Results

Press, 1 December 1987, Page 56

Results

RUGBY LEAGUE British The powerful Wigan and St Helens teams managed winning margins of only four points as they struggled through their third round matches in the John Player Special Trophy knock-out competition. Wigan beat Salford, 16-12, at Salford, and St Helens was a 20-16 home victor over Hull. Widnes increased its lead in the first division by comfortably accounting for the Challenge Cup holder, Halifax, at Halifax. Results:John Player Special Trophy, third round: St Helens 20, Hull 16; Salford 12, Wigan 16; Springfield 12, Leeds 22. Division one: Castleford 20, Bradford Northern 12; Halifax 4, Widnes 19; Swinton 18, Hull Kingston Rovers 26. Division two: Barrow 20, Whitehaven 16; Dewsbury 4, Featherstone Rovers 15; Doncaster 8, Wakefield Trinity 26; Keighley 22, Batley 6; Rochdale Hornets 23, Bramley 20; Runcorn 20, Huddersfield 6; Sheffield Eagles 16, Fulham 6; Workington Town 14, Carlisle 2.

BOWLS Hong Kong Internationa! Fielding the youngest team in the competition, Scotland retained the Hong Kong international lawn bowls pairs title, beating Ireland, 27-10, in the final round. The British junior singles champion, Brian Middlemass, aged 24, and a 1986 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, Richard Corsie, 21, hit top form on the final day of the week-long competition. The duo, teaming up for the first time, beat the pretournament favourite. New Zealand, 21-14, in the quar-ter-finals and a tough Australian side, 17-16, in the semifinals. Quarter-finals: Ireland (Willie Watson and Ernie Parkinson) beat England (Wynne Richards and John Ottaway), 21-10; Filipino Club, Hong Kong (Ronson Au and T. W. Mak) beat Canada (Bill Boettger and Ron Jones), 16-14; Scotland (Brian Middlemass and Richard Corsie) beat New Zealand (Peter Beiliss and Rowan Brassey), 21-14; Australia (Paul Richards and Terry Baldwin) beat Wales (Trevor Mounty and Allan McCarley), 18-13. Semi-finals: Scotland beat Australia, 17-16; Ireland beat Filipino Cub, Hong Kong, 2717. Final: Scotland beat Ireland 27-10. YACHTING Mount Pleasant Trophy, sailed at Mount Pleasant: Agape (G. McKenzie and B. Stevens), 1; Too Dizzy (P. Duder and P. Gurnsey), 2; Purple Haze (M. Aitken and M. Dechie), 3. Catamarans Trophy: One Eyed (B. Hastie), 1; P. T. Tips (R. Davis), 2. Show Day pennant Sneaky Feelings (C. Smith,/ Paper Tiger). The first division yacht Granny Apple was the pick of the bunch in the annual Banks Peninsula Cruising Club’s, Lyttelton to Pigeon Bay, and return race sailed last week-end. The Farr-designed ocean

