: Cochrane who will play number 3 for Auckland in the Tower tournament had rounds of 71 and 69 for a total of 140 his Tower team mate Glen Goldfinch was second on a countback Crochame led his North Shore team to a clear 7 point win
: 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 over Nobilo in the 250 thousand dollar Air NZ Shell Open
: Christopher Vance looked a serious threat inside the last 800 metres his challenge peaked half way up the straight and the Bru Czar pulled away to gain win 9 from 35 starts boosting his stake earnings to 68 thousand dollars
: In the preliminary rounds Queensland sneaked home by one goal against New South Wales and Auckland beat Wellington 10 to 4 Northern Districts lead the under 20 womans division following an impressive 11 to 5 victory over Queensland yesterday
: Despite the setback Otahuhu battled bravely to lead 10 to 7 at the break they were down 10 to 15 soon after but even while they were only 11 strong when Francis Leota was sinbinned they denied Mt Albert points they could not keep it up
: Only premiership leaders Northcote retained any normalcy when they thrashed Manukau 36 to 8 on Saturday Mt Albert lifted themselves off the bottom of the table when they beat Otahuhu 25 to 16 but not until 6 minutes from the end was victory certain
: Penrith scored a muddling 26 to 16 win over St George the Panthers led 16 to nil after 20 minutes but then looked less than impressive against a mistake ridden Saints however their win consolidates the Panthers place in the top 5
: The 2 teams provided the 32 thousand fans at Lang Park with an electrifying 80 minutes of attacking football Brisbane went to the break leading 18 to 8 but the Raiders surged back in the second half to hit the lead 20 to 18 before Hauffs match winning try
: The victory reaffirmed his challenge for this years world 500 motorcycle race and gives Schwantz 124 points in this years world championship to put him 24 points behind Rainey with 7 races to go Australian Michael Doohan lies in third with 86 points after coming in fourth on Saturday
: Faldo shot a 68 despite a 90 minute break when a storm swept over the course to end 5 under par on 205 with Zimbabwes Mark McNulty 69 American Peter Teravainen 70 and fellow Briton Richard Boxall 66 while New Zealander Frank Nobilo is on 210
: Yachtsman Russell Coutts lost his chances of retaining the Liberty Cup match racing trophy yesterday after ending 3 days of round robin racing ranking fourth equal among the 8 skippers while Frenchman Bertrand Pace with 11 wins in 16 races will meet Bob Wilmot of Australia who had 9 wins
: Waitakere Rangers drifted off the pace with a surprising loss to Hawkes Bay 79 to 84 while in the ASB stadium Auckland came with an uninterrupted sprint down the court and a 3 point shot the seasons big surprise a win over Nelson who lost 105 to 108
: Otago went desperately close against Palmerston North failing by only one point 73 to 74 while Canterbury and New Plymouth kept themselves in joint second place behind Nelson Canterbury stopped Saints 3 game revival with a 108 to 103 win
: With 3 tries 2 of them converted in a space of 10 minutes and coming from great team effort paved the way for Paeroa West to score a crucial win 32 to 21 over Ngatea in Thames Valley First Division Club Rugby both teams needed to win to stay in contention
: The French lineup drastically revamped after last Sundays 31 to 48 loss in test 2 at Brisbane exposed flaws that could condemn the Wallabies to abject failure in next months series for the first time in the series the Australian pack was outplayed and overwhelmed 22 to 13 in the lineouts
: Lamb was unfazed and constructed a commanding 154 as the tourists reached 338 for 6 at the close he pulled England out of trouble and had outstanding assistance from Robin Smith with 71 and Alec Stewart who fell 5 runs short of a deserved century
: Haynes nursing a chipped finger played responsibly to be unbeaten on 113 as West Indies ended the opening day on 237 for 8 after winning the toss the Younis 5 wicket haul was his fourth in consecutive test innings following his almost single harded destruction of New Zealand with 29 victoms in the recent 3 to nil series victory
: After scoring 279 Parnell last Saturday reduced Birkenhead City the defending champions to 82 for 9 wickets North Shore and Takapuna Shore lead the series with 22 points but Shore have a stronger chance of an outright win over Hibiscus Coast
: Harwood battled the breezy conditions around the 6387 metre layout to fire a 2 under 71 and to take his 36 hole total to 9 under par 137 three shots clear of Peter OMalley from Bathurst in New South Wales on 140
