Sport results

Press, 26 September 1989, Page 27

Sport results

GOLF NZPA-Reuter Sutton Coldfield Results of singles matches on the final day of the Ryder Cup golf match between Europe and the United States at The Belfry (U.S. names first): Mark O’Meara lost to Mark James, 3 and 2; Tom Kite beat Howard Clark (Britain), 8 and 7; Paul Azinger beat Seve Ballesteros (Spain), by one hole; Chip Beck beat Bernhard Langer (West Germany), 3 and 1; Mark Calcavecchia lost to Ronan Rafferty (Britain), 1 down; Payne Stewart lost to Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spain), 1 down; Ken Green lost to JoseMaria Canizares (Spain), 1 down; Fred Couples lost to Christy O’Connor jun. (Ireland) 1 down; Mark McCumber beat Gordon Brand jun. (Britain), 1 up; Tom Watson beat Sam Torrance (Britain), 3 and 1; Lanny Wadkins beat Nick Faldo (Britain), 1 up; Curtis Strange beat lan Woosnam (Britain), 2 up; Singles score: United States 7, Europe 5. Final result: Europe 14, United States 14 (Europe retains the Ryder Cup). Simon Cup Simon Cup interclub points after seven rounds: Waitikiri 7 (38>/,), Templeton 6'/a (41'/ 2 ), Russley 6 (36(4), Christchurch 4(4 (34(4), Waimairi Beach 4 (30(4), Harewood 3(4 (31(4), McLeans Island 3 (26), Rawhiti 2 (24), Hagley 2 (22), Windsor 2 (19*/2), Avondale 1 (16), Coringa >/ 2 (16(4). INDOOR BOWLS A Papanui W.M.C. combination of Frank Wilson, Kevin Mathews and Phil Ellis (skip), beat Owen Bright’s Hornby trio of John Dunlop, and Don Marshall, 13-11, in an exciting indooor bowls triples final of the working men’s club championships at the Riccarton stadium. With Wilson and Mathews playing consistent draw bowls, Papanui went out to a lead of 94 afer five of the 12-end final. On the next end Bright showed his class when he drew the shot after being six shots down on the head. Papanui edged ahead steadily to lead 12-7 after nine ends, but some fine draw bowls by Hornby’s No. 2, Don Marshall, enabled them to. score a three on the eleventh end to reduce the deficit to one point. On the last end Hornby held the lead when the skips changed ends, but Ellis’s first bowl clipped out one shot to tie the game, Bright was wide with his last bowl, and with the final bowl of the match Ellis calmly removed the shot bowl to take the title. Ellis’s semi-final match was against New Brighton’s Bob Burford, who gained an early lead, 4-3. But steady bowls by, the Papanui trio brought them a three-point win. Bright’s semi-final against the strong Richmond team skipped by Bill Trembath was one-way traffic for the Hornby team. With Dunlop and Marshall setting up the heads, Bright was able to shut Trembath out of the game. Results:Last 16: J. Dishington 9, S. Rennie 6; B. Burford 8, A. Curtain 7; P. Ellis 8, B. Stott 2; E. Chaney 9, N. English 4; O. Ditford 11, M. Spicer 3; W. Trembath 9, R. Graham 6; D. Clark 7, N. Tomlinson 6; O. Bright 8, M. Orme 4. Quarter-finals: Burford 9, Dishington 4; Ellis 6, Chaney 2; Trembath 9, Ditford 3, Bright 11, Clark 6. Semi-finals: Ellis 10, Burford 7; Bright 9, Trembath 6. Final: Ellis 13, Bright 11. • Papanui W.M.C. repulsed the final two challenges of the season, to retain the Challenge Shield for 1989. The final challenger, Tinwald, had no answer to the accurate draw play of the Papanui players, with Noel English and Graham Ellis outstanding. Lloyd Walker (Tinwald) saved the whitewash for the visitors by winning his singles. MOTOR RACING NZPA-Reuter Estoril Portuguese Grand Prix results (71 laps, 308.85 km): Gerhard Berger (Austria), Ferrari, one hour 36 minutes 48.546 seconds (average speed 191.418 km/h), 1; Alain Prost (France), McLaren, 32.637 s behind, 2; Stefan Johansson (Sweden), Onyx, 55.325, 3; Alessandro Nannini (Italy), Benetton, 1:22.369, 4; Pierluigi Martini (Italy), Minardi, 1 lap, 5; Jonathan Palmer (Britain), Tyrrell, 1 lap 6; Satoru Nakajima (Japan), Lotus, 1 lap, 7; Martin Brundie (Britain), Brabham, 1 lap 8; Philippe Alliot (France), Lola, 1 lap, 9. Drivers standings after 13 rounds: Prost, 75 points, 1; Ayrton Senna (Brazil), 51, 2; Nigel Mansell (Britain), 38, 3; Riccardo Patrese (Italy), 28, 4; Thierry Boutsen (Belgium), 24, 5; Nannini, 17, 6; Berger, 15, 7; Nelson Piquet (Brazil),

