SIDELINES

Press, 20 September 1985, Page 20

SIDELINES

BRENT PATERSON was certainly not disgraced when losing his semi-final to Bunchoo Ruangkit, of Thailand, in the Australian amateur golf championship at Royal Perth last week-end. Ruangkit, aged 29, beat Paterson at the nineteenth, then won the 36-hole final. The Thai No. 1, who earlier in the week had shared the foursomes title, has been a top performer in Asian amateur events and recently won the Purtha Cup, a prestigious event involving leading golfers from eight Asian countries. POLITICIANS AND SPORTSMEN are two groups who know how fickle the public can be when it comes to rating their popularity. N.Z.R.F.U. chairman, Ces Blazey, has delved in both fields, so it probably came as no surprise to him when he was roundly booed when his name was read out from the guest list at Lancaster Park last Saturday. A few months ago when he was at the ground for a test he was heartily cheered. Of course, a South African tour was in the offing then and the Ranfurly Shield had not been “tainted” by sponsorship. FROM 808 DEANS in 1904 to Kieran Flynn in 1985 the High School Old Boys rugby club has had 120 Canterbury A representatives. Their names are all included on a new honours board which was unveiled at the club’s Ayr Street headquarters last week. The board will be known as the Pat Vincent Memorial Honours Board, in memory of one of the club’s most notable and respected players, who died in the United States two years ago. The unveiling was done by one of Pat’s older brothers, Bob Vincent, who lives in Christchurch. Also on hand was a sister, Moya.

A TEAM comprising members of the Burnside women’s club and the High School Old Boys club won the premier trophy at the Coruba Harewood mixed hockey tournament last week-end for the second successive year. The tournament started seven years ago with a-handful of teams and has grown steadily. This year there were 27 teams and the tournament was extended from one to two days. Next year the host club hopes to attract teams from outside the city to its popular event. SCANDINAVIAN RUNNERS dominated the world orienteering championships held in Victoria recently. Finland’s Karl Sallinen took 88min 08s to complete the 15.2 km course and finished two minutes ahead of Norwegian runners, Tore Sagvolden and Egil Iversen. Sweden’s Annichen Kringstad continued her three-year dominance of the women’s event heading off the challenges of Norway’s Brit Volden and another Swede, Christina Blomqvist.