Squash

WORLD TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP

(Vienna)

Semifinals: 1-Australia 3 4-Egypt 0 (J. Kneipp bt M. Abbas 9-6 9-4 5-9 9-4, D. Palmer bt K. Darwish 9-5 8-10 9-4 9-2, A. Ricketts bt A. Shabana 9-5 9-0.

3-France 2 2-England 1 (J-M. Arcucci lost to N. Matthew 1-9 3-9 2-9, T. Lincou bt P. Nicol 8-10 9-4 9-7 9-2, G. Gaultier bt L. Beachill 9-4 1-9 10-8 1-9 10-9.

Final: Australia 3 France 0 (Palmer bt Lincou 9-0 9-3 6-9 9-5, Ricketts bt Gaultier 9-4 7-9 9-2 8-10 9-0, P. Price bt R. Lavigne 9-3 9-3).

Playoff for third: England 3 Egypt 0.

Playoff for 17th: NZ 3 Italy 0 (G. Wilson bt A. Capella 10-9 0-9 9-1 9-0, D. Sharplin bt F. Busi 9-0 9-2 9-4, C. O'Brien bt A. Torricini 9-7 9-0.

WSPA TOURNAMENT

(Ottawa)

Quarter-finals: T. Leevey (NZ) bt 8-L. Lenghthorn (England) 9-3 9-4 2-9 9-6, M. Martin (Australia) bt R. Reta (Canada) 9-3 9-2 6-9 9-3, 7-C. Khan (Pakistan) bt S. Teran (Mexico) walkover, 2-D. Lloyd-Walter (England) bt L. Briggs (England) 9-0 9-3 9-6.

NZ MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men.-

35-39, first round: B. Hickling (Aust) bt J. Fielding (Waimea) 9-0 9-0 9-4, P. Roughan (Marlborough) bt E. Leisten (Chch Football) 9-0 9-7 10-9, T. Cain (Mitchell Park) bt D. Parata (Nelson) 9-5 9-4 9-4, G. Craig (Marlborough) bt J. Carney (Lyttleton) 9-2 9-3 9-1, N. Lloyd (Browns Bay) bt P. Dawson (Lyttleton) 9-1 9-0 9-3, P. Kennett (Mitchell Park) bt P. Barnett (Mitchell Park) 9-4 9-4 9-1, C. Ellery (Greymouth) bt D. McBride 9-5 9-0 9-6, G. Duberly (Browns Bay) bt H. Tana (Takaka) 9-0 9-0 9-1.

-44, first round: D. Robbins (Aust) bt T. Lee (Upper Hutt) 9-1 9-3 9-3, G. Alabaster (Waikato) 10-9 7-9 6-9 9-6 9-2, R. Powell (Kawaroa Park) bt J. McWilliams (Chch) 9-0 9-1 9-1, T. Fabling (Hamilton) bt R. Drent (Devonport) 9-6 3-9 9-0 9-0, M. Millar (Mitchell Park) bt S. Corkill (Kawaroa Park) 3-0, B. Meyer (Remuera) bt A. Henderson (Albany) 9-3 9-2 9-0, D. Jupp (Kawaroa Park) bt A. Hay (Hoon Hay) 9-7 9-2 9-1, M. Gribben (Otago) bt D. Hampton (Chch Football) 9-2 9-2 9-1.

-49, first round: Tom Spark (Australia) bt Keith Deegan (Lyttleton) 9-4 9-0 9-0, Richard Owen (Lyttleton) bt Richard Stephenson (Nelson) 3-9 9-6 9-4 9-1, Peter Roughan (Kawaroa Park) bt Glen Hewett (Upper Hutt) 9-1 9-7 9-4, Dave Kitchingham (Mitchell Park) bt Ian Kain (Waimea) 9-3 9-4 9-1, Mark Waldin (Browns Bay) 9-7 9-2 9-3, Mike Tombleson (Te Awamutu) bt Fred Williams (Lyttleton) 8-10 9-2 9-4 7-9 9-3, Ian Collins (Collegians) bt John Brown 9-1 9-1 9-4, Charlie Mayhew (Christchurch) bt Geoff Dadley (Bay of Plenty) 9-0 9-2 9-0.

50-54, first round: Tony Naughton (Thorndon) bye, Dennis Siefe ((Khandallah) bt 6-9 9-3 9-1 9-1, Dennis Crow (9-2 9-2 9-3, Malcolm Vaile (Lugton Park) bt Pat Netto (Takaka) 9-6 9-3 9-2, Lawrence Skurr (Christchurch) bt Peter Browning (Nelson) 9-5 9-1 9-1, Chris Prentice (North Shore) bt Noel Boyd (Kaikoura) 9-4 9-4 9-7, Owen Foskett (Khandallah) bt Warren Collicoat (Collegians) 9-1 9-2 9-1, John Tobin (Australia) bye.

55-59, first round: Brian Cook (Australia) bt Ken Copestake (Kawaroa Park) 9-2 9-2 9-0, Geoff Robinson (Khandallah) bt Peter Edmonds (Geyser City) 9-7 9-5 9-6, Ray Foster (Wanganui) bt Bob Wells (Manurewa) 9-1 9-0 9-0, Nichol Taylor (Timaru) bt Ron Marshall (Burnside) 9-3 9-6 9-5, Ian Gunthorpe (Remuera) bt Brian Hearfield (Celtic) 9-2 9-6 9-4, Graeme Richardson (Remuera) bt Rod Gill (Khandallah) 5-9 9-5 9-2 9-4, Ian Shore (Pirates) bt Stephen Baldock (Australia) 9-4 9-1 9-1, Jan Boren (Khandallah) bt Ron Best (Upper Hutt) 9-0 9-1 9-2.

