Wrestling SOUTH ISLAND TITLES
I Tournament At Blenheim
(New Zeatana Press Association) BLENHEIM, August 23. J Tlie South Island wrestling championships concluded here last nieht .before a good attendance. The ititle-winners and runners-up were ' decided on the Olympic rules point I system, and In only three of the : eight events contested were finals necessary. I Results: j Fly-weight: R. Kavanagh (Canterbury) beat R. G. Opie (Southland) lon points. ; Bantam-weight: B. E. Evans (Canterbury); runner-up, W. Reynish i ■ (Canterbury). l i Feather-weight: G. Turner (Marl- ' borough) beat B. Tallott (Canterbury) by a fall. Light-weight: G. Wilson (Canterbury!; runner-up, N. Clark (Nelson). Welter-weight: A. Perano (Marlborough); runner-up, C. Philips (Southland). Middle-weight: A. Weston (Canterbury); runner-up. P. Wadsworth (Marlborough). Light heavy-weight: M. Fearnley (Canterbury); runner-up. D. Cowie (Southland). Heavy-weight: C. Smith (Canter- > bury) beat F. Barrow (Southland) i by a fall.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28981, 24 August 1959, Page 15
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