racer skippered by Malcolm Field, clinched line and handicap honours, in the return race to Lyttelton to add to the first on handicap to Pigeon Bay. The second division yacht Recreation, skippered by Russell Forward, won back to back-line honours and finished third on handicap in the return race. In the cruising division Apostle, sailed by a crew of two, picked up line and handicap honours on the return race to Lyttelton, while the large Ketch Tasia sailed consistently throughout the weekends racing to notch up a first and third place on handicap. Results: Lyttelton — Pigeon Bay: First division — line honours: Southern Fun (McMillin) 1. Handicap: Granny Apple (B. Wall, M. Field) 1, Natural Magic (I. Atkinson) 2, Aparangi (R. Johnstone, D. Gallagher) 3. Second division — line honours: Recreation (R. Forward) 1. Handicap: Cadence (B. and J. Edwards) 1, Ivanhoe (A. Carr) 2, Farrenzy (S. Terrell, R. Harris) 3. Cruising division — line honours: Seality II (I. Graham) 1, Handicap: Tasia (R. Ealam) 1, Medina (A. Inglis) 2, Swiftsure (B. Meads) 3, Pigeon Bay — Lyttelton: First division — line honours: Granny Apple 1, Handicap: Granny Apple 1, Natural Magic 2, Coriakin (K. Baronian) 3. Second division — line honours: Recreation 1, Handicap: Farrenzy 1, Cadence 2, Recreation 3. Cruising division — line honours: Apostle (P. Beecroft) 1, Handicap: Apostle 1, Amltie (K. Nichol!) 2, Tasia 3. A fine win and a third placing, paved the way for the young P-class yachtsman Mathew Stechman, at Lyttelton last Saturday. The former top optimist skipper, in his first season in the P-class, won the Tanner Cup trials, and the right to represent Canterbury at Nelson in January. Stechman who clinched a win by 2s in difficult conditions, from Milton Bloomfield in the fifth race after a close tussle, and stayed on course to a third place in the final race to guarantee the over-all win behind the series favourites Alister Rowlands, and Nell Briggs. Victory slipped from Rowlands, and Briggs, after the pair were disqualified or a premature start in the crucial fifth race, along with two other skippers Jeremy Smith and Daniel Jamieson. Rowlands recorded same salvation, when he won the final race by 53s from Briggs. Keith and Rass May continued their domination of the Sanders Cup trials to finish the series with zero points from Barry Wilcox, and Tony Roberts on 17.7 points. The May Brothers clinched the series with large wins In all the races and handled their boat immaculately in the awkward conditions which prevailed in some of the races. Results: P-ciass Tanner Cup trials: Race five: Echo (M. Stechman) 1, Aphrodite (M. Bloomfield) 2, Warringa (G. Sinclair) 3. Race six: Barnacle (A. Rowlands) 1, Tiki Tak Two (N. Briggs) 2, Stechman 3. Final over-all results: Stechman 17.1 points, 1; Rowlands 34 points, 2; Briggs 40 points, 3. Javelin Sanders Cup trials: Race five: Pacific Express K. and R. May) 1, Simon Kipper

(B. Wilcox, A. Roberts) 2, Heart Attack (S. Mander, D. Smith) 3. Race six: K. and'R. May 1, Mander and Smith 2, Wilcox and Roberts 3. Final over-all results: K. and R. May 0 points, 1; Wilcox and Roberts 17.7 points, 2; Mander and Smith 21.7 points, 3. The veteran Zephyr skipper, Ken Maynard, continued his good form to win the fourth race of the South Island Zephyr Championships at the Christchurch Yacht Club last Sunday. Maynard who made a good start in the fourth race led round the first mark from last year's champion in the event Bill Beere, but. on the run to the wingmark Maynard slipped to eighth place in the shifty wind. At this stage Sandra Hines at the helm of Zippy, sailed through to take the lead, and headed off the fleet at the next three marks, from a fast- closing Maynard. However on the final beat to the finish Maynard, picked up a good windshift to win by 35s from Hines, with Murray Hay in Muscatel, 45s further back in third place. With only one more race to sail in the series, Hines, will be endeavouring to win her second South Island title, and Maynard his first. The pair are first equal with 16.6 points. In the Canterbury Finn Championships Freerk Kempkers quickly stamped his dominance on the series after missing the first two races. However the over-all placings after four races are led by Nick Winters, a newcomer to the class this season with 20.4 points, from Bernie Lyons, with 24.7 points. A further three races are still to be sailed in the seven race series. In the Canterbury JC championships Darryl, and Michelle Pender, wrapped up the series with a win in the final race to finish with three points from Snoopy (A. Hames, A. Barrett) with 8.6 points. The Pender combination notched up three wins, and two second places in the five race event Results: South Island Zephyr Championships: Runaway (K. Maynard) 1, Zippy (S. Hines) 2, Muscatel (M. Hay) 3, Bonnie (G. Hore) 4, Pooh Stick (J. Park) 5. Over-all results after race four Maynard and Hines, 16.7 points equal 1; Hay 25.5 points 3. Brittania Cup: (J.C. class): Race four: Snoopy (A. Hames, A. Barrett) 1, Jeopardy (D. and M. Pender 2). Race five: D. and M. Pender 1, Hames, and Barrett 2. Final over-all results: D. and M. Pender, 3 points, 1; Hames and Barrett, 8.7 points, 2. Avalyn Trophy: (Finn class): Race three: Some Finn Else (F. Kempkers) 1, No Way (B. Lyons) 2, No Name (N. Winters) 3. Race four Kempkers 1, Winters 2, Dollfinn (M. Ducan) 3. Over-all results after race four: Winters 20.4 points, 1; Lyons 24.7 points, 2; Hot Shot (P. Campbell) 28 points, 3. CYCLING Mark Lucas rode strongly in the "Cup night" at Denton Park on Sunday evening to win the Syd Poore Cup over 3200 m. . Lucas has had a quiet period in past weeks, but produced an aggressive ride and strong finishing burst to beat Jason Smith and Grant Kiesanowski by a slim margin. A

