Friday's results

BADMINTON

NATIONAL 14's & 16's CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Waitakere)

14's semifinals. -

Boys singles: P. Tayalan (CM) bt T. Chow (Waitakere) 15-11 12-15 15-3, S. Hu (AK) bt L. Charlesworth (Waitakere).

16's semifinals. -

Girls singles: C. Chapple (AK) bt J. Jonggowisastro (NH)13-11 11-4, M. Leviana (NH) bt E. Chapple (AK) 11-2 11-2.

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS

St Louis 6, San Diego 2 (St Louis lead the best-of-five series by 2-0), Atlanta 7 Houston 1 (The best-of-five series is level at 1-1).

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CURLING

SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Paradice, Avondale)

Round three and four: Birkenhead Girls bt Kelston Girls 1 by 10 5, Rangitoto Sliders bt Long Bay College by 9 5, Manitoto bt Rangitoto Ice Cutters by 8 3, Kelston Boys bt Long Bay Juniors by 21 0, Birkenhead Boys bt Massey Strikers by 11 5, Birkenhead Girls bt Epsom Girls 2 by 10 2, Kelston Boys bt Massey Frosties by 8 0, Rangitoto Ice Cutters bt Long Bay Juniors by 9 2.

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GOLF

WOMEN'S INTER-PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT (Ngaruawahia GC)

Seventh and final round. -

Section one

Taranaki 4 South Canterbury 1: S. Choi bt J. Amalfitano 2 and 1, D. McCallum bt O. Crispin 1 up, R. Keegan lost to J. Kellahan 2 down, E. Hodson bt J. Knight 1 up, C. Wilson bt B. Green 4 and 2 .

Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay 5 Southland 0: L. Akers bt R. Pullar 1 up, I. van Steenbergen bt L. Henderson 5 and 4, J. Field bt S. Elder 6 and 4, C. Allott bt F. Murray 3 and 1, J. Morgan bt C. Tretheway 5 and 4.

Auckland 3 Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley 2: Da Som Lee bt P. Newbrook 4 and 3, Younsun Kim lost to S. Lines 3 and 2, J. Lee bt J. Shin 1 up, L. Eruera lost to Z-B. Brake 2 and 1, Moon Jung Song bt K. Hodgson 4 and 3.

Otago bye.

Section two

Canterbury 5 Northland 0: E. Jin bt S. Dangen 2 and 1, N. Wallace bt A. Tito 3 and 2, M. Tulisi bt C. Bon 1 up, D. Kim bt S. Bonnington 5 and 3, R. Thow bt Sunny Nam-Koong 2 up.

Tasman 4 Wellington 1: J-L. Moses bt S. Nicholson 3 and 2, L. Wright bt K. Rangihaeata 4 and 3, C. Kydd lost to L. Redpath 1 down, K. Hay bt E. Wills 2 up, L. Davis bt P. Sina 3 and 1.

Waikato 3 1/2 North Harbour 1 1/2: S. McDonald bt S. Ahn 4 and 3, S. Bradley halved with Mi Kyung Kim, S. Slavich lost to C. Mitchell 4 and 3, R. Pellow bt J. Hirst 2 and 1, D. Wells bt P. Meti 3 and 2.

Manawatu-Wanganui bye.

Final points:

Section one: Auckland 12 (25), Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley 10 (23 1/2), Taranaki 8 (15), Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay 6 (17 ), Southland 2 (9), South Canterbury 2 (8 1/2), Otago 2 (7).

Section two: Waikato 12 (24 1/2, North Harbour 10 (20 1/2), Canterbury 8 (20), Northland 5 (12), Manawatu-Wanganui) 4 (12), Tasman 3 (11), Wellington 0 (5).

WGC-AMERICAN EXPRESS CHAMPIONSHIP (San Francisco)

First round, par-70 (US unless stated). -

64: C. Montgomerie (Britain).

67: T. Woods, J. Daly, M. Calcavecchia, O. Browne, S. Garcia (Spain), D. Howell (Britain), F. Funk, I. Poulter (Britain), V. Singh (Fiji), C. Campbell, R. Pampling (Australia).

68: D. Toms, Z. Johnson, A. Scott (Australia), B. Jobe, J. Furyk, S. O'Hair.

69: B. Mayfair, A. Cabrera (Argentina), G. McDowell (Britain), R. Green (Australia), T. Clark (South Africa), Y. Imano (Japan), B. Dredge (Britain), M. Angel Jimenez (Spain).

70: N. Fasth (Sweden), J. Randhawa (India), H. Stenson (Sweden), S. Cink, L. Donald (Britain), S. Dodd (Britain), KJ Choi (South Korea), J. Bohn, B. Crane.

71: V. Taylor, S. Appleby (Australia), M. Campbell (NZ), P. Mickelson, C. DiMarco, D. Love, N. Dougherty (Britain), T. Bjorn (Denmark), G. Coles (Australia), L. Westwood (Britain), T. Purdy, J. Ogilvie, B. Bryant.

