Club cricket - Trophy retained:
Mount Maunganui have won back-to-back McNaughton Trophy titles with an 83-run thrashing of Katikati at the Bay Oval on Sunday in a replay of last year's final.
Katikati won the toss and elected to bowl, perhaps encouraged by their poor performance batting first in last season's reserve grade championship decider.
Led by long-time player Blair Parlane's 74, Mount reached a sizeable 232-8 in their allotted 50 overs. with Jason Luke reaching 57. Love Sharma's 4-34 was the best of the Katikati bowling attack.
Katikati's chase for victory was in disarray early after the top order was back in the hutch cheaply, and they found themselves five wickets down with less than 40 runs on the board.
Logan Brewer (36) and Steve Jennings (28) restored some respectability to the innings but the damage had been done and Katikati were rolled for 140, with former Bay rep Steve Charman taking 3-22 to give Mount their second successive Baywide second tier title. Sam Blake and Jonty Rhodes also made their mark with two wickets each.
Meanwhile, overnight rain in Rotorua saw the Attrill Cup game between Eastern Bay of Plenty and Rotorua transferred to an artificial surface on Boord Park.
Eastern Bay were put into bat after losing the toss and were dismissed for a relatively modest 107. Chanse Perham grabbed 3-23.
While Eastern Bay bowlers didn't have a large total to defend it might as well have been as they ripped through Rotorua for just 96. Former Bay rep Dean Butterworth was on fire with four wickets while Steven Ford took 3-30.
McNaughton Trophy final (Bay Oval): Mount Maunganui 232-8 (Blair Parlane 74, Jason Luke 57; Love Sharma 4/31) def Katikati 140 (Logan Brewer 36, Steve Jennings 28; Steve Charman 3/22, Sam Blake 2/20, Jonty Rhodes 2/23).
Attrill Cup (Boord Park): Eastern Bay of Plenty 107 (Ben Wild 17; Chanse Perham 3/23, Shayde Perham 2/13, Andrew Gibbs 2/15) def Rotorua 96 (Jonty Keaney 27; Dean Butterworth 4/38, Steven Ford 3/30, Sam Pulis 2/18).
Club cricket - B-grade semi:
Semifinalists in both grades have been found after several key match-ups on the last day of round-robin in the Western Bay reserve and B grade club cricket championships on Saturday.
Mount Green, who bon both the first round and Twenty20 competitions, were eliminated from the semis when they failed to beat Cadets, who cemented their top of the table finish by scoring 171 and then bowling Mount out eight runs runs shy of victory.
Tauranga Boys College, who were precariously placed entering the last round, set up a semifinal date with Cadets when they proved too strong for Katikati, scoring 2-5 and then rolling their opponents for just 103.
Greerton Hornets beat Mount Gold to qualify.
Papamoa wrapped up the top spot in the B grade qualifying roundswhen they repelled the challenge of 2010 B grade champions Grasshoppers.
Western Bay club cricket scores:
Reserve grade: Cadets 171 def Mount Green 164, Tauranga Boys College 204 def Katikati 113, Greerton Hornets 285/5 def Mount Gold 225, Te Puke 107 lost to Sangha CC 108/1.
Points (final): Cadets 119, Greerton Hornets 108, Katikati 106, Tauranga Boys College 105, Mount Green 89, Sangha CC 84, Mount Gold 76, Te Puke 29. Semifinals: Cadets v Tauranga Boys College, Tauranga Domain; Greerton Hornets v Katikati, Pemberton Park.
B Grade: Greerton 90 lost to Katikati 91/3, Papamoa 182/4 def Grasshoppers 148, Malwa CC 135/8 defeated Albion 101, Wanderers 208 defeated Spartans 181.
Points: Papamoa 155, Katikati 143, Wanderers 125, Grasshoppers 122, Greerton 96, Mount Maunganui 84, Spartans 80, Malwa 79, Albion 65. Semifinals: Papamoa v Grasshoppers. Fergusson1; Katikati v Wanderers, Fergusson2.
