Today's results

BOWLS

COUNTIES MANUKAU

Women's interclub graded fours

Winners: D. Syvester, L. Litteratti, M. Farnell, D. Mains (Buckland); Runner-up: A Hird, R. Kirkwood, J. Montgomery, D. Maddren (Manurewa Cosmopolitan).

Women's five-year and under singles

Final: R. Berridge (Papakura) bt M. Onehi (Waiuku) 21-8.

Men's qualifiers: T. Duddly (Clevedon), B. Johnston, M. Braddock (Manurewa), G. Ricketts (Waiuku), J. McNamara (Waipipi), G. Koperu, G. Philp, S. Summers (Papakura).

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CUE SPORTS

NORTH ISLAND OPEN 8-BALL

(Snooker World, Royal Oak)

Men

Last 16: G. Coutts (Auckland) bt A. Bain (Waikato) 7/0, A. Gantley (Auckland) bt F. Pakieto (Auckland) 7/3, J. Spellman (Auckland) bt J. McDowell-Pakieto (Auckland) 7/3, C. Worts (Christchurch) bt J. Henry (Auckland) 7/2, B. Wilkinson (Tokoroa) bt N. Pelling (Auckland) 7/3, C. Bowman (Auckland) bt T. Vittle (Waikato) 7/4, N. Pera (Auckland) bt R. Wang (Tokoroa) 7/3, P. Wilkinson (Tokoroa) bt A. Shaw (Auckland) 7/2.

Quarter-finals: G. Coutts bt A. Gantley 7/2, C. Worts bt J. Spellman 7/4, B. Wilkinson bt C. Bowman 7/2, P. Wilkinson bt N. Pera 7/2.

Semifinals: G. Coutts bt C. Worts 7/3, B. Wilkinson bt P. Wilkinson 7/0.

Final: G. Coutts bt B. Wilkinson 9/7.

Women

Quarter-finals: M. Pomare (Tokoroa) bt R. Phillips (Auckland) 5/4, D. Wilkinson (Tokoroa) bt H. Kay (Auckland) 5/3, J. Cook (Tokoroa) bt T. Manning (Tokoroa) 5/4, L. Nenewale (Dunedin) bt M. Edwards (Christchurch) 5/0.

Semifinals: D. Wilkinson bt M. Pomare 5/1, J. Cook bt L. Nenewale 5/2.

Final: D. Wilkinson bt J. Cook 7/0.

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CURLING

AUCKLAND PREMIER LEAGUE

(Avondale)

Round 13

Hot Pohutakawas bt Akadeemeeze 11-3, Birkenhead bt Metro Jets Red 7-5, Waitakere Saints bt Waitakere Rockstars 5-4, North Shore Thistles bt Western Hills 8-6, Auckland City Granite bt Metro Jets Blue 11-4, Norwest Sliders bt Waikato Rockers 8-7, Kohi Diamonds bt Jackson Four 8-5.

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CYCLING

TOUR OF SPAIN

(Madrid)

Final stage a 28. km individual time trial.

S. Perez (Spain) Phonak 35 minutes 5 seconds, 1; F. Mancebo (Spain) Illes Balears 7 seconds behind, 2; C. Sastre (Spain) CSC 8, 3; R. Heras (Spain) Liberty Seguros 13, 4; D. Blanco (Spain) CV Kelme 18, 5; B. Grabsch (Germany) Phonak 34, 6; V. H. Pena (Colombia) US Postal 36, 7; L. Perez (Spain) Cofidis 52, 8; V. Gusev (Russia) CSC 55, 9; J. Jaksche (Germany) CSC 58, 10.

Final overall standings:

R. Heras (Spain) Liberty Seguros 77 hours 42 minutes

46 seconds, 1; S. Perez (Spain) Phonak 30 seconds behind, 2; F. Mancebo (Spain) Illes Balears 2:13, 3; A. Valverde (Spain) CV Kelme 3:30, 4; C. Garcia Quesada (Spain) CV Kelme 7:44, 5; C. Sastre (Spain) CSC 8:11, 6; I. Nozal (Spain) Liberty Seguros 8:32, 7; A. Gomez (Spain) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 13:08, 8; L. Perez (Spain) Cofidis 13:24, 9; D. Blanco (Spain) CV Kelme 15:15, 10.

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GOLF

REPRESENTATIVE

Auckland team for Garrard Shield at Remuera, October 16-17:K. Chun (Titirangi), M. Cormack (Remuera), L. Holzer (The Grange), L. James (The Grange), F. Schwanner (Manukau), R. Valentine (Remuera), C. Saunoa (The Grange), B. Fabish (Akarana), T. Marshall (Maungakiekie), T. Simpson (Akarana).

