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Atkins and Wyrill make Heartland XV

RUGBYTWO standout players from Poverty Bay club rugby this season have been selected for the New Zealand Heartland XV to take on Samoa. Mark Atkins and Adrian Wyrill, both from the champion OBM club, will suit up for the game at Eden Park on Aug...

Young riders stepping up to fill gaps

New combinations are stepping up to fill some big boots in the Equestrian Sports New Zealand high-performance eventing squads. That's the view of ESNZ high-performance. eventing manager Graeme Thom.“Our most recent squad lists seem stark with the...

Redemption for Hinewaiariki

A gold-medal performance felt like redemption for Horouta Waka Hoe golden master women's crew Hinewaiariki at the Waka Ama New Zealand Long Distance Nationals in the Bay of Islands off Waitangi at the weekend. They won their division — for women...

No fairytale ending

VERDON Bartlett had no fairytale ending to his 60th game for Ngati Porou East Coast. South Canterbury beat the Coast 45-7 at Whakarua Park, Ruatoria, on Saturday, ending the round-robin section of rugby’s Heartland Championship in top spot. But...

Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayPARAMEDIC Marc Armstrong hopes the two defibrillators recently bought by the golf club will never have to be used. But he can be sure there will be a few heart palpitations in his and John Pittar’s Barns-Graham Cup men’s campaign...

It's a Waikohu-YMP final

Waikohu and YMP will contest the 2020 Covid-19-interrupted Poverty Bay club rugby final. Top qualifiers Waikohu advanced to the Lee Bros Shield decider this weekend with a comprehensive 34-0 whitewash of High School Old Boys at Rugby Park on...

Pirates president vows premier return

KEVIN Hollis Glass Pirates may be down and out of the premier rugby competition — which starts on March 24 — but club president Pat Makiri says the Buccaneers will be back.“We’ve been struggling for numbers in the past few years but we have...

Conrad Kutia carrying on two traditions

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Able Electronics Technician Conrad Kutia, of Ngati Porou, is carrying on his family's legacy of service and a love of rugby. The 23-year-old utility back from Gisborne is part of the RNZN Te Taua Moana rugby squad...

Will it be YMP or Waikohu to final?,Waikohu-YMP game ‘too close to call’

“THERE can be only one” — Claydens Waikohu play YMP (1) at the YMCA tomorrow night to decide who will play Whangara Old Girls for netball’s Jan Duncan Memorial Cup on Saturday. It would take a brave person to call this game either way. It is...

A mighty battle

Poverty Bay had just enough class and commitment to defeat Ngati Porou East Coast but it was a mighty battle at Rugby Park. Rugby fans — many of them Coast supporters — were treated to a classic contest in Gisborne on Saturday and the home team...

Gutsy effort from Bay in tourney

Poverty Bay were winless at the Northern Districts senior secondary schoolboys’ tournament in Gisborne this year but finished with a gutsy effort against the ND Invitation team. In yesterday’s one wicket-loss to the Invitation side — who beat...

Another double to Mitchell

Quality never ages. Dave Mitchell can prove it. The 47-year-old has won numerous national waveski surfing titles over his 30-year career, many of them in Gisborne. He knows the place well and he picked up two titles again on Saturday at the Whales...

Tips from the top

If the All Whites buy into the experience, philosophy and enthusiasm of coach Fritz Schmid, New Zealand football could be on to a winner. The Swiss-born 58-year-old, who took charge of the national team in March, was in his element coaching the Te...

Following in Dad's bootsteps

THE All Blacks are still Toby Broadhurst’s favourite team despite dad Michael wearing the jersey of Japan’s Brave Blossoms at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The 3½-year-old Toby was given the honour of running on to the pitch with the match ball just...

Up with the best at nationals

Poverty Bay Kayak Club paddlers were up with the best at the New Zealand Canoe Sprint National Championships on Day 1 at Lake Karapiro yesterday. Apart from seeing a slew of first placings across the age groups, Poverty Bay coaches had the...

Bay end camp with victory

The Poverty Bay Year 7 B team finished their six-game Hawke’s Bay cricket camp with a sound win against a Cambridge Y7 team yesterday. Bowling first, Poverty Bay bowled exceptionally well to dismiss Cambridge for 99. Luke Fisher was the chief...