Friday night morsels set table for full hockey weekend

May 24 2024 Updated May 24, 2024

Murray Robertson

2 min read

GMC Green's Heni-Kamaia Thompson and Ngātapa's Briar Robb duel for the ball in a Poverty Bay women's club hockey game last weekend. Reigning champions GMC won 7-1 and should be too strong for Gisborne Girls' High tomorrow. Photo / Paul Rickard

Entertaining hockey will be on the plate when Emerre & Hathaway Lytton Paikea Sports Club and PGG Wrightson Ngātapa serve up the entree to the Poverty Bay club hockey weekend.

Tonight’s 6pm clash on the Hain Farming turf at Harry Barker Reserve is expected to be a tight tussle.

“It should be evenly contested,” hockey commentator Tony Scragg said.

“Both teams are o...