Auckland masters team for quadrangular at Tauranga, October 8-9: G. Smith (Remuera), R. Griffin (Howick), P. Cleland (Manukau), R. Fry (Titirangi), M. Leitch (Maungakiekie), K. Hankin (Titirangi), D. Headland (Whitford Park), T. Duffy (Maungakiekie).

PENNSYLVANIA CLASSIC

(Farmington, Pennsylvania)

Fourth round at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort's Mystic Rock Course (US unless stated):-

273: V. Singh (Fiji) 64 68 72 69

274: S. Cink 71 71 67 65

276: P. Perez 67 73 69 67, Z. Johnson 69 69 70 68, C. DiMarco 70 65 71 70, J. Byrd 68 72 67 69

277: K.J. Choi (Korea) 71 68 73 65, D. Waldorf 70 69 70 68

278: J. M. Olazabal (Spain) 73 70 70 65, F. Lickliter 71 72 67 68

279: B. Burns 73 68 68 70, M. Gogel 71 68 68 72

280: T. Petrovic 75 67 70 68, B. Mayfair 71 69 71 69, C. Beckman 67 73 73 67, J. Daly 68 72 70 70, T. Ridings 71 71 68 70, R. Gamez 69 70 70 71, K. Jones 69 68 71 72

281: J. Kaye 73 69 71 68, C. Smith 69 72 71 69, R. Allenby (Australia) 67 74 72 68, S. Maruyama (Japan) 72 71 68 70, J. Rollins 72 70 69 70

Also

285: Grant Waite (NZ) 72 70 73 70

THE HERITAGE

(Woburn, England)

Final round, par-72 Woburn Golf and Country Club on Sunday (Britain unless stated, a-denotes amateur):

269: H. Stenson (Sweden) 69 67 67 66

273: C. Rodiles (Spain) 70 71 67 65

275: P. Sjoland (Sweden) 68 68 68 71

276: A. Hansen (Denmark) 72 68 71 65

277: S. Dodd 76 68 67 66, B. Lane 71 67 72 67, P. Price 68 67 72 70, S. Wakefield 70 68 67 72

278: A. Forsyth 73 68 66 71, M. Ilonen (Finland) 70 71 65 72, G. Murphy (Ireland) 71 73 70 64, N. O'Hern (Australia) 67 72 71 68, I. Woosnam 71 69 68 70

279: G. McDowell 67 68 72 72

280: R. Goosen (South Africa) 70 72 67 71, D. Lynn 73 70 70 67

281: N. Colsaerts (Belgium) 74 71 70 66, N. Dougherty 68 73 69 71, B. Dredge 70 74 66 71, M. Foster 69 69 69 74, D. Howell 71 70 73 67, J.-F. Remesy (France) 71 70 72 68

282: G. Brand Jnr 70 70 71 71, J. Elson 69 71 75 67, M. Fraser (Australia) 70 69 70 73, J. M. Lara (Spain) 67 73 73 69, J.-F. Lucquin (France) 69 75 71 67, S. Struver (Germany) 75 69 67 71

283: M. Erlandsson (Sweden) 70 70 70 73, R. Green (Australia) 73 70 70 70, S. Hansen (Denmark) 70 71 72 70, a-J. Heath 73 70 70 70, R. Jacquelin (France) 68 73 72 70, J. Moseley (Australia) 68 75 71 69, P. Senior (Australia) 71 73 71 68, D. Park 71 70 69 73

284: P. Harrington (Ireland) 72 71 71 70, M. Angel Martin (Spain) 73 69 75 67

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GYMNASTICS

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Papakura)

Men

Artistic individual international: D. Good (Auckland) 49.898 points, 1; M. Holyoake (Auckland) 45.498, 2; R. Hadlow (North Harbour) 40.199, 3.

Rhythmic individual international: E. Marriott (Canterbury) 58.4, 1; D. Young (Auckland) 52.075, 2; C. Broadbent (Auckland) 50.525, 3.

Women

Artistic individual international: A. Nolan (North Harbour), 33.55, 1; G. Cervin (North Harbour) 32.675, 2; A. Barnett (Wellington) 31.775, 3.

