Wgtn netballers aid Canty

Press, 28 August 1978, Page 28

Wgtn netballers aid Canty

'.PA Timarui : Wellington upset the New! ! Zealand netball champion-; iships at Tim&ru on Saturday] when it beat the senior] grade leader, Auckland, 3733. The surprise result ] changed the whole structure of the senior grade standings, leaving Canterbury and I Auckland as joint winners of i the New Zealand Cup. Wellington took second place. in the second grade, Hutt Valley took the honours, with South Auckland second. The third grade went to Waikato Sub-association, with Thames Valley second. Howick won the fourth grade, with South Canterbury Minor second. Canterbury won both its I Saturday games, beating (Manawatu, 41-23, and South Canterbury. 40-29. Auckland won its first, match of the day against Waikato, 29-22. But it had to win the match against Wellington to take the seniorgrade title alone. I Canterbury’s senior team

i 1 topped the goal-scoring for! ithe tournament. It notched i up an impressive total of 417 for an average of 37.9 goals per match to win the ■ ] Lady Jane Blundell Trophy. ■ The" Auckland senior team managed 379 with a game average of 34.4. i The last game of the championships was the traditional North-South clash. Both teams made careless errors at the start but soon settled and produced enter- ; taining netball. Lyn Proudlove played an outstanding game for the South-, and managed to control Margaret Kamana’s individual style of play. The final score of 31all was a fitting finish to the game. The trialists for the team to play Trinidad are.— M. Blomquist, F. Granger, J. Henderson, G. Katae, L. Mills, C. Pietzner. A. Prattiley (all Canterbury), P. Clark, S. McKay, Y. Willering, S. Wilson (all Auckland), M. Compton, M. Kamana, P. Knaggs, M. Munro (all Wellington), R. Fathers, S. Steinhauer (both North

Shore), M. Forsyth, K. Reardon (both Waikato), L. Parker (Waikato), L. Proudlove (Otago).

Results of the final clay’s play: First grade.—North Shore 29, Otago 21; Hawke’s Bay 37, Rotorua 32; Auckland 29, Waikato 22; Rotorua 39. Nelson 31; Canterbury 40, South Canterbury 29; Wellington 37, Auckland 33; Canterbury 41, Manawatu 23: South Canterbury 30, Nelson 23; Wellington 39. King Country 34; Manawatu 26, Otago 25; Hawke’s Bay 33, King Country 28; North Shore 28, Waikato 21. Points.—Auckland 20, Canterbury 20, Wellington 18. North Shore 16. Waikato 14, Hawke’s Bay 10, Otago 8, Rotorua 8, South Canterbury 8, King Country 6, Manawatu 4.

Second grade.—South Auckland 39, Auckland Sub-association 31; Poverty Bay 35, South Waikato 32; Hutt Valley 34, Matamata 16; South Waikato 46, West Auckland District 31; Canterbury Country 48, Southland 24; Wanganui 28. Matamata 25: Canterbury Country 39, West Bay of Plenty 19; Southland 34, West Auckland District 21; Wanganui 35, Ashburton 26; Auckland Subassociation 36, West Bay of Plenty 18; Poverty Bay 43/Ashburton 25; Hutt Valley 29, South Auckland 20.

Points.—Hutt Valley 22, South Auckland 19, Auckland Sub-asso-ciation 18, Wanganui 14, Canterbury Country 14. Poverty Bay 12, Southland 10. South Waikato 10, Matamata 6, West Bay of Plenty

5, Auckland West District 2, Ash. burton 0.

Third grade.—Temuka and Dist 33, Wellington Min 21; Taranaki 27, East Bay o£ Plenty 20; Waikato Sub-association 35, Southland Country 23; East Bay of Plenty 41, West Coast 26; Thames Valley 36, Northland 29;' Otago Country 27, Southland Country 20; Thames Valley 41, Horowhenua 21; Northland 32, West Coast 22; Marlborough 26, Otago Country 20; Horowhenua 29, Wellington Min 25; Taranaki 39, Marlborough 23; Waikato Sub-associa-tion 36, Temuka and Dist 26. Points.—Waikato Sub-associa-tion 22, Thames Valley 17, Otago Country 14, Southland 14, Horowhenua 12, Taranaki 12. Temuka and Dist 10, Northland 10, East Bay of Plenty 9, W'est Coast 6, Marlborough 4, Wellington Minor 2.

Fourth grade.—Hawke’s Bav Minor 33, Nelson Minor 13; Poverty Bay 34, Hokitika 12; Te Kawatt 26. Wairarapa 19; Poverty Bay-East Coast 23, North Otago 23; Wairoa 33, Manawatu Minor 17; South Canterbury Minor 28, Wairarapa 24; Manawatu Minor 37, Hutt Valley Minor 26; Wairoa 31, North Otago 17; Howick 31, South Canterbury Minor 23; Hawke’s Bay Minor 38, Hutt Valley Minor 20; Howick 43, Hokitika 11; Te Kawau 34, Nelson Minor 13.

Points.—Howick 22, South Canterbury Minor 18, Te Kawau 17, Wairoa 15, Hawke’s Bay Minor 15, Wairarapa 10, Poverty BayEast Coast 9, Hutt Valley Minor 8, Manawatu Minor 8, North Otago 7, Hokitika 3.