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Out to bounce back

Back in 2014, Poverty Bay left-arm seamer Jak Rowe terrorised the Hawke’s Bay senior cricket side, taking seven wickets for 14 runs. Left red-faced by a 17-year-old, Hawke’s Bay were dismissed for 57 in the 50-over match and they were flogged by...

Tayler Reid 39th in Leeds ITU race

GISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid finished down the field in the latest International Triathlon Union series race in Leeds at the weekend. Reid was up with the pace in the swim and cycle legs, but faded in the run to place 39th. He came out of the water...

Honours to Ngatapa, highlight to Pirates

LARSAWN Ngatapa took the points against Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates on Saturday at Patutahi but Pirates produced the moment of the match with one of the great Poverty Bay club rugby tries. In the last weekend of points games before the top-four...

Reid is making the best of it

WORLD-ranked triathlete Tayler Reid has found innovative ways to keep training at home in Gisborne, and he recommends other sportspeople do the same during the Covid-19 crisis. The 23-year-old came home from his training base in Cambridge two weeks...

Around the Greens: Club Bowls news

Last Thursday, the club held a single-entry bowls tournament on a 3/5 format. Two games were played — enough for the heat of the afternoon. Murray Murton skipped the winning team, with Marie Thomas at two and Graham Atkins the lead. They had two...

Vette off to a great start

Gisborne surfer Saffi Vette started Day 2 of the National Surfing Championships by beating former Women's World Tour competitor Paige Hareb at Piha yesterday. Vette said she was “stoked” to beat Hareb and “get under her skin a little...

Beach series podium spots to be decided

TOMORROW is the last chance to earn a podium place as Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club wraps up its beach racing series at Makorori. With it being the third and final round, you can expect plenty of hard and fast racing as riders compete for remaining...

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Six teams from Gisborne’s Surf City Squash Club qualify for National events

Six teams from Gisborne's Surf City Squash Club have qualified for National SuperChamps events in September. The Eastern District eliminations were held at Surf City Squash Club over a weekend late last month. National SuperChamps events will be held...

Poverty Bay lose to ND Invitation on another rain-interrupted day

The first two days of this week’s Northern Districts boys’ junior secondary schools cricket tournament in Rotorua were washed out and the fourth T20 was abandoned yesterday afternoon. There was one result for the Bay — a two-wicket morning loss...

GBHS Red beat Old School

BASKETBALLRed is the new Black. Under the banner of Gisborne Boys’ High School Black, Max Scott led Boys’ High to only their second men’s club title — 74-47 against Uawa — at the YMCA in September last year. Scott and all of his returning...

Gisborne riders enjoy success

Gisborne showjumping and show hunter riders have been competing around the country for the past couple of months with much success. The Bay of Plenty Show Hunter Summer Show was held on January 29 and 30. On the first day of competition, Molly McEwan...

Hot stuff on the track

The drivers and riders from the Gisborne Speedway Club added more glitter to a glittering season for the club at the weekend. Rob Miller and “Red” George 8G scored a first and two seconds to make the final of a sidecar event in Palmerston North...

Bridge results

TUESDAY, July 30 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship Pairs 6North/South East/WestEileen Lee, Ann McCombe 55.42 Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 65.00Bette Parker, Trish Corson 54.17 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 53.33Diana Styche, Joy...

Now is not the time to ease up

RUGBYNO ONE wants to lose momentum at this stage of the season. The last round of the Poverty Bay club rugby regular season is tomorrow and then it’s the playoffs. Premier competition leaders OBM want to finish top of the table and they can make...

Challenging conditions on the water

The Gisborne Financial Services Ltd Poverty Bay Sailing Champs was evenly contested in the Bay over the weekend. Saturday’s racing was postponed after one fast race as a southerly squall came through and caused some damage to boats. Sailing on...

Club sides to call on young players

The squeeze is on for players in the Hope Cup. And the opening to blood young cricketers in the Senior B Grade for Poverty Bay's clubs is an opportunity too good to pass up. With the Lukas Fry-led Gisborne Boys' High School second 11 well-manned, Year...