Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
NETBALLYMP and Waikohu locked in their playoff positions in premier-grade netball at the YMCA last night. They put in strong performances to win their games in the Pak’nSave competition. The Claydens Waikohu 49-41 victory over Champers Horouta Gold...
THREE gymnasts from Gisborne Gymnastics Club were overall winners at the club’s annual competition, held earlier than usual this year. Amarah Cameron, in Step 1 for girls seven years and under, Haley Rolls, in Step 2 for girls eight and under, and...
Rugby prospect Renee Holmes says it was “unreal” rubbing shoulders with the likes of Portia Woodman, one of the sport's stars, at a sevens camp. Holmes, 20, from Gisborne, was one of three women selected in November from an Ignite7 event of...
TOUCH RUGBYThis young man has immense pride in Gisborne and what he’s achieved away from home. Carlos Hihi played as one of the two “middles” — playmakers — for a young Rotorua Boys’ High School (Raukura) team who won the boys’...
Basketball by Ben O’Brien-LeafIt’s not about reinventing the wheel. It is about basketball with an edge. Every game in the GBA Draft League is played hard. And tonight at 5.30pm and 7pm, the YMCA will again play host to emotional roller-coasters...
CRICKETIt should have been enough. You would have expected the Dnature Dragons’ 194-5 in 30 overs would have been a winning score against any Colts opposition on Saturday . . . not the Bollywood High School Old Boys Pups. The Hamish Swann-led Pups...
NEW Zealand’s triathlon mixed relay team finished seventh in a pre-Olympics event at Tokyo yesterday. Competing at Odaiba Marine Park, where the Olympic triathlon races will be held next year, the New Zealand team of Ainsley Thorpe, Gisborne’s...
GOLFA Des Chitty double, a hole-in-one and a temporary motorhome village were among the highlights of a successful Gisborne East Coast senior open tournament here this week. Over 100 men and women — nearly a third of them from out of the district...
SCHOOL SPORTGisborne secondary schools are gearing up for a big week of sports with winter tournaments starting on Monday. Teams from local high schools will be travelling all around the lower North Island to compete against their peers in...
HOCKEYA LOSS to Gisborne Girls’ High School has consigned Paikea to the bottom-four competition of Poverty Bay women’s hockey. With the completion of Round 1 of the women’s competition, the teams now split into A and B grade round-robin...
THE best thing that’s happened to cricket in the district, a local cricketer said last weekend after Bollywood Stars ended OBR’s unbeaten run in all competitions. And that comment was echoed by others, including Bain Construction OBR co-captain...
Gisborne teams United and Thistle both fell to one-goal losses in Pacific Premiership football in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. For Heavy Equipment United, it was the first loss of their first Pacific Premiership campaign, and player-coach Corey Adams...
John Harvey is on form, winning the Poverty Bay-East Coast Centre open singles final 9-7 against 13-year-old Nathan Trowell. In the nine-end final, Harvey was 3-2 up after three ends. On End 4, Trowell was three down on the head, but dead-drew the...
SWIMMINGGisborne’s Enterprise Cars Swim Team won overall-top-club honours at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Summer Championships at the Olympic Pool last weekend. They also won the trophy for most points in senior events (14 years and over) and one...
A SMALL field of riders took the start gate as Gisborne BMX Club’s 2015 season draws to an end. Striders and half-track — Alex Kelly was joined by Ivy and Ada Lasenby, Jackson Young and Zara Law for five motos. These riders are improving each...
FootballPacific Premiership: Gisborne Thistle 3 Hastings Western Rangers 1. Eastern League, Division 1: Sunshine Brewery Wainui Sharks 2 Heavy Equipment Services United 7, Gisborne Boys’ High School 7 QRS Wairoa Athletic 0. Division 2: Thistle...
ONE of the country's top basketball coaches was in Gisborne last weekend, upskilling the next generation of local stars. American-born Kenny McFadden travelled from Wellington to hold a series of development clinics hosted by Tūranga Taihi Taiea Inc...
JAMES van Aswegen and Lily Rolls took home a swag of trophies from Gisborne Trampoline Club's prize-giving this month. Van Aswegen received five awards for his efforts in trampolining and double mini, while tumbler Rolls received three. In his first...
Competition proper starts in Pak’nSave Gisborne netball at the YMCA tonight with the first two premier games in the second round of the season. The form book should tell the story in both matches. Claydens Waikohu and Gisborne Girls’ High School...
Waikohu now top the table. Their 38-7 bonus-point win against a committed Pirates side on Oval No. 1 in Week 2 has given them the lead in Civil Project Solutions premier rugby. Last week's competition leaders, Larsawn Ngatapa, also remain unbeaten...
Gisborne Speedway Club has been forced to cancel its scheduled meeting for tomorrow night. It is the second cancellation in a week because of the weather. Tomorrow night's racing was to have been highlighted by the Production Saloons Best Pairs and...
CYNTHIA Alva-Lopez never dreamed her new country would be the only thing standing between her old home Peru and a place at the football World Cup. She certainly never imagined she would be there to see the game. Today she and her partner travelled to...
Andrew Rickard and his nine-year-old son Adam won the final of the White Family Pairs 6-5 against Arnold Hutchins and Florence Denham. The White Family Pairs was introduced in 1996 to get families to take part in indoor bowls events, and has been...
WHILE many were enjoying a sleep-in, were out for breakfast or catching up on the All Blacks test, this lot were pounding the roads for 21 kilometres in the Matokitoki Classic yesterday. See more pictures on our Photo page
Women's net: J Ewart 89-23-66, M Philip 94-28-66. Men's stableford, 0-13: T Reeves 61, J Brown 63, E Brown Jr 67, H Brown 69, P Molloy 69. Junior division: M Smith 63, S Pittar 63, J Neilson 65, M de Luze 66, D Skudder 66. Women's net: M Philip 69, S...
Ngatapa club day at Patutahi has a marvellous vibe. Third division championship-winning former Poverty Bay head coach Kiwi Searancke said, “Performances create occasions and not the other way around.” Larsawn Ngatapa might remember that, even as...
The Bowls Gisborne East Coast Centre open singles championships get under way with section play tomorrow. Post-section play will be on Sunday. The Martin Cup is at stake in the men’s event, and 24 bowlers will be on the greens at Kahutia Bowling...
Fleet-footed Waikanae beach sprinter and flags exponent Seven Mapu has got his summer off to a flying start, showing his opponents a clean pair of heels in his opening carnivals. The 15-year-old’s star is on the rise in surf lifesaving this season...