-64 first round: Richard Purser (Remuera) bt Robin Thorpe (Nelson) 9-3 9-0 9-2, Lex Boyes (Motueka) bt John Lawrance (Collegians) 9-2 10-9 9-0, Graeme Johnson (Nelson) bt Lindsay Dempster (Otago) 9-0 9-0 9-7, Mike McDonald (Australia) bt Alan White (Motueka) 9-6 9-0 9-7 65-69 Eddy Conder (bye), Neil Walker (Invercargill) bt Peter Ameye (Khandallah) 9-6 9-6 7-9 5-9 9-1, Gordon Murray (bye), Trevor Coulter (Frankton) bt Len Stachurski (Inglewood) 9-4 9-4 9-4.

Division 1: W. Evans (U Hutt) bt S. Hosseini (Chch Football) 9-3 9-2 9-1, M. Tahauri (Marlborough) bt S. Dow (Celtic) 8-9 9-4 9-2 9-4, G. Harsent (Lyttleton) bt K. Algar (U Hutt) 6-9 9-6 9-3 9-2, J. Groves (Collegians) bt A. Snowden (Waimea) 9-2 9-10 9-4 9-5, B. Palmer (Celtic) bt T. McCaul (U Hutt) 9-0 9-4 9-3, T. Hession (Fraser Park) bt P. Hutson (U Hutt) 6-9 0-9 10-8 9-0 9-3, V. Latty (Chch Football) bt J. Miller (Collegians) 9-3 10-9 9-3, G. Irwin (Australia) bt J. Walker (U Hutt) 9-1 9-2 9-1.

Division 2: Graham Willians (Nelson) bt Grant Boyud (Celtic) 9-5 9-4 9-4, Brian Buttner (Takaka) bt Dale Beeson (Fraser Park) 9-2 3-9 9-2 9-6, Geordie Grieve (Takaka) bt Skip Hall Upper Hutt) 9-1 9-2 9-0, David Phillips (Khandallah) bt Neil Fox (Lyttleton) 9-4 9-0 9-0, Tim Bell (Upper Hutt) bt Tom McDonald (Nelson) 9-1 9-2 9-4, Noel Turchie (Collegains) bt James Waters (Collegians) 6-9 10-8 9-0 10-8, Bruce Telford (Takaka) bt Jamie Longstaff (Upper Hutt) 9-7 9-6 8-10 9-10 9-6, Peter Abel (Nelson) bt Bill Flux (Upper Hutt) 9-8 9-0 9-1.

Women.-

40-44, first round: C. Cooper (Aust) bt S. Lloyd (Nelson) 9-0 9-0 9-1, K. Mitchell (Timaru) bt J. Hay (Hoon Hay) 9-8 9-6 9-1, S. Proudfoot (N Shore) bt D. Carter (Collegians), M. Reynolds (Tawa) bt H. Sullivan (Kapiti) 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-5, R. Gardiner bt P. Willetts (Nelson) 9-1 9-5 9-1, A. Hui (Ellerslie) bt K. Allan (Collegians)9-2 9-3 9-1, S. Flynn (Hawkes Bay) bt M. Kingi (U Hutt) 9-1 9-2 5-9 9-0, K. Newman (Hamilton) bt A-M. Telford (Takaka) 9-5 1-9 9-7 9-1.

-49, first round: Cheryl Te Kani-McQueen (bye), Debbie Tunnicliff (Hawkes Bay) bt Donna Batley (Hamilton) 10-9 9-1 9-7, Michel Galloway (Bay of Plenty) bt Jane McCaul (Upper Hutt) 9-0 9-2 9-5, Eva Tahata (Manurewa) bt Helen Watkins (Australia) 9-2 9-0 9-0, Sandra Egan (Bay of Plenty) bt Ruth Fletcher (Collegians) 9-2 9-1 9-5, Mary Turnbull (Christchurch Football) bt Sue Netto (Takaka) 9-0 9-7 10-8, Helen Kain (Waimea) bt Linda Duffy (Christchurch Football 9-7 9-5 9-3, Karen Walton (Richmond) bt Joanne Wilson (Nelson) 9-0 9-1 9-1.

-54, first round: Sue Volkze (Australia) bye, Jenny Cooper (Otago) bt Rona Lawson-Jones (Nelson) 7-9 7-9 9-0 9-3 10-8, Judy Smith (Burnside) bt Carolyn Hill (Collegians) 9-2 9-1 9-0, Francy Stephenson (North Shore) bt Glenys Turchie (Collegians) 9-0 9-0 9-2, Carol Lamb (Bay of Plenty) bye, Dru Reid (Mitchell Park) bt Georgie Stewart (Upper Hutt 9-3 9-1 9-0, Pauline Boyle (Hawkes Bay) bt Jean Handley (Waikato) 9-6 9-0, 9-3, Gaye Mitchell (Australia) bye.

-59, first round: Pat Woodberry (Austalia) bye, Val Dunstan (Sumner) bt Carol Houghton (Waikato) 9-5 9-5 9-0, Claire Horton (Bay of Plenty) bt Val Williams (Nelson) 9-1 9-1 9-2, Judy Cooper (Lugton Park) bye, Marlene Foreman (Inglewood) bye, Pat Taylor (Bay of Plenty) bt Jennifer Copestake (Kawaroa Park) 9-5 0-2 9-4, Claire Roberts (Mana) bt Pauline Stachurski (9-4, 10-8, 9-1, Kaye Jackson (Warkworth) bye.