PremiumPremiumSportDetailed scores from Saturday,Netball grading results from SaturdayGisborne netball grading game results —Premier: Claydens Waikohu 1 28 Whangara Old Girls 1 21; YMP Sunshine Brewery 33 GGHS Snr A 23; Ritana Snr A 24 Horouta Gold 19; Taste One HSOG 29 Waikohu 1 21; YMP 30 Whangara Old Girls 1 28; GGHS Snr A 30...18 Mar 11:47 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGrand prix win on pony that ‘could jump the moon’HAWKE'S Bay's Tessa Mason achieved the only double clear of the Country TV Pony Grand Prix at the Larsen Sawmilling Jumping and Show Hunter Championships to secure victory in just her second start at that level. The pint-sized 11-year-old from Napier...18 Mar 11:47 AM
PremiumPremiumSportCHAMP1ONS - Tairawhiti trifectas at NZ champsHorouta waka ama club's premier women paddlers stamped their class on the national sprint championships with a 1-2-3 finish in the W1 500 metres yesterday. Akayshia Williams outsprinted her rivals in the final race of the day at Lake Karapiro...18 Mar 11:47 AM
PremiumPremiumSportNgati Porou East Coast out to shake up the city in Heartland ChampionshipNgati Porou East Coast love nothing more than to give this city a shake-up and that's how what they plan to do tomorrow. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay will host Ngati Porou East Coast from 2.30pm at Rugby Park, in Week 7 of the Heartland...18 Mar 11:47 AM
PremiumPremiumSportPoverty Bay boys ‘incredible’Some magnificent cricket played last week by Daniel Williams-coached Year 7s18 Mar 11:46 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Club Darts Association results180s: Antonio Curtis (RSA Men of Mayhem), Pete Archbold (Roseland Dilligaf), Tristan Reeves (RSA Outlaws), Thao Duncan (Roseland Say My Name Again), Amelia Campbell-Ratapu (2NZ Tao Valkyries).Highest start (180): Amelia Campbell-Ratapu (2NZ Tao...18 Mar 11:46 AM
PremiumPremiumSportDoleman Cup's weekend resultsSaturdayHorouta maintained their unbeaten run in the senior men's Doleman Cup competition with a six-wicket win against High School Old Boys at Harry Barker reserve today. Scores:Horouta 37-4 defeated HSOB 36 (Blake Taylor 6-12, Marty Brandso...18 Mar 11:46 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHistoric win to rising star KaaDAYS before the Hawke’s Bay-East Coast club darts championships, 16-year-old Lorenzo Kaa did not think he would be going let alone creating history in his first senior ranking tournament. Asked about heading to the Napier RSA as part of a strong...18 Mar 11:46 AM
PremiumPremiumSportClose ties in BIZminton4Close ties were common during the third night of competition in the BIZminton4 league at the Badminton Centre last Wednesday. Starship Enterprise (1) defeated WSP Opus by five matches to one, but in all matches the margins were only one to three...18 Mar 11:45 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHand-picked for Gizzy judo campGisborne was the destination for 15 female judo athletes hand-picked from around the country to train here for five days with national women’s coach Kiki Reedy Velloza. The Waikanae Top 10 Holiday Park and beach area was the perfect spot to...18 Mar 11:45 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTessa McDonald's week at Toro national women’s interprovincialGISBORNE’S top female golfer is not sure what 2016 holds for her but she won’t forget the way she ended 2015.A late call-up, a Lazarus-like comeback and a nasty case of strep throat made for a dramatic week of golf for Tessa McDonald at the Toro...18 Mar 11:44 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWaikohu victory ends seasonA STELLAR season for Claydens Waikohu lost none of its lustre at the annual Kurangaituku Netball Tournament in Rotorua last weekend. Waikohu won the C Grade of New Zealand’s largest netball club tournament, at which over 650 games are played. It...18 Mar 11:44 AM
PremiumPremiumSportUnions to get review detailsTHE Poverty Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast rugby unions will be brought up to speed with New Zealand Rugby's extensive review tomorrow. Representatives of the two provincial unions will attend a meeting hosted by the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union and NZR...18 Mar 11:44 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf RoundupTahungaSOME players never lose it. Even after an lengthy period away from the game, they only need a little oiling to soon be running somewhere near full efficiency. On Saturday, Rowan Clark delivered a cameo performance at the Tahunga men’s open...18 Mar 11:43 AM
PremiumPremiumSportPlayers battle in the NZ Secondary School Ki o Rahi ChampionshipsKI O RAHISecondary schools from throughout the country are in Gisborne for the New Zealand Secondary School Ki o Rahi Championships. The preliminary round of competition began yesterday with 23 teams entered. The final rounds are under way today with...18 Mar 11:43 AM
