WRESTLING TITLES

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30259, 11 October 1963, Page 17

WRESTLING TITLES

2 Champions Beaten (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. Oct. 10. Two reigning champions. N. Cullitag (Otago) and I. B. Roberts (Canterbury) lost a life when the New Zealand amateur wrestling championships began ait Lower Hutt today. Culling was beaten by the Empire Games welter-weight representative. B. Courtney (Auckland), and Roberts was outpointed by J. Stanley (Southland), who gained the decision in the last minute with three points from a cross-but-tock throw.

The holder of the bantamweight Utle, K. Scott, of Wairarapa, was forced to withdraw when it was discovered at the weigh-in that he was 21b over the regulation Frantic effort* for an hour and a half by the Wairarapa camp to reduce Scott’s weight and allow him to defend Tils title failed by So* at the final weigh-in. Results:— Fly-weight.—M. Te Pau (Wairarapa) drew with J. Mudgeway (Central Districts); R. Astrella (Waikato) beat P. Masettl (Otago), by a fall; G. Hensen (Auckland) beat G. Bognuda (Wellington), on paints; R. Kavanagh (Canterbury) beat Te Pau, by a fall; Astralla beat Mudgeway, on points; G. Bognuda (Wellington) beat Masetti, on points.

Bantam-weight. P. Moore (Canterbury) drew with W. Nisbet (Wellington); B. Stannett (Auckland) beat N. Bracefield (Southland), by a fall; Moore beat K. Kestra (Auckland), by a fall; Nisbet beat Braceflelo, by a fall. Feather-weight. I. Adams (Wellington) beat J. Hediley (Wairarapa), by a faU; M. Bell (Waikato) beat B. Tailot (Canterbury), by a fall; R. Meehan (Auckland) beat R. Ashwell (Southland), by a fall; Adams beat W. Pay (Marlborough), on points; Hedley beat A. Howatson (Central Districts), on points; Bell beat L. Hartley (Eastern Districts), on points; Meehan beat Tallot, by a fall. Light-weight. J. Stanley (Southland) beat W. Luman (Otago), by a fall; I. B. Roberts (Canterbury) beat B. Jensen (Eastern Districts), by a fall; T. Greig (Wellington) beat K. Scott (Wairarapa), on points; D. Currie (Auckland) beat T. Robinson (Central Districts), by a fall: Stanley beat Roberts, on points; Luman beat Jensen, by a fall. Welter-weight. J. Mcßae (Auckland) drew with R. Butts (Wellington): M. Johnson (Southland) beat B. Newton (Wairarapa), on points; B. Hadcroft (Canterbury) beat I. Palmer (Waikato), on points. Middle-weight. J. Downey (Waikato) beat M. McNam (Canterbury), by default: B. Courtney (Auckland) beat N. Culling (Otago), by a fall. Light Heavy-weight—J. Harris (Wellington) beat H. Oosterman (Waikato), by a fall; R. Nola (Waikato) beat M Montgomery (Otago), by a fall. Heavy-weight. - T. Milat (Auckland) beat K. Miller (Wellington), on points.