Multitude of summer sports

Press, 9 December 1983, Page 38 (Supplement)

Multitude of summer sports

Sportsmen and spectators alike will have a multitude of sports from which to choose in and around Canterbury from now until, the end of January. Those wishing to watch cricket at Lancaster Park will be able to see Canterbury play Auckland in the Shell Trophy from December 27 to 29, with Northern Districts starting its three day match on the last day of December. The Canterbury-Auckland one-day match will be played on Boxing Day, but the next Shell C.up match, against Northern Districts, will be held at Ashburton. The England cricketers begin their tour of New Zealand at Auckland on January 7, when they play a threeday match, but it will be February 3 before they step on Canterbury soil to play the second test at Lancaster Park. There will also be a oneday international in the city on February 18. Two major archery tournaments will be held in Christchurch in early January. The New Zealand championships start on January 2 and continue until January 6, and on January 12, the AsiaOceania championships will be held at Ham. Teams from Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and In-

donesia are expected to compete. The Canterbury long-dis-tance swimming championships will be held at Diamond Harbour on January 2 starting at 10 a.m. The Canterbury swimming championships will be held at Queen Elizabeth II Park from January 20 to 24. Four surf life-saving carnivals will be held during the holiday period. The second inter-club carnival of the season will be held at Waimairi Beach at 12.30 p.m. next Saturday. A twilight carnival will be held at Sumner at 6.30 p.m. on January 11, and further carnivals at South Brighton on January 14, and Spencer Park on January 21. The Canterbury surf life-saving championships will be held at Waikuku Beach on January 28 and 29. The touring Danish gymnastics team will perform at Queen Elizabeth II Park on January 18. Canterbury’s track cyclists will ride the Caledonian sports circuit at Waimate, St Andrews, Timaru and Temuka, starting on Boxing Day and continuing until January 2; with the South Island Open madison championships at Denton Park on Sunday, January 29, the main attraction for Christchurch cycling enthusiasts.

The Dominion tournament, which begins in Dunedin on December 28, will hold most interest for lawn bowlers over the holiday period. The singles and pairs will be decided first, and the final of the fours should be reached about January 11. For Christchurch bowlers staying at home, there will be the Christmas fours from December 26 to 29 and the New Year triples from January 3 to 7. Inter-club events will resume on January 14, and the major event later in the month will be the centre open singles, which begin on the week-end of January 21 to 22. There is an extensive yachting programme during the holiday period. The New Zealand Phase II championships start at Charteris Bay on December 29 and continue until January 2; the South Island Moth championships will be raced at Stewarts Gully for three days from January 4, while the national championships in the same class will be sailed on Lake Brunner from January 9-13; and Timaru will be host to the national Nolex championships, which will also finish on January 13. The national O.K. Dinghy championships will be sailed a little closer to home —

Lyttelton — from January 23 to 27.

After Bjorn Borg and Chris Lewis have weaved their magic at Wilding Park on December 17, there will be no tennis of any note in Christchurch until the new year. But on January 4, the hard courts will be swarming with white-clad youngsters as the Coca Cola Canterbury junior and age championships start. The tournament will continue for four days. The big event of the season, the Canterbury open championships, will also be held over four days at Wilding Park, starting on January 10. Inter-club play at senior level will resume on January The South Canterbury open age championships will be held at Maori Park, Timaru, from January 16 to 20, and then the actions will swing back to Wilding Park when the BP national junior championships for 16 year olds take place from January 23 to 27. The Canterbury rowing championships will be held outside Canterbury — at Lake Ruataniwha — January 14 and 15, while the third Canterbury Rowing Association pennants will be held at Lake Forsyth on January 28 and 29.