Straight wins for Robertson

Press, 15 September 1988, Page 48

Straight wins for Robertson

The defending champion, Steve Robertson, of Wellington, completed section play with a 3-0 victory against Tony Gorton, of Counties, to complete his section matches with five straight wins in the Lion Brown national snooker championships at the Richmond Workingmen’s Club yesterday. The other . player unbeaten after five matches is Robertson’s team-mate, Lewis Otto, who is playing in his first national championship. Otto continued his brilliant run of form yesterday when he scored a 3-0 win against Pat Edwards, of Manawatu, and followed with a 3-1 upset against last year’s runner-up, Bruce Anderson, of Auckland.

Among the local con-

tingent Dave Meredith has emerged as the greatest threat, recording two more impressive wins yesterday to maintain his unbeaten record after four matches. The major upset of the day were two losses for the 1985 champion, Peter de Groot, of Canterbury. He lost to Jack Lemon, of Wellington, 1-3, and Peter Hourigan, of Waikato, 2-3. Lemon and Hourigan will now play-off to decide the section winner and runner-up. Also unbeaten after four rounds are Grant Hayward, of Auckland, Jeff Andrews, of Taranaki, and the present South Island champion, Roy Young. Section play will finish today and the first round of knockout play will be

decided this evening-at 7 p.m. over the best of nine frames. Results were:— Section 1: S. Robertson (Wellington) 3, L. Adams (Canterbury) 1; D. Boyce (Waikato) 3, A. Gorton (Counties) 1; F. Paul (Hawke’s Bay) 3, Adams 1; Boyce 3, K. Mischefski (Taranaki) 0; Robertson 3, Gorton 0. Section 2: B. Anderson (Auckland) 3, S. Maffey (Canterbury) 0; L. Otto (Wellington 3, P. Edwards (Manawatu) 0; Maffey 3, W. Belmont (Poverty Bay) 0; J. Toheriri (Hawke’s Bay) 3, Edwards 2; Otto 3, Anderson 1. Section 3: H. Haenga (Wellington) 3, W. Tau Tau (Poverty Bay) 0; J. Gantley (Auckland) 3, D. Kwok (Otago) 0; M. Sheun (Bay of Plenty) 3, Tau Tau 1; Gantley 3, L. Smith (North Otago) 0; Kwok 3, Haenga 2. Section 4: B. Kirkness (Canterbury) 3, R. Wilson (Southland) 0; J. Andrews

(Taranaki) 3, R. White (Counties) 0; K. Dudson (Bay of Plenty) 3, R. Wilson (Southland) 1; R. White (Counties) 3, M. Peisker (Otago) 1. Section 5: G. Hayward (Auckland) 3, M. Beeher (Wanganui) 0; R. Young (Otago) 3, G. Sands (Canterbury) 2; Beehre 3, D. Witehira (Waikato) 0; H. Tia Tia (Wellington) 3. Section 6: W. Hill (Waikato) 3, M. Wara (Otago) 0; D. Miles (Auckland) 3, P. Bartlett (Canterbury) 0; B. Erikson (Bay of Plenty) 3, Wara 1; Miles 3, P. Wilson (Wellington) 1. Section 7: J. Lemon (Wellington) 3, P. de Groot (Canterbury) 1; Lemon 3, N. Stockman (Auckland) 0; P. Hourigan (Waikato) 3, de Groot 2; Stockman 3, K. McGechie (Bay of Plenty) 0.

Section 8: D. Meredith (Canterbury) 3, B. Moore (Auckland) 2; Meredith 3, P. Lilii (Canterbury) 0; Moore 3, P. Riini (Manukau) 0; Lilii 3, M. Spencer (Wanganui) 2.