Canterbury retains water polo title

Press, 12 May 1981, Page 6

Canterbury retains water polo title

Canterbury. A, always a very warm favourite, convincingly retained its national secondary schoolboys water polo championship at Queen Elizabeth II Park last evening. After not having made a very good fist of beating Wellington in its first match. Canterbury overcame that team, 12-3, in its final game.

Canterbury had a second share of the honours when its B team won third place, behind Wellington, with its second defeat of a much improved Wanganui team.. The girls’ championship, con-’ tested only by Canterbury and Wellington teams, had to go. to a count-back, when Wellington scored a slightly surprsing will- against Canterbury A in their second matching. Canterbury was a fairly comfortable winner in their first meeting, but bowed to a two-goal loss in their second match.

The most valuable player of the tournament in the boys’ grade was the Canterbury B goalie, Craig Hamilton, and the outstanding girl player was Anthea Forbes (Canterbury). Detailed results.— BOVS

Canterburv A 27 (J. F. Boyce 10, A. F. Dickey 5, N. R. Ward 4. M. S. Potts 4. G. D. Connor 3. C. Spott), Wanganui 1 (K-. Pene). Wellington beat Canterbury B by default. Canterbury B'9 (H. A. Scott 5. M. Stuart 2. "A. Lewis. P. Wakefield) beat Wanganui 8 (Pene 4. A. Whelan 2.. T. Ander. G. Thomson). Canterbury A 11 (L. J. Marshall 5, Potts 3. Boyce 2. Connor). Wellington 7 fN. Watson-3, B. Coates 2. B. * McGuinness; 8; Apostalakis). Wellington 27, Wanganui 0.

Wellington 20. Wanganui 1. Canterbury A 29 (Bovce 11. Ward 5. Connor 6, Potts 2. F. B. McMaster 2. P. Erickson. P. Wairau. S. R Hickson), Canterbury B 3 (Lewis. B. Fawcett, R. H. Stewart). Canterbury A 26 (Boyce 7. Mar- t shall 6, Potts 3. McMaster 3. Ward I 3. Wairau 2. Hickson. Erickson), i Wanganui 1 (Thomson). Wellington ; 24 (Coates 4. Watson, Bamber.! ■ Benge, all 3: Spooner, Simpson. G. i and B. McGuinness. McNaughton. I all 2. Apostalakis). Canterbury B 3 (Scott 2. Gollan). Canterbury’A 28 (Wairau 6, Potts 7, Connor 5. Ward 4. Scott, Dickev" 2. Hickson 2. Erickson). Canterbury B 5 (R. Hamilton 2. Wakefield,’C. Hamilton, Fawcett). . Canterbury B 8. (R. Hamilton 3. Stuart 2, Lewis 2. Wakefield). Wanganui 5 (V. Pene 3, K. Pene 2). Canterbury A 12 (Potts 5. McMaster 4, Marshall 2. Boyce). Wellington 3 (Spooner, Watson, G. McGuinness). GIRLS Wellington 15 (L. West 5. R. Curtis 4. N. Ashmore 3. J. Voung 2, A. Campion), Canterbury B 0, Canterbury A' .7 (S. Short 3. A. Forbes 2, A.McKendry. S. Byrne), Wellington 2 (L, Grant 2). Canterbury, A 22 (McKendry 8, M. Burchett 4, D. McClure 3. A. Carter 3. Forbes 3, Short, C.’-rßurchett. Byrne). Canterbury B 4 (P Stevenson 2. L. Heaps, own goal). Wellington 20 (Ashmore 7, Curtis 7. Grant 2. West 2, Campion. T. Bognuda). Canterbury B 0. Canterbury A 26 (McKendry 6. Short 5, Forbes. M. and C. Burchett. Bvrne, all 3. Carter 2. McClure). Canterbury B O. Wellington 7 (Grant 2, West ; 2, Ashmore 2, Curtis); Canterbury A 5 (McKendry 2, Short, M. and C. Burchett).