Thursday's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

St Louis 1 Houston 5

(Houston win best-of-seven series 4-2) BASKETBALL

ANBL

Perth Wildcats 100 (S. Redhage 26, D. Bailey 16, C. Tovey 16) bt Melbourne Tigers 93 (D. Thomas 19, C. Anstey 15, R. Tucker 13), Hunter Pirates 119 bt Townsville Crocodiles 93.

* * *

BOWLS

NZ JUNIOR TEAM

New Zealand team to play Junior Transtasman test series Auckland December 14-15:

S. McIlroy (Gisborne, East Coast), M. Gallop (Marlborough), C. McCaul (Wellington), O. Davids (Canterbury).

BAY OF PLENTY WOMEN'S FOURS

(Mt Maunganui)

Semifinals:- B.Schollum, J. Skelton, M. Brown, C. McKee (Mt Maunganui) 21 bt D. Park, B. Forrester, P. Burmester, R. Walker (Matua) 4; P. Stevens, N. Gallagher, M. Hickey, A. King (Mt Maunganui) 18 bt J. McLeay, J. Suckling, S. Hay, K. Campbell (Arawa) 10.

Final:- P. Stevens, N. Gallagher, M. Hickey, A. King (Mt Maunganui) 16 bt B.Schollum, J. Skelton, M. Brown, C. McKee (Mt Maunganui) 15.

* * *

CYCLING

NATIONAL ROAD Championships

( Palmerston North)

Time trials:-

Senior men (40km): R. Reid (Cuddon Marlborough) 54:21 1, G. McCauley (Counties-Manakau) 55:12 2, J. Vennell (Ramblers) 55:14 3, G. Mitchell (Hamilton) 55:18 4, H. Godfrey (Pegasus) 56:09 5, A. Strong (Counties-Manakau) 56:54 6, F. MacMaster (Pegasus) 57:25 7, R. Bowker (Counties-Manakau) 58:46 8, M. Gilbert (Counties-Manakau) 58:49 9, J. Kerr (Hamilton) 58:52 10, P. Odlin (Pegasus) 58:57 11, A. Rusden (Palmerston North Marist) 1:00:11 12, M. Knapp (Palmerston North Marist) 1:00:14 13, M. Gilbert (Counties-Manakau) 1:00:14 14, J. Richardson (Otago) 1:00:15 15, B. Backhouse (Port Nicholson Poneke) 1:00:17 16, A. Mildenhall (Palmerston North Marist) 1:00:34 17, L. Gapper (Palmerston North Marist) 1:00:43 18, S. Stannard (Palmerston North Marist) 1:00:56 19, G. Burndred (Rotorua) 1:01:03 20.

Senior women (25km): S. Ulmer (Te Awamutu) 36:31 1, M. Holt (Te Awamutu) 38:23 2, A. Shanks (Otago) 38:45 3, D. Tye (Otago) 39:09 4, C. Sell (Wanganui) 39:16 5, E. Hutchings (Otago) 40:17 6, B. Gudsell (Wanganui) 40:27 7, M. Kiesanowski (Pegasus) 40:28 8, P. Walker (North Harbour) 40:35 9, A. Farrell (Pegasus) 40:37 10, J. Buick (Pegasus) 40:41 11, A. Mosen (Te Awamutu) 41:01 12, M. Besamusca (Morrinsville) 41:06 13, T. Bradshaw (Counties-Manakau) 41:33 14, J. Ryder (Counties-Manakau) 41:51 15, S. MacDonald (Otago) 42:03 16, S. Sims (Otago) 42:09 17, M. Duvnjak (North Harbour) 42:44 18, G. Waibl (Port Nicholson Poneke) 42:47 19, E. Hofstee (Te Awamutu) 43:05 20.

Under-23 men (40km): L. Hutchings (Otago) 54:47 1, M. Haydock (Counties-Manakau) 56:01 2, J. Cooper (Port Nicholson) 57:23 3, L. McCarthy (Palmerston North Marist) 59:48 4, J. England (North Harbour) 1:01:15 5, C. Holt (Te Awamutu) 1:01:17 6, P. Rennie (Te Awamutu) 1:02:33 7, M. Watson (Hamilton) 1:02:34 8, A. Wells (Morrinsville) 1:02:51 9, M. Crowther (Papanui Cycling) 1:05:16 10.

