly...29 Jun 09:34 AM
SportSix debutants marks new Black Ferns eraGisborne's Renee Holmes will add to her 10 test caps after being named in the starting 15 for the Black Ferns’ clash with Australia in Brisbane tomorrow night (9pm NZ time). Holmes is at fullback in what is being seen as the beginning of a new er...28 Jun 10:32 AM
PremiumPremiumSportNew Zealand seniors achieve their goal in ThailandGisborne Thistle striker Davie Ure never made the All Whites, but he got a kick out of playing for New Zealand at the Seniors World Cup in Thailand. Eight teams took part this month in the invitational football tournament, which has been held...28 Jun 10:11 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSports drawsFootball eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs v Coates Associates Wainui Demons; Childers Road Reserve 2, Thistle Vintage v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United 1st’s. 2.30pm: Wainui, Sunshine...28 Jun 10:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWhangara OG, Girls’ High to kick off Round 3A keen contest can be expected when Whangara Old Girls (1) take on Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A in the opening games of Round 3 of Premier grade netball in the YMCA tonight. The 6pm encounter in the Pak’nSave competition promises to be hard...28 Jun 10:05 AM
PremiumPremiumSportLong road to recovery for Poverty Bay-East Coast rep golferby Chris Taewa An All Black great and a piece of Lydia Ko memorabilia are part of a fundraising tournament for Poverty Bay-East Coast golfer Andrew Higham. TP Strong 4 Andy is the name of the tournament to be held at Poverty Bay’s Awapuni Links...28 Jun 09:51 AM
SportBridge resultsCongratulations this week to Katrine Matthews and Carolyn McMurray for scoring 74.74 percent on Wednesday. Monday, June 19 — No Trumps Pairs 3 (Howell movement) John Rouse, Brent Turnbull 61.90 Carolyn McMurray, Frank Nieuwland 57.74 Patrici...27 Jun 08:15 AM
SportAll go for Premier top-four playoffsThe final Saturday of Round 2 in the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby competition, which was called off due to the state of emergency announced on Friday, will not be played. That means the competition standings remain as they are and semifinals of...27 Jun 08:14 AM
SportCool, calm Kahu to coach CoastNgati Porou East Coast have Lochore Cup-winning brains back in 2023. With Hosea Gear as the Sky Blues’ first-ever director of rugby, world secondary school championship-winning coach Kim Harris returning as technical adviser and Kahu Tamatea going...27 Jun 08:07 AM
SportAthletic’s hat-trick hopes face a tough nut to crack . . . TapuaeTo win the Lew Patterson Cup for three years in a row would be a tremendous achievement. But two-time defending champions of Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby, Charteris Choppers Wairoa-Athletic, have a tough nut to crack first. No points were...24 Jun 10:26 AM
SportON THE MATSINDOOR BOWLS Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowlers continued their impressive run at the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships by winning the District Challenge in New Plymouth. Each district was represented by four bowlers and 22 districts started...24 Jun 10:25 AM
SportFive Gisborne clubbies in NZ team for Surf Rescue ChallengeThe New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Black Fins team have been named for the International Surf Rescue Challenge 2023 and five of them are from Gisborne clubs. The Challenge is being held in South Padre, Texas, from September 20 to 23. Among the...24 Jun 10:23 AM
SportHeartland unions band together to support Poverty Bay, CoastWhile New Zealand rugby’s 12 Heartland Provincial Unions are highly competitive on the field, the strength of their bonds off it are as strong as ever following the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle earlier this year. The cyclone left thousands of...24 Jun 10:21 AM
SportSporting fixtures cancelled throughout districtSports venues around the region are empty over the weekend following multiple cancellations due to the state of emergency announced yesterday. Hockey (posted on Poverty Bay Hockey Turf Facebook page) “All hockey is cancelled this weekend. There...23 Jun 04:37 PM
SportEastland seniors to take on Manawatu, Wgtn NorthTeams from Manawatu and Wellington North will be in Gisborne this weekend for the second round of Badminton New Zealand’s North Island senior inter-association Central Division 1 competition. Badminton Eastland’s senior division team will play...23 Jun 09:12 AM
