KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBL
At Auckland: Youthtown Auckland Stars 92 (Adrian Majstrovich 25, Casey Frank 23, Dylan Perfect-Tait 15, Larry Bratcher 12) Cartridge World Otago Nuggets 82 (Lemar Gayle 20, Jay Anderson 18, Brent Charleton 17, Nat Connell 10). HT: 53-44.
At Hamilton: Waikato Pistons 99 (Brian Wethers 22,
Jason Crowe 13, Mike Homik 13, Jamie Barnett 12, Ike Smith 11, Ray Cameron 10, Puke Lenden 10) Manawatu OzJets 61 (Keith Davis 15, James Paringatai 10). HT: 53-24.
At Taradale: Devon Dynamos Taranaki 99 (Keith Salscheider 29, Link Abrams 21, Aaron Nowell 15, Tony Rampton 12, Ben Jeffrey 12) Easy LPG Bay Hawks 96 (Paora Winitana 24, Kareem Johnson 22, Paul Henare 16, Kevin Smith 15, Callum Baynes 10). HT: 41-49.
NBA
San Antonio 102 Chicago 80, Boston 94 Dallas 90, LA Lakers 106 Utah 95.
BOWLS
BAY OF PLENTY WOMEN'S TRIPLES
F. Owens, J. Hyland, J. Gernhoefer (Te Puke) 14 B. Dickson, J. Hart, J. Barlev (Matua) 10. M. Gattung, N. Barkla, K. Dempster-Rivett (Ohope) 16 W. Green, L. McIntosh, V. Duncan (Taupo) 13.
Final: Gattung 18 Owens 8.
UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Pakuranga)
Round 1
Men, Section 1: Hamish Wilson (Nelson) bt Mathew Pulman (Counties/Manukau) 15 _ 5, 11 _ 10; Greg Ruaporo (Auckland) bt Mathew Johnson (Thames Valley) 10 _ 8, 11 _ 10; Evan Wong (Wellington) beat Mark McIntosh (Manawatu) 5 _ 15, 11 _ 8, 4 _ 0; Allen Kannewischer (Dunedin) beat Joshua Thompson (Nelson) 9 _ 6, 11 _ 5. Section 2: Mark Shine (Auckland) beat Mark Leith (Canterbury) 11 _ 11, 12 _ 7; Scott Evans (Auckland) beat Scott Garrett (Thames Valley) 6 _ 9, 10 _ 7, 6 _ 0; David Pascoe (Wellington) beat Eion McIntosh (Manawatu) 15 _ 3, 13 _ 6; Nathan Glasson (Canterbury) beat Justin McLean (Dunedin) 10 _ 7, 12 _ 9, 2 _ 1. Section 3: Ryan Khan (Waikato) beat Cameron Nairn (Manawatu) 13 _ 6, 5 _ 12, 3 _ 1; Adam Wishnowski (Auckland) beat Bevan Beckham (Counties/Manukau) 11 _ 10, 14 _ 5; Monte Pawa (Far North) beat Nathanael Lucas (Welington) 15 _ 5, 14 _ 5; Ryan McTaggart (West Coast) beat Andrew Callender (Dunedin) 15 _ 4, 11 _ 5. Section 4: Raymond Martin (Wellington) beat Leo Brett (Dunedin) 16 _ 6, 16 _ 4; Sam Russell (Waikato) beat Sione Manuolevao (Auckland) 16 _ 7, 11 _ 7; Ciaran MacElvanna (Auckland) beat Tim Toomey (Wellington) 10 _ 8, 9 _ 8; Robbie Reed (Canterbury) beat Mark Watt (Dunedin) 3 _ 18, 11 _ 8, 3 _ 1.
Women, Section 1: Misty Arnold (Nelson) beat Jaimee Smith (Manawatu) 11 _ 7, 12 _ 6; Emma Le Lievre (Thames valley) beat Toni Edwards (Auckland) 15 _ 7, 7 _ 9, 5 _ 0; Mandy Boyd (Hawkes Bay) beat Abbey Dugdale (Wellington) 12 _ 3, 14 _ 5; Kate Willyams (Central Otago) beat Melissa Cox (Canterbury) 18 _ 3, 12 _ 8. Section 2: Kirsten Griffin (Wellington) beat Keitha Heta (Counties/Manukau) 13 _ 11, 18 _ 4, 2 _ 1; Carey Jeffries (Waikato) beat Angharad Muir (Auckland) 5 _ 9, 7 _ 6, 3 _ 2; Tessa Hocking (Hawkes Bay) beat Katherine Everson (Bay of Plenty) 15 _ 10, 8 _ 7; Amy Brenton ( Nelson) beat Jemma Cournane (20 _ 4, 14 _ 5.
