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Taylor to play first Super Smash game in four years

BLACKCAPS legend Ross Taylor is set to play his first Dream11 Super Smash game in four years under the new lights at Hagley Oval tomorrow evening. The batting...

Versatile United midfielder's ready to share load

Wind the clock back to Hawke's Bay United's sole win in this season's New Zealand Football Championship on December 20. Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United midfie...

Black Cap Young back for Central Stags

Fresh from taking a blinder of a catch in yesterday’s BLACKCAPS Test match win against Pakistan, Will Young will boost the Central Stags after having been...

Plenty to chase at World Cup qualifier

It’s an 11-strong field filled with quality that lines up in the POLi Payments FEI World Cup at the Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay Showjumping Cha...

Martin keeps Bay saloon championship title in family

Hawke's Bay saloon car driver Kevin Martin saluted a good piece of "kiwi ingenuity" after he won the provincial championship for the class at Meeanee last night...

Speedway veteran deserves title glory

Hawke's Bay saloon car driver Shane Laking reckons he deserves a championship title. "I was second in the Wellington champs three weeks ago, second in Wel...

Bay's national solo bike king will be hard to dethrone

Don't expect Hawke's Bay professional Bradley Wilson-Dean to relinquish his national and New Zealand Grand Prix solo bike titles in a hurry. Wilson-Dean, 26, w...

Bracewell, Mair return for Central Districts

Two of CD’s premier stars are heading into a big two days at Pukekura Park brimming with confidence, despite a first-round hiccup for both the Central Sta...

New hard courts open in Takapau

After years of planning and fundraising, the Takapau Tennis Club has officially opened its new concrete courts in Central Hawke's Bay. The club has been using...

Special needs taekwon-do world online champs tomorrow night

The Special Needs Taekwon-Do International (SNTI) World Championships Online Video Entries are in and results have been put together for the Live Streaming to b...

Tarrant knows title defence will be tough

Hawke's Bay superstock driver Randal Tarrant was the toast of the Speedway New Zealand scene last summer. A late entrant into the Wanganui-hosted national cham...

Bay golfing teen's year to remember

For many Hawke's Bay sports people 2020 has been a year of restricted or no play at all courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic. But promising Hawke's Bay golfer Zac...

Bucket of water changes Bay tennis player's fortunes

It's amazing what a bucket of cold water can do ... just ask promising Hawke's Bay tennis player Saul Emile Ramonteu-Chiros. The 12-year-old Havelock North clu...

First victory for Hawke's Bay United footballers

Hawke's Bay United footballer Jesse Randall got the winning farewell he was after today. The 19-year-old forward, who was playing his final match for Thirsty W...

Saints softballers go back to back

Defending champions Saints retained Hawke's Bay's premier men's softball pre-Christmas competition title in emphatic fashion tonight. The Luke Woon-coached Sai...

Mighty McIntosh on fire in Taupo

A forward and flowing course was just the ticket for Olympian and World Championship rider Samantha McIntosh who this evening won the fourth round of the New Ze...

Central Hinds out to reclaim lead

An unchanged Central Hinds squad has headed to Dunedin with the prospect of reclaiming the national one-day lead this weekend in the last two Hallyburton Johnst...

Pettigrew Green Arena stopbank car park gains support from Hawke's Bay Regional Council

The preferred stopbank reserve parking solution for the expansion of the Pettigrew Green Arena (PGA) indoor sports facility has gained Hawke's Bay Regional Coun...

Hawke's Bay United footballer eyes winning farewell

After five rounds in the New Zealand Football Championship Jesse Randall remains Hawke's Bay United's sole goal scorer. Naturally the 18-year-old forward would...

Top class field for Taupo World Cup qualifier

New Zealand’s best showjumpers are heading to Taupo this week for the Christmas Classic World Cup Show. It’s getting to the business end of the POL...