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Three teams unbeaten at end of first day’s play

Waikato Valley will take some beating. The Valley were in mighty form first-up at the Northern Districts Emerging Youth Cricket Tournament at the Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. They, Counties-Manukau and 2021 champions Bay of Plenty Coastlands won...

Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayTHE pundits are picking a William Brown-Andrew Higham senior men’s club championship final . . . but there are a few players planning to defy the favouritism. Glenn Morley, who qualified 14th, provided the upset of the champs so far...

Overseas travel a bonus with academy selection

GISBORNE teenager Daeleigh-Michelle Waihi is looking forward to her first trip overseas — to an Australian softball tournament at which she will compete this month. The Lytton High School student is in a New Zealand academy under-14 girls' team...

Father-son combinations to the fore

CRICKET Time is precious — and short. Four father-son combinations made the most of a rare opportunity to play club cricket regularly together this season. The Trowells (Malcolm, 42, and Nathan, 14), Fosters (Mike, 41, Matthew, 15, and Dylan, 13)...

Amber extends the sporting line

SIXTEEN-year-old Amber Phillips is showing the type of football ability that thrust her father Neal into a champion Gisborne City team straight from school. Amber lives with her parents Neal and Wendy in Ashhurst, just outside Palmerston North...

Thistle lifeline for Team Gizzy

GISBORNE Thistle AFC chairman Ronnie Young will meet with Team Gisborne board members next week in the hope they reconsider their decision to withdraw the Pacific Premiership champions from the 2016 competition.“Failing that — and I’m speaking...

The only game in town: Hicks Bay, Waiapu to play catch-up

It's time to play catch-up. With round-robin play concluding last Saturday, only one competition game will be played tomorrow ahead of next weekend's semifinals of Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby. Hicks Bay will be at home to Pango...

HSOB look polished,OBR and Horouta record emphatic wins

HIGH School Old Boys, Horouta and Old Boys Rugby opened their DJ Barry Cup campaigns with comfortable wins in the 40-over competition at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. In the match of the day, Bollywood Stars HSOB beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates...

Long journey, rich reward

Gisborne trampolinists, tumblers return from NZ nationals with medals galore

Gisborne teams finish tourney with a flourish

BASKETBALLThey finished with a flourish. The Gisborne under-11 boys’ A team beat the Wolf-pack 35-25 and the B team saw Thames Valley off 16-8 to end their campaign at the Tui Ridge Basketball Tournament in Rotorua. After a scoreless first period...

Walker-Leawere gets ’Canes call-up

GISBORNE’S Isaia Walker-Leawere has been called into the Hurricanes squad for Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Waratahs in Sydney. The 19-year-old lock — one year out of Gisborne Boys’ High School — was a member of the New Zealand...

Sports draws

Pacific Premiership, SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United. Eastern League 1, SATURDAY, 12.30pm: CRR 1, Thistle Reserves v Heavy Equipment Services United. 2.30pm...

Making preparations for move

Two Gisborne rugby players, Hunter Mokomoko and Jordyn Tihore, are in the midst of preparations for a move to play rugby in Japan this year. Mokomoko has yet to sign a contract but is in discussions with several teams from “Top League”, Japan's...

Two changes in Poverty Bay cricket side

POVERTY Bay coach David McDonald has made two changes for the Fergus Hickey Rosebowl two-day cricket game against Waikato Valley that starts at 10.30am at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Former Pirates batsman Thomas Hayes, who plays for Fraser Tech...

Gordon in the bunch as ‘big boys’ dictate

GISBORNE’S Callum Gordon remains in 19th place overall — one minute 19secs behind leader James Oram — after a frantic finish to stage three of the New Zealand Cycle Classic yesterday. Gordon, riding for Team Skoda Racing, was officially 58th in...

Regional waka ama sprint rankings

EACH event has a quota of paddlers to go on to the national championships. 500 metresIntermediate men (quota five): 1 Anaru Paenga-Morgan 2:25.91; 2 Kitini Taihuka 2:34.10; 3 Manaakiao Maxwell 2:36.28; 4 Mawhai Chaffey 2:47.26; 5 Mairangi Campbell...

Around the greens: club bowls news

Gisbornea scorching hot day made for challenging conditions when Gisborne Bowling Club members held their club championship singles. Competitors played games up to 21 shots or to a time limit of two hours, whichever came first. In the junior women's...

Country, City duels in pennants semis

GOLF by Chris TaewaONE thing is for sure about tomorrow’s Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants semifinals . . . a country club will be in the final. The top four were decided last weekend at Tolaga Bay in round 3 of the matchplay...