Round two
Men's, Section 1: Mark McIntosh beat Pulman 12 _ 7, 13 _ 3; Wilson beat Ruaporo 11 _ 3, 13 _ 8; Wong beat Kannewischer 18 _ 4, 7 _ 7; Johnson beat Thompson 18 _ 5, 12 _ 7. Section 2: Glasson beat Garrett 16 _ 3, 10 _ 10; Pascoe beat McLean 10 _ 9, 8 _ 8; Shine beat Evans 12- 8, 14 _ 6; Leith beat Eion McIntosh 20 _ 4, 14 _ 5. Section 3: McTaggart beat Beckham 14 _ 6, 7 _ 14, 3 _ 1; Callender beat Lucas 9 _ 9, 15 _ 7; Wishnowski beat Khan 8 _ 13, 15 _ 5, 2 _ 1; Pawa beat Nairne 14 _ 7, 12 _ 7; Section 4: Reed beat Russell 13 _ 6, 15 _ 7; Watt beat Toomey 15 _ 3, 17 _ 4; Martin beat Manualevao 14 _ 2, 10 _ 8; Brett beat MacElvanna 11 _ 10, 12 _ 7.
Women, Section 1: Boyd beat Smith 18 _ 4, 9 _ 7; Dugdale beat Willyams 14 _ 7, 13 _ 6; Arnold beat Edwards 10 _ 9, 10 _ 4; Le Lievre beat Cox 16 _ 5, 17 _ 3. Section 2: Heta beat Hocking 16 _ 3, 17 _ 5; Everson beat Cournane 17 _ 4, 13 _ 6; Griffin beat Muir 15 _ 6, 8 _ 8; Brenton beat Jefferies 23 _ 0, 18 _ 4.
Round three
Men's Section 1: Pulman beat Kannewischer 15 _ 9, 10 _ 6; Ruaporo beat Thompson 14 _ 7, 14 _ 16, 4 _ 0; Wong beat Johnson 7 _ 7, 12 _ 7; Wilson beat Mark McIntosh 12 _ 8, 21 _ 5. Section 2: McLean beat Leith 10 _ 8, 2 _ 15, 3 _ 1; Glasson beat Evans 13 _ 7, 18 _ 4; Garrett beat Pacoe 8 _ 5, 9 _ 12, 7 _ 0; Shine beat Eion McIntosh 17 _ 2, 15 _ 7. Section 3: Nairne beat Callender 11 _ 9, 11 _ 11; Wishnowski beat McTaggart 13 _ 11, 14 _ 11; Lucas beat Beckham 13 _ 3, 14 _ 4; Khan beat Pawa 17 _ 2, 6 _ 17, 3 _ 1. Section 4: Watt beat Brett 10 _ 8, 13 _ 13; Reed beat Manualevao 10 _ 8, 16 _ 4; Toomey beat Russell 17 _ 7, 7 _ 6; Martin beat MacElvanna 14 _ 5, 17 _ 3.
Women, Section 1: Smith beat Willyams 8 _ 5, 15 _ 6; Cox beat Edwards 12 _ 3, 6 _ 13, 4 _ 2; Dugdale beat Le Lievre 8 _ 7, 6 _ 17, 4 _ 2; Arnold beat Boyd 4 _ 14, 11 _ 8, 4 _ 3. Section 2: Heta beat Cournane 14 _ 5, 17 _ 2; Brenton beat Muir 16 _ 3, 8 _ 9, 4 _ 2; Everson beat Jefferies 19 _ 4, 22 _ 3; Griffin beat Hocking 8 _ 8, 9 _ 7.
