Water polo to Maranui

Press, 2 March 1981, Page 3

Water polo to Maranui

Maranui won the senior men’s club water-polo championship as expected at Naenae at the ■ week-end Wharenuis’ performance was unexpected. Wharenui, which. ~ has bowed to Beckenham-Sock-bum in the Christchurch club championship for the last 10 years, trounced its rival, 15-3. in their meeting. Beckenham-Sockburn lost a former Wharenui player,' Stephen Ward, to a brutal-; ity call in the second quarter. , Earlier, Wharenui had 'it-! self lost its goalie, Nigell Ward, a younger brother of the - Beckenham-Sockburn player, also for brutality and it lost that match, 9-iO, to Hutt During the younger Ward’s two-match ~ standdown, Wharenui drew with Newmarket and lost heavily to Maranui. ~,Maranui won over all - but three teams-were -locked to gether in Secbftd ' place. The count-back system gave 1

Beckenham-Sockburn the} edge over Newmarket and! Hutt and Wharenui was! fifth. In the- women’s com-! petition, Pegasus, the first-! round winner, slipped to! third, behind Maranui and| Upper Hutt Those three teams were equal points scorers over the two rounds. A count-back- placed Pegasus ahead of Maranui and Hutt, in that order, with Beckenham, fourth. ! MEN i Hutt 10. Maranui 7: Becken-i haiu-Sockburn 15, Newmarket 12; I Beckenham-Sockburn, 18,'Hutt 12;! Hurt 10. Wharenui 9;'Maranui 17,; Beckenham-Sockburn 11: Wha-s remit 14. Newmarket 14; Hutt 12,| Newmarket'l2; Maranui 19, Wha-| rerun S; Wharenui 15, Becken-! ham-Socktmrn 3; Maranui 15,! Newmarket 10. WOMEN Maranui 4,.-Upper Hutt 4: Peffaaus 3, Beckenham 4; Maranui! 13, Maritime 3; Upper Hutt 11. | Beckenham 4;' Maritime 8, Pe-; gasus 5; Maranui, 4,. Beckenham 3; Upper Hutt 5, Maritime 4; Maranui 8, Pegasus 5;. Beckenham. 3,1 Maritime' 5; Upper Hutt 7, Pe-! ‘gasus 7. *