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Pirates 'a team to watch’: co-coach Guy Allan

Pirates are a team to watch. That warning came from the opposing coach after Larsawn Ngatapa beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 44-17 in premier club rugby at the Oval on Saturday. Ngatapa fought hard for their win and it was only late in the second...

‘Gutsy effort’: premier wins to YMP, OBM, Ngatapa

YMP continued their strong start to the Poverty Bay premier club rugby season with a hard-earned 26-7 win over Waikohu at Barry Park on Saturday. Earthwork Solutions HSOB showed grit at the Oval but Enterprise Cars OBM came out on top 55-22 to...

Huge seas judged too dangerous for racing

Mountainous onshore seas deemed too dangerous for racing brought an early end to the IRB national championships at Waihi Beach. The 120 crews there for the BP-sponsored event — including four from Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae — went home...

Bridge results

Tuesday, April 11 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Swiss Pairs 2 (victory points — after six rounds) Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 75.92 VP Caroline Kirkpatrick, Robyn Cheyne 73.73 VP Jean Turnbull, Caroline Taylor 69.07 VP Diana Styche, Joy...

Race-track watch

Wet weather forced the postponement of Gisborne Speedway Club’s first-night programme of its double-header grand finale weekend. Club president Clyde McGrory said the track looked excellent on Thursday, but heavy showers since then impacted the...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

Individual highlights 180s: Tahuna Irwin. Highest start (140): Te Kotahi Kaio 3 (Tigers); Pete Tom 2 (Falcons); Anaru Cashmore 2 (Ruahine Tahi). Highest finish (100): Tahuna Irwin (Falcons). Most tons, men (17): Te Kotahi Kaio (Tigers). Most tons...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: J Collier (Roseland); K Tamihere (Stallions); L Kaa, M Stevens (Rebels); T Campbell-Ratapu (Tao Spartans); R Leach (Outlaws); A Cross (6 Shooters); S Gooch (Spandangles); I Eyles 2 (Gunz). Highest start (180): I Eyles...

Travel drama fails to fluster gymnasts

SIXTEEN gymnasts from Gisborne signed up to compete in the Wellington Open Championships. It was a huge commitment from their families to get them to Wellington, especially with the road to Napier being closed by the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle...

Living the good life. . . by the numbers

Age is just a number when it comes to Gisborne master athletes Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson. Both women have qualified for the CrossFit Torian Pro Championships in Brisbane, Australia. To qualify, athletes enter their scores attained in the...

Students shine at waka ama nationals

Tairāwhiti paddlers drew on reserves built by years of training to shine at the secondary school waka ama nationals in Rotorua last month. Cyclone Gabrielle scuttled well-laid plans for final preparations, and coaches had to be inventive to keep...

Coast paddlers beat the odds to compete at nationals

A team of Tolaga Bay Area School paddlers returned home “absolutely buzzing” after their log-jammed journey to the secondary school waka ama nationals at Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua. A little over a month ago, after Cyclone Gabrielle swept through...

High hopes for Waikanae and Wainui at IRB nationals

Waikanae and Wainui surf lifesavers will get amongst the action at the IRB national championships at Waihi Beach this weekend. They’ll be among more than 120 crews vying for national honours across three age divisions and five race categories in...

Golf roundup

Electrinet Park To Jacko. Electrinet Park pennants players will have the memory of Jack Glassford inspiring them when the 2023 Poverty Bay-East Coast men’s interclub Oligoi and Endeavour pennants series start on Saturday. Jack died on April 5...

High School Old Boys return

Name from past revived for team aiming to boost culture. Three Gisborne footballers have got together to revive the High School Old Boys team name in the Eastern League. They’re entering the league at the level their predecessors left local...

Junior Champ of Champs fours titles to Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

Bowls Gisborne East-Coast held its champion of champions fours tournament for junior women and men at Gisborne Bowling Club. Only two clubs entered the junior women’s event while three were in the junior men’s event. In the junior women’s...

Champ of Champs fours: Poverty Bay, Gisborne clinch senior crowns

Bowls Gisborne East-Coast’s champion of champions men’s and women’s senior fours were decided at Gisborne Bowling Club. In the senior women’s competition, Poverty Bay’s Anita Vaotuua (skip), Kathryn Flaugere (director), Jean Patterson...

IRB teams will put their rescue skills to the test

Surf lifeguards from around New Zealand and across the Tasman have been gearing up for a weekend of intense action and high-stakes racing at the BP New Zealand IRB Championships at Waihi Beach this weekend. That includes Gisborne crews who have been...

Pinn family create Burton Cup history

BOWLS by Ginny Sherriff and Herald staff A candidate for most absorbing contest in town over the weekend was Gisborne bowls fraternity versus the elements. Gisborne Bowling Club’s most prestigious event, the Burton Cup, was held thanks to an...