Sports results

Press, 31 August 1989, Page 34

Sports results

TENNIS Te Kura took the honours from Avonhead in the third round of the Fright Aubrey premier men’s inter-club doubles competition at the Indoor Tennis centre on Sunday evening. Te Kura won the encounter by one game, 38-37, with some fine form from Andrew Batle, Hugh Robinson, Mike Purcell and John Honeywell. Purcell won the player of the evening award in tribute to his “punishing forehands,” according to Vernon Aubrey, the instigator of the competition. Avonhead’s top pairing of Vernon Aubrey and Alistair Hunt took early blood from Robinson and Batie, 7-6, 6-2, and were in equally devastating form to account for Robinson and Honeywell, 6-4, 6-1. But the lower Avonhead order could not stay afloat for long enough to gather some valuable games. Shirley was chased closely by a courageous Cashmere line-up and survived by one set. Shirley was without Peter Hampton, which would have made a difference, but his absence heightened Cashmere’s resolve. Edgeware gained its first win against Elmwood. Brendon Furness was on loan from Fendalton, and combined with Scott Perkins to decisively take early rubbers. But the youngsters of the side were also in the limelight as Chris Small and Andrew Worley beat Richard Dalman and James Smith, 6-4, 6-3. Smith and Dalman, normally tough competitors, were prized scalps for the pair. Results.— Edgeware 3, Elmwood 1 S. Perkins and B. Furness beat B. Thom and C. Coffey, 63, 6-1; C. Small and A. Worley beat R. Dalman and J. Smith, 64, 6-3; Perkins and Furness beat Dalman and Smith, 6-1, 6-1; Worley and Small lost to Coffey and Thom, 3-6, 4-6. Te Kura 38 games, Avonhead 37 games A. Batie and H. Robinson lost to A. Hunt and V. Aubrey, 6-7, 2-6; H. Robinson and J. Honeywell beat D. Mitchell and M. Young, 6-3, 7-5; Honeywell and Robinson lost to Hunt and Aubrey, 4-6, 1-6; M. Purcell and Batie beat Mitchell and Young, 6-2, 6.2. Shirley 5 sets, Cashmere 4 sets B. Hibbert and H. Faults beat A. Bruce and J. McHarg, 6-2, 61; J. Faults and Turner lost to A. Bruce and P. Terrace, 3-6, 06; Hibbert and Faulls beat Bruce and Terrace, 6-2, 6-0; Faulls and Turner lost to Bruce and McHarg, 6-2, 1-6, 6-7. Points: Shirley 12, Avonhead 9, Cashmere 8, Edgeware 6, Te Kura 5, Elmwood 2. SOCCER Results from the latest round of Canterbury women’s soccer last Sunday were.— Division one knock-out: Nomads 9, Hornby 0; Nomads B 0, New Brighton 7; Imperial 6, Halswell 3; Western 0, Rangers 4. Division three: Shamrock 3, Cashmere. 0. Divisions two, three and four were postponed because of ground conditions. CYCLING Craig Saunders, a second year junior, from Nelson, finished a comfortable first in the tenth Coca Cola Radio New Zealand junior cycling tour of Waikato in New Plymouth last week-end. Saunders repeated his win from last year, this time heading off Palmerton North’s Andrew Burnett by 58s on general classification. Christchurch’s Chris Barnsley rode consistently throughout the four-stage tour for a fifth place over all —2 min 12 sec behind Saunders. Jason Crooks and Adam Brown, both of Auckland, were third and fourth respectively. Barnsley performed well in the sprint ace series as well, finishing second with 16 points. Douglas Bath, of Invercargill, won that part of the tour with 23 points. Bath has been overseas in Italy and the Soviet Union cycling this year. Alex Brown, Adams twin brother, was third in the sprints. The King of the Mountains was won be Adam Brown with 33 points. He was followed by two Auckland riders, Jason Fowler, on 23 points, and Dean Straughan, on 20. ROLLER HOCKEY Panthers confortably beat Bullets, 7-1 in the preliminary final of the BIC South Island

roller hockey match at the Skate Station on Sunday. Panthers’ success against their rivals was set up against the run of play when Brent Singer scored early in the first period. This goal upset the Bullets who then had trouble settling down. Panthers applied more pressure during the second period and scored four goals, conceding only one, through a deflection. Nick Alfield, Panthers’ goalkeeper showed why he is the province’s top keeper with a top display which earned him the player of the day award. The Bullets spent the entire third period on attack but could not penetrate Alfield’s defence. Greg Jordan and Brent Singer cemented their side’s place in the final with two late goals. The Highwaymen kept their finals chances alive by beating a determined Souths team, 7-4 in the second game of the day. The first two periods of play were punctuated with minor skirmishes as both teams attempted to get the upperhand. The Highwaymen were unfortunate to lose G. Singer through injury he sustained while officiating as goal judge in the earlier game.

Graham Langley scored a hat-trick of goals in the final period to give his team the winning margin and a place in

the semi-finals game against the Bullets on Sunday. Results:- Panthers 7 (B. Singer 2, G. Jordan 2, T. Atkinson 2, D. Singer 1) beat Bullets 1 (P. Denovan). Highwaymen 7 (G. Langley 5, M. Hay 1, G. Lester I) beat Souths 4 (N. Cridland 1, J. Campbell 2, B. Head 1). GOLF Kaiapoi No. 2 beat Russley, 38(4 holes t 0 33 fa in the final of the Canterbury District Ladies’ Golf Association’s weekend pennants in heavy conditions at Waitiklri last Sunday. It was Kaiapol’s first win since the pennant was presented by Vai Cullen in 1979. The Kaiapoi team consisted of all junior players and its No. 1, Rebecca Prescott, who recently won the girls’ championship at the Canterbury Eagles under-18 tournament, will compete in the New Zealand Eagles tournament in Hamilton on September 2 and 3. Kaiapoi names first: Rebecca Prescott beat Barbara Smith, 12(4 boles to 5(4; Sandra Johnson lost to Sue Hitchon, 5(412(4; Michelle Clare beat Kathy Hargreaves, 11-7; Diana Wallace beat Shirley Harrison, 9(48(4.