Junior sporting events

Press, 27 August 1977, Page 52

Junior sporting events

TENNIS

Triple successes by two players In me under 15 section ana notable achievements by visitors in the under 17 division were me highlights 01 the final day of the Anderson and Hill junior tennis tournament at Wuuing Park yesterday.

The three-title champions were Alistair Chapman anu Jill Hibbert, who hau earlier won Hie under 15 mixed doubles. Yesterday, Chapman took the boys doubles with Deane Me. Kinnel and beat his partner in the singles final. There were similar developments in the girls' matches. Miss Hibbert beat Jane Clarke in the singles final and learned with her for the doubles victory. Christine Taylor, the Ashburton girl who proved to be the chief giant-killer of the tournament, won the under 17 girls’ singles final after dropping the first set to Stephanie O Flaherty. Later, Miss Taylor joined forces with Carolyn Feary to win the doubles title as well. Miss teary. an Oxford girl taking part in her first tournament at Wilding Park, won the girls’ plate. Alistair Kinghorn (Otago) confirmed his top seeding by winning the under 17 boys’ singles in straight sets from Kent Agar. The doubles favourites, Stephen Clarke and Russell Pyne, had a harder battle before winning, 7-5, in the third set.

In the under 13 division, Jan Pickering won the girls’ singles and the doubles, with Penny Rollinson, while John Robinson beat the top-seeded Stuart Tomsett (South Canterbury) in the boys’ singles and also took the doubles, with Scott Pearson. Results of finals were: " Under 17

Boys’ singles: A. Kinghorn beat K. Agar, 6-1, 6-2. Boys’ doubles'. S. Clarke and R. Pyne beat C. Coffey and P. Cox, 5-7, 6.4, 7-5. Girls’ singles: C. Taylor beat S. O’Flaherty, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. Girls’ doubles: Taylor and C. Feary beat C. Burke and A. Pickering, 6-4. 6 0. Boys’ plate: P. Cox beat T. Brosnahan. 9-6.

Girls’ plate: C. Feary beat J. Campbell, 9-2.

Boys’ singles: A. Chapman beat D. McKinneU, 6-1, 6-4. Boys’ doubles: McKinnel and Chapman beat B. Pearson and S. Vandenburg, 6-0, 6-2 Girls’ singles: J. Hibbert beat J. Clarke, 6-2, 6-0. Girls’ doubles: Clarke and Hibbert beat R. Seeman and A. Bradlng, 6-4, 6-3. Boys r plate: B. Prendergast beat P. Fitzmaurice, 9-7.

Girls’ plate: A. Hughey beat S. Williams, 9-4.

Under 13 Boys’ singles: J. Robinson beat S. Tomsett, 9-4. Boys’ doubles: Robinson and S. Pearson beat A. Mosgrave and P. Voshaar, 9-4. Girls’ singles: J. Pickering beat P. Rollinson, 9-5. Girls’ doubles: Rollinson and Pickering beat K. Duggan and A. Richards, 9.6.

Boys’ plate: G. Lawson beat P. Cocks, 9-7. Girls’ plate: R. Pearce beat J. Howe. 9-4.

SOCCER

Rongotai College (Wellington) beat Cashmere High School, 3-0, in the final of the New Zealand secondary schools’ soccer tournament at Christchurch yesterday. In the play-off for third, Palmerston North Boys’ High School beat Westlake Boys’ High School, 4-3, on penalties after each side had scored one goal. Other results:

For fifth place: Tawa College 3, Burnside High School 1. For seventh place: Mt Albert Grammar 5, Middleton Grange 1.

RUGBY

Seven Otago players, including Ashley Duncan and Kevin Galllvan from the Otago B side, have been named in the trial teams for the South Island under 16 side at Carisbrook today. The trialists were announced yesterday at the completion of the fourth day’s play in the rugby tournament being held at Hancock Park.

The trial will be played prior to the tournament final between Canterbury, last year’s winner, and Southland. No players from these two teams have been included.

A feature of the trial is the Inclusion of the two Otago full, backs, Alan Burt (Otago Blue) and Kevin Galiivan, and their personal dual should provide one of the game’s highlights. Other Otago players appearing in the trial are centre-three-quarter Paul Augstind. half-back John Graves, first first-eighths Greg O’Brien, lock Russell Davidson, and loose-forward Ashley Duncan. The teams are:— Probables: Alan Burt (Otago Blue), Adrian Boyd (Nelson Bays), Andrew Palmer (South Canterbury), John Mudgway (Marlborough), Paul Augustlno (Otago Blue), Greg O’Brien (Otago Blue), Peter Williamson (South Canterbury), Grant McFarlane (South Canterbury), Laurence Max (Nelson Bays), Malcolm Powell (Canterbury SubUnion), Russell Davidson (Otago Blue), Simon Hunt (South Canterbury). Randall Austin (South Canterbury), David Burrows (Canterbury Sub-union), Terry Gibbons (Marlborough).

