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Another OBM win clouded by injury blow

OBM made it four from four in a 24-7 premier club rugby win over Ngatapa on Saturday but it came at a price. Star utility back Moses Christie is out for several weeks with a dislocated elbow — a huge loss for the unbeaten side, particularly as...

YMP pushed by OG Whangara

by Sherrill Beale and Murray Robertson The YMP second team came through the Premier Reserve games with their competition lead intact in senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. But they had to work hard against a determined Old Girls Whangar...

YMP, OBM stay at top of the table

Another win, another hat-trick. Fullback Andrew Tauatevalu picked up his third try treble in four games in top-of-the-table East Coast Farm Vets YMP’s 59-8 win over Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates on Saturday. Larsawn Ngatapa showed determination but...

Plenty of entertainment in Saturday sport

Saturday sport produced plenty of entertainment with the start of the Poverty Bay club hockey season adding to the action. Defending premier women’s champion YMP A began their 2023 campaign against clubmates YMP B on the turf at Harry Barker...

Bridge results

Monday, April 24 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 3 North/South East/West Frank Roach, Vicki Nickerson 59.82 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 57.74 Louise Goodhue, Gretchen Ivess 59.23 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe 57.74 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor...

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

Dylan Foster and cousin Kayla Trowell were in control, winning the New Zealand local final of the mixed pairs 10-4 against Dylan’s elder brother Matthew Foster and his mum Karyn Foster. Seventeen-year-old Dylan and 16-year-old Kayla were by far...

Crews tested in distance races through rough seas

Tairāwhiti waka ama paddlers coped with rough conditions and the possibility of their craft flipping when they contested the long distance nationals off Whitianga last weekend. Horouta Waka Hoe Club paddlers won gold medals in single, two-seat and...

Poverty Bay Kayak Club athletes rebound at nationals

A summer of cyclone setbacks did not stop Poverty Bay Kayak Club athletes excelling at the New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro. Quaid Thompson reclaimed the open men’s K1 1000-metre title after missing last year’s nationals...

Jags win, lose and draw

A win, a loss and a draw, with no more than a goal to separate the teams each time — no one said it would be easy for Gisborne Thistle this year. The Jags play Palmerston North Marist on artificial turf at the Arena in Palmerston North tomorrow...

Adams hat-trick sets up win

A Josh Adams hat-trick powered Gisborne United Firsts to a 5-2 victory over Wainui Sharks in Eastern League 1 football on Saturday. Adams scored the second, third and fourth goals for Heavy Equipment Services United in a game that was closer than...

Wyllie set to play 50th premier game

Tough customers like Shyann Wyllie are the sabre’s tip in rugby. This Saturday, fearless forward Wyllie, 24, will play his 50th premier game since 2017 in the legendary black and white hoops of East Coast Farm Vets YMP against Kevin Hollis Glass...

Golf roundup

Electrinet Park Foursomes success is no rocket science formula. It won’t work without both players firing — a basic equation proved by Jo Kerr and Lynne Holmberg at the Gisborne Park Ladies 18-hole Open Foursomes tournament yesterday. The...

Champs crowned at Boys’ High athletics

Grade champions — Junior: Mako Fukushima-Hall, 11 points, 1; Manawanui Stewart, 8pts, 2; Sol Bevins, 6pts, 3. Intermediate: Kahu Leach-Waihi, 12pts, 1; James Hamblyn, 9pts, 2; Oliver Egan, 6pts, 3. Senior: Angus Blair, 12pts, 1; Oska Smith, 8pts...

’Tahi put foot to the floor

Brown gives Verstappen-like lead over chasing pack It's all on. Patutahi (1) are shaping up as the Max Verstappen of the 2023 Oligoi Jug men’s interclub while the chasing pack are producing matchplay drama befitting an episode of Drive To Survive...

Wairoa Athletic the team to beat

The quest for the Lew Patterson Cup will tax eight great clubs to the limit. Reigning champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic have 10 competition points a fortnight into Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby. They had a 32-10 home win against...

Thistle bow out of Chatham Cup

Penalty awarded in the 90th minute sinks Jags’ hopes A 90th-minute penalty ended Gisborne Thistle’s Chatham Cup adventure with a 3-2 loss at McLennan Park, Papakura, yesterday. The match looked headed for extra time when Papakura City mounted...

YMP still undefeated: Ngatapa show grit against defending champs

Andrew Tauatevalu scored a hat-trick and Nehe Papuni bagged a double in YMP’s 49-10 premier club rugby victory over Ngatapa at Paddy’s Park on Saturday. Earthwork Solutions HSOB earned their first win of the season — 20-14 over Kevin Hollis...

HSOB notch first season’s victory in tight clash

A well-disciplined High School Old Boys held off a hungry Pirates to notch their first win of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby season on Saturday. Earthwork Solutions HSOB dug deep for a 20-14 victory. HSOB coach Wayne Ensor said he was proud of...