Railway will meet N.B. 1

Press, 18 July 1977, Page 17

Railway will meet N.B. 1

Railway and North Beach 1 both won their A grade bad minton matches on Saturday and will meet next Saturday in what; will be a ready-made final ofi this season’s competition. Rail wav beat Knox. 6-2. losing■ only one singles and the! women’s doubles. Ann Chambers beat Pat Duckmanton. 11-7,! 11-6 and Mrs Chambers com-! blued with Janet Miles to beat Mrs Duckmanton and Glenys Waller 18-16 7-15. 17-14. Geoff Miller and Jim Lang, comfortably accounted for Warreh Edgecumbe and Eion Kirkland respectively, while Mrs Waller beat Miss Miles. 11-6. 11-3 North Beach I beat Hagley I, 8 (> The matches went much as expected, although Peter Matts t>ut up a hard fight before going down to David Ross. 17-16. 4-15 8-15. Canterbury 1 beat South Brighton 8-0. In the four singles matches South Brighton won a total of only 24 points. No match went beyond two games. in the day's closest finish, Canterbury II narrowly beat Unilecsity, 185 points to 153. The . matches were tied at 4-4 and the games at 8-8. Chong Chon Jin had a good Kin over Philip Burn, whilej

1; Brian Sanders, who has won every singles match he has Ij played this season, beat Don Le :; Page. 15-5. 15-4. i Judy Jones and Jenny Nathan ! both lost in straight” games. ; Chong and Sanders won the ! men’s doubles, but it was Mrs Jones and Miss Nathan who ! evened the score when they I could not win the w omen’s doubles. Each side won a mixed doubles match but the count-back , showed that Canterbury II had more points. In the other match. North Beach II beat Hagley H. 5-3, Paul Boatwood making a successful return to the A grade competition after an absence of two weeks. Dianne Erikson and Robyn Erskine both won their matches against Karen Burn and Rosie, Kerr respectively, while Ross Campbell beat John Anderson, 15-10. 15-10. Points: North Beach I 139, Railway 131. Knox 96. North Beach II 82 Canterbury I 77, Hagley I 76 Hagley II 65. Canterbury n 55. University 31, South Brighton 18. South Brighton 0, Canterbury 18 Singles.—G. McWilliams lost to ; C. Wasley, 2-15. 1-15; I. Beale

[lost to P. Wilson, 7-15. 8-15; N. States lost to C. Rcay, 0-11, 1-11; J. Ling lost to L. O’Hara, 2-11. 3-11. Doubles. — McWilliams and Beale lost to Wasley and Wilson. 5-15. 10-15; States and Ling lost to Reay and O’Hara. 2-15, 1-15; McWilliams and Sintes lost to Wasley and Reay, 5-15, 3-15; Beale and Ling lost to Wilson and O’Hara, 2-15, 2-15. Knox 2, Railway 6 Singles.—W. Edgecumbe lost to G. Miller. 6-15. 7-15; E. Kirkland lost to J. Lang. 11-15, 7-15; J. Miles lost to G. Waller. 6-11, 3-11; A. Chambers beat P. Duckmanton. 11-7, 11-6,

Doubles. — Edgecumbe and Kirkland lost to Lang and Miller, 14-18. 15-11. 9-15; Miles and Chambers beat Duckmanton and Waller. 18-16. 7-15. 17-14; Edgecumbe and Miles lost to Miller and Duckmanton, 8-15, 10-15; Kirkland and Chambers lost to Lang and Waller, 13-18. 11-15. University 153 points, Canterbury II 185

Singles.—Chong Chon Jin beat P. Burn. 15-11. 15-10; B. Sanders beat D. Le Page, 15-5. 15-4; J. Jones lost to N. Jacobs 3-11 3-11; J. Nathan lost to A. Smith, 2-11. 3-11. Doubles.—Chong and Sanders

beat Burn and Le Page. 18-16, 15-9; Jones and Nathan lost to Jacobs and Smith, 5-15, 0-15; Chong and Jones beat Burn and Jacobs, 15-11. 17-15; Sanders and Nathan lost to Le Page and Smith, 5-15, 7-15.

Hagley II 3, North Beach II 5 Singles.—P. Boatwood beat M. Nolan. 15-6. 15-6; R. Campbell beat J. Anderson. 15-10 15-10; K. Bum lost to D. Erikson, 4-11, 4-11; R. Kerr lost to R. Erskine, 11-7. 8-11, 8-11.

Doubles.—Boatwood and Campbell beat Nolan and Anderson, 12-15. 15-13. 15-9; Kerr and Burn lost to Erikson and Erskine, 1-15, 6-15: Boatwood and Burn lost to Anderson and Erikson. 12-15, I- Campbell and Kerr lost to Nolan and Erskine, 12-15. 15-10, II-

Hagley I 0, North Beach I t Singles.—P. Curtain lost to P. Whiting. 8-15. 3-15; P. Watts lost to D. Ross. 17-16, 4-15. 3-15: B. Anderson lost to A. Ross. 6-11, 2-11; J. Campbell lost to S. Chapman. 1-11, 5-11.

Doubles.—Curtain and Watts lost to Whiting and Ross. 15-6, 15-10: Anderson and Campbell lost to Ross and Chapman, 4-15. 2-15; Curtain and Anderson lost to Whiting and Ross. 6-15. 4-15; Watts and Campbell lost to Ross and Chapman, 15-7. 4-15. 8-15.