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Midway strong in juniors

Midway won the overall “top club” title at the Gisborne junior surf lifesaving championships in a carnival that brought out the best in the youngsters from all three Gisborne clubs. The championships were shifted from Saturday due to the big seas...

Tomlinson century highlights a mixed bag

A VICTORY to celebrate and a defeat to forget summed up Poverty Bay’s mixed weekend in the Northern Districts women’s trophy 40-over cricket competition in Tauranga at the weekend. Bay captain Kerry Tomlinson provided the highlight of their two...

Gisborne clubs shine

Enterprise Cars Swim Team members Tyler Finau and Jack Keepa, pictured above competing in 100-metre breaststroke races, helped their club to the trophies for most points overall and most points in senior events (14 years and over) at the Hawke’s...

Christie into last 16 at Ballito Pro

SURFINGRICARDO Christie is to record his best result of the 2018 Qualifying Series as he continues his climb back to the top tier of world surfing. The Gisborne-Mahia surfer has progressed to round 5 of the Ballito Pro in South Africa —...

Poverty Bay Cricket’s finest umpires recognised with two significant appointments

Good umpires are valuable to the game. And Poverty Bay Cricket has seen two of its finest elevated by the powers that be. Jason Trowill, 51, is one of the five officials selected for the Northern Districts A panel and Luke Fisher, 17, is one of three...

Gisborne Boys’ High rebound from tough first three matches

CRICKETThe first three days were a write-off. But the Gisborne Boys' High School Colts' five-wicket win against Whangarei Boys' High yesterday was hard-earned. Gisborne had lost their first three games at the New Zealand Community Trust Year 9 and 10...

Free-flowing game expected

GISBORNE Boys’ High School first 15 coach Tom Cairns expects a free-flowing game when his side take on New Plymouth Boys’ High School at the Rectory at 12.30pm tomorrow.“New Plymouth are travelling well this year, having beaten Hamilton...

Club basketball results

Results from week 3 of the Gisborne Basketball Association men’s league —A Grade: Old School 68 SE Systems 52, City Lights 74 Filthy Dozen 72, Gisborne Boys’ High School Red v GBHS Black deferred. B Grade: GBHS Wolf Pack 48 GBHS Blue 44...

Table-toppers too good for Bay

IT was a tough day at the office for Poverty Bay on Saturday as hosts South Canterbury turned on a second-half clinic in a 60-7 Heartland Championship win at Waimate. The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas came up against a well-drilled green...

On the mats Indoor bowls news

David Lynn, Warren Gibb, Journey Hihi and Lois Lamont won the 2018 Robieson Shield 7-6 in a tight final against last year’s winners, Malcolm Trowell, Nathan Trowell, Matthew Foster and Dylan Foster. The Robieson Shield is like the Ranfurly Shield...

Marshall scores unbeaten century for the HSOB Pups

CRICKETTrue batsmanship — that’s what Blake Marshall showed in his innings of 126 not out for the High School Old Boys Pups against the Auto Tyre Eagles in T30 junior colts action at Nelson Park on Saturday. Marshall batted at No. 4 and hit 25...

‘Game of two halves’ not always a cliché

RUGBYThe cliché “it was a game of two halves” is now meaningless. The only exception to that new rule should be Uawa’s Barry Cup defence against Tihirau Victory Club in Tolaga Bay on Sunday, a 73-22 win to the holders. Head coach Tip Nukunuku...

Poverty Bay in ‘cauldron from the beginning’

RUGBYFROM the frying pan into the fire. Poverty Bay began the Heartland Championship by playing against the 2018 Meads Cup champions, then the beaten finalists, and now they’re taking on a rugby team who have started their 2019 campaign with two...

Year today, gone tomorrow

CORRUPTION in FIFA. Whoop dee doo. Drugs in Russian athletics. So friggin’ what?Optically deluded third umpire costs Black Caps test. Tell someone who gives a rat’s buttocks. This sporting enthusiast is facing a dire emergency that demotes these...

Bay win continues roller-coaster ride,End-to-end play a feature of under-16 eastern derby

IT reads like a roller-coaster — a roller-coaster heading up. The Fulton Hogan Poverty Bay under-18s — who lost to the Wellington Samoans 33-5 and beat Thames Valley 34-12 — have bounced back from the 21-17 loss to Wanganui a fortnight ago with...

Gibbs and Allen named in Bay squad

FORMER Gisborne Boys’ High School players Maia Gibbs and Jody Allen will make their Heartland debuts for Poverty Bay in this season’s championship. Bay coach Mutu Ngarimu named both in his 32-man squad. Squad — Forwards: Sione Ngatu, Russell...