Tony Creelman also rone well in the Axgrade novice events, winning two events and being well placed in the other two. William Rastrick’s outstanding form continues. He won two A grade open events. Results were: A grade.- . ;! 1600 m Percy Cole Memorial Cup handicap: Craig Keating (150 m 1, Russell Ownsworth (30m) 2, Michael Leahy (20m) 3, time 1 min 59.15. 8000 m ’ scratch, Four Square Cup: William Rastrick I, Jonathan Wilson 2, Carlos Marryatt 3, time 10 min 40.355. J 3200 m ’Syd Poore Cup handicap: Mark Lucas (120 m 1, J. M. Smith (100 m 2, Grant Kiesanowski (200 m 3, time 3 min 51.95. 1000 m scratch: William Rastrick 1, Michael Leahy 2, Carlos Marryatt 3, time 1 min 16.95. B grade.4000 m scratch: Jason Stark 1, John Rastrick 2, Brent Marryatt 3, time 4 min 24.05. Junior 1000 m scratch: Russell Ownsworth 1, Alex Leplanche 2, Jonathan Wilson 3, time 1 min 21.05. Novice A grade.1000 m scratch: Tony Creelman 1, Craig Nicol 2, Todd Skilling 3, time 1 min 17.65, 3200 m Devil Take the Hindmost* Chris Barnsley 1, Tony Creelman 2, Todd Skilling 3, time 4 mln 36.05. 450 m scratch: Tony Creeiman 1, Craig Mclntyre 2, Dean Wildermoth 3, time 34.35. 2400 m handicap: Karl Upstan (180 m 1, Dean Wildermoth (180 m 2, Tony Creelman (scr) 3, time 3 min 1.95. B grade.3200 m devil take the hindmost Jason Walker 1, Brendan Hart 2, Brett Grimwood 3, time 4 mins 56.75. 2400 m handicap: Paul Hawkins (scr) 1, Brett Grimwood (scr) 2, Jason Walker (100 m 3, time 3 min 6.95. 800 m handicap: Craig Tretheway (30m) 1, Craig Denny (20m) 2, Matthew Deller (20m) 3, time 1 min 1.95. C grade.400 m handicap: Blair Northcliffe (10m) 1, James Williams (20m) 2, Scott Brian (15m) 3, time 32.15. 1200 m handicap: Rosalind Reekie (140 m 1; Rodney Pearson (140 m 2, Nick Young (80m) 3, time 1 min 38.45. 3200 m handicap: Christian Wengler 1, Nick Young 2, Verdon McHaffie 3, time 3 min 42.05. Youth development A grade.400 m handicap: Scott Graham (25m) 1, Warren Sparks (scr) 2, Martin Jackson (scr) 3, time 33.85. 450 m scratch; Warren Sparks 1, Martin Jackson 2, Paul Newton 3, time 39.25. 800 m handicap: Adam Bradley (50m) 1, Paul Newton (scr) 2, Warren Sparks (scr) 3, time 1 mln 10.75. B grade.400 m handicap: Amanda Emms (25m) 1, Amber Sellers (25m) 2, Rebecca McCoy 3, time 37.85. 450 m scratch: Amanda Emms 1, Rebecca McCoy 2, Amber Sellers 3, time 43.05. TABLE TENNIS Soviet Open A North Korean, Kim Son Hu, won the men’s singles at the Soviet Open table tennis tournament in Moscow, beating his countryman, Chu En Choi, 3-0, In the final. In an all-Chlnese women’s final, Tao Haidun beat Fen Chubin, 3-0.

First division leaders are:P W D L Pts Widnes 10 9 0 1 18 Warrington 8 6 1 1 13 Leeds 9 5 2 2 12 Bradford 9 6 0 3 12 Wigan 7 5 1 1 11 Hull K.R. 10 5 0 5 10