Top squash seeds score easy wins
The top seeds, Robbie Burnett and Freda Walker, both had fairly comfortable wins in the A grade finals of the Blackwell Motors-Natur-ally New Zealand High School Old Boys squash open on Sunday. Burnett beat an old
rival, Craig Hibbert, in four games in the men’s final and Walker shaded Kathy Hargreaves, 3-0, in the women’s final.
In the semi-finals, Burnett had a great battle with the No. 4 seed, Mark Crosbie, having to come
from two games in arrears to win in five.
Results: Men A grade: semi-finals: R. Burnett beat M. Crosble, 3-9, 5-9, 9-7, 9-6, 9-4; C. Hibbert beat L. Skurr, 3-9, 9-2, 9-4, 91. Final: Burnett beat Hibbert, 6-9, 9-5, 9-1, 9-2. Play-off for third: Crosble beat Skurr,
9-7, 9-3, 5-9, 9-6. Plate: M. Thomson (Ashburton). Consolation plate: B. Gardiner. Special plate: B. Hibbert. B grade: Final: C. Thompson beat D. Lobb, 9-3, 9-2, 9-1. Play-off for third: G. Arminshaw beat J. Durnlng, 9-7, 9-2, 7-9, 9-8. Plate: R. Hopkins. Consolation plate: N. Jones. Special plate: R. Manderson.
C grade: Final: M. Cassidy beat G. McAuliffe, 9-5, 9-4, 92. Play-off for third: M. Sewell (Timaru) beat L. Cassidy, 9-2, 6-9, 1-9, 9-1, 9-6. Plate: P. Downard. Consolation plate: M. Arundel. Special plate: M. Jackson.
A grade: Semi-finals: F. Walker beat J. Quinn, 9-3, 9-2, 9-3; K. Hargreaves beat A. Harliwich, 3-9, 1-9, 9-2, 9-7, 95. Final: Walker beat Hargreaves, 9-4, 9-2, 10-8. Play-off for third: Harliwich beat Quinn, 9-1, 9-5, 9-1. Plate: L. Ward (Invercargill). Consolation plate: S. McKenon. Special plate: T. Baldwin.
B grade: Final: R. Kilgour beat J. Drury, 9-6, 9-5, 9-6. Play-off for third: S. Mitchell beat S. McCullough, 6-9, 9-7, 9-1, 4-9, 9-2. Plate: S. Good. Consolation plate: R. Gardiner. Special plate: J. Munroe.
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