Athletics - Solid build-up:
Tauranga's Brent Newdick rounded out his competition one week out from the New Zealand Championships with victories in the 400m and long jump on Saturday at the Auckland Centre meet at Mt Smart Stadium.
He won the 400m in 50.48s and long jump clearing 6.79m, as well as taking second in the shot put. The Delhi Commonwealth Games decathlon silver medallist has entered seven events at the national championships this weekend at Waitakere.
Golf - Hamilton third:
If golf's North Island strokeplay championships at Lochiel were 36 instead of 72 holes, Omanu's Craig Hamilton would be heading to this week's national strokeplay event in Hastings a winner.
Hamilton held the halfway lead by two shots on six-under par after rounds of 68 and 70 before former New Zealand rep Daniel Pearce shot the lights out to win by a massive six shots. Pearce shot a nine-under 63 on Saturday to match the course record and then backed it up in the final round with a 68 to comfortably win his first senior title.
Hamilton still finished an eyecatching outright third after weekend rounds of 71 and 73, a shot behind Putaruru's Justin Morris and seven shy of Pearce.
Rotorua's Peter Lee, Pearce's closest rival going into the final round, trailing by one shot, had a final day he'd like to forget with a three over 75 to finish in a share of fourth.
Mt Maunganui's Brad Kendall, a winner the last time the New Zealand strokeplay was held at Bridge Pa two years ago, finished on 285 (71 71 70 73), with Tauranga left-hander Sam Davis (71 71 70 74) a shot behind.
Leading Bay of Plenty scores:
Men:
282: Craig Hamilton (Omanu Golf Club) 68 70 71 73
283: Peter Lee (Rotorua Golf Club) 72 69 67 75
285: Bradley Kendall (Mt Maunganui Golf Club) 71 71 70 73
286: Sam Davis (Tauranga Golf Club) 71 71 70 74
291: Andrew Stewart (Omokoroa Golf Club) 72 73 71 75
292: Victor Janin (Rotorua Golf Club) 75 70 74 73
301: David Feeney (Tauranga Golf Club) 71 79 73 78
Women:
305: Tyla Kingi (Opotiki) 73 80 78 74
309: Grace Senior (Tauranga Golf Club) 78 74 79 78
Ultramarathon - Women's record:
Christchurch's Marcus Donges has won the fourth annual Vibram Tarawera Ultramarathon.
Donges won the 100km race in a time of 8h 51m 8s followed by Vajin Armstrong, 9h 1m 43s, and Martin Lukes 9h 20m 33s. The first woman home was Nicola Gildersleeve who smashed the previous record, set by 2010 winner Fleur Bromley, of 11h 29m 12s, with a time of 10h 26m 28s, finishing more than 50 minutes ahead of her nearest rival and last year's winner Amy Campbell, 11h 18m 33s, and Vicky Planistowe, 11h 24m 36s.
More than 400 competitors took part in the 60km, 85km and 100km event at the weekend, with near perfect conditions, and 127 competitors completed the 100km race from Rotorua to Kawerau.
In the 60km race James Kuegler was the first man home in a time of 5h 39m 19s with Mike Le Roux and Paul Bird rounding off the top three. Dianne Bulled was the first woman home in a time of 7h 16m 29s with Jo Bannister second in a time of 7h 41m 26s and Denise Maguire's 7h 53m 58s gave her third.
The 85km solo race was won by Daniel Scarberry in a time of 7h 47m 08s with Jeremy Moody second and Sarah Carpenter third overall and first woman home in a time of 9h 20m 09s. Tina Gillgren-Bosch was the second woman home followed by Dawn Tuffery in third. In the four person relay team it was the Team New Balance Hamilton Flyers who took it out ahead of Team Forest Gump and Team Lake City Hurricanes. Team Brokeback Mountaineers were the first two person team home in 9h 24m 52s with Team Family Affair taking second.
