Martinborough make playoffs

Newcomers Martinborough have qualified for the main championship round of Netball Wairarapa's premier one competition.
They celebrated their feat of being one of six teams to play off for the major title with a hard-fought 39-35 win over Carterton New World Lynx in wet, windy and wintry conditions at the Colombo Rd courts in Masterton on Saturday.
Joining Martinborough in the race for the premier one title will be defending champions Harcourts, Pioneer Blue, Celtic, Wairarapa College and St Matthew's Collegiate.
Harcourts, who had been surprisingly beaten by Carterton New World Lynx seven days before, bounced back with a 32-22 victory over Makoura College in the last of the preliminary round matches on Saturday while Pioneer Blue pulled away to beat Baywide Gladstone 43-22 after an evenly contested first half.
Wairarapa College A and Celtic were expected to have a battle royal and so it transpired with the students scraping in by just the solitary goal, 35 to 34, while St Matthew's beat Trevs 1 44-22.
Other results
Premier two: Carterton New World Legends 31, Carterton New World Red 18; Baywide Gladstone 2 35, Makoura B 8; Wairarapa College B 19, Greytown Red 9; Kuranui A 15, Wairarapa College B2 15.
Premier three: St Matthew's B 16, Makoura development 13; St Matthew's Junior A 19, Pioneer Red 16; Eketahuna 19, Solway A 7; Wairarapa College Intermediate A 13, CLM Elite 12.
Premier four: East Coast 19, Nga Iwi 11; Featherston Black Sox 30, Carterton New World White 19; Trevs 2 25, Chanel A 20; Martinborough 25, Wairarapa College Junior A 25.
Senior A: St Matthew's Gold 22, Wairarapa College Senior Gold 20; Hiona 25, Chanel Junior A 24; Masterton Flames 27, Carterton New World Blue 19; Carterton New World Social 18, Lansdowne 12.
Senior reserve: St Matthew's Junior B 28, Chanel B 4; Greytown Black 18, Wairarapa College Intermediate Gold 17; Kuranui Junior A 17, Kura Teina 10.
Senior B: Wairarapa College Senior Blue 11, Chanel Red 9; Wairarapa College Junior Gold 20, Chanel Blue 15; Solway B 16, Kuranui B 11.
Senior C: Solway C 18, St Matthew's Junior E 4; Wairarapa College Intermediate Blue 35, St Matthew's Junior D 2; St Matthew's Junior C 10, Kuranui Junior B 3.
Primary school competition results:
Grade one: St Matthew's A 35, MIS Year 7A 3; MIS Year 8A 42, Opaki Stars 11; MIS Year 8B 18, Solway Intermediate 7; Lakeview Intermediate A 13, Featherston 1 4.
Grade two: Carterton Whero 16, MIS Cannons 12; St Matthew's B 22, Lakeview B 7; MIS Year 7B 8, Ngta Kakano 6; Greytown Red 12, Chanel Red 4.
Grade three: MIS Cheetahs 27, Alfredton Hotshots 10; Wainuioru Wildcats 21, St Matthew's C 0; Chanel Blue 19, MIS Eagles 2; MIS Flames 13, MIS Scorpions 7.
Grade four: Opaki Flyers 28, Gladstone 6; Lakeview Flames 29, Solway Rubies 1; DPS Pulse 13, St Pat's Stars 3; Carterton Ma 10, Greytown Black 4.
Grade five: Fernridge 8, Hadlow Flyers 6; Lakeview Magic 15, Solway Diamonds 4; Carterton Kahurangi 5, MPS Sting 4; DPS Tactix 9, Featherston 2 1.
Grade six: Lakeview Sting 12, Greytown Yellow 4; DPS Steel 13, Carterton Kowhai 7; Greytown White 2, St Pat's Comets 1.
Grade seven: St Pat's Shamrocks 2, Rangiatea 2; Carterton Kakriki 9, Lakeview Kiwis 6; Wainuioru Junior Wildcats 12, MPS Wasps 2.
Future ferns: Opaki Jets 7, Solway Sapphires 3; St Pat's Shimmers 3, Fernridge 3; Carterton Kaaka 5, Lakeview 2; Greytown 1 7, Greytown 2 0.-