Under-19 men (25km): C. Avery (Rotorua) 35:53 1, A. Thompson (Akarana) 36:04 2, J. Sergent (Palmerston North Marist) 36:18 3, D. Shea (Papanui) 36:20 4, R. Wills (Te Awamutu) 36:29 5, M. Northey (North Harbour) 36:30 6, A. Meenhorst (Akarana) 36:50 7, E. Crowther (Morrinsville) 36:53 8, S. Bewley (Rotorua) 37:20 9, S. Reed (Cuddon Marlborough) 37:24 10.

Under-19 women (15km): R. Buchanan (Te Awamutu) 24:54 1, G. Sulzberger (Australia) 25:31 2, A. Fowler (Counties-Manakau) 25:42 3, N. Buck (Papanui) 25:47 4, G. Walker (North Harbour) 25:50 5, O. Sceats (Gisborne) 27:27 6, E. Clements (Wanganui) 27:37 7, N. Begg (Timaru Cycling) 27:42 8.

Under-17 boys (15km): S. Archbold (Cycling Timaru) 22:25 1, J. Williamson (Wakatipu) 23:11 2, J. Dobson (Palmerston North Marist) 23:17 3, N. King (Cycling Southland) 23:25 4, A. Cull (Counties-Manakau) 23:33 5, A. Thomson (Ramblers) 23:37 6, M. Simpson (Counties-Manakau) 23:37 7, A. MacDonald (Port Nicholson Poneke) 23:49 8, M. Richards (Timaru Cycling) 23:50 9, N. Ferigo (Pegasus) 23:53 10.

Under-17 girls (10km): P. Swain (Cycling Southland) 16:11 1, R. Mercer (Levin) 16:17 2, G. Dudley (Levin) 16:27 3, E. Peterson (Te Awamutu) 16:31 4, S. Cooper (Cycling Southland) 16:53 5, L. Ellis (Tinwald) 16:53 6, M. Carlyle (Levin) 17:06 7, E. Crum (Counties-Manakau) 17:18 8, G. Prosser (Akarana) 17:22 9, A. Ross (Akarana) 17:28 10.

Under-15 boys (10km): P. Williamson (Wakatipu) 15:30 1, M. Benington (Otago) 15:34 2, J. Shave (Otago) 15:36 3, T. Findlay (Palmerston North Marist) 16:06 4, C. Adair (Mairehau) 16:17 5, Z. Winiata (Eastern Bay) 16:18 6, W. Kaihiu (Palmerston North Marist) 16:22 7, J. Usherwood (Ramblers) 16:34 8, S. Joyce (Ramblers) 16:37 9, R. McLeod (Pegasus) 16:41 10.

Under-15 girls (10km): F. Barnfield (Pegasus) 16:58 1, S. Martin (Pegasus) 17:03 2, S. Prosser (Akarana) 17:15 3, N. Kerwin (Wanganui) 17:38 4, D. Harford (Ramblers) 17:55 5, C. Kennedy (Pegasus) 18:08 6, F. ver Donk (Ngaruwahia) 18:39 7, J. Wilson (Levin) 18:42 8, H. Coughlan (Star and Garter Wheelers) 18:49 9, S. Watson (Ramblers) 19:00 10.

* * *

ICE HOCKEY

NHL

NY Rangers 2 NY Islanders 3 (over time), St Louis 3 Anaheim 2, Minnesota 6 San Jose 1, Colorado 4 Los Angeles 5.

* * *
JET BOATING

WORLD MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Dart river, near Glenorchy)

Engine failure resulted in Gore's Neil Ross losing the lead in the world jet boat marathon championships yesterday.

After leading for two days, Ross had just finished posting the fastest time on the opening leg on the Dart river near Glenorchy when he was ruled out of contention on the second of four stages on day four.

James Murdoch shot took the B class and overall lead with a total time of three hours four minutes 47 seconds.

Fellow Cantabrian Andrew Stuart snatched second overall, just four minutes shy of Murdoch, along with the A class lead, where he was three minutes clear of Te Anau's Bonnar Anderson.

The braided nature of the Dart river tested even the most seasoned racers with several leading contenders left high and dry after taking the wrong channels.

Just 29 of the marathon's 61 entries remain in contention for overall honours after completing 10 legs to date.

