ROLLER SKATING

Press, 9 March 1988, Page 47

ROLLER SKATING

Joe Askew, who won a gold medal at the world roller skating I championships two, yiears ago, and Tony Keefe, who won two bronze medals at last year’s championships, were members of the Australian team which competed in the two international South Island skating tours recently. | Keefe and Roger Hawkins, of Christchurch, had a keen duel iii the men's A grade, Keefe faking the over-all aggregate in both tours. j The tours served as a good build-up to the New Zealand banked track championships in Christchurch at Easter week-end. I Abbreviations.— (Aus), Australia; (RC), Rollerdrome, Christchurch; (N), Nelson; (SW), Skateworld, Christchurch; (D), Dunedin; (NP), New Plymouth; (SS), Skate Station, Christchurch; (SC), South Canterbury; (Birk), Birkenhead; (A), Auckland; , '(HB), Hawke’s Bay. TOUR OF TIMARU A grade (men).— Stage 1: Tony Keefe (Aus). 1; Roger jHawkins (RC), 2; Philip Mawkes (N), 3. Stage 2; Keefe 1; Hawkins 2; David McFarlane (A), 3. Stage 3: Hawkins 1; Keefe 2: Donald McVeigh (Birk), 3. Stage 4: Keefe 1; Hawkins 2; Mark Whitby (Aus),- 3. Stage 5: Keefe 1; Hawkins 2; McVeigh 3. Stage 6: McFarlane 1; Keefe 2; Hawkins 3. Stage 7: Keefe 1; Hawkins 2; McVeigh 3. Stage 8: Keefe 1; Hawkins 2; Mark Askew (Aus). 3. Over-all: Keefe 1. Hawkins 2. David McFarlane 3. McVeigh 4; Askew 5, Mawkes 6. Women. — Stage 1; Janine Alehin (NP). 1; Kirsten Dunlop (SW). 2; Hayley Kirker (N). 3. Stage 2: Alehin 1; Kelianne Keen (N), 2; Trudy Marcroft (Birk), 3. Stage 3: Dunlop 1: Alehin 2; Keen 3. Stage 4: Dunlop 1; Alehin 2; Keen 3. Stage 5: Alehin I; Dunlop 2; Marcroft 3. Stage 6: Alehin 1; Dunlop 2; Keen 3. Stage 7: Dunlop 1; Kirker 2; Alehin 3. Stage 8: Alehin 1; Kirker 2; Cassie Kelly (Aus). 3. Overall; Alehin 1. Dunlop 2, Kirker and Keen equal 3. B grade.— Stage 1: Shane Clark (N), 1; Beven Linn (Aus). 2; Andre Greenham (HB). 3. Stage 2: Clark-I; Andrew Milum (Aus), 2; Scott Mitchell (HB). 3. Stage 3: Clark 1; Andrew Colville (RC). 2; Anthony Lobb (D), 3. Stage 4: Clark 1; Milum 2; Linn 3. Stage 5: Clark 1; Colville 2; Milum 3. Stage 6: Stage 7: Clark 1; Colville 2: Milum 3.Clark 1; Milum 2; | Colville 3. Stage 8; Clark 1; ( Lobb 2; Colville 3. Overall: i Clark 1, Colville 2, Milum 3. j Lobb 4, Greenham 5, Mitchell 6. C grade.— Stage 1: Sonya Gay (N) 1; Cheryl Rushton (RC). 2; Angela Strachan (RC), 3. Stage 2: Strachan 1; Rushton 2; Natalie Ramm (Auk), 3. Stage 3: Strachan 1; Ramm 2; Gay 3. Stage 4: Ramm I; Wendy Kirby (NP), 2; Kelly Burn (N), 3. Stage 6: Ramm 1; Gay 2; Kirby 3. Stage 8: Ramm 1; Rushton 2; Burn 3. Over-all: Ramm I, Strachan 2, Gay 3, Rushton 4, Kirby 5, Burn 6, Rene McNice (Aus), 7. Under 10. — Stage 2: Joanne Strachan (RC), 1; Scott Nesbit (N), 2; Toni Burn (N), 3. Stage 3: Strachan 1; Nesbit 2; Burn 3. Stage 4: Strachan I; Nesbit 2; Burn 3. Stage 7: Strachan 1; Burn 2; Nesbit 3. Stage 8: Burn 1; Strachan 2; Nesbit 3. Over all: Strachan 1, Nesbitt 2, Burn 3, Daniel Brooks (SS), 4, Mark Nixon (SS), 5, Tessa Gabites (SC), 6. TOUR OF DUNEDIN I A grade men.— Stage 1: Keefe 1; Hawkins 2; Whitby 3i Stage 2: Hawkins 1; Keefe 2; Whitby 3. Stage 3: Hawkins 1; Keefe 2; Askew 3. Stage 4: Keefe 1; Joe Askew (Aus), 2; Hawkins 3. Stage 5: Mawkes 1; Whitby 2; Hawkins 3. Stage 6: Keefe 1; M. Askew 2; J. Askew 3. Stage 7: J. Askew 1; Keefe 2; M. Askew 3. Over all Keefe 1, Hawkins 2, J. Askew 3, M. Askew 4, Whitby 5, Mawkes 6. B grade.— Stage 1: Jason Lynch (Aus), 1; Kirsten Dunlop (SW), 2; Nicholas Lobb (D). 3. Stage 2: Lynch 1; Lobb 2; Janine Alehin (NP), 3. Stage 3: Lynch 1; Lobb 2; Alehin 3. Stage 4: Lobb 1; Alehin 2; Lynch 3. Stage 5: Lobb 1; Lynch 2;. Alehin 3. Stage 6: Lynch 1; Lobb 2;

Alehin 3. Stage 7: Lynch 1; Lobb 2; Alehin 3. Over all Lynch 1, Lobb 2, Alehin 3, Dunlop 4, Kelianne Keen (RC), 5. Angela Strachan (RC) and Cassie Kelly (Aus), equal 6. C grade.— Stage 1: Renee McNice (Aus), 1; Jocelyn Hawthorne (SS), 2; Joanne Strachan (RC), 3. Stage 2: McNice 1; Strachan 2; Hawthorne 3. Stage 3: McNice 1; Strachan 2; Hawthorne 3. Stage 4: McNice 1; Strachan 2; Hawthorne 3. Stage 6: McNice 1; Strachan 2; Hawthorne 3. Stage 7: McNice 1; Strachan 2; Hawthorne 3. Over all: McNice 1, Strachan 2, Hawthorne 3, Melanie Wooding (SC), 4, Tessa Gabites (SC). 5, Blair Gabites (SC), 6.