PremiumPremiumSportAround the Greens: Club bowls newsPoverty Bay Bowling Club's Open Championship Mixed Fours were played as twilight games on Tuesday and Thursday last week. Section play comprised four games of 15 ends or two hoursThe team of Barrie Denham (skip), June Stichbury (3), Kathryn Flaugere...18 Mar 11:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Senior Surf Lifesaving Championships contested Midway BeachTHE Gisborne Senior Surf Lifesaving Championships got under way at Midway Beach yesterday, with canoe, surf ski and board events held. Fine weather is forecast for tomorrow, when beach and surf events will be held from 8am18 Mar 11:42 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSPORTS DRAWSCentral Federation League — SUNDAY, 1pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Waikanae Beach TOP10 Gisborne Thistle v Palmerston North Marist. Pacific Premiership — SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United v Western...18 Mar 11:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportThe heat is onGISBORNE/MAHIA pro surfer Ricardo Christie made a strong start to his first big competition of the year yesterday, advancing from his first heat of the Maitland and Port Stephens Pro at Merewether Beach in Newcastle, Australia. Gold Coast-based...18 Mar 11:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge resultsMONDAY, November 27 — Sean Shivan Pharmacy Championship, Pairs 10: Eileen Lee/Ann McCombe 61.11; Sally Knight/Michelle England 58.33; Jean Turnbull/Robyn Cheyne 55.09; Carolyn McMurray/Elizabeth Jackson 55.09. WEDNESDAY, November 29 — Craig’s...18 Mar 11:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportMedal haul at national judo champsGisborne Judo Club contingent bring back 11 medals, including four gold18 Mar 11:41 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf RoundupPeter Clayton and Mark Hunt turned talk into title in winning the 2022 Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men's pairs on Sunday. Clayton and Hunt beat brothers Kit and Tene Goldsmith on the 17th hole of the handicap matchplay final to join an elite...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportYMP in resounding win against WhangaraYMP made their most emphatic statement yet in the Pak’nSave premier-grade netball competition when they completed a resounding victory over challengers Whangara Old Girls at the YMCA last night. YMP Sunshine Brewery were in control throughout and...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWeir gives OBR more optionsHARD-hitting OBR opener Timoti Weir returns to the side for the game against Gisborne Boys’ High School in Doleman Cup cricket at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow.“Not only does Timoti give us another batting option, his bowling has been difficult...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportOut the backAS I was checking the surf at Wainui this week, I saw a lone surfer displace an astronomical amount of water with a huge forehand snap. I thought to myself, “Who could that be?”The waves looked a bit gutless and the surface a bit ruffled, but...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportRiders from all over North Island to descend on Gisborne trackGisborne BMX Club members are hosting riders from all over the North Island — and one rider from Christchurch — at two meetings this weekend. Tomorrow the club will hold the Bikeys Gisborne meeting at its track in Lytton Road. Practice is from...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportOn the mats - indoor bowls newsPoverty Bay-East Coast beat Hawke’s Bay 84 points to 76 at indoor bowls to win the Presidents Trophy in Hawke’s Bay last weekend. In the fours, Poverty Bay got off to the best of starts, winning three games out of four to go into a 12-4...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportEx-Bay player living Super dreamGISBORNE has helped produce another Super Rugby player with former Poverty Bay and Pirates winger John Stewart making his debut for the Sunwolves last weekend. Stewart excelled for the struggling Japanese franchise despite their disappointing 40-22...18 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumSportAbbreviated scoreboards and standings from local competitionsStandings after Round 6 of Poverty Bay Cricket Association's Doleman Cup 40-over competition for Premier Grade teams: Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys 14 points (4 wins from 6 games); Coastal Concrete OBR 11pts (3 wins from 6); Galaxy World...18 Mar 11:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportAll games nail-bitersThey’re going off like a cracker. Teams kept up a quick tempo in Week 5 of the 2018 Gisborne Basketball Association men’s club league. The closeness of the scores reflected that. For the first time in GBA club competition, five games in one night...18 Mar 11:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGold, silver and ankle fracture for Kaiya HutaGisborne's New Zealand trampoline representative Kaiya Huta returned from the national championships at Tauranga with one gold medal, one silver and a hairline fracture to his ankle.“We’re lucky that it was a hairline fracture as Kaiya is...18 Mar 11:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSPORTS DRAWSThe finals of Gisborne senior netball will be played at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Senior prizegiving is to follow at the Gisborne Netball Centre pavilion as soon as possible after completion of the 10.30am round. All games are 4 x 10-minute...18 Mar 11:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTaranaki win consigns PBEC to last at Freyberg MastersPoverty Bay-East Coast fell just short of relinquishing the wooden spoon as the Freyberg Masters interprovincial wrapped up on the Paraparaumu Beach course yesterday. The bottom-seeded PBEC lost 5-0 to Aorangi in the Round 9 of the over-40s men's...18 Mar 11:39 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTwo-from-two start for Bay,Hayes, Weir and Venema shine against ND MaoriA GREAT beginning to the season, that’s what Bollywood Poverty Bay made in beating McCaw Lewis Northern Districts Maori by 49 runs in a 35-over cricket match on Sunday and by 18 runs in yesterday’s Twenty20 game. The two wins made for a great...18 Mar 11:39 AM