A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
The plot has thickened ahead of Round 4 of the T15 Walker Shield.
The plot-twist revolves around Coastal Concrete Old Boys' Rugby — who trailed Bollywood High School Old Boys' Rugby by 118 runs at the end of Day 1, Round 1 in the DJ Barry Cup two-day champions whip
on Saturday — looking to assert their authority in the shorter form of the game tonight against Breakers Horouta Te Waka. OBR play Horouta on Harry Barker Reserve ground No.1 at 5.30pm this evening with HSOB to host GBHS on HBR 2.
Horouta, as with HSOB, are in good longer form shape, with a 67 run-lead over the Gisborne Boys' High School first 11 in Day 1 at the weekend. They have the ability, good reason and opportunity to look to improve upon their short-form cricket versus Boys' High last Thursday night. Medium-pacers Gautam Sareen and Jagroop Singh, who took four wickets for Te Waka at the weekend, can help make that happen.
Batting contributions from opener Nathaniel Fearnley (28) and second-drop Alex Shanks (23) set GBHS up to defend 107. Fearnley made 21 on Saturday for a young team in progress but HSOB, though they have only one T15 victory (against GBHS, by seven wickets on November 16) to speak of. Tonight may be the night that the Dave Castle-led HSOB get back to their winning ways, with captain Castle and his crew in the right frame of mind.
"We're excited to try to regain momentum in the T15 format — we've been good for 60percent of the time but for 40 percent of the time, we’ve not been at our best," said skipper Castle. "It's fair that we're last on the table, but it's not reflective of our ability. We will look to reset for the second round, and aim to qualify for finals."