72: J. M. Olazabal (Spain), C. Schwartzel (South Africa), M. Hensby (Australia), SK Ho (South Korea), S. Ames (Canada), S. Verplank.

ABAMA OPEN DE CANARIAS

(Tenerife, Spain)

First round (Britain unless stated). -

66: A. Romero (Argentina), J. Skoeld (Sweden).

68: S. Little, T. Moore (South Africa), D. Patrick, M. Warren.

69: P. Baker, J. Bickerton, G. Bourdy (France), R. Chapman, R. Gonzalez (Argentina), S. Hurd, M. Kirk (South Africa), M. Roe, P. Sjoeland (Sweden), L. Slattery, J. Spence.

70: P. Archer, J. M. Arruti (Spain), G. Brand jnr, N. Colsaerts (Belgium), Ignacio Garrido (Spain), M. Hagen (Norway), M. Hoey, S. Luna (Spain), D. Park, S. Scahill (NZ), T. Whitehouse, F. Widmark (Sweden).

71: K. Baraka (Germany), M. Carballo (Argentina), D. Dixon, R. Fisher, Marcus Fraser (Australia), Rafael Gomez (Argentina), I. Goroneskoul (France), M. A. Martin (Spain), B. Mason, R. McEvoy, R. Rock, E. Rush, R. Russell, A. Salto (Spain), C. Suneson (Spain), A. Velasco (Spain), L. Westerberg (Sweden).

72: J. Axgren (Sweden), S. Bebb, A. Canete (Argentina), J. M. Carriles (Spain), F. Cea (Spain), O. David (France), S. Drummond, M. Foster, I. Giner (Spain), M. Ilonen (Finland), S. Little, D. Lucas, A. Marshall, L. Oosthuizen (South Africa), H. Rey (Argentina), F. Roca (Spain), B. Teilleria (France), D. Vancsik (Argentina), S. Webster, O. Wilson.

Also:

74: G. Paddison (NZ) 74.

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HOCKEY

INDIRA GANDHI GOLD CUP

(New Delhi)

New Zealand 4 (H. Dillon, K. Sharland, K. Forgesson) Malaysia 2.

HATCH CUP (BOYS)

(Napier)

Final day.-

Final: Canterbury 2 Bay of Plenty 1.

3rd-4th: Manawatu 2 Hawkes Bay 0.

5th-6th: North Harbour 3 Wellington 2.

7th-8th: Auckland 4 Marlborough 0.

9th-10th: Tauranga 4 Otago 3.

11th-12th: Counties Manukau 1 Nelson 0.

13th-14th: Northland 1 Wairarapa 1.

15th-16th: West Coast 3 Ashburton 1.

17th-18th: Thames Valley 3 Southland 2.

19th-20th: Waikato 5 Taranaki 1.

21st-22nd: South Canterbury 2 Poverty Bay 1.

23rd-24th: Wanganui 3 Auckland B 1.

25th-26th: Horowhenua 3 Central Hawkes Bay 2.

COLLIER TROPHY (GIRLS) (Hamilton)

Final day.-

Final: Waikato 1 Canterbury 0.

3rd-4th: Auckland 6 North Harbour 1.

5th-6th: Wellington 1 Hawkes Bay 0.

7th-8th: Bay of Plenty bt Taranaki by default.

9th-10th: Wairarapa 0 Northland 0.

11th-12th: South Canterbury 1 Nelson 1.

13th-14th: Eastern 2 Central Otago 1.

15th-16th: Tauranga 5 Manawatu 1.

17th-18th: Horowhenua 2 Counties Manukau 0.

19th-20th: Ashburton 1 Otago 0.

21st-22nd: Poverty Bay 2 Canterbury B 1.

23rd-24th: Thames Valley 5 Marlborough 0.

25th-26th: West Coast 3 Invercargill 1.

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ICE HOCKEY

NHL

NY Rangers 3 Montreal 4 (OT), St Louis 3 Detroit 4, Los Angeles 3 Phoenix 2.

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INDOOR BOWLS

HILLCREST MONTHLY TOURNAMENT

Winner: J. Whitehead, M. Pruden, J. Wood, R. Campbell.

Runner-up: P. Stacey, K. Gibson, E. Stacey, S. Stacey.

St Andrews Nicholls Gold Cup Pairs

Winner: J. Fletcher and K. Gibson.

Runner-up: C. Wood and N. Sturm.

3rd equal: J. and M. Taare, J. Whitehead and M. Pruden.

Leach Cup fours.

Winner: L. Miedema, T. Vlasveld, D. Flaszynski, D. Blanchard.

Runner-up: G. Stringer, J. Steer, G. Williams, Y. Longman.

3rd equal: M. Bryant, R. Caddy, M. Greenwood, R. McCurdy; B. Clements, B. Ransfield, D. Hagan, J. Riley.

