Sports results

Press, 21 August 1989, Page 25

Sports results

RELAY RUNNING Teams from the Sumner Running Club finished first, second and third in the F.A.I. Metropolitan Life Port Hills relay on Saturday. The Sumneer veteran women’s C team started from 29 minutes behind the front markers and moved through the field to win by just over five minutes from the the club’s top senior women’s team, which started from 45 minutes. Only eleven seconds behind was the Sumner veteran men’s C team, which started from 43 minutes.

More glory came Sumner’s way with the veteran women’s A team, which is the New Zealand champion veteran women’s relay team, breaking its own record set in 1976 — its first-lap runner, Colleen Bardsley, breaking her own women’s and veteran women’s records. Bardsley has rightly earned a reputation as an uphill specialist, holding several such road records. Sumner also finished in the top three on time in the senior men, veteran men and senior women, as well as taking first, second and third fastest times for veteran women's teams.

On the short fourth lap Mary O’Connor (University) broke the 1985 record held by her club-mate, Joan Merrifield. O’Connor normally runs the longer tougher laps, for which she has set records in the past. She now holds three of the five women’s lap records. O’Connor, was sixth fastest runner from 85 who ran the lap. Prue Taylor (University), running in the senior women’s team, eclipsed the veteran women’s record on the second lap, while Kevin O’Sullivan (University), also running as a senior, broke the veteran record for the second lap, set by John Macdonald in 1981.

O’Sullivan was runner-up to John Cambell in the veteran men's national cross-country championship a week ago. Results.—

Handicap, team finishing order: Sumner veteran women C (J. Elliot, M. Smith, G. Dahl, J. Sauer, D. Stead) off 29min, net time 2hr 44min 9s, 1; Sumner senior women’s A, off 45, 2:33.15, 2; Sumner veteran men’s C, off 43, 2:35.36, 3; Toe H senior men’s C, off 35, 2:43.46, 4; University senior women’s A, off 56, 2:22.50, 5; Ashburton senior men’s A, off 70, 2:08.57, 6.

Fastest teams, senior men: Olympic A (B. Harris, T. Good, N. Webb, G. Clark, B. Hart) 2:05.59, 1; University A, 2:06.59, 2; Sumner A, 2:08.15, 3; Toe H A, 2:08.25, 4; Ashburton A, 2:08.57, 5; North Canterbury A, 2:10.08, 6.

Veteran men: Olympic A (E. Fallow, B. Burns, D. Neill, C. Harris, D Humphries) 2:11.43, 1; Sumner A, 2:14.44, 2; Christchurch A, 2:19.19, 3.

Senior women: University A (C. Todd, P. Taylor, B. McKay, M. O’Connor, L. Smeaton), 2:22.50, 1; Christchurch A, 2:32.10, 2; Sumner A, 2:33.15, 3; New Brighton, 2:35.09, 4. Veteran women: Sumner A (C. Bardsley, C. Jennings, H. Grant, C. Boulden, M. Stokes), 2:25.13, 1 and record; Sumner B, 2:39.14, 2; Sumner C, 2:44.09, 3.

Fastest laps, Lap one (6.7 km men: D. Askin (Ashburton) 26:48, 1; B. Harris (Olympic), 27:48, 2; B. Rollo (North Canterbury) 27:51, 3. Veteran men: W. Kennedy (Christchurch), 27:48, 1; E. Fallow (Olympic), 28:58, 2; S. Sandblom (Sumner), 29:43, 3. Senior women: C. Todd (University), 32:39, 1; S. Prutton (Sumner), 33:06, 2; P. Depree (University), 33:58, 3. Veteran women: C. Bardsley (Sumner), 30:41, I and record; C. Martin (St Martins), 32:56, 2; R. Buddicom (Sumner). 33:41, 3.

