: The All Blacks having lost their opening match at Toulon went down 18 to 12 to a rugged Cote Basque selection although they scored 2 tries to one they found themselves up against a fierce defence 
: Wayne Riley predicted a par round would be good enough to give him the winners cheque of 45 thousand dollars at Titirangi the 28 year olds par 70 left him with a margin of 7 shots 
: The third and final cricket test enters its last day tonight tilted back in Pakistans favour with NZ needing 212 to win with 6 wickets in hand we took the last 7 Pakistani wickets for just 48 runs 
: But then the tourists chasing 243 for victory lost 4 wickets for 31 in the 15 overs before stumps after only two batsmen had been dismissed prior to lunch the fall of wickets went from a trickle to a flood 
: His match figures of 11 for 152 made him just the second New Zealander to take 11 wickets in a test Chris Pringle took 3 wickets in his first 3 overs after lunch and ended the innings with 4 for 100 
: But 95 runs away from the target of 243 Patel was caught behind for 45 off medium pacer Saleen Jaffer the batsman looked bewildered by the decision of umpire Athar Zaidi and waited for the replay 
: Crowe declined to discuss the umpiring Patels dismissal was the days crucial one and it swung the game back Pakistans way Patel had looked his best since the tour began he hit 5 fours off the 105 balls 
: Their second innings ended at 177 Bradburn played a solid role during 191 minutes he was not out on 30 his highest test score New Zealand resumed at 31 for four but lost Crowe and Rutherford 
: Younis finished with five for 54 in the innings 12 for 130 in the test and 29 in the series he and opener Shoaib who totalled 507 runs in the three tests were voted jointly the men of the series 
: The All Blacks flew from Bayonne to Nantes last night after their disappointing 18 to 12 loss to Cote Basque yesterday they trained in summery cool conditions Wyllie will put the team through workout 
: Its try line was still intact but the NZ development rugby squads try scoring momentum slowed appreciably in beating the British Columbia Presidents 15 by 25 to 3 under lights yesterday 
: Crossan with 75 points to his credit before the game started missed 2 early penalties in dry calm conditions while Howarth hit the upright with a drop goal attempt from a penalty 
: Greg Oravetz took an outright lead in the NZ Post Cycle Classic following a 45 kilometre run around Rotorua's city streets the well performed American joined a breakaway with 7 of the 40 gone 
: The NZ Yugoslav Rugby team which includes 10 Northlanders completed its 8 match European tour with 2 wins over top class opposition in England this week beating Wasps in London 25 to 13 
: Portas fourth penalty made it 12 to 11 to Argentina but Kiernan struck two penalties to give a 17 to 12 lead to Ireland after scoring 2 further tries he kicked both the conversion 
: Sid Giddy won the Tauranga regional Superbowls tournament when he beat Peter Clark 25 to 16 in the final Giddy had a tough match in his semifinal before he beat Robbie Aitken 25 to 21 after 29 ends 
: The 29 year old Lyons who was playing in his first test grabbed the ball off the first bounce to race over the line then captain Mal Meninga landed the conversion his only successful kick 
: Darrell Knight a 19 year old junior on an 8 handicap at the North Shore  Golf Club scored an ace the hard way scoring 2 twos on the par 3 holes but went one better when he played his next shot 
: After 136 for 8 Birkenheads bowlers and fielders applied constant pressure Southern lost wickets regularly and were all out for 72 and 31 overs while Takapuna dismissed North Shore for 75 
: French fly half Didier Camberabero missed a penalty after 15 minutes of play later Fox converted one from the 22 metre line after he was late tackled by Eric Champ Fox kicked a penalty 
: But from there Younis took over and grabbed 4 of the first 5 wickets to fall knocking off New Zealands batting he also took the man of the with his last wicket to finish 5 for 11 
: Left handed opener Saeed Anwar who scored 101 in the first dayer in Lahore was again among the runs hitting an attractive 67 off only 65 balls by the time he departed caught by wicketkeeper out 
: The Tomich Ross opening stand of 122 left Onerahi Central right on top against Maungakaramea Turner 74 and Hutchings 50 added 115 for Kamos second wicket and made it a hard task toof score 188 
: Presland watched from the opposite end of the ground as the first 5 wickets tumbled for 66 in a brief recovery by Presland and Scott Wilson promised more than he could deliver at 106 for 7 
: None of the remaining 9 batsmen reached double figures and from 122 for none it folded up to be all out for 188 then Bracewell struck and Maungakaramea was soon reeling at 4 for 41 