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MOTOR RACING

BATHURST 1000

The top 10 who will be in the one-lap shootout today:

Craig Lowndes (Ford) 2m 07.1322s, Mark Skaife (Holden) 2m 07.5333s, Marcos Ambrose (Ford) 2m 07.7357s, Garth Tander (Holden) 2m 07.7622s, Greg Murphy (Holden) 2m 07.8709s, Steven Richards (Holden) 2m 07.9291s, Jason Richards (Holden) 2m 08.1325s, Russell Ingall (Ford) 2m 08.2643s, Glenn Seton (Ford) 2m 08.3326s, Jim Richards (Holden) 2m 08.4261s.

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NETBALL

NATIONAL SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT (New Plymouth)

Day four: TCS-Tu Toa 42 Marlborough 28, Hillcrest High 38 Taita College 31, Auckland Girls Grammar 42 Craighead Diocesan 22, Massey High 39 Verdon College 18, Villa Maria College 47 St Orans College 29, Mt Albert Grammar 38 Sacred Heart College 19, Hillcrest 39 Sacred Heart 26, Verdon College 40 Taita College 26, Auckland GG 41 Villa Maria 22, Craighead Diocesan 43 St Orans 31, Massey HS School 41 TCS-Tu Toa 25, Mt Albert Grammar 38 Marlborough GHS 31.

Day five. -

Final: Massey High 26 Auckland Girls Grammar 19.

3rd/4th: TCS Tu Noa 33 Villa Maria College 30.

5th/6th: Craighead Diocesan 35 Mt Albert Grammar 29.

7th/8th: St Orams 38 Marlborough Girls' High 37.

9th/10th: Verdon College 30 Hillcrest High 29.

11th/12th: Taita College 34 Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) 27.

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TABLE TENNIS

TRANSTASMAN TEST (Christchurch)

(New Zealand names first): S. Ho 3 M. Hodgson 0, S. Shu 1 T. Gough 3, K. Li/A. Yong 1 M. Choi/P. Campbell-Innes 3, M. McCarthy 0 A-M. Jolley 3, J. Hung/H. Squire 3 Hodgson/Jolley 2, Yang 2 Choi 3, Li 3 Campbell-Innes 2.


Result: Australia wins test 4-3.

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TENNIS

AIG JAPAN OPEN

(Tokyo)

Round three: M. Baghdatis (Cyprus) bt 1-M. Puerta (Argentina) 6-2 6-7(11) 7-5, 5-M. Ancic (Croatia) bt 12-C. Saulnier (France) 6-2 6-1, 3-R. Ginepri (US) bt 13-G. Muller (Luxembourg) 6-4 6-4, B. Phau (Germany) bt 10-K. Carlsen (Denmark) 6-1 6-2, W. Moodie (South Africa) bt 11-L. Horna (Peru) 7-6(4) 6-7(2) 6-4, 7-J. Nieminen (Finland) bt 9-P. Srichaphan (Thailand) 2-6 7-6(6) 7-5, 2-R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt K. Kim (US) 6-1 6-3.

Round two: W. Moodie (South Africa) bt 6-M. Youzhny (Russia) 6-1 3-6 6-3, 2-R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt J. Vanek (Czech Republic) 7-5 6-4, 4-T. Dent (US) bt D. Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 7-6(3), 7-J. Nieminen (Finland) bt R. Schuettler (Germany) 6-1 6-1, 11-L. Horna (Peru) bt R. Karanusic (Croatia) 6-2 7-5, W. Arthurs (Australia) bt 16-J. Monaco (Argentina) 4-6 6-1 6-4, 5-M. Ancic (Croatia) bt J-M. Gambill (US) 3-6 6-3 6-4, 12-C. Saulnier (France) bt R. Sluiter (Netherlands) 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5.

Women

Quarterfinals: 4-M. Kirilenko (Russia) bt J. Craybas (US) 6-2 4-6 6-2, 8-S. Mirza (India) bt 1-V. Zvonareva (Russia) 5-7 6-2 6-4. TENPIN BOWLING

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Rotorua)

Junior/Youth

Youth female: S. Howell (Auckland) 1, S. Edwards (Auckland) 2, K. Liu (Auckland) 3.

Youth male: T. Gough (North Harbour) 1, J. Kit (Manukau) 2, P. Chan (Auckland) 3.

Junior female: J. Carr (Porirua) 1, C. Mathieson (Tauranga) 2, A. Peattie (Christchurch) 3.

Junior male:J. Pinker (Rotorua) 1, B. Brooks (Rotorua) 2, A. Hoggard (Tauranga) 3.

Junior graded: K. Jackson (Westgate) 1, H. Jackson (Westgate) 2, K. Collins (Rotorua) 3.

National youth team: Auckland 1, Waitakere 2, Rotorua 3.

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WATERPOLO

WORLD JUNIOR MEN'S CHAMPS

(Argentina)

New Zealand 8 (S. Williams 3, A. Blythen 2, L. Tijsen, C. Lowther, R. Chambers) Mexico 4, United States 9 Greece 9.