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King’s Birthday derby an opportunity for Heartland hopefuls

With the King’s Birthday Weekend local derby looming, Poverty Bay selectors believe they have a balanced and exciting squad to take on Ngāti Porou East Coast in Gisborne. A 44-man squad were named this week — 15 of them from the Premier club...

Herald videographer in front of camera for a change . . .

Surfers were out in force on Sunday as Tangaroa turned on epic waves at Wainui, which continued into Monday albeit it not as big. Among those to knock on the door of the green room was Ben Cowper at the No Access break. Ben is used to being behind...

Gooch upset the apple cart

Lawn Bowls by Trevor Mills Stan Gooch was the New Zealand Bowling Association’s national men’s singles champion in 1949 but didn’t get what many felt he earned — selection for the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland. His achievement will...

Honours to Napier in Super 8 opener

Gisborne Boys’ High School had a good crack at Napier BHS at the Rectory field on Saturday before falling 29-5 to the visitors. Under new head coach David Russell, Napier worked hard to subdue a committed Gisborne outfit and retain the Football...

Relentless defending champs too good for YMP clubmates

YMP 2 got a right royal welcome to Premier Grade in the Gisborne YMCA on Saturday morning when the club’s top team racked up the biggest scoreline of the season to date. Turanga FM YMP demolished clubmates YMP (2) 84-20 in a one-sided Gisborne...

PB squad for East Coast rugby clash named

The Poverty Bay Wekas squad has been named for the King’s Birthday Weekend rugby match (June 3) against Ngāti Porou East Coast at the Oval. The squad is (*denotes potential new cap) — Adriaan Brits (Wairoa Athletic), Adrian Wyrill (Waikohu)...

Hard mahi gets the winning treats

If you don’t execute your plays, they will punish you.” That’s what coach Anthony Kiwara had to say after Enterprise Cars OBM defeated his Kevin Hollis Pirates side in the opening week of Round 2 of the Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay...

Weekend sports results

RUGBY CPS Poverty Bay premier club rugby: GT Shearing 55 Larsawn Ngatapa 20, Enterprise Cars OBM 34 Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 8, East Coast Farm Vets won by default over High School Old Boys. Senior 1: OBM 12 Uawa 47, Tapuae 68 LVB Farm Services...

Park, Poverty Bay emerge triumphant after dramatic day of pennants at Mahia

DANIEL Collier couldn’t beat William Brown in the morning. And he couldn’t beat him in the afternoon. But when it came to the sudden-death crunch in the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants semifinals at Mahia on Sunday, Collier delivered. On...

Derby a daunting intro for YMP 2

Ngatapa got a tough welcome to Premier Grade netball against Waikohu this week and tomorrow YMP 2 will step up in their first game against the best team in the competition so far — clubmates YMP 1. Round 2 of the Gisborne Pak’nSave competition...

Safe hands . . . and brilliant reflexes

Mick Locker was Eastern Union’s last line of defence in their historic Central Districts League success in 1967. It was the first time a Gisborne team had competed in an outside league and the title win was a major stepping stone to national...

No weak teams: Week 2 Coast comp wins to Hikurangi, Tokararangi, TVC

Rugby on the Coast is in good nick a fortnight in. In Week 2 of the H Blackbee Contractors Ngati Porou East Coast men’s competition, last year’s champions Tihirau Victory Club posted seven tries to one at home in beating Ruatoria City 45-7...

Gisborne man wins open men’s division in the Huntly Half Marathon

Mike Robinson is a man on the run. He ran to second in the half-marathon at the First Light Marathon in Gisborne in January. He ran to first in the half-marathon at the Tarawera Ultramarathon at Rotorua in February. And last weekend he ran to...

Students in action at annual Tairawhiti School Gymnastics Festival

Two days of competition came to an end yesterday as the Gisborne Gymnastics Club hosted the Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti School Gymnastics Festival. Students from 25 schools from around the region showed their skills on the vault, beam and the floor...

Initiative wins Community Innovation category at BBNZ Awards

Gisborne Basketball Association’s Hoops in Parks Tairāwhiti initiative has been recognised at the 2023 Basketball New Zealand Awards in Wellington. The Kylie Turuwhenua-Tapsell-chaired GBA won the BBNZ Community Innovation Award. The initiative...

Gymnasts take flight for champs

A marah Cameron won all-round gold in her division and Sarai Gudgeon won silver in hers at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Senior Gymnastics Championships in Napier. They were among Gisborne Gymnastics Club members competing from Step 4 to Step 7 in...

Double defeat for super vets

Eastland representatives returned to Gisborne with two losses after their first-round ties in the 2023 inter-association super veterans’ Division 2 badminton competition in Hawke’s Bay. They played Waikato and Hawke’s Bay. Eastland team...

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL DRAW

First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park , 8.30am: 1, Awapuni Green v Kaiti Paoa; 11, Central Tahi v Te Wharau Kereru; 2, Central Rua v Te Wharau Kiwi; 3, Central Royals v St Mary’s Asteroids; 4, Makauri Warriors v St Mary’s Stars; 5, Te Hapara Toru v...