YMP v Gisborne Boys' High game of the weekend in Poverty Bay club hockey
It's top-of-the-table tussle in Poverty Bay men's club hockey on Saturday when leaders YMP A take on a Gisborne Boys' High First XI fresh from a rare win at their annual Super 8 tournament.
The men start proceedings at 12.30pm on Saturday with Waituhi up against Lytton Paikea Sports Club
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YMP v Gisborne Boys' High game of the weekend in Poverty Bay club hockey
Gisborne Boys' High goalkeeper Francois Louw goes low to try to stop a Napier Boys' High player scoring in a penalty shootout at the Super 8 hockey tournament in Palmerston North this week. Gisborne won 4-3 after the playoff for seventh and eighth ended 2-all after regular time. Gisborne are back in action on Saturday in a Poverty Bay men's hockey game against top-of-the-table YMP. Photo / Bonnie Easterbrook It's top-of-the-table tussle in Poverty Bay men's club hockey on Saturday when leaders YMP A take on a Gisborne Boys' High First XI fresh from a rare win at their annual Super 8 tournament. The men start proceedings at 12.30pm on Saturday with Waituhi up against Lytton Paikea Sports Club
