Sports results

Press, 6 October 1987, Page 45

Sports results

RUGBY LEAGUE NZPA correspondent London New Zealand’s Junior Kiwi team opened its British tour tn sparkling style yesterday with a 54-6 win over Cumbria at Barrow. Canterbury’s Walter Wilson was named “Player of the Day” by officials tor a performance in which he was constantly in the play on attack and defence. Eleven tries were scored by tbe under-19 side, which will meet England amateur internationals at Leeds and Wigan on October 16 and October 25 at the end of a seven-match tour. Kevin Iro, the senior Kiwi centre who will join the champion British club, Wigan, after the junior and Auckland tours of Britain this season, took the field at half-time and scored two tries. The manager, Max Williams, said that the game was played at a fast pace and ball handling and fitness were the main factors in the win. Wilson, who plays stand-off or centre for his Halswell club, showed a crowd of about 1000 in overcast conditions that he was he was an attacking footballer. He featured In just about all the play, backing up or running through. “There’s not much of him but he looks for everything,” said Mr Williams. A second award, presented by British Nuclear Fuels, was given to the Kiwi captain, Dean Clark, as the Man of the Match. The Aucklander kicked four conversions and showed his usual steadiness in general play, Mr Williams said. The Junior Kiwi try-scorers were: Kevin Iro (2), Jarrod McCraken (2), David Bailey, Tony Kemp, David Marsh, Walter Wilson, Todd Price, Michael Cully, Terry Cuthbert. Todd Price added one conversion to the four kicked by Dean Clark. GYMNASTICS Canterbury gymnasts performed well in the New Zealand junior championships at Tauranga during the weekend, winning the grade-six girls section and being well placed in several of the other grades. Latisha Pinnlngton scored 9.05 on the beam in grade six, the highest mark for that apparatus. She also scored the highest mark, 9.15, in her floor exercises. Her combined total of 35.45 was the second-best Individual mark in that grade. Melissa Kitto was just behind Pinnlngton with 35.15 — the third-best individual score in the sixth grade. Canterbury’s grade-five girls team was third of 15 teams in the section. In the boys’ competition, Scott Jenkins, of Canterbury, scorded the highest mark, of 8.65, in grade six on the parallel bars. Mathew Emer-

son repeated the performance in grade seven, scoring 9.3, the second-highest mark on the parallel ban. Christopher Richards, with 8.9 for his vault, wee marked highest in grade seven. Girls, grade three: Bridgette Arnold (Bay of Plenty) i r Fiona Brown (Auckland) 2, Rebecca Stanley (Canterbury) 3. Girls, grade four Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay 1, Auckland 2, Top of the South Island 3. Girls, grade five: Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 1, Waikato 2, Top of the South Island 3. Girls, grade six: Canterbury 1, Auckland 2, Wellington 3. Boys, grade six: Auckland 1, Bay of Plenty 2, Canterbury 3. Boys, grade seven: Auckland, Auckland 2, Bay of Plenty 3. Boys, grade eight: Auckland 1, Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 2, Canterbury-Top of the South Island combined 3. TRAMPOLINING Nicholas Donnelly (Supertramp) won the Form Cup with a score of 25.2 in the Canterbury championship 15 to 17 years men’s section at the Rang! Ruru Girls’ School gymnasium on Saturday. Lisa Bailey, of the Supertramp Club, had the highest degree of difficulty in both the trampoline and doublemini trampoline competitions. The degree of difficulty in both events was 10.6. Abbreviations: Action (A.), Bryndwr (B.), Orbit (O.), Supertramp (St.). Trampoline Men.— 18 years and over: N. Donnelly (St.), 30.9, 1.15 to 17 years: K. Robinson (St.), 25.0, 1. 13 and 14 years: D. Moroney (A.), 23.7, 1. Eight years and under: C. Dale (B.), 18.5, 1. Women.— 15 to 17 years: R. Jackson (A.), and S. Rudkin (O.), 27.1, equal 1; J. Rushton (A.), 26.0, 3. 13 and 14 years: D. Bergman (St.), 29.7, 1; M. Wallace (St.), 27.4, 2; M. Daly (A.), 26.8, 3. 11 and 12 years: L. Bailey (St.), 31.3, 1; M. Bailey (St.), 29.6, 2; A. Bergman (St.), 29.2, 3. Nine and 10 years: A. Stammers (St.), 26.7, 1; S. Paul (B.), 25.4, 2; J. Capstick (B.), 25.3, 3. Eight years and under: N. Mudgway (st.), 24.9, 1. Double-mini trampoline Men.— 15 to 17 years: K. Robinson (St.), 20.1, 1. 13 and 14 years: D. Moroney (A.), 18.4, 1. Women.— 15 to 17 years: J.

