PremiumPremiumSportYMP still undefeated: Ngatapa show grit against defending champsAndrew 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...24 Apr 01:24 PM
PremiumPremiumSportHSOB notch first season’s victory in tight clashA 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...24 Apr 01:22 PM
PremiumPremiumSportHat-trick to OBM’s TerekiaA contender is emerging. Enterprise Cars OBM stretched their winning streak to three in the Poverty Bay premier club rugby competition, beating GT Shearing Waikohu 36-22 at Te Karaka on Saturday. OBM captain and No. 8 Riki Terekia scored a hat-trick...24 Apr 01:20 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGiants runners-up at NationalsThe Gisborne Giants Superstock team finished runnersup in the Superstock Teams Nationals at the Waikaraka Park speedway in Auckland at the weekend. They disposed of the Bay Park Buster 165 points to 30 in their first hit out, and then beat the...24 Apr 01:18 PM
PremiumPremiumSportStill no stopping YMP on their winning streakby Sherrill Beale and Murray Robertson YMP continued on their unbeaten way and Horouta Koura produced the standout result of the season to date in Round 1 netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Horouta knocked over last year’s premiership...24 Apr 01:15 PM
PremiumPremiumSport13-goal thriller: Thistle first holders of Len Cudd Memorial TrophyJimmy Somerton and Oska Smith picked apart the opposing defence like expert safe-crackers in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Smith scored once and was instrumental in each goal of Somerton’s hat-trick in ALH Gisborne Thistle’s 7-6 victory over Napier...24 Apr 11:44 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWeekend warriorsThe winter sports season is ramping up for the main codes. But on Saturday, there was a new ball game making an impact. A pickleball tournament was held at the Badminton Centre and attracted good numbers to the court sport which features paddles and...24 Apr 11:16 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge resultsCongratulations this week to Caroline Kirkpatrick for featuring in the results each day. Monday, April 17 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Swiss Pairs 3 (Victory Points — after nine rounds) Caroline Kirkpatrick, Robyn Cheyne 109.68 Diana Styche, Joy...22 Apr 01:26 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Club Darts Association resultsINDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: R Te Kira (Brezz’n Silver); J Noanoa (Rebels); K Arahanga 3 (Stallions); M Reeves (Outlaws); J Campbell-Ratapu, J Horua (Vikings); J Ahuriri (Spartans); M Evans (Spandangles); T Kaio (Done n Dusted). Highest start...22 Apr 01:23 PM
PremiumPremiumSportAnzac Champs racing tomorrowEastland Kart Club members will hold their Anzac Champs tomorrow. Racing starts at 10am. For weather updates, check the club Facebook page. To find the track, turn into Aerodrome Road off Awapuni Road22 Apr 01:21 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTuranganui a Kiwa Darts Association resultsIndividual highlights 180s: Te Kotahi Kaio (Tigers). Highest start (140): Mihi Waihape 2 (Waihape Whanau). Highest finish (132): Ripeka Te Kira (Ruahine Tahi). Most tons, men (15): John Love (Falcons). Most tons, women (8): Mihi Awatere (Ruahine...22 Apr 01:19 PM
PremiumPremiumSportParafed Gisborne Tairāwhiti team ‘attitude’ recognisedHALBERG GAMES Parafed Gisborne Tairāwhiti won the Team Spirit of the Games Award at the Halberg Games in Auckland this month. The award acknowledged the team’s positivity, encouragement, motivation, resilience and winning attitude throughout the...22 Apr 01:16 PM
PremiumPremiumSportPairs title earns star for Rickardby Horsey Seventeen-year-old Rachael Rickard has been awarded her silver star for winning five Poverty Bay-East Coast Centre indoor bowls titles. She was in top form, partnering Lois Lamont to win the centre women’s pairs event to earn her silver...22 Apr 01:08 PM
PremiumPremiumSportThistle without several key playersGisborne Thistle will be several men down when they play Central Federation League leaders Napier City Rovers Feds in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow. Centreback Matt Smith aggravated a calf injury in the 1-1 draw with Taradale last week, midfielder Cory...21 Apr 02:19 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Giants superstock team to race in AucklandThe Gisborne Giants superstock team will be in action tomorrow night in the ‘Teams Nationals’ event held at the Waikaraka Raceway in Auckland. They go into the titles in red hot form after two great meetings racing at the Eastland Group Raceway...21 Apr 02:16 PM
PremiumPremiumSportPennants head to Tolaga BayTolaga Bay have a great chance of a bounceback performance when they hosts rounds 3 and 4 of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants tomorrow. The Uawa club had a disastrous start to the 2023 series at Patutahi last weekend. They won just one of...21 Apr 02:14 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTough task ahead for the YMP BumblesSometimes a mean streak comes in handy. And tomorrow the YMP Bumbles under Tony Barbarich have an assignment requiring that they be ornery in excelsis. Hooker Keanu Barbarich and first five-eighth Reihana Wyllie will lead YMP away for their clash...21 Apr 02:09 PM
