Saturday results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE
(United States)

Results of Major League Baseball games yesterday (home team in CAPS):

BALTIMORE 6 LA Angels 5, BOSTON 2 Seattle 1, DETROIT 5 Cleveland 1, Chicago Cubs 11 PITTSBURGH 6, NY METS 4 Milwaukee 3, TAMPA BAY 7 Kansas City 2, ATLANTA 5 San Diego 4, FLORIDA 5 Washington 3, MINNESOTA 5 NY Yankees 1, Cincinnati 1 ST LOUIS 0, Toronto 13 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7, Philadelphia 10 COLORADO 8, ARIZONA 5 Houston 1, Texas 6 OAKLAND 3, San Francisco 2 LA DODGERS 1.

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BASKETBALL

NBL

At North Shore: Manawatu Jets 86 (Aaron Nowell 22, Brad Davidson 16, Stacey Lambert 16, Clifton Bush 16) Harbour Heat 81 (Brent Charleton 20, Troy McLean 13, Mike Homik 12).

At Hamilton: Waikato Pistons 94 (Graeme Dann 24, Vidal Massiah 24, Ben Hill 24) Otago Nuggets 89 (Keith Darden 22, Miles Pearce 20, Nate Connolly 19). Halftime: 50-45.

At Wellington: Nelson Giants 85 (Josh Pace 19, Eric Freeman 19, Mika Vukona 14) Wellington Saints 71 (Jamal Livingston 22, Brendon Polyblank 18). Halftime 33-40.

Auckland Stars 99 (Josh Nigut 24, Brock Gillespie 20, Lindsay Tait 15)

Manawatu Jets 94 (Stacey Lambert 18, Jonathan Southey 18, Aaron Nowell 17)

HT: Auckland 48 Manawatu 40.


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GOLF

PGA
(South Carolina)


Leading scores after second round (US unless noted):

131: Jim Furyk 64 67

133: Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 66 67, Brian Gay 66 67, Vaughn Taylor 63 70, Duffy Waldorf 65 68

134: Fred Funk 68 66, Billy Mayfair 65 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 66 68, Tom Pernice 65 69

135: Ben Crane 67 68, Jeff Maggert 69 66

136: Robert Allenby (Australia) 70 66, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 69 67, John Holmes 67 69, Chris Riley 66 70

Missed cut:

146 - CRAIG PERKS (NZ) 74 72

148 - PHIL TATAURANGI (NZ) 74 74.

NORTH ISLAND STROKEPLAY CHAMPS
(Wellington)

Scores after the third round of the North Island strokeplay golf championship at Royal Wellington Golf Club (par 72):

213: Travis O'Connell (The Grange) 74 70 69

214: Riki Kauika (Tawhero) 72 66 76, Mark Purser (Hamilton) 73 71 70

215: Mark Smith (Springfield) 72 73 70

216: Danny Lee (Springfield) 72 69 75

217: Todd Sinclair (Hedgehope) 73 70 74, Tane Robson (Cambridge) 72 74 71, Josh Geary (Mt Maunganui) 74 73 70

218: Gary-John Hill (Sherwood Park) 71 69 78, Scott Wightman (Muriwai) 71 71 76

219: Richard Pegg (Shandon) 70 72 77

221: Adam Church (Miramar) 72 73 76, Jumbo Kim (Gulf Harbour) 75 73 73

222: Frank Borren (Paraparaumu) 75 69 78, Jaques Nortje (Muriwai) 78 70 74

223: Andrew Green (Shandon) 76 71 76, Brenden Stuart (Royal Wellington) 76 72 75, Ben Guilford (Rotorua) 74 75 74, Troy Ropiha (New Plymouth) 76 73 74, Thomas Campbell (St Clair) 76 75 72, Chan Young Chung (Shandon) 77 75 71

224: Ben Wallace (Auckland) 73 73 78, Sam Bastion (Omanu) 77 70 77, Johnny Dittmer (Shandon) 76 76 72

226: Kevin Smith (Tauranga) 72 76 78, Martin Webber (Royal Wellington) 74 75 77, Jason Mann (The Grange) 77 72 77, James Hamilton (Omanu) 78 74 74, Justin Han (Peninsula) 72 81 73.

TAKEFUJI CLASSIC
(Las Vegas)

Leading scores after the second round of the $US1.1 million ($NZ1.80 million) Takefuji Classic women's golf tournament yesterday (US unless noted):

131: Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) 63 68

133: Brittany Lincicome 68 65

134: Paula Creamer 70 64, Seon Hwa Lee (Korea) 67 67

135: Shi Hyun Ahn (Korea) 65 70

137: Dorothy Delasin 69 68, Maria Hjorth (Sweden) 67 70, Jamie Hullett 70 67, Young Kim (Korea) 69 68, Mi Hyun Kim (Korea) 67 70, Miriam Nagl (Germany) 67 70, Liselotte Neumann (Sweden) 69 68

138: Beth Bader 72 66, Audra Burks 69 69, Nancy Scranton 68 70, Wendy Ward 67 71.

