‘One of the best’ . . . That was how the Gisborne Premier Grade netball grand final was described after a pulsating game at the YMCA on Saturday ended in an extra-extra-time 59-57 win to Whangara Old Girls over defending champions Turanga FM YMP. Whangara shooter Hinewaipounamu Rangihuna, having missed a last-gasp goal which would have won the game in normal time, turned that agony to ecstasy with the goal that put her side two ahead and sealed a sensational victory — Whangara’s first Premier title since 2016. Celebrating their win are back row (from left): Tiara Weir, Summer Marama-Kingi, Gaye Tamihana, coach Ronnie Martin, Ella Hurley, Zoe Bryant, Torepe Taumaunu and Taryn Walford. Front: Nadia Whaitiri-White, Reremoana Bartlett-Tamatea, Hinewaipounamu Rangihuna, Te Aria Henwood, Tania Adamson and Saffron Epairama. Picture by Paul Rickard
Whangara Old Girls hoisted the Jan Duncan Trophy for Gisborne Premier Grade netball supremacy on Saturday at the end of a cliffhanger grand final described as “one of the best”.
There was pandemonium in the Gisborne YMCA when, after six minutes of extra time followed by extra-extra time, Whangara shooter Hinewaipounamu Rangihuna slotted the goal to put them two goals in front — 59-57 — an...
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