Women’s Gym Team Title To Canterbury

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32395, 7 September 1970, Page 14

Women’s Gym Team Title To Canterbury

(N.Z. Press Association)

DUNEDIN. Miss A. Reid (Otago) won the vault, beam and floor events, and was third in the uneven bar in the women’s A grade section of the New Zealand gymnastic championships at Dunedin on Saturday. She gained 74.050 points.

The runner-up was Miss J. Buchanan (Canterbury) with 74 points, and Miss J. Clarke (Hawke’s Bay) was third with 72.50 points. The best team in the women’s A grade event was Canterbury with 288 points, followed by Otgo with 279 points. Results were:

Junior Girls Vault: K. Edwards (Wellington) 1, S. Hall (Waikato) 2, S. Davidson (Auckland) 3.

Floor: S. Dome (Wellington) 1, M. Peterson (Auckland) Z, Edwards 3. •

Uneven bars: B. Sansom (Otago) 1, D. Bovaird (Auckland) 2, A. Douglas (Otago) 3. Beam: Edwards and B. Lawless (Otago) equal 1. •

Girls * Aggregate: S. Carroll (Auckland) 67.132 points, 1; D. Riley (Auckland) 66.866, 2; B. Ainsworth (Hawke's Bay) 65.934, 3; F. Connor (Canterbury) 65.889, 4; J. Heale (Auckland) 65.376, 5; R. Pringle (Otago) 65.267, 67 Vault: Carroll 17.533, 1; S. Ludvigsen (Hawke’s Bay) 17.400, 2; Riley 17.166, 3. Uneven bar: Carroll 18.233, L; Riley 17.833, 2: Heale 16.800, J. Beam: Ainsworth 17.133, 1: Connor 16.433, 2; Pringle and P. Dixon (Otago) 16.200, (equal) 3.

Floor: R. Powell (Canterbury) 18.100, 1; A. Grant (Otago) 17.533, 2; Pringle 17.134, 3. -

Champion team. Auckland (201.233) 1; Hawke’s Bay (196.332) 2; Canterbury (192.631) 3.

Women’s B Aggregate: S. Johnson (Taranaki) 69.433, 1: R. Smith (Otago) 67.899, 2; M. Weir (Taranaki) 67.233, 3; E. Gemmell (Canterbury) 66.600, 4; S. Pa/e (Wellington) 66.567, 5; L. Blaqk (Wellington) 66.166, 6. Vault: R. Day (Auckianq) 17.666, 1: L. Walmsley (Canterbury) 17, 2; Black 16.066, 3. .

Uneven bar: Johnson 17.800, 1 C. Clegg (Auckland) 17.634, 2 Weir 17.600, 3.

Beam: Johnson 17, 1; Smith 16.433, 2; Black. 16.200, 3.

Floor: Smith 18.100, 1; John son 17.933, 2; Gemmell 17.807

Champion team: Taranaki (203.065), 1; Wellington (197.832) 2; Otago (194.031), 3.

Girls* A Aggregate: K. George (Tarttnaki) and L. Hennessy (Canterbury) 09.150, 1: R. Gibson (Canterbury) 68.9, 3: D. Forbes (Canterbury), 4; S. Brookes (Canterbury), 5; J. Archer (Canterbury), 6.

Vault: Hennessy, 18.350, 1; R. Meggett (Otago), 17.8, 2; George, 17.75, 3.

Uneven bar: Forbes, 18.5, 4: Brookes, 17.4, 2: Hennessy and Gibson, 17.25 (equal) 3. Beam: Gibson. 17.35, 1: K. George (Taranaki), 17.0, 2; E. Borland (Canterbury), 16.65, 3? Floor: Archer and Forbes 17.850 (equal) 1; Brookes afid Gibson, 17.8 (equal) 3. Champion team: Canterbury (275.600) 1, Taranaki (265.700)'2, Otago (248) 3. Women's A Aggregate: A. Reid (Otagp) 74.050, 2; J. Buchanan (Canterbury), 74.000, 2; J. Clarke (Hawke’s Bay), 72.50, 3.

Vault: Reid, 18.550, 1; T. Gotz (Auckland) and Buchanan, 18.50 (equal) 2.

Uneven bar: Buchanan, 18.750, 1; J. de Beer (Canterbury). 18.400, 2; Reid, 18.300, 3.

Beam: Reid, 18.350, 1; Buchanan and J. Robson (Otago). 18.050 (equal) 2. Floor: Reid. 18.850, 1; Buchanan, 18.7, 2; de Beer and Clarke, 18.6 (equal) 3.

Champion team: Canterbury (288.00) 1, Otago (279) 2.