Top seeds take squash tourney
The top men and women seeds won in the Wang Marist squash tournament.
In the men’s section Kevin Gregory (Marist) had too much speed and fitness for his team-mate, Barry Gardiner, to win in three sets.
The women’s final was also a three-set encounter, with Tracy Baldwin (Lancaster Park) beating the rapidly improving Denise Hopkins (Marist) 9-3, 9-6, 9-6. MEN Open.— Semi-final: K. Gregory (Marist) b G. Smith (Christchurch) 6-9, 5-9, 9-4, 91; B. Gardiner (Marist) b L. Wynyard (L. Park) 9-5, 9-4, 90, 2-9, 9-6. Final: Gregory b Gardiner 9-3, 9-1, 9-7. Classic plate, G. Smith; plate, P. Blanken (Football); Special plate, C. Wasley (Marist); Consolation plate, G. Ar-
mishaw (L. Park). A grade: M. Cassidy (Linwood) b S. Gray (Football) 91, 9-0, 9-7; Classic plate, W. Durey (Marist); plate, A. Calder (Marist); Special plate, D. Direen (Marist). WOMEN Open.— Semi-finals: T. Baldwin (L. Park) b C. Cantwell (Marist) 10-8, 9-3, 92; D. Hopkins (Marist) b B. King (Marist) 6-9, 9-7, 9-7, 810, 9-4; Baldwin b Hopkins 93, 9-6, 9-6. Classic plate, C. Cantwell; plate, S. Cassidy (Linwood); Special plate, J. Durey (Marist); Consolation plate, M. Gray (Football). A grade: C. Gregory (Wigram) b L. Blanken (Football) 9-3, 9-3, 9-3. Plate, S. Lindsay (Marist); Special plate, J. Gielen (Christchurch); Consolation plate, M. Shepherd (Lancaster Park).
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