Hayes wins S.I title
Rod Hayes (Christchurch), the current leader on the T.P.C. national squash circuit, won his first South Island men’s title when he beat John Mills (Wellington Collegians), 9-7, 9-2, 9-0, in the final at Invercargill yesterday. In the' first game Mills went to a 6-1 lead as his opponent frequently found the tin at the end of hard rallies, but the North Islander then seemed to run out of puff and gained only three more points in the match. THe contest took only 24min with Hayes in particu-
larly devastating form in the third game. He hit the ball very crisply and Mills was unable to get his tight boasts and drops. Neither of the semi-finals exceeded 20min; Miss Milne beating Kathy Hargreaves (Burnside) and Mrs Idour pushing aside Czesia Bowan (Temuka) for the loss of just three points. About smin of the latter encounter was taken up with fixing Mrs Bowan’s cut lip after she ran into her opponent’s racket. Results:— Men.—Semi-finals: R. W. Hayes (Christchurch) beat M. Smith (Tawa), 9-6, 9-5, 9-2; J. Mills (Collegians) beat C. Hibbert
(Linwood), 9-0, 9-3, 9-1. Final: Hayes beat Mills, 9-7, 9-2, 9-0. Play-off for third: Smith beat Hibbert, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2. Special plate: B. J. Simpson (Sumner) beat N. Simpson (Invercargill), 69, 10-8, 9-0, 9-0. Special plate: M. Crosbie (Burnside) beat E. Smail (Celtic Timaru). 9-6. 9-0. 3-9 9-2 Women.—Semi-finals: J. Milne (Otago University) beat K. F. Hargreaves (Burnside), 9-0, 9-5, 93; P. Idour (Christchurch) beat C. Bowan (Temuka), 9-1, 9-0, 9-2. Final: Milne beat Idour, 9-2, 9-5, 9-2. Play-off for third: Hargreaves’ beat Bowan, 8-10, 810, 9-2, 9-4, 9-4. Special plate: C. Oakley (Otago University) beat K. Carpinter (Sumner), 9-6, 1-9, 95. 9-2. Plate: J. Me Ara (Invercargill) beat Walker (Oamaru), 10-8, 9-2, 9-2.
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