Burnside I leads in squash

Press, 1 May 1978, Page 22

Burnside I leads in squash

Burnside I took a clear lead in the senior inter-club squash competition when it registered a clean sweep over a depleted University side University's top two players, Pau! McFadzien and Barrie Matthews, were unable to get back in time from the New Zealand under-23 tournament at Levin and their team had lit.tle chance without them. The contest between High School Old Boys and Christchurch II was also over in x ery quick time — both were oxer by about 9.15 p.m. — with Jim Martin, at No. 3, the onlv Christchurch plaver to take a game off his looked particularly sharp for Old Boys and allowed his much older opponent. Lloyd Williams, just one point in, th» three gameLinwood’s No. 1. Craig Hibbert, was another colt] stranded for some time at the P-umerston North airport, and his absence contributed to his team's loss. The! team’s fourth member did not arrive at all. The other men’s match, was the most closely con-' tested, with Suburbs getting its first win of the season by] just shading Sumner. Les

r Pieter and Murray Carson i gave Suburbs rhe impetus i t! with good w ins over Ron > j Marshall and Ryan Me-1 . Cutcheou (who tired visibly] cowards the end of his game) i > but the team was denied aj 1 [ third win when John Mac-! ; 1 Dougall outlasted Alan | ! Dunlop, the Sydenham rugby I player. in an absorbing 100- 1 1; minute marathon. : The Bumside tvomen hit the front in their section with , a 3-0 win over Christchurch I .; 111 but two of the other en- , 1 counters could have gone ' . ] either way. A particularly vital matchj; was that between Sue . Marshall (Sumner) and Par i ijColombus I High School Old! Bovs II). The former won in; 11the fifth. 10-9. to give]' . Sumner a 2-1 win but it was[ Ja very near thing. j; II Points:- i] .Men.—Burnside I 20. Burnside, n 10, Christchurch I 10, Hight School Old Boys 10, Linwood 8, 1 ’ : University 8, Suburbs 6, Christ-11 church 11 4, Sumner 4. I Women.—Burnside 14, High 1 School old Boys I 12. Christ- < I church 1 8, High School Old; Boys D 8, Sumner 8. Christ-h , I church FV 8. Christchurch IT 4.11 ’ Christchurch 111 2. , Results:— 2 MEN ! Burnside il 8, Linwood 2 l. G. Fou’ds lost to M. D. Grant. 9-2. 4-9, 6-9. 4-9; R. Cle-lS meats beat H. Marshall, 9-3. 8-10.! J 9-7. 9-7: G. Tait beat P. R. Jelly- I man. 3-9. 4-9 9-5. 9-2. 9-2: CJ3

Notley beat A. Corkin bv default. Burnside I 10, University 0 N. D. Rush beat P. Monk, 9-3, 9-6. 9-2; C. Wasley beat M. Lawrence. 10-8. 9-3. 10-8; J. Bushell beat G. Hayes, 9-6. 9-5. 10-9; H. ‘Shepherd beat A. Collinge. 3-9, !9-l. 9-1. 6-9. 9-4 Sumner 4, Suburbs 6 R. Marshall lost to L. Pl ever, •4-9. 5-9, 0-9: R. M. McCutcheon I lost to M. Carson, 8-10. 9-1, 7-9, 1-9; G. Davis beat M. .Morrison, • 0-8, 4-9, 9-6. 9-0: J. MacDougall heal A. Dunlop. 9-10. 9-6. 10-8, 6-9. 9-5. High School Old Boys 10, Christchurch I! 0 I. B. McNeil beat R. Monk, 9- 9-5. 9-5; L. P. Skurr beat •L. Williams, 9-0. 9-1, 9-0; J. French beat J. P. Martin. 7-9, i '• 9-2. 9-2. 9-0; T. George beat S.: i Devine. 9-2. 9-3. 9-2. WOME N Christchurch I 6. Christchurch II 2 1 P. Lush beat L. Symes. 9-4, ;9-3, 9-2: W. Dodgshun lost to W. iDann, 9-3. 10-9. 3-9. 7-9, 5-9; A. Poole beat G. Maaka. 9-7. 9-1, ; 9-3. Christchurch IV 2, High School Old Boys I 6 [ J. Terrel) lost to V. Dunstan, 15-9. 6-9. 2-9; A. Huriwai lost to iB. Steele, 8-10. 1-9. 9-5. 9-1, 3-9; D. St*»ad beat S. Yeung, 2-9. 5-9. 10- 5-9. 9-2. Christchurch 111 0, Burnside 8 i R. Davies lost to L. Chamberlain. 3-9. 3-9. 7-9: J. Little lost to S. O’Brien. 3-9. 6-9. 9-2, 6-9; D. Jones lost to C. Winterbourn. 2- 2-9. 1-9. Sumner 6, High School Old Boys II 2 M. Holland beat L. Sutherland. 9-5, 9-5. 6-9, 9-7; J. Guy lost to J. Small, 1-9, 6-9, 5-9: S. Marshall beat P. Colombus. 2-9 9-7. 9-4, 3- 10-9