Sport

20 Nov 2024

Gisborne Bridge Club results

MONDAY, November 11 – Emerre & Hathaway Pairs 3 North/South: Eileen Lee/Anne McCombe 58.63; Stephen Francks/Amanda Matthews 57.14; John Hudson/Liston Meintjes 54.76. East/West: Graham Maclaurin/Gary Chalmers 58.04; Bette Parker/Joy Marden...

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19 Nov 2024

Reedy standout as Tairāwhiti consigned to wooden spoon at Freyberg Masters golf tournament

One of the greatest individual performances in Tairāwhiti and Poverty Bay-East Coast history wasn’t enough to avoid the wooden spoon at the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial last week. Tairāwhiti finished 15th and last at the week-long...

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18 Nov 2024

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

East Coast Open: Back to where it began for Donnelly at Te Puia Hot Springs

Waka Donnelly has returned to the golf course where his successful amateur career began. Donnelly is among the field competing in the Te Puia Hot Springs Hotel East Coast Open, starting on Saturday. The seven-time Poverty Bay Open champion and...

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Top-seeded Tigers advance to TAK darts league final in Gisborne

No 1 seeds Tigers are through to the final of the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa Darts Association competition after top-four games on Thursday night. They will play the winners of next week’s game between Kennels and Ruahine. Tigers beat second-ranked team...

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Speedway rocket ships set to burn up Gisborne track Saturday night

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Building the ‘froth’ for surfing with family fun in Gisborne

“Frothing”, “family” and “fun” summed up a successful surfing event at Makorori Beach. Froth Fest was an all-day, family-oriented surfing contest held by East Coast Surfriders, formerly known as Kegged, and the weather and surfing...

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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

News, results from around Gisborne Tairāwhiti golf courses

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13 Nov 2024

Pile-ups part of racing at Eastland Kart Club’s meeting in Gisborne

By Robin Trueman Pile-ups, a joker lap and a Seth McKay A-Grade victory treble made for an exciting day of racing in Eastland Kart Club’s second points meeting of the season on Sunday. Drivers faced warm and windy conditions on a track that was...

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12 Nov 2024

Gisborne footballers gearing up for New Zealand Youth Futsal Championships

Six players from Gisborne have been selected to play in the New Zealand Youth Futsal Championships in Wellington next month. All are members of Rebels Futsal Gisborne, a new futsal club already offering training sessions for teenage girls and...

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12 Nov 2024

Gisborne Bridge Club results

MONDAY, November 4 – Emerre & Hathaway Pairs 2 (Howell Movement): John Hudson/Liston Meintjes 56.40; Amanda Matthews/Stephen Francks 55.95; Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 55; Caroline Taylor/Eileen Lee 53.13; Bette Parker/Joy Marden...

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