Three teams from Gisborne will represent their schools at the national Condor Sevens competition in December.
Gisborne Girls’ High School under-15, Lytton High girls’ u19 and Gisborne Boys’ High u19 t...
A COURAGEOUS second-half comeback fell agonisingly short for Poverty Bay in their representative match against Wanganui in Napier at the weekend.
Played in front of a live TV audience as the curtain-r...
TENNIS
Gisborne Tennis has welcomed the offer of support to the region from an experienced professional-level coach.
Craig Giddy is an International Tennis Federation Level 2 coach and has been nation...
SURFING
IDYLLIC conditions at Midway Beach on Sunday set the stage for an exciting third event of the Gisborne Boardriders Club longboard circuit.
Longboarders of all ages competed in their second ev...
BASKETBALL
When Basketball New Zealand heard that Cobham School’s basketball hoop was a bucket-with-its-bottom-cut-out, nailed to plywood, they wanted to help.
Tall Black Tom Abercrombie and Tall Fern...
CRICKET
The best place to watch a game of cricket is from out in the middle, says Poverty Bay Cricket Association director of umpiring Jason Trowill.
“You’re like the biggest fan there,” he said.
“Yo...
HOCKEY
Junior hockey players got to test their skills against teams from around the North Island when they travelled to Hawke’s Bay for a festival of hockey last week.
The Big Save Small Sticks Festiv...
CRICKET
Northern Districts cricket ran training sessions for Gisborne’s top players and coaches on Thursday and Friday.
Chairman of ND selectors Pat Malcon said he enjoyed coming back to his home town...
MOTORSPORT
REBECCA Brew was the youngest driver ever in the New Zealand Superlap Series when she competed for the first time.
She was on the track practising before she could drive on the road legally...
RUGBY
Two Black Ferns returned to their home territory this week to give back to the communities they grew up in.
Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate and Charmaine McMenamin have been running Poverty Bay Rugby’...