Canty top in hockey

Press, 2 September 1980, Page 36

Canty top in hockey

Canterbury tops the table in section A of the Hatch Cup national primary schoolboys* hockey tournament after two wins in the first day of competition at Invercargillyesterday. Gore •" repeated Canterbury’s success with two wins from two matches in section B as : did Wairarapa in section. C. ? ; . In section D, perhaps the toughest of the. four sections, Auckland scored 31 goals in its , two matches, showing complete, superiority in: all. facets. Play continues today. Results were:'- . Section A: Canterbury 8. Ashburton '2; Canterbury 3, HorowhenuaO: Marlborough?, Hamilton 1; Horowhenua ■ 6, Hamilton * Section B: South Canterbury 9, Poverty Bay 0: South Canterbury 2,-Nelson 2; Nelson 3, Wanganui 3; Northland 1. Wanganui 0; Gore 3, Northland 2; Gore ,2, Poverty Bay 0. Section C: Wairarapa 9,. Manawatu. 1; Wairarapa 7, West Coast 1: Taranaki 1, Hawke’s Bay. 1; Taranaki >6, Manawatu O; Hawke’s Bay. 5, Southland, 2; Southland 4, West Coast 1. .Section D: Auckland 20, Hawke’s Bay 0; Auckland 11, North Otago 0; Wellington 5, Otago 3: Wellington 6, Central Hawke’s Bay 0; Otago 2, Counties 0; Counties 5; North Otago 1.,