Sport in brief

Press, 9 February 1989, Page 24

Sport in brief

Dumergue successful Nineteen-year-old lan Dumergue is within one game of taking the Canterbury senior men's croquet title at Hagley Park. He had easy wins against John de Lambert and George McCann with two double peels. Results. — Intermediate! doubles: E. Gregan and M. Leary 23, M. Wright and B. Reynolds 15; M. and A. Sallars 26, J. Manson and M. Rybum 16; M. Beale and J. Hay 26, P. van Litsenburg and M. Watson 15; M. Burgess and M. White 17, M. Honore and M. Murfitt 12; Beale and Hay 26, S. Fulcher and F. Crompton 10; A. and M. Sallars 19, J. Loughnan and B. Gourlie 15; Burgess and White 24, Wright and Reynolds 14; Murfitt and Honore 18, Gregan and Leary 17. Senior women: B. Lewis 26; L. Cooke 7; M. Thompson 18, A. Moliosin 11; I. Hughes 17, A. Thompson 16; Lewis 21,1. Baldwin 20; I. Deavoll 16, Cooke 15. Levels: D. Goodman 16, I. Hughes 15; de Lambertt 26, Baldwin 10; Deavoll 15, E. Thompson 11. Senior men: G. McCann 22, M. Sallars 12; I. Dumergue 26, de Lambert 2; Dumergue 26, McCann 4. In-form Fowler Brian Fowler continued his top time trialing form by recording the fastest time in the Canterbury Recreational Cycling Club’s 16km time trial on the Old Tai Tapu Road on Tuesday evening. Fowler covered the distance in 22min 325, ahead of Carl Crowe who went through the clock second fastest in 23min 04s. Les Jones was easily the fastest veteran with a time of 24min 595, well ahead of Andrew Cudworth. Andrew Nye and Eian Penwell sliced 33s off their fastest tandem ride recording a time of 23min 10s. Senior: B. Fowler 22:32, 1; C. Crowe 23:04, 2; M. Andrews 23:24, 3; D. Cowan 24:16, 4; J. Paton 26:07, 5. Veteran: L. Jones 24:59,, 1; A. Cudworth 25:44, 2; B. Kendall 26:19, 3; A. Bower 26:45, 4; G. McKenzie 27:19, 5. Junior: P. Hayes 27:21, h Tandem: A. Nye and E. Pehwell 2330, 1.