Possibles: Kevin Galllvan (Otago Gold), Tim Crichton (Nelson Bays) Paul Phillips (Marl, borough), Mark Burrows (Nelson Bays), Chris O’Donnell (Canterbury Sub-union), Chris Parkin (Canterbury Sub-unlom, Bernard; Hope (Marlborough), Ashley Duncan (Otago Gold), Mike Chapman (Nelson Bays), Chris Satherley (Nelson Bays), John Grice (Canterbury Sub-union), Greg Hand (South Canterbury), Keith Hewitt (Canterbury Sub-union). Emergencies for both teams:— Backs: Peter Davis (South Canterbury), Chris Roden (Nelson Bays), Paul Milmine (North Otago), Peter Stevenson (Otago Blue). Russell Matua (Buller), Wayne Nordstrom (Canterbury Sub-union). Forwards: Keith Mockett (West Coast), Simon Colsonn and Kevin Nolan (South Canterbury), Roger Gibson (Buller). David Ross (Mid-Canter-bury), David Smith (Otago Blue), Nigel Armtrong (Nelson Bays). Tthe South Island team, which will play the North Island at New Plymouth on September 10, will be announced after the final.

In today’s matches, Nelson Bays secured third place with a somewhat lucky 6-4 win over Canterbury Sub-unions, while Otago Blue took fifth placing when It beat Marlborough, 13-0. in a match that produced some fine attacking play from both sides.

North Otago, the smallest team at the tournament, had Its reward for some spirited displays when it beat West Coast, 16-0, its first points of the tournament.

Results were: Nelson Bays 6 (Mark Burrows a try, Christopher Roden a conversion) beat Canterbury Subunions 4 (Douglas Flynn a try); Otago Blue 13 (John Graves, Russell Davidson tries. Peter Hollander a conversion and a penalty) beat Marlborough 0; South Canterbury 24 (Brian Gallagher two, Peter Davis two, Simon Hunt, Ashley Duncan tries) beat Otago Gold 0; MidCanterbury 18 (Parry Jones two. Andrew Saunders, Murray Young tries, Jan Watson a penalty) beat Buller 12 (Richard Guild, Charles Ellery, Roger Bibson tries); North Otago 16 (John Gugich two, Mark Flannerv tries. Stewart Weir a conversion) beat West Coast 0.

In under-18 rugby, the defending champion. Canterbury goes into today’s final of the South Island tournament against Nelson Bays a dominating favourite.

The red-and-blacks were fortunate to have the bye in their section yesterday at Invercargill. Meanwhile, Nelson Bays handed out a 40-10 beating to the West Coast.

The final will be played on a firm Rugby Park ground at 3 p.m. The curtain-raiser is the annual Southland B-Otago B fixture.

Also today is the trial game between possibles and probables for players not Involved in the

final for the South Island team, to be named at 5 p.m. Results of yesterday’s games were: Marlborough 6, Southland XV 4; Mid-Canterbury 11, Otago 4; Nelson Bays 40, West Coast 10; South Canterbury 21, North Otago 6. The points position at the end of section play was.—Pool one: Canterbury 8, Otago 4, Marlborough 4, Southland XV 2, Mid Canterbury 2. Pool two: Nelson Bays 8, Southland 6, South Canterbury 4, North Otago 2, West Coast 0.

HOCKEY

For the third year in succession. the Ashburton primary schoolgirls’ hockey team has shared the New Zealand title.

In the final of the week-long tournament at Whakatane yesterday, Ashburton fought out a tense and scrappy nil-all draw with Malvern, which had earlier defeated Ashburton’s 1975 and 1976 co-champions, Eastern Southland, 2-1, in a pool play-off. In Nelson, the touring Queensland schoolboy hockey team scored its fourth successive win when it beat Nelson, 10-0. Queensland led 4-0 at half-time, with goals by Murray Fitzpatrick (two), Greg Forbes, and David Morgan. Nelson forced the pace for the early part of the second half but the Queensland defence held. Towards the middle of the spell. Queensland again regained the initiative and scored a further six goals. Four of these came from the powerful inside left, Tony Meller. Fitzpatrick scored another and Michael Assay the other.

LEAGUE

New Zealand proved far too strong for The Rest winning. 39-6. on the final day of the national under-15 rugby league tournament at Rotorua yesterday. Auckland forward A. Botica scored three tries, while the outstanding Hamilton centre. D. Harris, picked up two tries as (he New Zealand side ran rampant. Harris was the outstanding Maori player of the tournament, and was also the highest tryscorer, notching 29 tries during the week’s competition. Scorers. —New Zealand: A. Botica three, D. Harris two, A. Purcell two, B. McLennan, B. Marsh. T. Handley. G. Store tries; D. Pigue two, D. Davern conversions. The Rest: A. Brown two tries. Auckland won the major provincial honours from Canterbury, Waikato, and the West Coast, while Bay of Plenty was unbeaten in the section B competition during the week.