PremiumPremiumSportWaikohu, Horouta to clash in Round 1 of the netball seasonby Sherrill Beale Waikohu and Horouta come under the spotlight when Round 1 of the netball season resumes at Victoria Domain tomorrow after a two-week break. All senior grades in the Pak’nSave competition will be in action on the courts from 9am...21 Apr 02:03 PM
PremiumPremiumSport'A true test': YMP, OBM look to continue unbeaten runThe legendary Ian Kirkpatrick epitomises Ngatapa’s proud history of powerhouse forwards but it could be the backs who play a key role in Week 3 of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby competition. Teams will look to continue to find their groove in...21 Apr 01:54 PM
SportCentral Trampoline and Tumbling Champs on this weekendAva-Raey Haley works on her trampoline routine as she prepares to compete in the eight-and-under division of the Central Trampoline and Tumbling Champs to be held at the Electrinet Sports Centre in Aberdeen Road over the weekend. Competitors will be...20 Apr 02:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTough journey to national champs for local waka ama crewsTairāwhiti crews will take part in the Waka Ama New Zealand Long Distance Nationals at Whitianga on the back of a disrupted training schedule. Mareikura Waka Ama Club crews, especially, have been hampered in their training. Anzac Park has been...20 Apr 02:47 PM
PremiumPremiumSportEastern League: so far, so goodOne game in, the outlook for Eastern League men’s football this year seems OK. Eight teams in the first division, nine in the second, and promotion and relegation to take effect at season’s end — the ingredients are there for a modicum of...20 Apr 11:43 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf roundupPoverty Bay It was not the feat that earned them the “unofficial” honours of world golfing upset of 2018, but it did prove that some dogs have more than one day. Paul Rickard and Brad Morgan won the Tom Shaw Memorial 27-hole open pairs...20 Apr 11:37 AM
SportGymnasts compete in Rotorua to qualify for the nationalsFive gymnasts from the Gisborne Gymnastics Club competed in the Mid Island Gym Sports competition in Rotorua at the weekend. For these five gymnasts, who compete in the upper national level, it is important to compete in other regions to gain...20 Apr 11:33 AM
PremiumPremiumSportOligoi Jug interclub match resultsOLIGOI JUG INTERCLUB RESULTS, ROUND 1 — Electrinet Park (1) 6 Waikohu 2 (Park names first): Daniel Collier def David Solomann 4 and 3, Anaru Reedy halved with Glenn Solomann, Peter Stewart def Terry Reeves 6 and 5, Silas Brown halved with Percy...19 Apr 02:26 PM
PremiumPremiumSportYoung guns fire: Rolls and Gray show their potentialA couple of rising left-handers could be an important part of the future for Poverty Bay-East Coast representative golf. Zach Rolls, who turned 18 this week, has been steadily progressing since bursting on to the scene as a youngster. He has been...19 Apr 02:20 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSports drawsRUGBY The rugby draw for SATURDAY. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay rugby, premier grade, Week 3. 2.45pm: Larsawn Ngatapa v East Coast Farm Vets YMP, Paddy’s Park 1, Patutahi. Referee: Ben Holt. GT Shearing Waikohu v Enterprise Cars OBM, Te...19 Apr 11:37 AM
PremiumPremiumSportRed leotards feature in Tri Star Compby Marilyn Callahan The red leotards of Gisborne Trampoline Club were again to the fore in all areas at the Tri Star Competition in Auckland this month. From a team of six athletes, each team member won at least one medal. They returned with a total...19 Apr 11:25 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf croquet titles to Humphreys and ElzenBarry Memorial Croquet Club’s golf croquet club champs are done and dusted. The championships were split into open and intermediate sections, the latter for players with handicaps of nine and over. Unfortunately, entry numbers for both sections...18 Apr 01:41 PM
PremiumPremiumSportWinning start for Senior 1 new boys UawaThe Senior 1 club rugby season is off to a rip-roaring start. Two-time defending champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic beat their hosts OBM 29-5, the Nuhaka V8s — team No. 3 in last year’s semifinals — beat Ngatapa Harvest Matawhero...18 Apr 01:38 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSwansong match for Uawa vet MathiasHe and his boy came in, did a job and did it well. Veteran tight-forward John Mathias — who is shortly to return to Otago after three seasons with Ngāti Porou East Coast club rugby titans Uawa — played for five different clubs down south over...18 Apr 01:31 PM
PremiumPremiumSportFitting finale for Speedway season thanks to massive volunteer effortThe local speedway season ended on Saturday with a spectacular finale befitting the derring-do, never-say-die attitude of the Gisborne Speedway Club. An organisation built on enduring club spirit took on the uncertainties of the weather and won...18 Apr 01:22 PM
PremiumPremiumSport’Tahi 1 set pennants paceHome-course team Patutahi (1) flexed their muscles with a near-perfect return in the opening rounds of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub golf pennants on Saturday. Patutahi’s four-man team beat Te Puia Springs 6-2 in Round 1 on the Patutahi course...17 Apr 03:12 PM
PremiumPremiumSportHonours shared in Jags’ Fed openerGisborne Thistle opened their Central Federation League football campaign with a 1-1 draw against Taradale in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Striker Jimmy Somerton scored seven minutes before halftime for ALH Thistle and former Jags rightback Brandon...17 Apr 03:10 PM