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INDOOR BOWLS

MANUKAU OPEN PAIRS

D. Fremlin/G. Kidd 6 games 30 ends 1, A. Atiau/P. Atiau 5 1/2 games 34 ends 2.

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HOCKEY

HATCH CUP

(Auckland)

Primary Schoolboy

Day 1, Pool A: Nelson 9 Counties Manukau 4; Otago 11 Central Hawkes Bay 0; North Harbour 2 Waikato 0; Nelson 4 West Coast 0; Counties Manukau 8 Central Hawkes Bay 0; North Harbour 4 Otago 1. Pool B: Wairarapa 7 Marlborough 1; Northland 1 Taranaki 1; Wellington 12 Eastern 0; Wairarapa 8 Poverty Bay 1; Marlborough 6 Eastern 1; Northland 0 Wellington 2. Pool C: Hawkes Bay 14 North Otago 0; Manawatu 5 Horowhenua 0; Auckland 10 Thames Valley 0; Hawkes Bay 2 Canterbury B 2; North Otago 1 Horowhenua 11; Auckland 3 Manawatu 1. Pool D: Canterbury 3 Ashburton 2; Bay of Plenty 17, Invercargill 0; Tauranga 5 South Canterbury 0; Canterbury 4 Wanganui 1; Ashburton 8 Invercargill 0; Tauranga 3 Bay of Plenty 1.

Day 2, Pool A: Waikato 5 West Coast 2; Nelson 9 Central Hawkes Bay 1; North Harbour 2 Counties Manukau 0; Waikato 20 Central Hawkes Bay 1; Nelson 3 Otago 2; North Harbour 5 West Coast 1. Pool B: Wairarapa 4 Eastern 0; Taranaki 4 Poverty Bay 0; Northland 6 Marlborough 2; Taranaki 9 Eastern 0; Wairarapa 4 Wellington 3; Northland 4 Poverty Bay 1. Pool C: Hawkes Bay 7 Horowhenua 0; Thames Valley 0 Canterbury B 2; Auckland 14 North Otago 1. Pool D: Canterbury 16 Invercargill 0; South Canterbury 3 Wanganui 1; Tauranga 0 Ashburton 4; South Canterbury 1 Invercargill 0; Canterbury 1 Bay of Plenty 2.

Points, Pool A: Nelson 12, North Harbour 12, Waikato 6, Otago 3, Counties Manukau 3, Central Hawkes Bay 0, West Coast 0.

Pool B: Wairarapa 12, Northland 7, Taranaki 7, Wellington 6, Marlborough 3, Eastern 0, Poverty Bay 0.

Pool C: Auckland 9, Hawkes Bay 7, Canterbury B 4, Horowhenua 3, Manawatu 3, North Otago 0, Thames Valley 0.

Pool D: Canterbury 9, Bay of Plenty 6, Ashburton 6, Tauranga 6, South Canterbury 6, Invercargill 0, Wanganui 0.

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MOTOCROSS

AUCKLAND WILDMAN SERIES

(Ardmore)

Round 7: C. Brown Kawasaki KXF250 (Pukekohe) 1, S. Wilkins Suzuki RM250 (Pukekohe) 2, S. Croad Suzuki RM250 (Remuera) 3, N. Gainfort Honda CR500 (Clarks Beach) 4, E. Jones Kawasaki KX250 (Howick) 5.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final standings:

MX1: S. Everts (Belgium, KTM) 688 points, 1; M. Pichon (France, Honda) 620, 2; Josh Coppins (NZ, Honda) 564, 3; S. Ramon (Belgium, KTM) 475, 4; K. Strijbos (Belgium, Suzuki) 457, 5.

MX2: Ben Townley, (NZ, KTM), 622 points 1, T. Rattray (South Africa, KTM) 506, 2; A. Cairoli (Italy, Yamaha) 447, 3; S. Sword (Britain, Yamaha), 397, 4, A. Chiodi (Italy, Yamaha), 385, 5.

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RUGBY

ROLLER MILLS TOURNAMENT

(North Harbour)

Final: BOP 18 bt Auckland East 0, 3rd v 4th: Auckland West 15 bt Northland 5, 5th v 6th: King County 17 bt Waikato Rovers 12, 7th v 8th: North Harbour 15 bt Waikato Rangers 10, 9th v 10th: Counties 41 bt Thames Valley 10.

ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

Saracens 23 Leeds 29, Wasps 35 London Irish 26, Gloucester 31 Newcastle 17, Harlequins 10 Bath 18, Leicester 32 Northampton 13, Sale 57 Worcester 3.

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SQUASH

WOMEN'S TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Pool A (prefix denotes seeding):- 1-Australia 3 9-Ireland 0 (R. Grinham bt M. Perry 9-1 9-4 9-5, N. Grinham bt A. Blake 9-2 9-1 9-1, A. Pittock bt L. Mylotte 9-0 9-1 9-1), 8-Canada 3 17-Switzerland 0 (M. Jans Burke bt M. Zehnder 9-5 9-4 9-3, A. Miller bt G. Schmohl 9-3 9-2 9-7, M. Baizley bt O. Hauser 9-5 9-5 3-9 9-0).