Round four
Men, Section1: Wilson beat Thompson 13 _ 6, 10 _ 6; Pulman beat Johnson 13 _ 4, 8 _ 11, 3 _ 2; Mark McIntosh beat Kannewischer 17 _ 6, 12 _ 8; Wong beat Ruaporo 19 _ 7, 9 _ 8; Glasson beat Shine 13 _ 11, 9 _ 8; Leith beat Garrett 11 _ 11, 19 _ 6; McLean beat Eion McIntosh 17 _ 6, 12 _ 5; Evans beat Pascoe 17 _ 2, 15 _ 4. Section 3: McTaggart beat Khan 15 _ 7, 11 _ 12, 3 _ 1; Nairne beat Beckham 9 _ 8, 15 _ 6; Callender beat Pawa 12 _ 10, 16 _ 5; Wishnowski beat Lucas 12 _ 5, 7 _ 9, 3 _ 1. Section 4: Martin beat Reed 9 _ 5, 19 _ 6; Brett beat Russell 17 _ 0, 9 _ 13, 3 _ 2; Watt beat MacElvanna 10 _ 7, 13 _ 4; Toomey beat Manuolevao 7 _ 6, 14 _ 2.
Women, Section 1: Arnold beat Cox 17 _ 6, 22 _ 1; Smith beat Le Lievre 4 _ 12, 11 _ 10, 3 _ 0; Boyd beat Willyams 10 _ 7, 19 _ 7; Dugdale beat Edwards 16 _ 3, 18 _ 3. Section 2: Brenton beat Griffin 10 _ 8, 12 _ 7; Heta beat Jefferies 16 _ 6, 12 _ 5; Hocking beat Cournane 14 _ 4, 13 _ 3; Muir beat Everson 7 _ 12, 12 _ 6, 3 _ 0.
CRICKET
AUCKLAND
HOWARTH TROPHY
Major championship (1st day, last round).-
Cornwall 295/9dec (R. Sharma 104, T. Nathula 82; G. Hayne 4-62) v Howick Pakuranga 55/3 (C. de Grandhomme 31).
Suburbs New Lynn 82 (M. Horne 6-31, C. Munro 3-23) v Papatoetoe 190 (S. Singe 41, Munro 43; D. Eckford 4-43, J. Raval 3-49).
North Shore 341/8 dec (R. Jones 128, H. Smith 39, D. McGuigan 36, B. Wall 36) v Waitakere City 8/0.
Minor championship.-
University/Ellerslie, 308 (T. Muhammed 109, Nijitha 38, K. Baker 58; T. McIntosh 3-54, H. Cunliffe 4-90) v Parnell 47/1.
Takapuna 258 (J. Donnelly 49no, I. Smallburn 46, S. McCann 41, S. Matthewson 36, M. Wright 32; D. Robinson 4-73, D. Crook 3-64) v Grafton 15/1.
East Coast Bays 259/9 dec (P. Strang 76, T. Manning 74; A. Abbas 3-20) v Eden Roskill 40/2.
CYCLING
NZ track team for junior world champs in Cape Town, South Africa, on July 12-20: Women: Sequoia Cooper (Invercargill), Gemma Dudley (Levin), Cathy Jordan (Invercargill).
Men: Chad Adair (Christchurch), Jason Christie (Ashburton), Aaron Gate (Auckland), Ruaraidh McLeod (Christchurch), Ethan Mitchell (Auckland), Tom Scully (Cromwell), Myron Simpson (Auckland), Sam Steele (Christchurch), Michael Vink (Christchurch), Sam Webster (Auckland).
Road team named after the Tour of Te Awamutu on April 26-28.
GOLF
WGC-CA
(Florida)
First round. _
65: Geoff Ogilvy (Australia), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain).
66: Stewart Cink (US).
67: Phil Mickelson (US), Adam Scott (Australia), Anders Hansen (Denmark), Tiger Woods (US), Nick O'Hern (Australia).
68: Mark Calcavecchia (US), Martin Kaymer (Germany), Toru Taniguchi (Japan), Ryuji Imada (Japan), Luke Donald (Britain), Andres Romero (Argentina), Ross Fisher (Britain), Robert Karlsson (Sweden), Gregory Havret (France), Jeev Milkha Singh (India).
69: Robert Allenby (Australia), Aaron Baddeley (Australia), Jim Furyk (US), Justin Leonard (US), Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark), JB Holmes (US), Sergio Garcia (Spain), Zach Johnson (US), Charles Howell (US).
70: Justin Rose (Britain), KJ Choi (South Korea), Woody Austin (US) 70, Nick Dougherty (Britain), Brett Wetterich (US), Trevor Immelman (South Africa), Chapchai Nirat (Thailand).
71: Richard Sterne (South Africa), Peter Hanson (Sweden), Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Tim Clark (South Africa), Graeme Storm (Britain), Scott Verplank (US), Steve Stricker (US), Ian Poulter (Britain), Retief Goosen (South Africa), Lee Westwood (Britain).
