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Slash and churn: Water polo back up and running in Gisborne after 60 years

If Tairāwhiti Slash sounds like a play on words for a water polo team intent on water-borne mayhem, it probably is. Gisborne had a water polo team “60-odd years ago”, but then the sport took a break in this district. Now Gisborne has the...

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John Gillies

15 Nov 2024

Gisborne Herald

Gisborne farmer runs 11 marathons in three days

Glenn Tomlinson is not quite sure how he ended up doing ultramarathons but here he is, having recorded the third-biggest lap total of a 15-strong New Zealand team last month. Tomlinson, 42, completed 69 laps of a 6.706-kilometre course in the...

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Gisborne Herald

05 Nov 2024

Sport

Under-18 crown to Gisborne teen at Aotearoa Māori Surfing Titles

Disappointments only heightened motivation for Tairāwhiti surfer Max Phillips, who has won his first major title. Phillips (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Porou) won the male under-18 division of the Aotearoa Māori Surfing Titles held at Ahipara, Te Tai...

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John Gillies

30 Oct 2024

Sport

Eastern, western conferences proposed to replace Fed League football competition

Central Football’s Federation League will disappear under a proposed new format for clubs aiming to climb the competition ladder. It would be replaced by eastern and western conferences, essentially a reworking of the three premierships that have...

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John Gillies

28 Oct 2024

Sport

Gisborne’s former world croquet champ gives ‘gateball’ a go

Former world croquet singles champion Joe Hogan has spread his wings to take in the sport’s equivalent of Twenty20 cricket. Gateball is a mallet team sport inspired by croquet and invented in Japan in 1947. Men and women compete together in teams...

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John Gillies

17 Oct 2024

Gisborne Herald

High to Low: An NZ title caps 60 year old squash veteran’s comeback

Mike Low gave up serious squash for three years to go kitesurfing, and timed his return to the courts perfectly. Low, 60, was in the Surf City Squash men’s B Grade team who brought home the Davis Trophy as winners of their National SuperChamps...

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John Gillies

10 Oct 2024

Sport

Wainui retain the Gillies Trophy

Arsenal and Tottenham, Real Madrid and Barcelona, Celtic and Rangers, Gisborne United and Thistle - now add Wainui Beach School and Mangapapa to the great football rivalries. Wainui have retained the Iain Gillies Challenge Trophy by being the...

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John Gillies

04 Oct 2024

News

Diagnosis brings relief to MS sufferer Litalia MacFarlane

Getting a diagnosis can be a big hurdle for people with multiple sclerosis if Litalia MacFarlane’s experience is any indication. MacFarlane talked about her experience of multiple sclerosis (MS) as part of this month’s MS Awareness Week. In MS...

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Early strike sinks Jags in playoff: Clubs to be consulted on shape of the Federation League in 2025

A first-minute goal put paid to Gisborne Thistle’s hopes of competing in next year’s Central League second division. Capital Premier team Te Kotahitanga beat Electrinet Thistle 1-0 in one of the playoff matches to determine the last four sides...

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It’s do-or-die for Gisborne Thistle

Gisborne Thistle’s playoff for a place in next season’s Central League second division is like a cup final — one game will decide it. Electrinet Thistle play Te Kotahitanga, the second-ranked team of the four from the Capital Premier and...

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Gisborne Thistle women win Braybrook Cup football final

Two teams new to local women’s football this season contested the Braybrook Cup final on Sunday and put on a show. YMCA Thistle — comprised largely of Gisborne Girls’ High School players who had come off a week of secondary school sports...

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Somerton strikes gold again: Thistle’s target-man keeps on delivering

Gisborne Thistle striker Jimmy Somerton has scored his fourth hat-trick of the season and clinched the Golden Boot award for Central Football’s Federation League. He helped Electrinet Thistle beat Havelock North Wanderers 5-2 at Childers Road...

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Club football supremacy on the line this weekend

Two local football knockout cups will be decided this weekend – the men’s Chris Moore Cup today and the women’s Braybrook Cup tomorrow. The Chris Moore Cup will be contested by Versatile Gisborne Thistle and C & G Plumbing High School Old...

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John Gillies

07 Sep 2024