: Owen shared third place with Jeffery Wagner from New South Wales on 141 Owen played erratically yesterday with 4 birdies and 4 bogeys while Wagner moved up the Leader Board with a fine 2 under 71 young Wellingtonian Mathew Lane was on 4 under 142
: Ovens lost 34 minutes to the leader Commonwealth Games cyclist Kathy Lynch over the rugged 106 kilometre mountain bike race from the Rainbow Skifield to Hanmer Springs her time was five hours 27 minutes 7 seconds compared with Lynchs 4 hours 34 minutes 55 seconds
: Todays stage was a 77 km cycle race from Hanmer Lodge to the Waipara Hotel followed by a Christchurch triathlon made up of a 50 km cycle leg a 15 km run and a 15 km kayak section which was to end on the Avon River opposite the town hall
: Britain with a strong allround bowling team appeared set for victory in the 3 thousand dollar Mobil Sponsored test until the New Zealand women snatched 3 of the 4 singles and the mens 4 scored a gripping 25 to 23 win in the windy conditions
: Down 11 to 17 after 20 ends Khan rose to the cheering of the spectators to stage a match winning run for a vital 22 to 17 lead the sole British womens singles win of the final session came from Englands Mary Price winner of both silver and bronze medals
: Judy Howat from Wellington was down one to 8 after 6 ends struck form with an impressive run to lead 15 to 8 after 14 ends before Scotlands experienced Sarah Gourlay fired back a strong sequence to close the score to 19 to 21
: Balwin who had an excellent international debut teamed up with Lambert to beat Gary Smith and Johnston from England 20 to 19 in a very tight match while John Bell and Gourlay shaded Symes and Watson 20 to 19 after leading 19 to 14 after 18 ends
: The 15 kilometre race from Lazy Fish Point in Queen Charlotte Sound began about 11 am after a longer course from the mouth of Tory Channel was deemed too dangerous because of rough seas about half of the field had paddled 3 kms from the starting line when the squall struck
: Todays stage is a 122 kilometre cycling race from Picton to Lake Rotoiti and tomorrow the competitors will mountain bike 106 km to Hanmer Springs the overall leader in the event is Steve Gurney 26 of Christchurch with a time of 51 hours and 30 minutes Alan Roxburgh 31 of Christchurch is in second place 42 minutes behind
: Kathy Lynch 33 of Moteka is the overall leader among the 6 women in the race with a time of 56 hours and 49 minutes while Ross Forbes 42 of Lyttelton leads the over 40 years of age competitors with a time of 54 hours and 41 minutes
: The touring rugby side played 9 games one in Germany 5 in Yugoslavia one in Italy and 2 in England and won the lot scoring 335 points against 52 on its previous tour the New Zealand Yugoslav combination scored 398 points against 91
: The Northland under 16 rugby team which played 6 matches this year for 5 wins and one loss scored 164 points against 34 and was runner up to Auckland in the Northern region tournament final at Te Kuiti are pictured from left to right as follows
: In the singles Muir lost 25 to 19 to Sarah Gourlay of Scotland fighting back after a slow start had her at one stage behind by 17 to 3 in the mixed pairs in which she skipped Okahu Bays Barry Greer the final score was 24 to 14 in favour of Johnston
: School teacher Ann Muir and Greer led 13 to 11 after 13 ends but then ground to a halt and did not score again until they picked up a one on the twenty first and last end but in the fours it was a 21 to 15 win to the British Isles
: during the first week of november the solar flux rose from a low of 140 to a high of 215 it then dropped back to 193 on the tenth but recovered to 197 the next day so far this month conditions have been generally good even up through 50 mhz which was quite busy this past weekend
: As of ten AM Friday 9 November 1990 the Ulysses spacecraft is 19671570 miles or 31658323 kms from Earth and 455840687 miles or 733604474 km from Jupiter The spacecraft is traveling at a heliocentric velocity of 87017 mph or 140040 kph and 22593 mph 36360 km relative to the Earth
: for the period beginning november 6 the flux had reached 190 or higher with a peak of 215 and on the 7 november this was high enough for 50 mhz dx and fine for worldwide work on 28 mhz however it was too high for most other dx activity
: A call to the Auckland Observatory confirmed that the moon would be 356525 kilometres away on December 2 more than 21 thousand kms closer than its average distance from earth this will make great conditions for VHF Moonbounce contacts
: He compiled 107 not out hitting one 6 and six fours against Ruawai Rugby at Memorial Park Dargaville on Saturday and helped his side take a 46 run lead on the first innings Old Boys totalled 191 for 5 wickets declared and then dismissed Ruawai Rugby for 145