72: Arron Oberholser (US), Daniel Chopra (Sweden), Rory Sabbatini (South Africa), Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Henrik Stenson (Sweden), Hunter Mahan (US), Boo Weekley (US), Paul Sheehan (Australia), Graeme McDowell (Britain), Anton Haig (South Africa), Paul Casey (Britain)
73: Stuart Appleby (Australia), Craig Parry (Australia), Stephen Ames (Canada), Mark Brown (NZ), Mike Weir (Canada), Vijay Singh (Fiji), Sean O'Hair (US).
74: Andrew McLardy (South Africa), Jonathan Byrd (US), James Kingston (South Africa), Ernie Els (South Africa), Shivshankar Chowrasia (India), Liang Wen-Chong (China), Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Brandt Snedeker (US), Heath Slocum (US), John Rollins (US), Richard Green (Australia), DJ Trahan (US).
75: Colin Montgomerie (Britain), Angel Cabrera (Argentina), Shingo Katayama (Japan).
76: Brendan Jones (Australia).
77: Soren Hansen (Denmark).
PUERTO RICO OPEN
First round
64: Bo Van Pelt.
66: Ted Purdy, Kyle Thompson
67: Jerry Kelly, Brenden Pappas (South Africa), Jeff Overton, Briny Baird, Nicholas Thompson
68: John Merrick, Jason Dufner, Marco Dawson, Billy Andrade, Miguel Suarez (Puerto Rico), Bob Sowards
Also
71: Tim Wilkinson (NZ).
73: Phil Tataurangi (NZ).
75: Grant Waite (NZ).
MADEIRA ISLANDS OPEN
First round
-6: Sven Struever (Germany).
-5: Hennie Otto (South Africa).
-4: Gregory Bourdy (France), Peter Gustafsson (Sweden), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (France), Fredrik Widmark (Sweden)
-3: John Bickerton (Britain), Matthew King (Britain).
-2: Bradley Dredge (Britain) 18, Mattias Eliasson (Sweden) 18, Alastair Forsyth (Britain), 18 Gareth Paddison (New Zealand) 18, Juan Parron (Spain) 18, Nicolas Vanhootegem (Belgium) 18, Peter Whiteford (Britain) 18, Raphael Eyraud (France) 16.
-1: Sion Bebb (Britain) 18, Notah Begay III (US) 18, Richard Bland (Britain) 18, Markus Brier (Austria) 18, Adilson Da Silva (Brazil) 18, Sebastien Delagrange (France) 18, Pedro Linhart (Spain) 18, Gary Lockerbie (Britain) 18, Alexander Noren (Sweden) 18, Andrew Oldcorn (Britain) 18, Manuel Quiros (Spain) 18, Kyron Sullivan (Britain) 18, Miles Tunnicliff (Britain) 18, E Jesus Maria Arruti (Spain) 18, Joakim Backstrom (Sweden) 18, Liam Bond (Britain) 18, Gary Clark (Britain) 18, Luis Claverie (Spain) 18, Francois Delamontagn (France) 18, Tim Dykes (Britain) 18, Rafael Echenique (Argentina) 18, Lee James (Britain) 18, Alan McLean (Britain) 18, Jamie McLeary (Britain) 18, Edoardo Molinari (Italy) 18, Gary Orr (Britain) 18, Hugo Santos (Portugal) 18, Ulrich Van den Berg (South Africa) 18, Tom Whitehouse (Britain) 18, Joao Carlota (Portugal) 16, Alessandro Tadini (Italy) 16.
+1: Diego Borrego (Spain) 18, Gabriel Canizares (Spain) 18, Andreas Hogberg (Sweden) 18, Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 18, Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 18, Jean-Francois Lucquin (France) 18, Santiago Luna (Spain) 18, Ben Mason (Britain) 18, John Mellor (Britain) 18, George Murray (Britain) 18, Wade Ormsby (Australia) 18, Alvaro Salto (Spain) 18, Ricardo Santos (Portugal) 18, Patrik Sjoland (Sweden) 18, Philip Talbot (Britain) 18, Alvaro Velasco (Spain) 18, Martin Wiegele (Austria) 18.
NORTH ISLAND CHAMP
(Whakatane Golf Club)
Men:
127: Danny Lee (Springfield) 64 63.
134: Andrew Green (Shandon) 70 64, Daniel Pearce (Coringa) 66 68, Landyn Edwards (Rotorua) 67 67.
135: Sean Riordan (Takaka) 68 67.
