WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Seville)
Men's singles (selected). -
First round: Jim Ronny Andersen (Norway) bt Geoff Bellingham (NZ) 15-10 15-12, 2-Peter Gade (Denmark) bt Oliver Pongratz 15-10 15-13, 6-Pullela Gopichand (India) bt Jens Roch (Germany) 15-3 15-8, 4-Chen Hong (China) bt Tjitte Wesitra (Netherlands) 15-7 15-9, 1-Roslin M. Hashim (Malaysia) bt Abhinn Shyam
Gupta (Indonesia) 17-15 15-5, Conrad Hueckstaedt (Germany) bt Nick Hall (NZ) 15-10 15-4, 3-Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) bt Dicky Palyama (Netherlands) 15-8 15-4, 5-Lee Hyun-iI (South Korea) bt Bjoern Joppien (Germany) 15-6 15-7.
Women's singles (selected). -
First round: 6-Julia Mann (England) bt Yuli Marfuah 6-11 11-7 11-7, 2-Zhou Mi (China) bt Chan Ya-lin (Taiwan) 11-8 11-4, 4-Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden) bt Manjusha Kanwar (India) 11-3 11-3, 5-Gong Zhichao (China) bt Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (Thailand) 11-3 11-1, 11-Wang Chen (Hong Kong) bt Rhona Robertson (NZ) 11-5 11-3, 3-Gong Ruina (China) bt Katarzyna Krasowska (Poland) 11-2 11-3.
NORTH ISLAND 18s TEAM TOURNAMENT
(North Harbour)
North Harbour One 1 bt Hawkes Bay 14-2, Counties-Manukau bt Waikato (matches 8-8, games 20-18), Auckland bt North Harbour Two 16-0, Manawatu bt Waitakere 14-2.
North Harbour One bt Counties-Manukau 11-5, Manawatu bt Auckland 10-6, Waitakere bt North Harbour Two 15-1, Waikato bt Hawkes Bay 15-1.
North Harbour One bt Manawatu 10-6, Auckland bt Counties-Manukau 14-4, Waitakere bt Hawkes Bay 14-2, Waikato bt North Harbour Two 13-3.
North Harbour One bt Auckland 12-4, Manawatu bt Counties-Manukau 14-2, Waitakere bt Waikato 13-3, Hawkes Bay bt North Harbour Two 12-4.
Final placings: North Harbour One 1, Manawatu 2, Auckland 3, Counties-Manukau 4, Waitakere 5, Waikato 6, Hawkes Bay 7, North Harbour Two 8.
* Top three qualify for national finals, September.
