Sullivan in Canterbury surf team

Press, 7 February 1977, Page 6

Sullivan in Canterbury surf team

After only two weeks as a surf > life-saver, Mark Sullivan (North , Beach) has been selected for the . Canterbury team. He joins his club-mate, David Clarke, as the ■ required two juniors for the ; national inter-district champion- | ship at Gisborne on March 3. Although it lost its provincial ! six-man rescue and resuscitation J title to Taylor’s Mistake yester--jday, South Brighton still provides four of its team to the | provincial side. | The only surprises in the team ’| are the choice of beach 'isprinteis. The omissions of Paul ' Curr (South Brighton) and Murray Jago (Waimairi) raised a few eyebrows and these two, the best in Canterbury, went out and showed a thing or two« by filling the first two places in! the Canterbury championship at; Waimairi yesterday. The teams, to be captained by lan Stewart (South Brighton) and J Gillian Smeith (Waimairi) are:— ’ Seniors. —N. G. Brixton. J. C. Moses, J. H. Tillson. I. Stewart (South Brighton); P. J. Carpinter, D. Conder. D. T. Neate, D. Taylor (Taylor’s Mistake); B. Honeybone. S. A. Johnston. M. Stewart (Waimairi); G. Dinnison (Sumner). Juniors. — Sullivan. Clarke (North Beach). Women. —T. Grooby. K. McCombie. J. Pinkerton, L. Rowe. P. Taylor (New Brighton); A. Irwin, V. Morris. G. K. Smeith (Waimairi); V. Campbell; (Spencer Park); V. Watt (South ■! Brighton). The manager is Mr G. I McClurg.

Soccer.—The Air New Zealand! soccer cup-holders. Hamilton, had) the easiest possible start to their i • defence yesterday — an 8-0 win; ■ against the Northern League i I third division side, Hamilton I ; Wanderers. ! Cycling.—The West Coast 1 North Island centre dominated! 1 the New Zealand grass track 1 cycling championships at Vic- j toria Park, Stratford, on Satur-1 day. Riders from the W.C.N.I. h centre won six of the nine titles;, offering, including the three |' senior titles. i 4