Tiny White day: All roads lead to Paddy’s Park for season-opener

Mar 31 2023 Updated March 31, 2023

Fraser Ruru

5 min read

Best of the best: YMP captains Shayde Skudder (rugby), Paku-Jane Skudder and Bronya McMenamin (netball), and Courtney Onekawa and Kohere Tupara (hockey) hold the trophies won from the 2022 sports season in Gisborne. Picture by Paul Rickard

THE recovery from the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Gabrielle continues in the district but tomorrow afternoon on the Ngatapa fields at Patutahi the focus will fully be on footy.

Ngatapa Rugby and Associated Sports Club are hosting the traditional Tiny White Day — the opening Saturday of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby season.

Week 1 features three matches at Paddy’s Park in Patutahi.

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