10 Minute Sports - Underdogs remain unbeaten

Game time welcome

Their team left for South Africa without them, but Chiefs Super 15 players Dan Perrin, Culum Retallick, Taniela Moa and Jackson Willison haven't been left cooling their heels for long.
All four will play for the Chiefs development team against their Hurricanes counterparts today at Taupo's Owen Delany Park, the side's fifth and final match of the season.
Chiefs wider training group players Simon Lemalu, Taiasina Tuifua, Malcolm Barnes, Phil Burleigh and Ahsee Tuala will also front in the side, which will be captained by Retallick.
The franchise's second XV has been a mixed bag this season, with wins against Tonga A 50-13 and Fiji A 25-10 and losses to Samoa A 18-17 and the Blues development 35-22.
Coach Kevin Schuler said it had been a chance for fringe Super rugby players to get quality game time: "As a coaching staff we are enjoying bringing together players from our provincial unions and helping these players add to their development."
Chiefs development: James Semple, Jason Hona, Jackson Willison, Phil Burleigh, Ahsee Tuala, Daniel Waenga, Taniela Moa, Taiasina Tuifua, Zac Hohneck, Viliami Fihajke, Leighton Price, Culum Retallick (capt), Josh Hohneck, Dan Perrin, Simon Lemalu.
Reserves: Sefo Setefano, Tristan Moran, Pepa Kolomatangi, Carl Axtens, Malcolm Barnes, Leon Ellia, Lance MacDonald.
Underdogs top dogs
After four completed rounds in the Kaimai Darts Association's weekly Monday competition, Underdogs remain the only unbeaten team in the Graham Monroe Trophy.
Underdogs beat WGP 15-5 to stay top of the table. In a close match, What's Up downed Babas 11-9, while in the night's other match Cruisers beat Allsorts 12-8.
Standings: Underdogs 12, Whats Up 9, Cruisers 6, Babas 6, WGP 3, Allsorts 0. 180s: John Kelly 2. 177: Rose Darvell. Bethlehem triumph
Bethlehem College won the inaugural Western Bay co-educational secondary schools pre-season rugby tournament - a precursor to the provincial secondary schools competition beginning on May 7.
The co-ed initiative came from an idea floated by Otumoetai College's Jamie Davis, who believed the dual-sex schools should have additional rugby opportunities available to Tauranga Boys College and Rotorua Boys High.
In the championship final, Bethlehem belied their place in the secondary schools second division by facing up to Te Puke High School.
Te Puke made the early running, scoring two tries to lead 10-7 at halftime, before Bethlehem scored 17 unanswered second-half points. Fitness, outstanding handling and good decision-making paid dividends.
Otumoetai College finished third after thumping Mount Maunganui College 45-7, while Aquinas College downed Kawerau - in the tournament by invitation - 32-17, to take fifth.
Eastern lift game

Eastern Districts belied their place in the middle of the Seeka KI Western Bay club rugby competition by pushing joint leaders Matakana Island close on Saturday.
The visitors put up a spirited challenge, with Matakana Island taking a 17-7 lead into halftime break. A try apiece in the second spell gave Matakana a tight 22-15 win, leaving them unbeaten and still with the Hardy Rosebowl Western Bay Challenge trophy for the second successive match.
Matakana's fortunes were boosted with news Arataki and Judea had drawn 10-all at Maharaia Winiata Park, leaving Matakana with a three-point buffer at the top of the ladder.
Papamoa kept their place near the top of the competition when they won a hard-fought contest with Tauranga Sports at Gordon Spratt Reserve, scoring the sole try in an 11-3 win. Rangiuru were defeated by Greerton Marist 27-5 while Katikati ran away from Te Puke Sports 66-3.
Juniors on high

Numbers have grown by almost 30 cent on the previous season and now Tauranga Lawn's junior tennis trophy cabinet is overflowing after unprecedented success at interclub level.
Lawn celebrated their junior success with a recent fun day and prizegiving and club coach Brandon Rowe said there was already strong demand for winter coaching so racquets didn't stay idle over the winter.
Lawn's junior membership was up to 140 over the past season, with Rowe's philosophy for growing the club from the ground up simple.
"Tauranga Lawn has always been known as one of strongest vets' clubs in New Zealand but the junior side was lagging. If parents are going to invest time and money into their kids they want to see some organisation and structure in place and some clear pathways set out to the next level.
"Not everyone is going to play to elite level - 95 per cent of our kids are happy playing club days and junior interclub - but the opportunity has to be there to play at any level."
Western Bay's junior interclub competition involving all the clubs in the region had grown from 60 teams in 2009/10 to more than 90. Lawn won the premier, division one and division two boys, as well as the premier girls. At senior level the club also took out the premier, division one and division two men's interclub championships.
Lawn's junior convener, Neil Tyson, said the increase in numbers reflected the programmes now being offered by Rowe.
"Brandon's brought enthusiasm and fresh ideas and he's also coaching the kids in small groups of 5-6, which a lot of parents are liking."
Rowe, who runs the Western Bay high-performance junior programme for the region's most talented 8 to 16-year-olds in conjunction with Mt Maunganui's Andy Donald, said there was also a lot more information sharing and collaboration happening between the region's club coaches.
"(Gate Pa's) Peter Blow has just come into town and is a knowledgeable guy, and I've learned plenty off Andy in the past year or so. The dog-eat-dog scenario of the past has disappeared and we're working together for the betterment of the area."
Entries pour in
Te Puke squash club have attracted a bumper 170 entries for their Easter Open tournament this weekend, with numbers so high games will be spread between courts at Te Puke, Mount Maunganui and Maketu.
The A grade men's division has attracted six of New zealand's top 12-ranked players, with the country's No4 Alex Grayson (Remuera) top seed and the beaten finalist from last year.
Last year's winner, Martin Knight, is overseas.
Top seed for the women's A grade is No6-ranked Amanda Landers-Murphy. Five other A grade women have entered.
In the junior boys' grades, all four sons of international squash legend Dame Susan Devoy and her husband John Oakley will be battling for top placings.
The tournament starts tomorrow night in Te Puke. Games will be played at the three venues on Friday and Saturday, with the finals back in Te Puke on Sunday, starting at 8am and going until mid-evening.
Tauranga qualify
Tauranga's boys' and girls' teams qualified for the under-17 basketball national championships after bagging top-three finishes over the weekend at the zone 2 premiership qualifying tournament at the QEII Youth Centre.
The boys' under-17 team finished third after defeating Counties-Manukau under-17 84-74 in their playoff.
The result could have been better had they downed the eventual winners, Rotorua, in the semifinals. But the Rotorua side prevailed 68-65. Rotorua went on to triumph over Waikato 76-54 in the final.
The Tauranga City girls managed to go one better than the boys, making it all the way to final, where they came up against Waikato. Unfortunately, the strong Waikato side won 63-25.
Both teams will now prepare for the Basketball New Zealand under-17 championships in North Harbour from June 3-6.