Pool B: 2-England 3 10-United States 0 (C. Jackman bt L. Khan 9-1 9-4 9-2, L. Elriani bt M. Quick 9-4 9-2 9-2, J. Duncalf bt L. Hall 9-1 9-5 9-0), 7-Scotland 2 18-Japan 1 (W. Maitland bt C. Matsui 6-9 5-9 9-6 9-6 9-4, S. Dalrymple lost to K. Onizawa 9-2 4-9 9-0 5-9 0-9, F. Gillen-Buchert bt S. Shinta 0-9 9-7 9-0 9-0).

Pool C: 3-Netherlands 2 11-Belgium 1 (V. Atkinson bt K. Cauwels 9-3 9-0 9-3, A. Naude bt C. de Rycke 9-0 9-1 9-1, K. Kronemeyer lost to A. Romedenne 7-9 9-3 4-9 8-10), 6-New Zealand 3 19-Austria 0 (Shelley Kitchen bt P. Pancis 9-4 9-4 9-6, Louise Crome bt B. Coufal 9-1 9-0 9-0, Jaclyn Hawkes bt I. Gradnitzer 9-0 9-4 9-0).

Pool D: 4-Egypt 3 13-South Africa 0 (O. Abdel Kawy bt C. Nitch 2-9 9-5 9-4 9-5, E. El Amir bt F. Sterne 9-0 9-7 2-9 9-10 9-2, R. El Weleily bt T. Swartz 8-10 9-1 9-7 9-7), 5-Malaysia 2 12-France 1 (N. David lost to I. Stoehr 0-9 10-9 0-9 9-10, S. Wee bt M. Duplomb 9-0 9-2 9-2, T. Chuah bt S. Renai 9-3 9-3 9-0).

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SURFING

RIP CURL GROMSEARCH

(St Clairs Beach, Dunedin)

Boys, U-12: J. Hicks (Gisborne) 1, M. Parthemore (Taranaki) 2, B. Poulter (Waihi) 3, J. Kilgour (Dunedin) 4. U-14: O. Bone (Northland) 1, P. Divers (Northland) 2, R. Hawker (Auckland) 3, B. Williams (Whangamata) 4. U-16: K. Vander Helder (Whangamata) 1, Hawker 2, S. White (Whangamata) 3, H. Phillips (Auckland) 4.

Girls, U-12: G. Spiers (Whangamata) 1, A. Poulter (Waihi) 2. U-14: P. Harab (Taranaki) 1. S. Vender Helder (Waikato) 2, Spiers 3, Poulter 4. U-16: Harab 1, W. Paul (Taranaki) 2, D. Thomas (Canterbury) 3, P. Pou (Southland) 4.

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TABLE TENNIS

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM EVENTS

(Auckland)

Open men, A grade:

Round 3: Korea (1) bt Canterbury (1) 5-4, Korea (2) bt Auckland (1) 6-1, Wellington (1) bt North Harbour (1) 5-4, Counties Manukau (1) bt Canterbury (2) 5-3. Round 4: Canterbury (1) bt Auckland (1) 6-1, North Harbour (1) bt Counties Manukau (1) 5-2, Korea (2) bt Korea (1) 5-3, Canterbury (2) bt Wellington (1) 5-3. Round 5: Korea (2) bt Canterbury (1) 5-0, Korea (1) bt Auckland (1) 5-1, Counties Manukau (1) bt Wellington (1) 9-0, North Harbour (1) bt Canterbury (2) 5-4.

Final round robin positions: Korea (2) 1, Korea (1) 2, Canterbury (1) 3, Auckland (1) 4, North Harbour (1) 5, Counties Manukau (1) 6, Canterbury (2) 7, Wellington (1) 8.

Open men B grade

Round 3: Auckland (3) bt North Harbour (2) 5-0, Auckland (2) bt Nelson (1) 5-4, Wellington (2) bt Counties Manukau (2) 7-2, Waikato (1) bt Otago 5-3. Round 4: Auckland (2) bt Auckland (3) 5-2, Nelson (1) bt Waikato (1) 5-2, Counties Manukau (2) bt Otago 5-3, Wellington (2) bt North Harbour (2) 8-1. Round 5: Auckland (2) bt Waikato (1) 6-0, Auckland (3) bt Nelson (1) 5-4, North Harbour (2) bt Counties Manukau (2) 8-1, Wellington (2) bt Otago 5-4.