: Paparoa with Neville Porteous 53 not out reach 101 for 2 wickets in reply to Dargaville High Schools 194 for 9 wickets declared meanwhile Southern totalled 127 for 9 wickets declared and Western replied with 114 for 7 wickets
: Marist also won impressively after Ross Bailey 69 and Greg Herman 49 set it on the way to a formidable total of 260 for 7 wickets against Kamo High School which could score only 137 in reply Murray Coop destroyed the Kamo High School batting taking 6 wickets for 23
: Chris Glassey scoring 64 runs and Dave Parkes with 48 runs not out featured in a 104 run stand for the sixth wicket which put Kamo right on top against Mangakahia as they only mustered up 54 in reply to Kamos 223 for 6 wickets
: Kerikeri High School ran up a total of 209 runs despite a forceful knock of 44 by Lion Red player of the day Grant Martin who dismissed Kerikeri for 141 while Kaikohes opening stand of 96 by Graham Moore 56 and James Middleton 36 set them on the way to a win over Kaeo
: Cooper got similar treatment from Hancock and Parlane after reaching 52 he was trapped LBW by Carrington leaving Northland at a somewhat precarious 148 for 5 this became 163 for 6 and 180 for 7 as Bert Horner and Child departed
: Goodwin kept his head and was eventually the last man out for 50 with Northland on 204 The three bowlers Carrington 3 for 83 off 29 overs Hancock 3 for 60 off 31 overs and Larsen 4 for 55 off 26 overs shared the wickets for Valley
: The leading women after yesterdays 55 km mountain bike race 27 km kayaking and 12 km run from Fairlie to Twizel was Kathy Lynch with a mountain ride time of 2 hours 19 minutes 46 seconds a kayak time of 2 hours 14 minutes 38 seconds and a run of 1 hour 24 minutes 42 seconds
: There were 72 work stoppages in the 6 months to the end of June costing 44 million dollars lost in salaries and wages Statistics Department figures show The stoppages 66 of which were in the private sector involved almost 35000 employees and cost more than 285 thousand days of work
: Second place was Ovens with a mountain bike ride of 2 hours 33 minutes 29 seconds a kayak time of 3 hours zero minutes 8 seconds and a run time of 1 hour 9 minutes 57 seconds and in third place is Higgins with a ride of 2 hours 34 mins 17 secs and a kayak time of 2 hrs 27 mins 7 secs with a run of 1 hour 23 mins 33 secs
: The overall Elapsed Times are Lynch 81 hrs 56 mins 14 secs Ovens 86 Hrs 18 mins 27 secs Higgison 87 hours 13 mins 17 secs Todays stage was a 146 kilometre cycle from Twizel to Wanaka the challenge ends at the Bluff on Thursday
: The Waipu Golf Club is to hold its annual Christmas Cheer open mixed tournament on Sunday the draw will be advertised on 22 November Posr entries will be accepted and the tee will be open from 0835 hrs to 1120 hrs the entry fee is 14 dollars
: The West Indies collapsed after reaching 56 for 2 at lunch Younis removed Richardson leg before for 11 with the first ball he had Haynes caught at the wicket for a solid 47 Four runs later Akram struck to remove Hooper for a duck and reduce the tourists to 90 for 4
: Haynes who scored 117 in the first innings again played courageously on Monday and looked set for a big score but between lunch and tea the side added 70 runs and lost 4 wickets after tea Dujon was bowled by the change bowler
: Bowler Shoaib Mohammad was just too good the ball hit the bowlers footmarks and jagged back sharply to hit the wicketkeepers middle stump Pakistan resumed its first innings at 332 for 9 and lasted 20 minutes in the mornings session
: Defeat faces the Indies after the fourth day of the first cricket test The visitors facing a first innings deficit of 84 runs were 172 for 7 in their second innings with a full days play remaining Gus Logie who contributed 51 is the only recognised batsman left
: Earlier in the morning the side totalled 345 in its first innings in reply to the tourists total of 261 with skipper Imran Khan unbeaten on 73 the Pakistan speed and spin attack then played havoc and Waqar took 5 wickets to trigger their collapse
: Janet Agnew won 7 to 6 in set 3 she later teamed up with Colleen Toohill to beat Katherine Naughton and Vicki Burkhardt in the doubles these successes allowed Mid Northern to hold Mairtown Blue to a 3 all draw Mairtown Yellow toppled Mid Hika 4 to 2 in another match
: Needing 98 for victory they carefully reached their target in the second session for the loss of Rameez Raja and test newcomer Zahid Fazal it was Younis who took 2 of the last 3 wickets to fall ending with 4 for 44 and match figures of 9 for 120
