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Warriors trio, Fotuaika on most improved list

Popular rugby league columnist and sports blogger Dane Clarke has named three Warriors and a Gisborne-born prop in his “Most Improved Line-up of 2023 so far”. The 17-strong NRL list posted on Clarkey’s Rugby League Column features Warriors...

United make it nine from nine after Wainui threaten Eastern 1 upset

Gisborne United Firsts recovered from a two-goal deficit to beat Wainui Sharks 6-2 in Eastern League 1 football last Saturday. Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks got off to a flying start with goals to Tomas Campos Saez in the 17th minute and Ollie...

Bragging rights as Hicks Bay conquer Hiku

Understatement has its nuances. Rugby people aren’t in the habit of blowing their own trumpet but Hicks Bay’s 21-12 away win against Hikurangi Te Maunga to claim the Pirika Frederick William Huriwai-Jones Memorial Trophy at Kahuitara is worth...

Bounceback win to GBHS u14s in ‘stunner’ of a match

Gisborne Boys’ High School under-14s won a great game of rugby on Saturday. The Mark Jefferson-coached side beat Akina Hastings BHS 19-17 away in a nail-biter that produced six tries. Having begun their season with a 47-0 win against East Coast at...

Students ace Ngatapa test; YMP juggernaut rolls on

Defending champions YMP and Gisborne Girls High enjoyed clearcut victories in Premier Grade netball at the YMCA on Wednesday night. After racking up a 15-2 lead in the first quarter, GGHS Senior A defeated Farmlands Ngatapa 57-20. Turanga FM YMP...

Women’s competition splits in two

The weather looks set to produce additional challenges in tonight’s Poverty Bay club hockey games at Harry Barker Reserve, particularly for the Masters and Waituhi. YMP A and B men got the weekend under way last night on the Hain Farming Turf...

Skipper Skudz to rack up 150th

IF Poverty Bay Premier club rugby gets the go-ahead on the district’s rain-hammered grounds tomorrow, competition leaders YMP will celebrate another milestone. Week 10 — the last games of Round 2 of the Civil Project Solutions Premier...

Playing in any weather

It is winter and we expect rain but it's been a ridiculous year weather-wise, which continued on Gisborne sports fields over the weekend. The Ngatapa-OBM Poverty Bay Premier club rugby game at Patutahi's Paddy Park turned into a mudbath, with...

PRIMARY FOOTBALL DRAW

All games on Saturday — First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8.30am: 5, Te Hapara Toru v Central Tahi; 6, Wainui Crays v Awapuni Black; 7, Wainui Paua v Te Wharau Kereru; 8, Wainui Kina v Te Wharau Kiwi; 9, Wainui Mussels v St Mary’s Asteroids; 10...

Outstanding nationals for Poverty Bay-East Coast bowlers

Gisborne indoor bowlers stormed the ramparts of the national championships in New Plymouth last week. Nathan Trowell, now based in Auckland but with Gisborne in his bones, won the Robertson Trophy for player of the tournament, while Poverty Bay-East...

Wet-weather wins to OBM, YMP, Waikohu

It came down to who could weather the storm. All three Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby matches were more like water polo games on Saturday as the Oval and Paddy’s Park were turned into muddy aquariums by the heavy rain. It...

Bridge results

Monday, June 12 — No Trumps Pairs 2 North/South East/West Bette Parker, Eileen Lee 58.75 Beverley Evans, Murray Owen 55.00 Patricia Corson, Elizabeth Jackson 56.25 Raewynne Cook, Hans van der Kuijl 54.48 Carolyn McMurray, Robyn Cheyne 55.00 Glenys...

Home sweet home games at last for Thistle after string of away games

Two set-piece goals were the difference between Gisborne Thistle and Palmerston North United in Central Federation League football on Saturday. Palmerston North United (PNU) beat ALH Gisborne Thistle 4-2 after the Jags had led 2-1 midway through the...

Efficient Horouta too strong for Ngatapa

Catch me if you can

Talent and enthusiasm were displayed in large quantities at the inter-primary school rugby sevens tournament held on the Rectory field last week. Twenty-six boys' and girls' teams from schools throughout the district took part in the Poverty Bay...

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD

Gisborne Pak’nSave senior netball — Premier Grade: Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A 48 Character Roofing YMP 41, Horouta Koura 52 Farmlands Ngatapa 24. Other grades (*bonus point for scoring within three goals.), Prem Reserve/A Grade: Down to...

Inspiring next-gen

Youngsters from Te Wharau School had an Olympian walk through their doors and were suitably impressed. New Zealand kayaker Alicia Hoskin was back on her stomping ground before heading to Cambridge for zero-degree morning training to continue her...

Gisborne club darts results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: T Irwin (Brezz’n Gold); B Leach (Done n Dusted); Q Stevens (Rebels); R Edwards (6 Shooters); K Morrell, F Moreland (Roseland); I Eyles (Gunz); H Ngarangione (Stallions). Highest start (180): K Morrell (Roseland); H...