Holiday sports competitions

Press, 5 September 1987, Page 32

Holiday sports competitions

HOCKEY Malvern and Eastern Southland shared the Collier Trophy after drawing 1-all at the national schoolgirls’ hockey tournament at Takapuna yesterday. Eastern Southland scored its goal in the final shortly after half-time. Malvern replied with only seven minutes left on the clock. It was an exciting game and a great climax to the tournament which began on August 31. Malvern narrowly defeated Wairarapa 1-nil in its section semi-finals on Thursday, while Eastern Southland beat Horowhenua 3- in its semi-final clash. Wairarapa beat Horowhenua, 4- in the match for third. The Malvern goalie, Joanne Smart was selected for the South Island team to play the . North Island. South Island ■won 3-nil. RUGBY Southland and Otago took the honours at the South Island primary schoolboy’s rugby tournament at Lincoln College. Southland beat Canterbury Town, 4-0, to win the under45kg title, while Otago beat Canterbury Town, 19-3, to win the under-58kg section. Other last round results saw Canterbury Country beat Otago, 12-10, in the 45kg competition and Southland beat Canterbury Town, 10-7, in the 58kg section. South Island teams announced yesterday were: Under-45kg: B. Waitere (0), J. Moss (S), J. McCormick (CT), M. Fleet (S), R. Williams (S), M. King (S), B. Mooar (CT), A. Flint (S captain), L. Chambers (CC), B. Hamilton (S), G. Sinclair (S), A. Everett (CT), J. Fowler (CT), B. Kerr (S), M. McKee (S). Reserves: S. Williams (CT), C. Baxter (CC), M. Steckman (CT), A. Taiaroa (CC), M. Bayliss (CT), J. Owsey (O). Under-58kg: D. McLaughlan (S), G. Williams (CT), R. Stewart (S), D. Gibson (S), B. Soli (CT), S. Brown (O), K. Gray (CT), R. Smith (O), R. Giles (CC), R. Brundell (O), M. Middleton (O captain), C. McLellan (O), D. Dennis (S), P. Scott (O), G. Pierson (CT). Reserves: B. Park (O), K. Tewhenua (CC), M. Love (O), R. Panham (CT), H. Curry (CC), JkLan-

grell (CT). Hawkes Bay beat Wellington, 25-7, in the final of the central region under-18 rugby tournament at Ruatoria yesterday. Third place went to Manawatu which beat Wairarapa-Bush, 19-14. Poverty Bay, with a 31-13 win against Taranaki, finished fifth, and Wanganui was seventh with a 38-13 win against Horowhenua. East Coast, the host was ninth. SOCCER Rotorua won the under-14 national boys’ soccer tournament at Hamilton and North City A was runner-up. Results.— Round six: Rotorua 5, Western Bay 3, North City A 6, North City B 0; Poverty Bay 1, Eastern Bay 0, Southland 1, Midland 0. Round seven: Rotorua 1, Eastern Bay 0; Poverty Bay 4, North City B 1; North City A 3, Midland 1; Southland 4, Western Bay 0. SQUASH Competition at the boys’ and the girls’ New Zealand junior inter-district squash championships at Ashburton resulted: Boys.—round five: Wellington 4, Hawkes Bay 0; Bay of Plenty 4, Central 0; Midlands 4, Northland 0; Waikato 3, Southern 1; Auckland 4, Canterbury 0. Round six: Central 4, Southern 0; Canterbury 3, Hawkes Bay 1; Auckland 3, Bay of Plenty 1; Wellington 3, Midlands 1; Waikato 3, Northland 1. Girls.—round five: Auckland 4, Hawkes Bay 0; Wellington 3, Southern 1, Canterbury 2, Central 2; Northland 4, Midlands 0; Waikato 4, Bay of Plenty O. Round six: Southern 2, Midlands 2; Waikato 4, Hawkes Bay 0; Bay of Plenty 3, Wellington 1; Auckland 4, Canterbury 0; Northland 2, Central 2. RUGBY LEAGUE Auckland won the national under-17 rugby league title, beating Canterbury 20-nil in the final yesterday. Taranaki finished third after beating Waikato, 12-0. West Coast finished fifth after beating Hawkes Bay, 30-6. Wellington pipped Bay of Plenty for seventh place, winning 24-15 and Northland ended ninth after beating Manawatu, 20-12.