Tarawera Ultramarathon:
100km men: Mick Donges 8:51.08, 1; Vajin Armstrong 9:01.43, 2; Martin Lukes 9:20.33, 3; David Eadie 9:20.45, 4; Hiroki Ishikawa 9:28.43 5. 100km women: Nicola Gildersleeve 10:26.28, 1; Amy Campbell 11:18.33, 2; Vicky Plaistowe 11:24.36, 3; Anna Longdill 11:44.58, 4; Anna Longdill 11:44.58, 5.
85km men: Daniel Scarberry 7:47.08, 1; Jeremy Moody 8:36.58, 2; Nigel Payne 9:36.01, 3; Chris Trudgeon 10:05.11, 4; Graham Penter 11:07.07, 5. 85km women: Sarah Carpenter 9:20.09, 1; Tina Gillgren-Bosch 10:17.07, 2; Dawn Tuffery 10:22.5, 3; Chloe Vincent 11:20.18, 4; Sveta Boiarkina 11:35.54, 5.
60km men: James Kuegler 5:39.19, 1; Mike Le Roux 5:39.19, 2; Paul Bird 5:57.30, 3; Ties Coomber 6:29.36, 4; Tim Day 6:56.49,5. 60km women: Dianne Bulled 7:16.29, 1; Jo Bannister 7:41.26, 2; Denise Maguire 7:53.58, 3; Elisabeth Henry 7:55.52, 4; Kim Eadie 8:06.51,5.
Golf - Smail wins classic:
Bay of Plenty's leading New Zealand-based golf professionals got their hands on the minor money only at the pared-back Brian Perry Classic over the weekend in Hamilton.
Normally a $100,000 54-hole Pro-Am, the tournament was this year scaled back to one round, with Hamilton's David Smail justified his ranking to score a four- under par 68 to see off Mahal Pearce in a three-hole playoff.
Tauranga's Jared Pender was tied third on two-under 70, a shot ahead of Taupo's Jason McIntosh.
Omokoroa's Kieran Muir (77) was 28th equal, with Troy Ropiha's 78 giving him 30th and Omanu-based pro Andrew Gurney 31st after a 79.
Muir, Gurney, James Hamilton and Ben Taylor will all attempt to qualify next weeek for the inaugural New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship in Queenstown from March 29-April 1.
Pender gets direct entry into the 122-strong field already confirmed, with the other quartet among 80 golfers having to pre-qualify for 10 available places at either Millbrook or Titirangi next Monday.
Surfing - O'Connor edged:
Mt Maunganui surfer Tim O'Connor's semifinal exit opened the door for Gisborne's Bobby Hansen to take home the lot on the final day of the Rip Curl Pro surfing contest at Raglan's Manu Bay.
Hansen won the open men's division, which included winning the invite to the Padang Cup in Indonesia. In winning the event, Hansen also claimed the overall New Zealand pro series for 2012.
O'Connor had won the most recent event of the New Zealand pro series in Gisborne to leapfrog Hansen for the No 1 national ranking but O'Connor's elimination in the semifinals, finishing third in his heat behind Hansen and Mike Banks, opened the door.
Mt Maunganui's Alex Dive won the under-20 title, ekking out a win in the wave-starved final. It wasn't until the dying stages of the final that Dive scored a low 2.63 point ride that was enough to put him into first place with an 8.3 point heat total.
"So stoked to finally get a win, but is was pretty much flat for the whole 25 minutes and it pretty much came down to one wave," Dive said.
"I pretty much waited for a wave the whole time because I thought a set was going to come through but nothing came and in the end it was that tiny back up wave I got that was enough to push me into the lead."
