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Gisborne club cricket: Depleted champions High School Old Boys dig deep to beat Old Boys Rugby in Doleman Cup

Defending champions Bollywood High School Old Boys started their 40-over Doleman Cup clash with Coastal Concrete Old Boys Rugby with nine players on Saturday, but defied the odds to win by four wickets. In their third dramatic outing from as many...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

13 Nov 2024

Sport

Wins to Admiralty, Life Guards in opening round of Gisborne’s Challenge Cup cricket

SCOREBOARD Gisborne Boys’ High School The Admiralty 237-2 (Conrad Parkes 50 retired, Harvey Reynolds 50 retired, Archie Gillies 44 not out; Jasper Sutherland 2 wickets for 26 runs off 3 overs, Cornelius du Preez 1-34-4) beat Campion College 2nd XI...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

08 Nov 2024

Sport

Bounceback T15 win to Gisborne Boys’ High in Poverty Bay’s Walker Shield

Nothing beats a close game in fading light for excitement. And while nothing has surpassed the pitch-black T20 final between OBR and HSOB in 2017, the Gisborne Boys’ High School First XI Walker Shield T15 clash with Bollywood High School Old Boys...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

08 Nov 2024

Sport

Winning start as Gisborne’s HSOB eye another Premier club cricket trophy treble

To build a dynasty requires a ruthless streak. Bollywood High School Old Boys, under Dave Castle, showed exactly that in the opening weekend of Poverty Bay club cricket with a record team total on Saturday. Twice-straight winners of the triple crown...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

06 Nov 2024

Sport

Three from three for Poverty Bay juniors at cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay

They hit the 2024-2025 season like a tank. The Poverty Bay Strikers won all three of their games at the Labour weekend junior cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay. They beat Onslow by seven runs in a 40-over match at Frimley Park on Saturday...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

29 Oct 2024

Sport

Raiders crowned champions of Gisborne Premier men’s club basketball

Gisborne Basketball Association Premier Men’s Grade finals night Playoff for seventh: Waengapu Stallions 49 (Tumaurirere Tuwairua 16, Hukanui Brown 14) Old Surfers 46 (Jonty Evans 19, Riley Horsfield 14, Jamie Swift 6). Q1 Waengapu Stallions 22-7...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

21 Oct 2024

Sport

Setting Suns make the triple

Rare are the teams who win three titles in a row. The Matt Tong-led Setting Suns achieved that status in Gisborne Basketball Association Men’s Open Grade final — 62-56 over the Astros at the YMCA on Monday night. “That was a great final...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

17 Oct 2024

Sport

Rugby: East Coast pipped by King Country in Heartland’s Lochore Cup semifinals

TLC King Country Rams 34 (Patrick Hedley, Liam Rowlands, Logan Patterson, Zach Wickham-Darlington tries; Hedley 2 pen, 4 con) Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi 31 (Will Bolingford, Tevita Nabura, Manahi Brooking, Billy Priestly, Joe Royal tries; Te...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

15 Oct 2024

Sport

Gisborne Open Men’s Grade finalists sorted: Astros vs Setting Suns

Horouta versus the Astros was a shining example of how the late game can touch the heights. The Gisborne Basketball Association Men’s Open Grade 2 vs 3 semifinal was an incredible display of athleticism from two young teams, and resulted in...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

14 Oct 2024

Sport

Heartland Rugby preview: Sky Blues willing to go to ‘dark places’ to advance

Owen Delany Park has been the site of many a great day in rugby. And tomorrow, from 2.30pm, hearts will beat quickly at Taupō as the King Country Rams host Ngati Porou East Coast Kaupoi in the 5 v 8 Lochore Cup do-or-die semifinal in the Bunnings...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

10 Oct 2024

Sport

Weka save their best for final 40

The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Weka scored three tries and 17 unanswered points in the second half of their last Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship game of the season against the Mid-Canterbury Hammers, the hosts having gone to the...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

09 Oct 2024

Sport

Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi secure semifinal match in Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship

The Ngati Porou East Coast Kaupoi are heading into the Lochore Cup semifinals — as team No8 to face team fifth-ranked TLC King Country Rams on Owen Delany Park, Taupō — at 2.30pm this Saturday. The Coast beat Wairarapa-Bush by seven tries to...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

08 Oct 2024

Sport

Rugby preview: Final round in Ruatoria for Kaupoi

The last time the Sky Blues paid a visit to Masterton, the place was in uproar. Trust House Memorial Park, home to Copthorne Wairarapa-Bush, was in flux as the Bush and the Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi produced arguably the most entertaining...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

04 Oct 2024