9,8; Michele Alboreto (Italy), feddie Cheever (U.S.), Derek Warwick (Britain), Johansson 6, equal 9. World constructors’ championship: McLaren, 128 points, 1; Ferrari, 53, 2; Williams, 52, 3; Benetton, 22, 4; Tyrrell, 13, 5. Ruapuna meeting The first meeting of the new motor racing season at Ruapuna last Sunday featured good fields in both the mini 7 and street saloon classes. The opening rounds of the championships for both these registers were contested at the meeting. Results: Mini 7, race 1: J. Hamilton 1, A. Hyde 2, D. Milligan, 3. Fastest lap: Hamilton 59.61. Race 2: J. Brook 1, R. Wilkinson 2, D. Drake 3. Fastest lap: Hamilton 59.79. Race 3: Hamilton 1, Wilkinson 2, Brook 3. Fastest lap: Wilkinson 59.32. Street saloons, race 1: B. Henderson (Mazda RX3) 1, C. McClelland (Escort V 8) 2, R. Toshach (Lotus 7) 3. Fastest lap: Henderson 57.86. Race 2 (handicap): S. Oughton (Chevette V 8) 1, McClelland 2, D. Samson (Viva Hemi) 3. Fastest lap: Henderson 57.86. Race 3: (Handicap) Samson 1, Toshach 2, McClelland 3.

Fastest lap: Samson 57.777. Clubmans: J. Stewart (Viva motoring) 1, Henderson 2, C. Blackwood (Falcon) 3. Fastest lap: Stewart 56.71. Formula Libre: G. Milligan (Van Diemen) 1, B. Whittington (Matlock) 2, M. Rowe (Lotus 7) 3. Fastest lap: Milligan 51.61.

SOCCER

Liverpool leads the English first division soccer competition after seven rounds from Millwall, Arsenal and Everton.

Blackburn Rovers leads the second division by one point from Brighton, Leeds and West Ham.

Points table P WDL F A P Liverpool 7 4 3 0 19 3 15 Millwall 7 4 2 1 14 11 14 Arsenal 6 4 11 11 5 13 Everton 74 12 11 9 13 Coventry 7 4 0 3 7 8 12 Norwich 7 2 5 0 11 7 11 Sthampton 7 3 2 2 11 12 11 QPR 7 232 6 4 9 Luton 7 23 2 5 4 9 Derby 7 2 2 3 5 7 8 C. Palace 7 2 2 3 5 14 8 Man. City 7 2 14 10 10 7 Man. Utd 7 2 14 13 15 7 Wirndon 7 14 2 5 7 7 Charlton 7 133 6 6 6 A. Villa 7 133 7 9 6 Notts Fst 7 133 7 9 6 Tottenham 6 123 7 12 5 Shef. Wed 7 115 2 16 4