: There was sufficient support from the lower order players Lowe and Anderson to lift the total to 187 for 9 wickets even allowing for Bones fine spell Kamo could well have been in bother 
: A panel of NZ and overseas experts judged more than 630 wines Villa Maria and its sister companies Vadal and Esk Valley gained 9 gold 10 silver and 25 bronze medals for the company 
: The West Indies won the toss but struggled to hold their opposition to 309 for 6 as Pakistans Imran Khan helped Indias Tendulkar build a 116 run partnership with 38 year old Imran 
: Australias 28 to 8 second test tune up against Castleford has left the tourists coach Bob Fulton with two delemmas to solve quickly before the Old Trafford clash with Great Britain on Sunday 
: Kings then left them the difficult task of scorong 161 in 17 overs which Kelston declined by batting out until stumps after declaring at 191 for 7 they returned to the pavillion for tea 
: The last section of Thomsons innings saw him batting with wicket keeper Nick Lloyd 47 they set a Hamilton fifth wicket record of 173 beating the previous mark of 148 also against Valley 
: Mustangs showed why they are Kiwi Bowl champions of American football when they scored 8 touch downs to beat Miners 61 to 19 at the Manukau Velodrome Mustangs running back Joe Fepuliai ran well 
: The tourists lost the match at Gaddafi Stadium by 19 runs after being set a target of 197 in 40 overs a 5 wicket haul by part time leg spinner Salim Malik had New Zealand all out for 177 
: He scored 304 for his second hundred in 20 one day Internationals with Shoaib he put on 59 for the first wicket of which his partner contributed 12 runs all by the end of the seventh over 
: Saeed figured in further partnerships of 55 with Malik and 38 with Mansoor Elahi but in the thirty first over with the score at 152 for 2 Pakistan innings fell apart losting the last 6 wickets 
: Smith hit 47 from 33 balls to revive hopes of a to victory and at one stage with the score at 164 for 6 New Zealand needed 33 to win with 24 balls remaining but Smith ran out of partners 
: Danny Morrison ended with the best figures of 3 for 28 from his maximum 8 overs while Chris also had two tidy spells and his six overs cost only 22 runs while fellow opener Crowe departed 13 
: The 39 year old Argentine rugby captain Hugo Porta will team up with 19 year old debutant halfback Gonzalo Camardon at Twickenham in one of the most lop sided pairings in international rugby 
: The New Zealand Maoris earned a place in the final of the Pacific Cup league tournament in Tonga when they beat Tonga 32 to 10 last night in the final on Friday on Friday they will play Western Samoa 
: They had a difficult task of scoring 224 to win the third and final one day cricket international at Jinnah Stadium Ramiz flayed the bowlers for 114 runs as Pakistan was sent into bat 
: Former rugby league representative Graham Burgoyne scored a hole in one at the Helensville Golf Club during a quiet mixed veteran tournament Burgoyne toured England and France in 1951 
: Ramiz flayed the bowlers for 114 runs as he reached 223 for 4 in their allocated 40 overs the 28 year old right handed batsman faced just 125 balls in his 152 minute innings hitting 14 fours 
: John Knight achieved another convincing win in the 168 kilometre Waitomo to Mt Ruapehu cycle stage of the Cape Reinga to Bluff endurance race the 31 year old Dunedin man stormed out early 
: Knight moved into second place overall in day 22 of the 2449 kilometre triathelon Bob Scott and Jim Bedwell of christchurch broke out of the leading pack of cyclists after 45 Kms in day 23
: Knight who said he would take it easy today will battle with Gurney and the 65 other competitors over one of the more spectacular stages of the 62 thousand dollar Xerox Challenge race today 
: The final 985 km stage claimed no more victims after 18 of the 32 starters had dropped out during the first 2 stages of the taxing 3171 km course Frenchman Patrick Tauziac drove a Mitsubishi 
: Sent in to bat late in the afternoon they compiled 223 for 2 in their 40 overs and in reply the Kiwis were all out for 118 after using up 25 overs the result gave them a 3 to 0 sweep victory 
: Raja faced only 125 balls for his 114 which included 14 fours he and left hander Saeed Anwar scored at a brisk pace putting on 78 for first wicket Saeed before being dismissed by a catch for 35 
: His figures of 5 for 16 from 6 overs represented his second bag of 5 wickets in the one day series he removed Crowe after the Kiwi skipper and fellow opener White had put on only 36 runs 
: John Round of the Western Hills Bowmen top scored with 1218 in the inter club archery challenge at his clubs Owhiwa Road complex during the weekend Western Hills Bowmen scored 1467 points 
