Sport in brief

Press, 11 May 1989, Page 30

Sport in brief

Otago makes mark pA Masterton Central Otaeo may be a “minnow’’ in hockey but it has alread made a Tonsiderabe impact at the national 18 and under women’s tournament at Clareville. Playing in Section 2, Central Otago started the tournament as rank outsider but after Tuesday’s two rounds of matches its record stood at four wins from four games It held a one-point advantage over Auckland. 1: Nelson 1, Waikato 0; Canterbu ?; 3. Tauranga O’ Waikato 9, Tauranga 0; Nelson 3, Taranaki 2: Snterblry 9 South Otago 0. Section 2: Marlborough 1. Auckland 1- Central Otago 2, Horowhenua 1; Hauraki 5, Rangitikei 0- Maryborough 2, Horowhenua 0; Auckland 2, Rin! kei 1 Central Ota|o 2, Hauraki 0. Section 3: Hawke’s Bay 1, Wairarapa 1; Bay of Plenty, 4 North Otago 0; Counties 2, Wellington 1’ Bay of Plenty 3, Hawke’s Bay 0; Wairarapa 2. Wellington 0; North Otago 2 Counties; ISectioni 4: Manawatir4 South Canterbury 2' Otago 5, Taranaki 0, North Shore 6, South Otago ifotego L Manawatu 1; North Shore 1, South Canterbury 0. Stuttgart beaten NZPA-Reuter Dortmund, West Germany Borussia Dortmund upset the U.E.F.A. Cup finalist, Vfß Stuttgart 2-0 in a West German Cup semi-final yesterday marred by fouls and fighting that led to three players being sent off The violence followed a Stuttgart protest against a headed goal in the fifty-ninth minute by Dortmund’s Frank Mill after he had knocked a defender out of the way. Three minutes later Stuttgart’s Fritz Walter fouled the Dortmund goalkeeper Teddy de Beer. Thomas Kroth, of Dortmund, then knocked down Walter and he was in turn grounded by Maurizio Gaudino, of Stuttgart. The referee, Wilfried Heitmann, sent Kroth and Gaudino off and they were followed by Stuttgart’s Michael Schroeder in the sixty-sixth minute after an angry exchange with Heitmann. Meanwhile, in Prague, Czechoslovakia revived its hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Cup finals by crushing Luxemburg, 4-0. School chess results The third day of the Canterbury regional school pupils’ chess tournament resulted (first-named player had white).— Round 5: J. Hoseason i/ 2 , A. Jefferies >/ 2 ; S. Hudson 0, P. Abrahamson 1- S Wagoner 1, G. Crombie 0; M. Burns 1, C. Wright 0; T. Jefferies 0, D. MacLagan 1; B. Christofferson 1, B. Calvert 0; S. Hartwell 1, D. Jordan 0; D. Lean 1, N. Lawry 0. Round 6: P. Abrahamson 1, J. Hoseason 0; A. Jefferies i/ 2 , M. Burns i/ 2 ; D. MacLagan v. S. Wagoner adjourned; G. Crombie 1, B. Christofferson 0; C. Wright 0, S. Hudson 1; D. Lean >/ 2 , S. Hartwell >/ 2 ; T. Jefferies 1, D. Jordan 0; B. Calvert 0, N. Lawry 1. Adjourned results: G. Crombie 1, T. Jefferies 0; B. Calvert 1, S. Hartwell 0; A. Jefferies 1, G. Crombie 0.