Boxing N.Z. JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29911, 27 August 1962, Page 12

Boxing N.Z. JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

Otago Competitors Most Successful

(From Our Own Reporter) GREYMOUTH, Aug. 26.

Otago competitors were the most successful at the first New Zealand junior boxing championships held in Greymouth on Friday and Saturday. They won tour titles. Canterbury and Hawke s Bay each won two championships, and one member of the Canterbury team. B. Kendall, was awarded the Somerville trophy for the most scientific boxer at the tournament.

Apart from these successes, the honours were well divided as Southland. Waimate. Manawatu. Hawke's Bay. Feilding and Gisborne each gainted one title.

Kendall was particularly impressive, as in both his bouts he was scarcely marked. Of the Otago representatives, S. Scoles was outstanding, but the Berge brothers also showed much promise.

Special trophies were awarded by a supporter of the Greymouth Boxing Association to the winner and runner-up in the lightest division: R. Carstairs (Canterbury) and S. Brace (Hawke's Bay). The following were the results of the finals:— sst to sst 51b.—R, Carstairs (Canterbury) beat S. Brace (Hawke's Bay).

Sst to Sst 101 b.-P. Berge (Otagoi beat M. Mohi (Hawke's Bay I.

sst 101 b to fist lib —W. Doo'.an (Manawatu) beat F. McKenna (Wanganui ). fist lib to fist 81b—J. Berge (Otago) beat P. Smith (Wanganui)

6st filb to fist 111 b —A Donaldson (Southland) beat P O Donnell (Waimate).

fist 111 b to 7st 21b —S. Scoles (Otago) beat M. Nicol (Manawatu).

"st 21b to "st 71b —B Kendall (Canterbury) beat J. Wright (Manawatu).

7st 71b to 7st 121 b.—G. Church (Waimate) beat A. Carson (Oamaru) 7st 121 b to Sst 31b—L. Bye (Otago) beat E. Hollis (Central Hawke's Bay)

Bst 31b to fist 81b —G. Andcr son (Hawke's Bay) beat G. Ben nett (Canterbury).

Bst 81b to fist M Keefe (Gisborne) beat L Braithwaite (Southland)

Light-weight. J. Ramsay (Hawke's Bay, beat W. Jones (Gisborne)

Light Welter-weight.—B. Gilmore (Feilding) beat T. Wallie (Canterbury).