TOKEN HOMEMATE CUP

(Japan)

Scores after the third round of the Y110 million ($NZ1.5 million) tournament at the Token Shuga Country Club (par 72, Japanese unless noted):

199: Akinori Tani 67 64 68

200: Wayne Perske (Australia) 64 67 69

201: Brendan Jones (Australia) 68 67 66, Hiroyuki Fujita 67 67 67, I J Chang (Korea) 63 68 70

202: Ryoken Kawagishi 65 70 67, Hideto Tanihara 67 68 67, DAVID SMAIL (NZ) 68 66 68

203: Taichi Teshima 65 71 67, Yui Ueda 69 66 68, Katsuya Nakagawa 62 69 72.
 
 
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HOCKEY

WORLD CUP
(Changzhou)

NZ 4 JAPAN 2 - Result from the World Cup men's hockey qualifying tournament match in China:

New Zealand 4 (Darren Smith, Bevan Hari, Ryan Archibald, Phil Burrows) Japan 2 (Takahiko Yamabori, Hiroki Sakamoto). Halftime: 2-0.


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RUGBY

AUCKLAND CLUB RUGBY

Premier one: Ponsonby 23 (L.Taliu 2 tries; B.Williams con 3 pen, D.Bowden con) Waitakere City 17 (T.Maeli, K.Nu'ualiitia tries; B.Mailata 2 con, pen). HT: 13-7. University 27 (D.Guthrie, W.Rowley, J.Goebei tries; B.Helleur 3 con, 2 pen) Pakuranga 20 (G.Brent, L.Latu tries; D.Arnold con, 2 pen, J.Steele con). HT: 20-6. Otahuhu 33 (M.Sua, O.Aumatagi, B.Poluleulgaga tries; T.Fanolua 3 con, 4 pen) East Tamaki 11 (F.Samuelu try, T.Asora 2 pen). HT: 17-11. Te Papapa Onehunga 32 (M.Niuafe, A.Manu, T.Moa, T.Moatolou, Lolohea tries; Moa 2 con, Moatolou dg) Roskill Districts 9 (T.Kapsin 2 pen, J.Gibbons pen). HT: 22-6. Grammar Carlton 20 Marist 3. Points: Ponsonby 14, Grammar Carlton 13, Waitakere City 11, Otahuhu 11, University 10, Te Papapa Onehunga 10, Roskill Districts 4, Pakuranga 2, Marist 1, East Tamaki 0.

Premier two: Suburbs 34 Papatoetoe 12. HT: 8-8. Waitemata 29 Mt Wellington 9. HT: 19-6. College Rifles 31, Tamaki 8. HT: 11-3. Teachers Eastern 14, Manukau 14. HT: Teachers Eastern 14-0. Eden 29 Waiheke 24. HT: Waiheke 14-12. Points: Suburbs 15, Waitemata 15, Papatoetoe 9, Eden 9, Manukau 7, Teachers Eastern 6, College Rifles 5, Mt Wellington 4, Waiheke 2, Tamaki 1.

COUNTIES MANUKAU

Results from Thursday and Friday

PREMIER GRADING ROUND

Pool A: Onewhero 0, Pukekohe 19 (TRY M Price, K Vilami, R Farrell; CON F Hodgson). Drury 13 Bombay 63. Karaka 13 Munrewa 25 (TRY L Masaga 2, C Luteru, S Kepu; CON T Ropotini; PEN T Ropotini). Pool B: Patumahoe 34 (TRY J Penberthy, H Hala, B Molony, A Poa, P Batlers; CON B Arthur 3; DG J Penberthy) Ardmore Marist 5. Waiuku 28 (TRY T Kiel 2, R Taupo, M Totafu, D Olsen; PEN S Kennedy) Papakura 14 (TRY S Alatini 2; CON S Alatini 2).

PREMIER RESERVE

Pool A: Onewhero 7 Pukekohe 10, Drury 6 Bombay 58, Karaka 10 Manurewa 31. Pool B: Patumahoe 3 Ardmore Marist 15, Papakura 5 Waiuku 48.

SENIOR 1

Hadlow Trophy: Waiuku 5 Te Kauwhata 16, Weymouth 12 Tuakau 17, Te Kohanga 38 Maramarua 0.

BAY OF PLENTY BAYWIDE

Section One: Te Puke Sports 35 Tauranga Sports 7, Whakarewarewa 34 Whakatane Marist 31, Rangiuru 20 Kahukura 0, Rotoiti 40 Kawerau 12, Mount Maunganui 78 Rangataua 13, Te Puna 36 Te Teko 26. Section Two: Greerton Marist 64 Marist St Michaels 3, Arataki 79 Edgecumbe 0, Waikite defeated Matata, Judea 36 Poroporo 5, Opotiki 22 Painoaiho 0, Papamoa 24 Ngongotaha 15.

