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Thistle are Bailey Cup winners

Carpet Court Thistle Massive celebrate their 6-1 victory over United in football’s Bailey Cup final on Saturday. Massive finished second, by a point, to United in the Eastern League Division 1 competition in a race that went to the last round of...

Contribution recognised with life membership

EQUESTRIANTHREE stalwarts of horse sports have been honoured with life membership of the Gisborne area of Equestrian Sports New Zealand. The contributions of Geoff Tombleson, Jenny Holden and Merran Hain were recognised at the annual meeting of the...

North End form ‘worrying’

GISBORNE Thistle haven't exactly been catching the breaks this year. Having lost a substantial part of last season's first-team squad to the travel bug and other clubs, Thistle faced a rebuilding task in football's Central Federation League this...

All hands to the pump

Sideline team dedicated to resurgence of HSOB

Tall Blacks coach in town

TALL Blacks head coach Pero Cameron will host a coaches' session tonight in Gisborne. The evening is open to coaches from all codes, with the talk on building team culture rather than fostering individual talent. Cameron captained the New Zealand Tall...

Christie wins heat

Tokyo — The New Zealand men have made a successful start to the World Surfing Games in Japan, which doubles as a qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. Ricardo Christie and Billy Stairmand have won their opening round heats, while Kehu Butler has...

Short sharp season for premier grade teams

After rain forced all cricket matches to be abandoned for the second weekend in a row last Saturday, the forecast is looking good for players to get back into the swing of things. This Saturday, premier cricket sees Gisborne Boys High School face...

Bay outfoxed

LEADERBRAND Poverty Bay were on the losing end of a pulsating 12-try, point-a-minute Heartland encounter with Thames Valley at Rugby Park on Saturday and had only themselves to blame. The Bay lost 43-37 to the Swamp Foxes but picked up bonus points...

A race not to be last

Gisborne Thistle have a game tomorrow that could define their season. They play Levin at Donnelly Park, Levin, at 2.45pm. These teams have exactly the same record on football’s Central Federation League points table. They are equal-bottom in the...

Knight taking position at Makaraka

MEL Knight will not be lost to Poverty Bay cricket following the appointment of Nic Hendrie as Poverty Bay Cricket Association’s operations manager, says chairman Christopher Slater. Knight, the Poverty Bay women’s player-coach and women’s...

Wellington's loss is Waikato's gain as Tapsell heads north

GISBORNE Boys’ High School first 15 captain and New Zealand Secondary Schools flanker Quade Tapsell made a huge impression on NZSS coach and Hurricanes assistant coach Jason Holland. But the 18-year-old Tapsell has been snapped up by the Waikato...

Gisborne girl power

BILLY Stairmand set a record for open men’s titles but Gisborne surfers left their own imprint on the national surfing championships at Piha on Saturday. Gisborne’s Saffi Vette won the under-18 and u16 girls’ titles, Stella Smith won the...

Golf Roundup

If you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact The Gisborne Heraldon 869-0633 or email sports@gisborneherald. co. nzGisborne ParkButch Atkins has told and been part of a story or three in his long golfing...

Gisborne’s Scott fourth in Fiji

ENTERPRISE Cars Swim Team member Matt Scott finished just out of the medals in the opening event of the Oceania Swimming Championships yesterday. Scott was fourth in the open water 10-kilometre swim held in choppy conditions at Suva. He was up with...

Thistle on wrong end of key decisions

Gisborne Thistle finished their first season back in football's Central Federation League with a 1-0 loss to the competition champions on Saturday. Havelock North Wanderers beat Waikanae Beach TOP10 Gisborne Thistle with an 84th-minute goal at...

Keen contests at YMCA ‘too close to call’

Tapuae return to the YMCA tonight no doubt determined to push harder for victory after their narrow loss to Gisborne Girls' High School Senior A last Saturday. The Wairoa team led for three-quarters of their match against the students and the result...

Amped for Hope Cup final tomorrow

CRICKETGrand final day in Poverty Bay Cricket will see both the DJ Barry Cup decided by the bonus points accrued in both first grade games — Bain Construction OBR v Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates, and Gisborne Boys’ High School v Bollywood High...

‘Great learning curve’ for Bay boys

It’s a short turnaround. Three days after being named in the Poverty Bay boys’ primary cricket team, the Matt Crampton/Graham Hudson-coached side began their Northern Districts campaign with a five-wicket loss to Bay of Plenty Lakelands at...