Hockey champion beats Canterbun

Press, 31 August 1977, Page 6

Hockey champion beats Canterbun

PA Masterton Hawke’s Bay will be hard to part from women’s hockey’s K Cup. The seasoned Hawke’s Bav side indicated this at Masterton jesterday at the national tournament when it showed cupwinning quality against an enthusiastic Canterbury team. Canterbury led, 1-0, at half time, but Hawke’s Bay came back to win, 2-1. The Bay has been holder —or joint-holder—of the K Cup for eight of the last nine years R. Keddie twice scored with penalty strokes as Hawke’s Bay had the better of the second spell. The Bay was the steadier side in difficult conditions, although Canterbury was dangerous till the end. H. Carroll scored for the southerners, for whom P Par-!wi<-k was in outstanding form Once again players had to ; battle the opposition, freezing i temperatures, rain, wind and mud •

i Results yesterday ward:— K CUP Otago A 3, Eastern Southland A 0; Hawke’s Bay 2, Canterbury Al; North Shore 3, South Aucki land 0; Auckland A 2. Waikato 0, FLOYD SHIELD i Wellington A 2, Northland 0; Central Otago 2. Malvern I; ; Poverty Bay 1, Taranaki 0; ‘ Manawatu I, Canterbury B 0. i i MILLS CUP i Auckland 84. Marlborough 4; Wairarapa A 2. Otago B 0; Wellington B 3, North Otago 1; i Southland 0, King Country 0 HOLDEN CUP Rangitikei 2. Eastern Southland B 1; Ashburton 1, Maniototo 0; Nelson 3, Wanganui 2; Tauranga , |3, South Canterbury 0 UMPIRE'S TROPHY i Bay of Plent> 1. South Otago 10; Ruahine-Dannevirke .1. I Ruapehu 2; Wairarapa R 3, Bush 10; Horowhenus J, Piako 0.