COLTS

Section One: Tauranga Sports 15 Te Puke Sports 7, Reporoa 33 Kahukura 0, Rangataua 32 Greerton Marist 7, Ngongotaha 20 Te Puna 15. Section Two: Whakarewarewa 22 Whakatane Marist 12, Te Teko 12 Mount Maunganui 10, Eastern Districts/Rangiuru win by default.

THAMES VALLEY

Results:

Thames 28 (M Griffin 2, Y Akai tries, M Griffin 2 con, 3 pen) Whangamata 8 (D Morrison try, pen).

Hauraki Noth 22 (D Hitchcock try, B Clark con, 5 pen) Kati Kati 17 (N Swain, M Bui tries, R Earl 2 con pen).

Mercury Bay 21 (C Costello, D Paul tries, S McKay con, 3 pen) Waihou 13 (A Bell try, R Hewitt con, 2 pen).

Paeroa West 61 Waihi 7.

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SOCCER


First division: Ellerslie 0 Lynn Avon 1, Onehunga Sports 0 Melville 0, North Force 7 Papakura 0, West Auckland 1 Three Kings 5, Hamilton Wanderers 5 Metro 0.

Second division: Hibiscus Coast 2 Cambridge 5, Papatoetoe 2 Fencibles 1, Onehunga Mangere 2 Ngaruawahia 3, Waitemata 1 Manurewa 3, Otahuhu 1 Takapuna 3, Claudelands Rovers 0 Te Atatu 4.

Premier: North Shore 3 (M. Gwyther pen, B. Konick, S. Campbell) Birkenhead 0.

Bay Olympic 1 (P. Quansah) University Mt Wellington 0.

Tauranga City 1 (L. Crawford) East Coast Bays 1 (P. Edginton).

Albany 1 (P. Santos) Eastern Suburbs 1 (H. Edwards pen).

Central 5 (D. Rowlands, G. Eie pen, L. del Monte, J. Matthews, M. Boxall) Mangere 0.

Glenfield Rovers 0 Waitakere City 1 (C. Hitchen).

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United 0 Sunderland 0.

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SQUASH

WOMEN'S SQUASH TOUR
(Poughkeepsie)

Results from the women's squash tour's Vassar College Class of 1932 Squash Open:

Final: 2-Tania Bailey (England) bt 5-SHELLEY KITCHEN (NZ) 9-3 9-2 9-6.

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SURFING

RIP CURL PRO
(Victoria)

Results from day three of the Rip Curl Pro men's world surfing event at Bells Beach in Torquay yesterday.

Round two: Paulo Moura (Brazil) 15.33 points bt David Weare (South Africa) 9.84, Pancho Sullivan (Hawaii) 15.10 bt Roy Powers (Hawaii) 11.66, Daniel Wills (Australia) 13.33 bt Peterson Rosa (Brazil) 9.33. Round three: Luke Stedman (Australia) 15.24 bt Phillip MacDonald (Australia) 14.84, Pancho Sullivan (Hawaii) 17.17 bt Fredrick Patacchia (Hawaii) 11.00, Paulo Moura (Brazil) 12.84 bt Victor Ribas (Brazil) 10.83, Shaun Cansdell (Australia) 15.66 bt Damien Hobgood (United States) 13.07, Bruce Irons (Hawaii) 15.17 bt Tim Reyes (United States) 9.00, Bede Durbidge (Australia) 17.40 bt CJ Hobgood (United States) 13.33, Taylor Knox (United States) 13.83 bt Tom Whitaker (Australia) 2.43, Kelly Slater (United States) 17.23 bt Kekoa Balcalso (Hawaii) 10.17, Andy Irons (Hawaii) 17.77 bt Ben Dunn (Australia) 9.50, Bobby Martinez (United States) 14.50 bt Marcelo Nunes (Brazil) 2.60, Taj Burrow (Australia) 18.17 bt Chris Ward (United States) 13.93, Mark Occhilupo (Australia) 16.10 bt Corey Lopez (United States) 13.33, Mick Fanning (Australia) 17.96 bt Jarrad Howse (Australia) 11.67, Greg Emslie (South Africa) 15.50 bt Dean Morrison (Australia) 12.16.

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SWIMMING

NZ YOUTH AND OPEN CHAMPS
(Christchurch)

Day 4 finals:

50m breaststroke: Glenn Snyders (North Shore) 29.18, 1; Aidan Crouch (Parnell) 30.18, 2; Matthew Goodwin (Temuka) 30.26, 3.

200m butterfly: Megan Allan (Aqau Gym) 2:17.40, 1; Nicola Sutherland (Waves) 2:19.19, 2; Abby Shaw (Aqua Gym) 2:20.08, 3.

200m freestyle: Andrew McMillan (Neptune) 1:51.86, 1; Robert Voss (North Shore) 1:52.31, 2; Michael Jack (West Auckland Aquatics) 1:52.81, 3.