: Brendon Edge weighed in with 86 and the Invitation team totalled 275 for 8 wickets off 55 overs the Northland under 18 side lost 2 early wickets but fought back to be 187 for 4 at stumps 
: Marks hit a brilliant 128 for Kerikeri High School including one six and 17 fours Kerikeri totalled 279 for 5 wickets and then bowled Kaikohe out for 116 in 31 overs Nick Scott taking 5 wickets for 14 
: Jones 57 not out and free scoring Ian Reid 47 not out put on more than 100 runs in an unbroken fourth wicket stand which allowed Kaipara Flats to beat Mahurangi by 7 wickets Mahurangi 
: In the finish a defiant tenth wicket stand by Scott Fowlie 13 not out and Stuart Manning 12 not out saw Dargaville High School reach 155 for 9 Ewan Evans an accurate spin bowler took 4 for 12 
: Innes claimed 3 wickets for 37 runs from his 15 overs Counties totalled 256 and Northland was breezing along impressively at 128 for 2 when rain and bad light brought the match to an end 
: Ruawais Joanne Owens held on to her second place in the Womans Xerox Challenge during the 166 km cycling stage Ramarama to Waitomo in the Cape reinga to bluf endurance yesterday 
: Wayne Smith 23 and Linton Goodwin 46 put on 73 for the first wicket and then Smith and Alex Tait 35 added a further 44 for the second wicket it was a tidy 15 over spell by them all 
: Horne and his lead Owen Evans a jovial and determined character without a track record in top level bowls beat the highly fancied combination of Neil and Logan Campbell of Leigh 19 to 12 
: From the very first race it was quite obvious that an upset was on the cards Australia 2 led at the first mark by 8 seconds and increased that by 2 seconds on the first reach 
: In a dying north easter in which Australia 2 showed her true potential Liberty closed 24 seconds on the 2 reaches but the Aussies were a long way ahead finishing a record 3 minutes 17 seconds in front 
: There were 9 entrants for the second Fastnet Rock Race 4 of which had been in the first a new Fife designed Bermudan cutter Halloween was the first to finish in 3 days 19 hours 5 minutes 
: Ilex's winning margin was a mere 13 minutes 8 seconds had not Primrose 4 blown out her jib shortly after rounding the Fastnet Rock the Americans might easily have won that year 
: The Admirals Cup series of races from 1977 consists of a Channel Race of 220 miles 3 inshore races of 35 miles each and the Fastnet Race of 605 miles the points the Channel Race are doubled 
: The spidery 30 foot trimaran Mark One Tool Hire they hired the right tool for the job and finished 24 of the 76 finishers in 22 days 8 and a half hours a day faster than Tabarlys winning time 
: Great Britain 2 was first to the Horn and for Mullender and Bill Porter it was the second time in 2 years both had been on Adventure when they arrived in Dover half an hour before midnight 
: Heaths Condor was first home in 30 days 9 hours Great Britain 2 was 31 and a half hour behind her and there was another 21 hours back to Kings Legend then 1 hour 12 minutes to Flyer 
: Crossing the International Date Line gave the crews 2 New Years Eves one in moderate conditions and one in gale forse winds next day these winds rolled 33 Export to more than 140 degrees 
: When Ceramco finished 18 and was only 10 days behind is sufficient testimony to Blake and his crew that on one day they sailed 232 miles and in a 3 day period clocked 674 miles 
: She was repaired in time for the restart on the 31st of  October and led the fleet away from the shadow of Table Mountain but after a short time Flyer and Ceramco made the front running 
: There was only 30 miles between the 2 boats after 9 days as they passed 150 miles to the south of Iles Crozet 2 days later came the first casualty the 58 foot 33 Export lost her mast 
: After 10 days the Kiwis spotted Flyer 3 miles away on the starboard bow almost within shouting distance after 2380 miles by then Gauloises had been dismasted and was heading for Tahiti 
: By June 24 the gap was 60 miles it was the turn then of Paul Ricards crew to try the light spinnaker it lasted only 12 hours before it blew out 3 days later the gap was down to 40 miles 
: The very sucessful touring Yugoslav team which included 10 Northlanders returned home following its unbeaten tour of Europe and Britain the Northlanders in the side scored 335 of the points 
: Power gain or loss is expressed in decibels thus a yagi with a gain of 7 db will have a gain of 5 compared to a diploe which has a gain of zero this makes a 100 watt transmitter sound like a 500 watt one 
: The next round will feature 37 teams and will be the centre of international motorsport attention with more than 50 international press representatives covering the meeting  for 62 magazines 