Open men's quarter-finals:
Heat 1: Tim O'Connor (Mnt), 10.77, 1, Mike Banks (Rag), 10.67, 2, Johnny Hicks (Gis), 8.6, 3, Sean Peggs (Tairua), 7.97, 4. Heat 2: Bobby Hansen (Gis), 14, 1, Luke Hughes (Rag), 12.67, 2, Jarred Hancox (Tara), 10.9, 3, Zen Wallis (Piha), 8.8, 4. Heat 3: Chris Malone (Gis), 11.6, 1, Matt Scorringe (Whmata), 10.6, 2, Alex Dive (Mnt), 8.37, 3, Larry Fisher (Rag), 8.27, 4. Heat 4: Maz Quinn (Gis), 13.73, 1, Blair Stewart (Gis), 12.8, 2, Luke Cederman (Rag), 12.2, 3, Matt Hewitt (Mnt), 10.33, 4.
Semifinals:
Heat 1: Bobby Hansen (Gis), 14.17, 1, Mike Banks (Rag), 11.17, 2, Tim O'Connor (Mnt), 10.1, 3, Luke Hughes (Rag), 9.93, 4. Heat 2: Maz Quinn (Gis), 14.33, 1, Blair Stewart (Gis), 12.5, 2, Matt Scorringe (Whmata), 11.77, 3, Chris Malone (Gis), 9.07, 4. Final: Bobby Hansen (Gis), 15.5, 1, Blair Stewart (Gis), 10.8, 2, Mike Banks (Rag), 9.63, 3, Maz Quinn (Gis), 9.60, 4.
Under-20 men's quarter-finals:
Heat 1: Alex Dive (Mnt), 14.07, 1, Sean Kettle (Tara), 10.6, 2, Adam Grimson (Gis), 7.93, 3, Ella Williams (Whmata), 7.83, 4. Heat 2: JC Susan (Mnt), 8.57, 1, Jackson Lynch (Aust), 8.1, 2, Kehu Butler (Arataki), 7.8, 3, Sid West (Gt Barrier), 7.3, 4. Heat 3: Dune Kennings (Whmata), 14.9, 1, Nat Hughes (Rag), 13.2, 2, Elliot Paerata Reid (Piha), 12.6, 3, Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata), 12.4, 4. Heat 4: Ben Poulter (Rag), 11.4, 1, Johnny Hicks (Gis), 11.03, 2, Josh Taylor (Tau), 6.9, 3, Tane Wallis (Piha), 5.5, 4.
Semifinals:
Heat 1: Sean Kettle (Tara), 12.17, 1, Alex Dive (Mnt), 11.83, 2, JC Susan (Mnt), 9.03, 3, Jackson Lynch (Aust), 8.13, 4. Heat 2: Johnny Hicks (Gis), 15.83, 1, Ben Poulter (Rag), 13.33, 2, Dune Kennings (Whmata), 10.83, 3, Nat Hughes (Rag), 9.37, 4. Final: Alex Dive (Mnt), 8.3, 1, Sean Kettle (Tara), 7.6, 2, Ben Poulter (Rag), 6.27, 3, Johnny Hicks (Gis), 5.33, 4.
Golf - Four qualify:
Four players have earned themselves trips to the Junior Tiger national golf final next month in Palmerston North after the Bay of Plenty qualifying event at Rotorua's Springfield club on Sunday.
Ninety-two players from throughout Bay of Plenty, aged from 2-14 years, took part.
Bay of Plenty Junior Tiger prizewinners:
3 holers:
Boys: 1 gross Ethan Pargeter 21, 2 Cameron Arkwright 22, 3 Jayden Elmiger 25. Girls: 1 Jessica Arkwright 30.
Girls 11-and-under: 1 Poppy Brown (playoff) 48, 2 Mikayla King 48, 3 Tyla Paul 49, 4 Shaneece Brunning 51, 5 Mikayla Hall 52. Girls 12-14: 1 Erikah Waiariki 41, 2 Jazmin Brown 45, 3 Marika Wereta 52.
Boys 11-and-under: 1 Jake Broadmore 39, 2 Liam McFarlane 41, 3 Pat Humphrey 41, 4 Cameron Coxhead 43, 5 Jackob Jensen 43. Boys 12-14: 1 Harry Hillier 36, 2 Henry Spring 40, 3 James Golding 47, 4 Boston Stewart 47, 5 Joel McCracken 47.