Final round robin positions: Auckland (2) 1, Auckland (3) 2, Nelson (1) 3, Waikato (1) 4, Wellington (2) 5, North Harbour (2) 6, Otago 7, Counties Manukau (2) 8.

Open men C grade:

Round 3: Fiji bt Northland (2) 7-2, Northland (1) bt Waikato (2) 7-2, Counties Manukau (3) bt Nelson (2) 6-3. Round 4: Nelson (2) bt Northland (1) 9-0, Northland (2) bt Waikato (2) 8-1, Fiji bt Counties Manukau (3) 7-2. Round 5: Fiji bt Waikato (2) 7-2, Counties Manukau (3) bt Northland (1) 5-4, Nelson (2) bt Northland (2) 8-1.

Final round robin positions: Fiji 1, Counties Manukau (3) 2, Nelson (2) 3, Northland (1) 4, Northland (2) 5, Waikato (2) 6.

Open women

Round 3 North Harbour bt Fiji 7-0, Waikato (1) bt Southland 8-1, Wellington bt Canterbury (2) 5-4. Round 4: Canterbury (2) bt Waikato (1) 5-4, Canterbury (1) bt North Harbour 5-4, Waikato (2) bt Fiji 5-3. Round 5: Wellington beat Auckland 5-3, Waikato (1) bt Auckland 8-1, Canterbury (1) bt Wellington 5-2. Round 6: Southland bt Fiji 9-0, Canterbury (2) bt North Harbour 5-4.

Over-65 men:

Round 2: North Harbour bt Auckland (2) 4-1, Auckland (1) bt Waitemata 3-2. Round 3: North Harbour bt Auckland (1) 3-2, Waitemata beat Auckland (2) 5-0.

Final round robin positions: North Harbour 1, Auckland (1) 2, Waitemata 3, Auckland (2) 4.

Over-55 men:

Round 3: Auckland (3) bt North Harbour (1) 3-2, Auckland (1) bt Canterbury 5-0, Auckland (2) bt North Harbour (2) 4-1, Wellington bt Auckland (4) 5-0. Round 4: Auckland (1) bt Auckland (3) 4-1, Auckland (4) bt North Harbour (2) 3-2, Auckland (2) bt Wellington 3-2, North Harbour (1) bt Canterbury 4-1.

Over-45 men:

Round 4: Wellington (1) bt North Harbour 3-2, Otago bt Northland (1) 5-0, Wellington (2) bt Northland (2) 3-2. Round 5: Northland (1) bt Waikato 3-2, North Harbour bt Canterbury 3-2, Counties Manukau beat Northland (2) 5-0. Round 6: Wellington (1) beat Otago 4-1.

Over-45 women:

Round 3: North Harbour (1) bt Canterbury 4-1, North Harbour (2) bt Southland 3-2. Round 4: Southland bt Canterbury 3-2, North Harbour (1) bt Waitemata by default. Round 5: Southland beat Waitemata by default.

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TENNIS

DAVIS CUP

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

(Alicante, Spain)

Spain bt France 4-1. R. Nadal (Spain) bt A. Clement (France) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2, T. Robredo (Spain) bt P.-H. Mathieu (France) 6-4, 6-4.

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

Croatia bt Belgium 3-2, Paraguay 0 Czech Republic 3, Slovakia bt Germany 3-2, Austria bt Great Britain 3-2, Romania bt Canada 4-1, Russia bt Thailand 5-0.

AMERICAS ZONE

Group one, third round play-off:

Peru bt Brazil 4-1

Group two final

Mexico 3 Dominican Republic 0.

ASIA-OCEANIA ZONE

Group one, third round play-off

(Islamabad)

Pakistan 3 New Zealand 2

Mark Nielsen (NZ) bt A. Haq (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-7 (1/7), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, Simon Rae (NZ) lost to A. Khan (Pakistan) 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3 3-6 2-6

Group two final

China bt South Korea 3-2

EURO/AFRICA ZONE

Group one third round play-offs

Israel bt Finland 3-2, South Africa bt Greece 4-1.

Group two, third round

Italy bt Poland 3-2, Serbia and Montenegro bt Hungary 3-0.

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TRIATHLON

ITU WORLD CUP

(Gamagori, Japan)

Men (1.5km swim 40km bike 10km run): Kris Gemmell (NZ) 1hr 58min 06s 1; D. Gaag (Kazakhstan) 1:58.10 2; S. Hayes (Britain) 1:58.14 3; Graham O'Grady (NZ) 2:03.08 20.

Women: A. Luxford (Australia) 2:09.24 1; A. Dittmer (Germany)