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Great Taekwondo spirit at Te Karaka

TE KARAKA Taekwondo Club members won 23 medals, including six golds, at the Midlands regional tournament in Hamilton. And for the fourth year running the club also won the team spirit trophy. Te Karaka instructor Kevin Cale said the success was down...

PB Year 6 team in Riverbend action

It's the first time for four of them. But odds are that Poverty Bay cricketers Jonah Reynolds, Riki Reedy, Dillon Jackson and Joe Singh will have an experience to remember at the Riverbend Year 6 tournament starting tomorrow.“I'd like the boys with...

Badminton Eastland super vets heading to Feilding for one-day comp

After a year of changes, the Badminton Eastland super veterans team will travel to Feilding for a revamped one-day inter-association competition. The team had entered the North Island super veterans' competition that was due to start on May 16. When...

Loffler the standout performer in Bay loss

LATE replacement Ian Loffler scored 61 runs for the standout performance of a depleted Poverty Bay side who lost to Bay of Plenty by 130 runs yesterday. The visitors, traditionally among the powerhouse teams of Northern Districts cricket, made 299-5...

Tough matches ahead at the ‘Y’

A battle royal looms in the match of the round in premier grade netball tomorrow in the Gisborne YMCA when teams ranked three and four on the points table go head to head. The Pak'nSave encounter between Whangara Old Girls and F45 High School Old...

Gisborne Pony Club Sports results

Results from the Gisborne Pony Club Sports held at Showgrounds Park on Saturday (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) —Hack/hunter unity class: Ayla McIntosh, When in Rome, 1. Park hack over 148cm and not exceeding 158cm: Ayl...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

COMPETITORS in Brezz’n Darts Club’s Tuesday night winter league are into their last round of the season. Teams in both the A and B sections are fighting for top-four placings for playoffs in October. Leading the A Grade are Ford Falcons from...

Latest third place finish could prove crucial for Ricardo

RICARDO Christie had his best World Surf League Qualifying Series result of the year with a third-place finish at the Sao Paulo Open in Brazil on Sunday. The Gisborne/Mahia surfer outscored numerous Brazilian surfers in the lead-up to the semifinals...

Living their goals

A girls-only triangular tournament was held at Te Wharau School this week to promote the FIFA Live Your Goals week to encourage girls and women to play football. Te Hapara Flyers won the tournament, which was organised by Central Football. Ormond, Te...

Strike rates high for Colts and Campion

IT was Twenty20 cricket with intensity. Five Gisborne Boys’ High School players had strike rates of 100-plus as the Colts beat Gisborne Girls’ High School by 132 runs and Campion College recorded a 115-run win against the Poverty Bay boys’...

YMP end Waikohu streak

MAKE a plan, execute it. That was the simple but deadly effective formula as YMP ended Waikohu's Poverty Bay premier club rugby winning run in emphatic fashion at Te Karaka on Saturday. Both teams left the field battered and bruised after YMP won...

Young bowlers make their mark

Dylan Foster, Nathan Trowell and Kayla Trowell were in top indoor bowls form last weekend. Foster won the zone final of the New Zealand Henselite Singles and the Trowell siblings won the zone final of the New Zealand mixed pairs in Whakatane. Foster...

Bridge club results

MONDAY, November 27 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 10: Eileen Lee/Ann McCombe 61.11; Sally Knight/Michelle England 58.33; Jean Turnbull/Robyn Cheyne 55.09; Carolyn McMurray/Elizabeth Jackson 55.09. WEDNESDAY, November 29 – Craigs...

Softball coaches appointed

Tairawhiti Softball Association has appointed coaches for its representative teams for the 2018/19 season. They are —Under-13 boys: Jane Edwards. U13 girls: Roy Timoti. U15 boys: Eru Osborne. U15 girls: Leesa Kingi. U18 boys: Ray Noble. U18 girls: Leigh...

SPORT in brief

Gisborne triathlete Tayler Reid’s coach Stephen Sheldrake says the world under-23 champion will have to push the reset button ahead of next week’s ITU World Cup race in Ecuador, after Reid finished 34th in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday.“With...

Gisborne - East Coast sports draws

CyclingGisborne Cycling Club events — visitors and new cyclists welcome. Saturday — Club ride (no racing) from the Taruheru Cemetery in Nelson Road, starting at 1.30pm. Most rides are 90 minutes to three hours long and at a comfortable pace for...

Top course designer for Wairoa

ORGANIERS of the Wairoa A and P Show have attracted one of the best showjumping course designers in the Southern Hemisphere. Australian John Vallance has been part of the design team for four Olympic Games and travels the world designing and sharing...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: M Hawea 3 (2NZ Vikings); T Irwin 3, J Griffiths, T Ratapu (Men of Mayhem), A Kaiwai (2NZ Vikings), I Kaio-Wynyard, J Love (Cossy Done n Dusted).Highest start (180): M Hawea (2NZ Vikings).Highest finish (111): M Collier...