Junior sports titles

Press, 21 August 1979, Page 32

Junior sports titles

Rugby Three teams did well on the first day of the South Island inter-provincial under-18 rugby tournament at Ashburton yesterday. Otago, Canterbury, and Southland all scored big wins and with Marlborough are the only unbeaten teams after the first day. A heavy Canterbury forward pack dominated Mid-Canterbury, and Canterbury could be the side to beat. Buller and West Coast were outclassed by Otago and Southland. First day results. —Otago 31, Buller 0; Canterbury 25, MidCanterbury 7; Southland 31, .West Coast 0; Marlborough 11, North Otago 10. Southland, last year’s winner, was beaten, 11-3, by Otago on the first day yesterday of the South Island under-16 rugby tournament at Christchurch. Otago led 3-0 at half-time. Canterbury A made a bold start with a big win over South Canterbury. Canterbury was most impressive in the first half and Jed 32-0 at the interval. However, .it could add only one try in the second spell. West Coast played well to hold Canterbury Sub-unions to an eight-point victory. Results. —Canterbury Subunions 22, West Coast 14; Canterbury A 36, South Canterbury 0; North Otago 9, Nelson-Bays 4; Otago 11, Southland 3. Hockey i At Dunedin, Linwood High School, Otago Boys’ High School, and Kings’ High School are the only unbeaten teams after the first day’s play of the South Island secondary schoolboys’ hockey tournament. 1 Results.—Section I: Linwood 6, Taieri 0; HlUmorton 2, Southland 2; 0.8.H.S 5, Bayfield 0; Linwood 6, Southland 0; Taieri 7, Bayfield 0. Section II: Kings’ 0, Burnside 0; Kaikorai Valley 13. Logan Park 0; Burnside 4. St Andrews 1; Kings’ 4, Logan Park 2. At Timaru. Maniototo and Northern Southland emerged as

the best looking teams after the first day of the South Island secondary schoolgirls’ hockey tournament. Results.—Mercy College 2, Queen Charlotte 1; Northern Southland 13, Logan Park 0; Fairlie 1, Craighead 1; Timaru College 1, Queens’ High 0; Maniototo 8, Bayfield 0; South Otago 3, Ashburton 2; St Hilda's 3, Papanui 0; Timaru Girls’ High 5, Lawrence Area 1; South Otago 9, Fairlie 0; Bayfield 3, Timaru College 2; Mercy College 7, Lawrence Area 1; Logan Park 2, Papanui High .1; Northern Southland 6. Timaru Girls’ 1; St Hilda’s 2, Queen Charlotte 1; Queens’ High 6, Ashburton 2; Maniototo 11. Craighead 0.

Results of school hockey matches played at Auckland yesterday were:— National secondary schoolboys. —Section A: Awatapu College 4, Waiuku College 3; Hamilton Boys’ High 2, Rosehill College 0. Section B: Pukekohe High School 2, Rotorua Lakes High School 1; Stratford High School 1, Manurewa High School 0. National primary schoolgirls.— Section A: Wairarapa 2, Manawatu 0; Auckland A 3, Tauranga 0; Wairarapa 3, Tauranga 0; Canterbury 4, Wellington 0. Section B: Melvern 1, Southland 0; Hawke’s Bay 3, Horowhenua 1; North Shore 9, Auckland B 0; Melvern 2, Horowhenua 0. Section C: Eastern Southland 6, 'Wanganui 0; Bay of Plenty 2, South Canterbury 0; Eastern Southland 7, South Canterbury 0; Northland 3, ‘ Taranaki 0. Section D: Ashburton 2, Poverty Bay 2; Nelson 1, South Auckland 0; Ashburton 0, South Auckland 0, Auckland north secondary schoolboys.—Section A: Christ’s College 1, Kuranui College 1; Hastings Boys 3, Northcote College 2; Christ’s College 5, Rangitoto College 1; Kuranui College 8, Northcote College 0. Section B: Opunake High 3, Westlake 1; Trident High 5, Rodney College 0; Opunake High 8, Howick 0; Trident 1, Westlake 0. Soccer The Umbro secondary schools soccer tournament began at

Burnside High School yesterday.— Results were.-— Section A: Shirley 2, St Bede’s 1; Avondale (Auckland) 8, Timaru 0; Shirley 5, Timaru 0. Section B: Christchurch B.H.S. 4, Cashmere 0;. Mount Roskill 2, Rosehill T; Rosehill 2, C.B.H.S. 1; Auckland Grammar 8, Cashmere 0. Section C: Burnside 2, Hillmorton 0; Xavier College 1, James Cook (Auckland) 1; Xavier 3, Burnside 1; Mount Albert 1, Hillmorton 0. Section D: Hornby 1, Middleton Grange 1; Linwood 3, Westlake 1; Linwood 2, Hornby 0; Westlake 4, Middleton Grange 0; Westlake 1, Southland B.H.S. 0. Aust. Rules After a thrilling final quarter Canterbury finished more strongly to beat the Queensland schoolboys team by one point in an Australian Rules match on Sunday. Canterbury kicked 14 goals and 15 behinds for its 99 points and Queensland’s 98 points came from 15 goals and eight behinds. The best players for Canterbury were O’Sullivan Kerr, Marshall, and Kenny, while Red«haw, Murphy, Monzon, and West starred for the visitors. In the preliminary game Queensland 120 (16, 24) thrashed Canterbury B 29 (4, 5) by 91 points. The best players were Warren, Appo, and Darling (Queensland), and Durdin, Lush, and Clarkson (Canterbury B). Basketball Results from the New Zealand secondary schoolboys basketball championships at Auckland were:— Section A.~St Patrick’s (Wellington) 87, Otumoetai 37; Otumoetai 65. Whangarei 46; St Patrick’s 85. Whangarei 67. Section B.—Auckland Grammar School 92. Cashmere High School 47; Rongotai 73, Cashmere 59; Aucklana Grammar 86. Rongotai 73. Section C.—Churcfi College (Hamilton) 120, Palmerston North 60; Palmerston North 77, Timaru 60. Section D.—Wanganui Boys’ High 75. Waitaki 62; Bayfield 80. Waitaki 71.