Lap two (B.skm), senior men: B. Pulley (North Canterbury), 27:02, 1; K. O’Sullivan (University) 27:07, 2 and veteran record; M. Truscott (Olympic), 27:10, 3. Veteran men: D. Lomax (Sumner) 29:29, 1; B. Burns (Olympic), 30:08, 2; R. Merrifield (University), 30:16, 3. Senior women: P. Taylor (University), 30:56, 1 and veteran record; M. Hassan (North Canterbury), 33:23, 2; A. Kennedy (Christchurch), 34:33, 3. Veteran women: C. Jennings (Sumner), 33:01, 1; B. Fortune (Olympic), 34:41, 2; W. Sharpe (Sumner), 37:20, 3. Lap three (Bkm), senior men: I. Dent (Sumner), 23:07, 1; M. Summerley (Toe H), 23:37, 2; G. Clarkin (Sumner B), 23:55, 3. Veteran men: Neill (Olympic), 25:14, 1; W. Harbison (North Canterbury), 25:26, 2; B. Senior (Ashburton), 26:19, 3. Senior women: S. Rollo (North Canterbury), 27:47,1; V. Carville (Sumner), 28:25, 2; B. McKay (University), 28:42, 3. Veteran women: H. Grant (Sumner) 27:02, 1; F. Roberts (Sumner B) 27:47, 2; G. Dahl (Sumner C) 28:05, 3. Lap four (5.3 km senior men: A. Jeffs (University), 15:23, 1; G. Clark (Olympic), 16:20, 2; A. Knight (New Brighton), 16:22, 3. Veteran men: J. Christie (Anglican), 16:21, 1; C. Harris (Olympic), 17:24, 2; J. Shivas (St Martins), 17:32, 3. Senior women: M. O’Connor (University), 16:41, 1 and record; P. McKay (New Brighton), 19:40, 2; R. Belton (North Canterbury), 20:50, 3. Veteran women: C. Boulden (Sumner), 19:333, 1; J. Sauer (Sumner), 21:01, 2; L. Donaldson (St Martins), 21:44, 3. Lap five (B.Bkm), senior men: ■' J. Gamblin (Christchurch), 28:23, 1; B. Hart (Olympic), 28:51, 2; R. Prince (Sumner), 29:07, 3. Veteran men: C. Burt (Sumner), 29:52, 1; D.Humphries (Olympic), 29:59, 2; B. Clausen (St Martins), 31:13, 3. Senior women: R. Hocking (Christchurch), 32:15, 1; D. Lauder (New, Brighton), 33:01, 2; L. Smeaton (University), 33:52, 3. Veteran women: M. Stokes (Sumner), 34:56, 1; S. Taylor (Sumner), 38:23, 2; M. Evans (New Brighton), 40:31, 3. NETBALL Canterbury Netball Association, lower grades.— Senior reserve B final: Cashmere B 31, Albion A 30. Under 18: Villa Maria C 18, St Nicholas I 15; Otautahi B 31, Halswell C 24; Sth Brighton H 24, Hagley G 21; Cranmer B 20, Marian B 20. Winner, Cranmer B; runnersup, Marian B and Hagley G. Second grade, Semi-finals: Technical C 39, Marian A 22; Sth Brighton F 31, Cathedral A 25. Final: Sth Brighton F 28, Technical C 20. Second grade B, Semifinals: Oriana A 30, C.F.C. A 26; Albion F 2, Varsity D 0. Final: Oriana A 34, Albion F 29. Third grade A, Semi-finals: New Brighton C 27, Lyttelton B 24; Avonhead B 35, Templeton A 29. Final: Avonhead B 41, New Brighton C 19. Third grade B, Semi-finals: Parklands D 27, Rangi Ruru L 22; Hearts K 26, Hearts L 23. Final: Hearts K 19, Parklands D 16. Fourth grade, Semi-finals: Cathedral N 29, Marian J 27; Cashmere L 37, Hagley N 23. Final: Cathedral N 30, Cashmere L 25. Fifth grade, Semi-finals: Belfast J 21,Shirley J 16; Shirley I 22, Cardinals G 15. Final: Belfast J 18, Shirley I 16. Sixth grade A, Semi-finals: Belfast M 45, Shirley K 44; Cathedral R 22, Albion W 15. Final: Cathedral R 37, Belfast M 20. Sixth grade, Semi-finals: Selwyn House B 29, Villa Maria ZI 12; Parklands H 16, Hearts P 15. Final: Selwyn House B 24, Parklands H 21.