CLAIM DEFENDED

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 13

CLAIM DEFENDED

The Hawke’s Bay Darts Association yesterday rejected a West Coast challenge to its claim for a possible world darts record by a women’s team in Napier on Saturday, the Press Association reports. The association’s president, Mt L. G. Willis, said: “They did it all right. I was there from start to finish.” Willis said the eightwoman team reached its total of 1,000,001 in 15 hours 51 minutes by forming two teams and throwing simultaneously at two boards. TROPHY WIN V. Ivy (Britain) rode his Yamaha at an average of 97.66 miles an hour to win the 125 c.c. tourist trophy race on the Isle of Man. Ivy’s

team mate. P. Read, was second. The New Zealander, H. Anderson, the world champion, finished third on a Suzuki. REFEREE

Mr J. P. Murphy (North Auckland) has been appointed to referee the fourth test between the Lions and the All Blacks on September 10. It will be the third test he has controlled in the series. POOL SYSTEM A move could be made for the introduction of a pool system for future Commonwealth Games badminton competitions. The change from the “sudden death” system was mooted at Kingston, where badminton was included in the games for the first time. The New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association’s chairman (Mr

C. L. S. Cross) said yesterday that he could not see any reason why the pool system could not be adapted. The system gives players more than one match before they are eliminated and avoids the problems of ranking. GOLF SERIES The North Otago Men’s Golf Club has been allocated the South Island championships for 1966. The dates fixed are October 15 and 16, which coincide with the Arnold Palmer-R. J. Charles fixture at Balmacewan on October 19. SQUASH WIN The New Zealand squash team inflicted a crushing defeat on South Australia in Brisbane on Thursday night to regain some of its prestige lost against New South Wales on Tuesday. The men’s team won 4-0.