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HSOB victory plan works

CARL Shaw and Gagan Dhingra were the stars as High School Old Boys beat Old Boys Rugby by 176 runs in the DJ Barry Cup 40-over game at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. The victory took Bollywood Stars HSOB to the top of the table and left them as...

Happening in a blur

Detailed results from the Eastland Group Raceway action on Saturday night —Saloons — Race 1: Ethan Cook (1NZG) 1, Daniel Cook (77G) 2, Kenny Dibben (21G) 3. Race 2: Daniel Cook (77G) 1, Ethan Cook (1NZG) 2, Evan Mooney (16G) 3. Race 3: Ethan...

Reid turns to Plan B in quest for qualification

WHEN Plan A fails, turn to Plan B, that’s what Gisborne’s Tayler Reid says. Plan A was to compete in the Oceania Triathlon Championships in Gisborne on March 19, in a bid to qualify for the world under-23 championships in Mexico in September. But...

Excuse me spring, but where are our waves?

“WORST run of waves ever” seems to be the consensus among surfers about this un-Gisborne-like spring. That may be a tad dramatic and surfers will always agree the grass is greener, wherever it is, even if it is definitely brown. But we can all...

Christie still in the thick of it

THE WORLD Surf League Qualifying Series (QS) is heating up and Gisborne/Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie is right in the thick of it. Christie sits in 15th place on the QS with 10,650 points but will need to finish the year in the top 10 (at least...

Steph Beattie: I’d still play if I could

“I loved the game. I’d still be playing basketball now, if I could run up and down the court.”So said Steph Beattie, 73, Gisborne Basketball Association life member and former president. Steph was impressed by what she saw at the club finals...

Gold to PB kayakers at Oceania champs

POVERTY Bay Kayak Club members were in the medals at the Oceania championships and Grand Prix 2 regatta in Sydney over the weekend. Alicia Hoskin, Sam Ferkins and Alex Bermingham were among the New Zealand contingent at the champs held at the Sydney...

Goldie leads host club charge at Gisborne East Coast Vets’ Open

Wayne Carpendale was the odd man out as the 2022 Gisborne East Coast veterans' open matchplay champions were decided yesterday. Electrinet Park president Carpendale prevented a home track whitewash of the five men's divisions of the annual over-50s...

Long added to Giants’ arsenal for nationals

FORMER 2NZ Jason Long, of Hawke’s Bay, has joined the Gisborne Giants superstock team for the New Zealand team championships in Palmerston North next month. Long was a member of the Hawke’s Bay Hawkeyes team who won the title in 2016 and...

Age no barrier for man with the Goldie touch

THERE’S not too much left for Tene Goldsmith to achieve in his 30-year golfing career. From representing Poverty Bay-East Coast to five holes-in-one to a course record, the leftie known to many as Goldie can reflect on his years with...

Centre of the Year award to Gisborne

GISBORNE Netball Centre’s outstanding season of solid competition, innovation and fun was rewarded with the Centre of the Year honour at the Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and community awards. GNC chairwoman Kate Faulks and officials...

Gymnasts win swag of medals at champs

GISBORNE had 21 gymnasts at the Eastern Bay of Plenty Championships in Whakatane. In Step 1, Gisborne Gymnastics Club had four girls competing for the first time —Imogen Amor-Bendall, Stephanie Collier, Ella Arthur and Charlie Keepa. The Gisborne...

Matenga answers SOS from u20s

When you get the call-up, drop everything. That’s how it was for former Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 player Sam Matenga at 11.15am on Wednesday — he was grocery shopping at Pak’nSave Riccarton when his cellphone rang. It was Crusaders...

Rep season under way

Poverty Bay got their representative season under way at the Northern Districts boys’ junior secondary schools tournament in Rotorua yesterday. The Year 9-10 side lost to Bay of Plenty Lakelands by 56 runs and then lost to Counties-Manukau by 34...

Gisborne Bridge results

MONDAY, August 27 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship Pairs 7North/South East/WestMichelle England, Philip Beale 61.31 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 64.88Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 55.95 Ann McCombe, Beverley Evans 64.58Linda White...

Collective hopes with Christie in California quest

A “FROFFING” Ricardo Christie is ready to resume his challenge to retain World Surf League Championship Tour status for 2016. The Gisborne-Mahia surfer is in California preparing for contest 8 on the Championship tour — the Hurley Pro at...