Poverty Bay
PERSONAL bests are to be a regular occurrence for teenager Jessica Hayward as her fledgling golf career progresses.
The latest came on Sunday —...
SURF LIFESAVING
GISBORNE surf lifesaver Cory Taylor, fresh from his second victory in the Nutri-Grain IronMan Series in Australia, will be home to play a m...
Poverty Bay improved through their Northern Districts Twenty20 tournament at Taupo but rain had a big say in the end.
Waikato Valley were 64 for one after eight...
The club's juniors put on a splendid display of skills in their singles championships last weekend.
Although very few were eligible to play in the division for ...
SURF LIFESAVING
GISBORNE surf lifesaving athlete Cory Taylor has won again in the tough Nutri-Grain IronMan Series in Australia.
The Dawson Building Midwa...
CRICKET
JUST when things were looking up for the Poverty Bay senior men's cricket side, the rain came tumbling down.
Poverty Bay started their Northern Dis...
Poverty Bay had a first-up loss by 26 runs in their opening game of a twenty20 cricket tournament in Taupo.
The three-day Northern Districts tournament at Owen ...
High School Old Boys have ended OBR's winning run in Doleman Cup cricket finals, triumphing in this year's absorbing decider by 18 runs.
Landmark Homes OBR were...
Gisborne Intermediate athletes did their school proud at the Bay of Plenty/Poverty Bay intermediate schools athletics championships in Tauranga. Podium finisher...
Nineteen-year-old Thorn Parkes did not hesitate before he accepted the captaincy of the Poverty Bay men's cricket side.
Parkes will lead the team in a Northern ...
A SMALL group of Gisborne surf lifesaving athletes will take on the Mount Monster endurance event at Mount Maunganui tomorrow and some of them should feature at...
AN injured Ricardo Christie ended the world title hopes of Brazilian Filipe Toledo in a stunning upset at the Pipe Masters in Hawaii this morning.
Nursing 10 st...
BMX world junior champion Jessie Smith, formerly of Gisborne, is among the nominees for the Halberg Awards.
She is in the emerging-talent category.
Now living i...
Gisborne Park
OPOTIKI earned a place on Rod Moore's favourite golf course list after achieving perfection on Saturday.
Moore holed his tee shot on the 121-metre...
THE Bill Edwards Tankard at stake in the annual challenge between Gisborne and Kahutia bowling clubs changed hands last Wednesday afternoon.
It was fitting that...
BEACH NETBALL
Bayleys Beach Netball is back for 2020.
The league will run for six weeks on Tuesdays from January 28 to March 3.
“As usual, it will be pla...
Several junior athletes from Gisborne did well at the Bay of Plenty junior (under 14) surf lifesaving championships at Waihi on Sunday.
Sophie Petro from Dawso...
Gisborne Bowling Club team members took the honours in the Bowls New Zealand national interclub Division 1 centre preliminary tournaments at the weekend.
Both t...
Gisborne surf lifesaving athlete Cory Taylor on Sunday won his second Nutri-Grain IronMan Series event. It was at Surfers Paradise, where he achieved his first ...
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
BYRON Chivers has a kickboxing world title but his full focus is now on wrestling.
The 22-year-old from Gisborne, now living in Auckland...
The strong start to the season by Gisborne speedway sidecar duo Rob Miller and Red George continued at the weekend when they won the feature race and one of the...
GISBORNE surf lifesaver Lachie Falloon nearly didn't start the Mount Monster endurance event at Mount Maunganui on Saturday.
It was just as well he did.
The 15-...
Gisborne Intermediate softball teams continued the school tradition of strong showings in this sport at Super 11 level. The Super 11 format draws competing team...
GISBORNE'S best young swimmers were to the fore at the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay Summer Championships at the Olympic Pool.
More than 250 competitors from seven cl...
The last important Bowls Gisborne East Coast centre tournament for 2019 will be played this weekend.
The Bowls New Zealand Division 1 Interclub preliminaries wi...
THE OBR cricket club's experienced campaigners know what it takes to win Doleman Cup finals.
Players such as Jimmy Holden, Matt Cook and captain Jonathan Purcel...
The rain had its say on Day 3 of the Northern Districts senior secondary schools cricket tournament yesterday.
Bay of Plenty Coastlands beat Bay of Plenty Lakel...
GISBORNE rugby player Charmaine McMenamin has won another award.
The Auckland Storm and Black Ferns loose forward was voted the New Zealand Rugby Players' Assoc...
The word is spreading like wildfire.
Coach Graham Hudson's Poverty Bay team are playing great cricket at the Northern Districts senior secondary schools tournam...
ROBIN Jefferson has won a record 10th Bowls Gisborne East Coast centre men's singles title.
Marie Wright, of the Kahutia Bowling Club, won the centre women's si...