Rushton (A.), 19.4, 1; S. Rudkin (O.), 18.1, 2; R. Jakson (A.), 14.7, 3.13 and 14 years: D. Bergman (St), 21.4, 1; M. Daly (A.), 18.7,2; F. McKenzie (O), 17.4, 3. 11 and 12 years: M. Bailey (St), 23.1,1; A. Stead (A.), 20.9, 2; L. Bailey (St), 20.3, 3. Nine and 10 years: A. Stammers (St), 18.5, 1; S. Paul (B.), 18.2, 2; J. Capstick (B.), 16.5, 3. Synchronised trampoline Men.— 18 years and over N. Donnelly and K. Robinson (St.), 41.8, 1. Women.— 15 to 17 years: R. Jackson and J. Rushton (A.), 37.8,1; M. Daly (A.) and S. Rudkin (O.), 36.4, 2.13 and 14 years: D. and A. Bergman (St), 38.7, 1; R. Curwood (O),

and A. Stead (A.).- 28.6, 2; M. Wallace and O Neate (St). 37.7, 3. 11 and 1? years: M. and L. Bailey (SLX4I.4, 1;1_ Batchelor and L. Hhyes (A.), 37.6, 2; S. Paul and J. Newsome (B.), 36.8, 3; Nine and 10 years: A. Stammers (St) and J. Capstick (B.), 26.4, 1. GOLF The Waitikiri I team beat Russley, to win the final of the Canterbury Ladies District Week-end Pennants championship at Waimalri Beach. Kerrin Starr, aged 16, won the Avondale Ladies Club’s senior competition on Sunday

by beating Dawn Tinning, 4 and 3, in the final. Starr, an Avonside Girls’ High School pupil, has been With the dub for two years after moving- to Christchurch from Twizel. In the intermediate section final, Alison Mitchell beat Pauline McNally, 5 and 4. In the junior competition, Joan Mander beat Bridie Telford, 5 and 4. PIGEON-RACING The Christchurch Federation held races ” from Palmerston North and Dunedin on Saturday. There were 550 birds entered in the Palmerston

North race and conditions were fine for the 440 km journey. The first bird home, owned by J. Hill, covered the distance in 6h lOmln. In the race from Dunedin 390 birds were liberated in a southerly wind for the 320 km journey. The first bird, home, owned by R. Spain, covered the distance in 3h 23min. Palmerston North race.— East section: F. Thyne, 1180.212 metres a minute, 1; R. Taylor, 1179.394, 2; M. Cross, 1179.025, 3; D. Anthony, 1178.289, 4; K. Cummings, 1178.225, 5; W. Ewart, 1176.963, 6; Linford Lofts, 1176.589, 7; D. Morgan, 1175.989, 8; D. Myall, 1175.644, 9; S. and R. Holland,

1175.636, 10. West section: J. Hill, 1182.335, 1; S. Vrhonik, 1178.722, 2; K. Cooper, 1178.354, 3; Dwyer family, 1177.096, 4; D. Gouldlhg, 1176.575, 5; D. Westbury, 1175.422, 6; M. Ray, 1173.594, 7; P. Morgan, 1174.111, 8; J. Couttie, 1172.549, 9; R. Louis, 1161.482, 10. Dunedin race.— R. Spain, 1626.491, 1; S. Campbell, 1623.029, 2; R. Farrar, 1616.632, 3; R. Linford, 1591.837, 4; Double D Lofts, 1586.445, .5; M. Aldersley, 1581.622, 6; A. Wyatt, 1576.258, 7; L. Keenan, 1574.866, 8; B. Partridge, 1574.314, 9; D. O’Hare, 1566.496, W.