: Pirovano has won the last 4 races and is just 62 points behind in this weekends round Australia race Manfield offers another 80 points which makes the title a distinct possibility for him 
: The American entries are Phantom Breeze a 4 year old colt ridden by Michael Smith which has won 5 of 17 starts and Petite Ile a 4 year old filly ridden by Corey Black has won 6 from 13 starts 
: Better Loosen Up ridden by Michael Clarke has won 14 of 30 starts Stylish Century ridden by Kevin Moses has won 9 of 33 starts While Approval ridden by Craig Parret has won 13 of 23 starts 
: Batting first Tawa ran up a useful 221 Tim Boyer top scoring with a well compiled 58 solid scoring spree from the Omera combination of Kevin and Kelvin posted another 81 between them 
: Atkinson slammed 14 fours and a 6 for his 60 while opener Beard 12 boundaries in his 77 for Boys College in reply Wanganui Kaierau made 68 to 2 on the first day of the third round 
: Suburbs declared at 255 for 5 immediately after Horkin had completed his first century for the club a feature of the innings was a 160 run partnership between Horkin and Tony Brinsden on 86 
: Duckers batting helped Cadets to declare at 210 for 7 and when the game resumes next Saturday it will be evenly poised with Albion 128 for 4 in reply skipper Roger Bradley was dismissed on 95 
: Guptill averaged 57 point 79 in smashing his own record for a season and became Suburbs New Lynns most prolific run getter with 6531 from 275 innings he scored his first premier hundred in 1985 
: Legendary Kel Nagle has shown why when in the States seniors tour they call players over 60 Legends of Golf course the 70 years old Australian played the Titirangi course in 67 
: He played the first 9 holes in just 31 strokes 4 under par and came home in 36 dropping only one shot on the 17th he amazingly needed only 22 putts for his 18 holes in todays play 
: A 30 to 12 result overcame the flighty French for a second test and series win Grant Fox turned on another sharp performance and his range of up and unders and chip kicks created great anxiety 
: Serge Blanco and Jean Baptiste Lafond both made attacking cuts from inside their own 22 before Fox calmly nudged the ball over the bar for the first of his 6 penalty kicks in the match today 
: In the 2 Internationals against France he has goaled 13 out of 14 attempts the one miss being a poster from 47 metres at Nantes he was the width of an upright away from a clean series 
: Argentina thrashed 51 to nil by England last weekend crashed 49 to 3 on Saturday as Scotland romped to their biggest rugby union victory Scotland ran in 9 tries and could have beaten England 
: It was Scotlands biggest win their previous best was 39 when they beat Zimbabwe 60 to 21 in the 1987 World Cup and to add insult to the injury Argentina lost 39 year old captain Hugo Porta 
: Their halftime score of 17 to zero with tries coming from wings Tony Stanger and Alex Moore this took the visitors tally to 68 points they conceded without reply to Hastings on the day 
: Cornwall were reasonably well placed at the end of the day with the 6 for 32 from 23 overs taken by Chris Gott and a spirited opening partnership between Colin Jackson on 64 and Brad Chaplin 
: They only managed 95 to which North Shores 98 for 8 declared this was only after Martin Snedden had contributed 31 and Scott Henderson got 5 for 22 the moist favoured  the bowlers 
: Running on McCreary tyres for the first time Horrobin powered away in the 24th lap to repeat his South Pacific win of last season from grid 13 he wasted no time in getting to the front 
: After 2 rounds of the series Standring leads with 23 points from Olsen on 20 and Wayne Scott on 18 by the end of the 4 sprint car events it had produced 4 winners and 3 new track records 
: Parnell paid homage to their professionals Carlos Remy and Ian Salisbury when they took centre stage as Parnell played themselves into what should be a winning position for the season 
: Trevor Sprott and Nigel Morrice war horses of the medium pace bowling put on 52 for wicket 9 to rescue Eden Roskill who were in big trouble at 122 for 8 they then took 4 wickets each 
: Salisbury 54 and Remy 45 made a healthy contribution to the days score of 279 by the home side they took the ball and picked up 7 wickets between them as Birkenhead struggled to 82 for 9 
: North Shore reached 255 for 4 at Winsor Park with both Justin Vaughan and Alex Odowd reaching 71 at 139 for 4 in reply Bays will be looking to Steve Brown who still has some work to do 
: In the second half the home side hit the front when hooker Paul Dixon crossed the line after only 51 minutes of play and when Eastwood missed a conversion Great Britain then led 6 to 4 