Today competitors will race four legs on the Mataura River, from Gore to Ardlussa.

Overall: J. Murdoch (Canterbury) 3hrs 04min 47s 1, A. Stuart (Canterbury) 3:08.04 2, K. Crawford (Canada) 3:08.36 3.

Unlimited Class: J. Scott (Queenstown) 3:06.18 1, R. Pooley (Nelson) 3:10.41 2, N. Kelly (Queenstown) 3:19.19 3.

A Class: A. Stuart (Canterbury) 3:08.04 1, B. Anderson (Te Anau) 3:11.12 2, N. Ross (Gore) 3:15.23 3.

B Class: J. Murdoch (Canterbury) 3:04.47 1, K. Crawford (Canada) 3:08.36 2, G. McMaster (Winton) 3:13.53 3.

C Class: M. Allen (Canterbury) 3:44.04 1, G. Sutherland (Alexandra) 3:52.42 2, B. Idiens (Blenheim) 4:04.18 3.

D Class: B. Cameron (Hamner Springs) 3:58.52 1, D. Howe (Invercargill) 4:37.03 2, D. Storrier (Canterbury) 4:43.42 3.

Jet Class: L. Begbie (Canterbury) 4:12.08 1, B. Freeland (Canada) 4:21.37 2, I. Armstrong (Canterbury) 4:26.09 3.

* * *

RUGBY

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL

(North Harbour Stadium)

England 40 (K. Shaylor 3, M. Alphonsi, N. Crawford, V. Massarella tries; A. Richardson 5 con) New Zealand Invitational XV 8 (Z. Berry try; N. Borthwick pen).

TOUR MATCH

(Buenos Aires)

Queensland Reds 29 Buenos Aires 23 today.

* * *

SOCCER

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group E

AC Milan (Ita) 0 PSV Eindhoven (Ned) 0, Fenerbahce (Tur) 3 Schalke 04 (Ger) 3.

Fifa WORLD RANKINGS

(September position in brackets):

1. (1) Brazil 840

2. (2) Netherlands 797

3. (4) Czech Republic 783

4. (3) Argentina 778

5. (6) France 776

6. (5) Mexico 769

7. (7) United States 768

8. (8) Spain 764

9 (11) England 754

9 (9) Portugal 754

11. (12) Turkey 743

12. (13) Italy 736

13. (10) Sweden 733

14. (14) Denmark 730

15. (15) Germany 712

16. (16) Japan 711

17. (25) Uruguay 709

18. (20) Greece 706

19. (24) Croatia 702

20. (19) Costa Rica 700

Also:

54. (50) Australia 594

116. (111) New Zealand 404

* * *

TENNIS

ZURICH OPEN

First round (prefix number denotes seeding):

F. Schiavone (Italy) bt R. Vinci (Italy) 5-7 6-2 6-1, F. Pennetta (Italy) bt K. Peschke (Czech Republic) 1-6 6-1 6-4, 5-N. Petrova (Russia) bt C. Martinez (Spain) 6-4 7-6

Second round:- 6-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) bt M. Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3 6-2, 7-A. Myskina (Russia) bt S. F. Elia (Italy) 6-1 6-4, 4-E. Dementieva (Russia) bt N. Dechy (France) 5-7 6-2 6-4

MADRID MASTERS

Second round: I. Karlovic (Croatia) bt 2-A. Roddick (US) 3-6 7-6 7-6, 1-R. Nadal (Spain) bt V. Hanescu (Romania) 7-6 6-3, 3-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt K. Beck (Slovakia) 6-4 6-1, O. Rochus (Belgium) bt 12-M. Ancic (Croatia) 1-6 6-4 7-6 , 4-G. Coria (Argentina) bt C. Rochus (Belgium) 6-3 6-4, J. Acasuso (Argentina) bt 7-G. Gaudio (Argentina) 7-6 6-2, 9-T. Johansson (Sweden) bt J. Chela (Argentina) 7-6 6-3, 10-R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt T. Henman (Great Britain) 6-4 1-6 6-3, 14-D. Hrbaty (Slovakia) bt T. Haas (Germany) 6-4 6-2, 8-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) bt A. Martin (Spain) 6-3 7-6, 6-M. Puerta (Argentina) bt M. Mirnyi (Belarus) 7-6 7-6