136: Ben Campbell (Masterton) 71 65, Dale Clarke (Sherwood Park) 67 69, Tyrone Nelson (Kaiapoi) 68 68.
137: Gary Hill (Sherwood Park) 67 70, Kevin Budden (Waitemata) 68 69, Kieran Muir (Omokoroa) 71 66, Todd Baek (Peninsula) 66 71.
138: Ben Wallace (Auckland) 70 68, Marcus Read (England) 68 70, Willie Moore (Windsor) 69 69.
139: Jared Pender (Tauranga) 69 70, Ryan Fox (Auckland) 67 72.
140: Nick Gillespie (Hastings) 70 70, Jonny Dittmer (Shandon) 72 68, Troy Ropiha (New Plymouth) 70 70.
141: Van Wright (Akarana) 70 71, Leighton James (The Grange) 69 72, James Hamilton (Omanu) 68 73, Mark Speedy (Auckland) 67 74, Peter Spearman Burn (Miramar) 69 72.
142: Thomas Lannie (Peninsula) 72 70, Jason Boobyer (Matamata) 73 69, Bradley Kendall (Mt Maunganui) 74 68, Richard Wright (Matamata) 71 71, Seve Ha (Akarana) 71 71.
Women
147: Dana Kim (Christchurch) 68 79, Rica Tse (Manor Park) 75 72.
148: Larissa Eruera (Aviation) 73 75.
149: Zoe Brake (Whakatane) 79 70 , Cecilia Cho (Pakuranga) 79 70.
150: Hanee Song (North Shore) 76 74, Caroline Bon (Northland) 75 75.
151: Penny Smith (Springfield) 73 78.
152: Tania Tare (Titirangi) 76 76, Hayley Clinning (Manukau) 79 73, Emily Perry (Lochiel) 80 72.
153: Jane Lee (Titirangi) 77 76, Samantha Whittle Australia) 76 77.
154: Lucy Davis (Greenacres) 81 73.
155: Stephanie McKillop (Manawatu) 79 76.
MOTORSPORT
MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX
Free practice
Felipe Massa (Brazil/Ferrari) 1min 35.392sec 1, Kimi Raikkonen (Finland/Ferrari) 1:36.459 2, Heikki Kovalainen (Finland/McLaren) 1:36.556 3, Nico Rosberg (Germany/Williams-Toyota) 1:36.578 4, Lewis Hamilton (Britain/McLaren) 1:36.626 5, Fernando Alonso (Spain/Renault) 1:37.022 6, Nelsinho Piquet (Brazil/Renault) 1:37.034 7, Robert Kubica (Poland/BMW Sauber) 1:37.218 8, Jenson Button (Britain/Honda) 1:37.282 9, Jarno Trulli (Italy/Toyota) 1:37.540 10, Nick Heidfeld (Germany/BMW Sauber) 1:37.649 11, Kazuki Nakajima (Japan/Williams-Toyota) 1:37.649 12.
SOFTBALL
NATIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB CHAMPS
(Albany)
Auckland Marist 10, Te Aroha 1; Waitakere Bears 4, Hutt Valley Saints 3; Northcote 7, Parklands Christchurch Unted 3; Miramar 4, Johnsonville 3; Howick 10, Braves 0; Metro 9, Otahuhu 5; Ramblers 11, NZ Defence Force 4; Auckland Marist 5, Waitakere Bears 1; Te Aroha 9, Saints 2.
Final standings: Auckland Marist 1; Te Aroha 2; Waitakere Bears 3; Saints 4; Northcote 5; Parklands Christchurch United 6; Miramar 7; Johnsonville 8; Ramblers 9; NZ Defence Force 10; Metro 11; Otahuhu 12; Howick 13; Braves 14.
Top batter: Nardia Maurihooho (Te Aroha) .590.
Top pitcher: Sheree Cartwright (Auckland Marist).
Most valuable player: Kalala Gabriel (Auckland Marist).
SQUASH
VIETNAM OPEN
(Hanoi)
Final: 1-Louise Crome (NZ) bt 5-Joshna Chinappa (India) 9-7 9-1 9-7.
TENNIS
PACIFIC LIFE OPEN
(California)
Women, quarter-finals: 3-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) bt 24-Lindsay Davenport (US) 6-2 (Davenport ret), 1-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) bt 12-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-1 6-4.
Men, quarter-finals: 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 7-6 6-2, 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) bt James Blake (USA) 7-5 3-6 6-3.