Top cueists easily progress

Press, 13 September 1988, Page 44

Top cueists easily progress

Both the reigning New Zealand snooker champion, Steve Robertson (Wellington) and the hot favourite for this year’s title, Harry Haenga (Wellington) went through the first round of the Lion Brown national snooker championships with ease at the Richmond Workingmen’s Club yesterday. Haenga won both his games in fine style with breaks of 58, 74 and 55. Canterbury’s Peter De Groot, runner-up to this year’s billiards’ title and the 1985 snooker champion, has also made it to the next round with all his

lives intact having dealt with Bay , of Plenty’s Kerry McGeechie, 3-0. De Groot made breaks of 52 and 45 in that match. Canterbury’s Dave Meredith also won his match but was not happy with ' his form. Results: — Section one: S. Robertson (Wellington) 3, K. Mischefski (Taranaki) 0; F. Paul (Hawke’s Bay) 3, D. Boyce (Waikato) 0; A. Gorton (Counties) 3, L. Adams (Canterbury) 2; Gorton 3, Mischefski 0; Robertson 3, Paul 2. Section two: B. Anderson (Auckland) 3, J. Toheriri (Hawke’s Bay) 0; W. Belmont (Poverty Bay) 1, P. Edwards

(Manawatu) 3; L. Otto (Wellington) 3, S. Maffey (Canter- . bury) 2; Otto 3, Toheriri 2; Anderson 3, Belmont 2. Section three: H. Haenga (Wellington) 3, L. Smith (Northland) 0; M. Shuen (Bay of Plenty) 2, J. Gantley (Auckland) 3; D. Kwok (Otago) 3, W. Tau Tau (Poverty Bay) 0; Kwok 3, Smith 0; Haenga 3, Shuen 1. Section four: B. Kirkness (Canterbury) 1, M. Peisker (Otago) 3; R. White (Counties) 3, K. Dudson (Bay of Plenty) 2; G. Andrews (Tauranga) 3, R. Wilson (Southland) 1. Section five: G. Hayward (Auckland) 3, H. Tia Tia (Wellington) 0; R. Young (Otago) 3, M. Beehre (Wanganui) 0; D. Witehira

(Waikato) 3, G. Sands (Cam terbury) 1; Young 3, Tia Tia 2. Section six: P. Wilson (Wellington) 3, W. Hill (Waikato) 1; B. Erikson (Bay of Plenty) 3, D. Miles (Auckland) 2; M. Wara (Otago) 3, P. Bartlett (Canterbury) 1. Section seven: J. Lemon (Wellington) 3, J. Campbell (Southland) 0; K. McGechie (Bay of Plenty) 0, P. DeGroot (Canterbury) 3; P. Hourigan (Waikato) 3, N. Stockman (Auckland) 0; Hourigan 3, Campbell 0. Section eight: D. Meredith (Canterbury) 3, R. Green (Counties) 0; M. Spencer (Wanganui) 2, B. Moore (Auckland) 3; P. Riini (Manukau) 3, P. Lilii (Canterbury) 2; Riini 3, Green 2.