: A total of 117 people drowned this year up to 31 October one less than last years total a Water Safety Council report says of these at least 24 people lost their lives in boating accidents of which 8 were in small dinghies and canoes
: We only ran the 28 footer over the measured mile infact we did it 4 times to make certain that we gave it our best shot the average of those 4 runs were 57 knots or 65 mph with the fastest single run at 58 knots being approx 67 mph while the engine showed a cool 5800 rpms
: A call to Australia and a talk to a Marine Dealer informed us that this particular engine had 640 hp and should be good for 46 knots or 54 mph now considering the boat is set up for full MOT Survey and is about 500 Kg heavier than the standard boat that is quite good
: Mark James and Richard Boxall also shot 68 to give England a total of 136 and a one stroke lead over Spain Nobilos team mate Greg Turner had a 2 over par 74 to give New Zealand a first round total of 142 equal eleventh with Ireland
: Wrack after being beaten 25 to 16 by English international John Bell fought back to beat Brian Baldwin of Taranaki 25 to 21 and Gary Smith another English international 25 to 15 in another match Dunn lost his first games to Nick Grgicevich of Auckland 25 to 20
: The Longhurst team Sierras driven this year by 32 year old team boss and 1980 World Formula One Champion Alan Jones are generally regarded in Australia as the fastest Fords anywhere the Cosworth engines delivering a rumoured 585 bhp
: The overall womens leader was Denise Higgison 30 of Tauranga in 3 hours 46 mins 12 secs ahead of Kathy Lynch 33 of Motueka the mens leader is Ross Forbes 42 of Lyttelton stretching his lead among the 13 competitors by finishing ahead of closest rival Bob Scott 42
: Athol Gardner who started the day in place 59 overall raced across Lake Wakatipu in 3 hrs 5 mins to capture the kayaking stage of the Cape Reinga to Bluff endurance race Gardner and Alan Roxburgh of Christchurch lead for most of the 45 km race on day 22 of the Xerox Challenge
: Barick who is attempting to break the womens record of 866 km over 6 days is lying second overall but feeling the sweltering 28 degree heat and by 7 pm she had covered 488 km averaging 8 km an hour and was about 18 km behind Australian Ian Javes
: Apart from the sizzling pace set by Shamrock their are 2 boats still talked about weeks after the race were Stan Najars Moonshine and Alan Smiths Dargle Moonshine running in 6 litre displacement shattered the class record and finished fourth outright with a time of 40 mins 46 secs
: The race started on a high note with 202 entries being recorded the subsequent postponement was considered the main reason for the record entry list dropping to 177 starters 128 of which finished the course 25 boats ran the river under 50 minutes
: In 3 days Louie Denolfe hooked 20 salmon landing 8 fish between 26 to 37 pounds he sometimes used a floating line and weighted flies sometimes a Tongariro shooting head and glo bugs or black wooly bugs but had best results with a sinking tip line and a size 2 white doll flie
: Much of the Waikatos fertile agriculture soil rolls over undulating terrain until the Pirongia State Forest 32 kms Southwest of Hamilton from which the 962 metre Mt Pirongia ranges shoot upwards changes the landscape dramatically
: The 1124 pound Black Marlin was of course an Australian record with Snooks Fuller at the wheel giving advise and encouragment to Eddie Seay of Papatoetoe the huge fish was brought in on a 50 lb tackle after a 3 hour fight usually the not so sporty would have used a 130 lb line
: The first fish landed on the Lady Doreen was landed on 30 January 1952 on the very first day of chartering an American couple Dick and Alice Aldsworth landed a 516 pound Black Marlin and a 366 lb Black Marlin respectively
: The clubs opening competition for the season saw 80 rods entered and a catch including 10 Snapper 15 Kahawai 2 Eaglerays and one Red Cod the Prize winners were heaviest at 4 point 38 kgs by George Maunder with heaviest other fish being an Eagle Ray at 4 point 8 kg caught by Paddy Corcoran
: Rotorua Fishing and Casting Club scores are in the mens division George Maunder on 136 Ian Taylor 70 with women Wendy De Ernest on 65 the Juniors section see Tim Chandler on 40 and Stacey Morris and Nigel Sands with 30 points each
: Ian Parkes took his second certificate of the month in a row with a worthy 9 point 125 kg snapper the fish also a club record lends excitement to a club member who would dearly love to see a 10 kg snapper landed is their waters
: A gamefishing trip out of Waihau Bay back in January this year saw Wellington Lady 38 year old Angler Bronwyn Summers land her first marlin a sripey weighing 83 kgs Bronwyn caught her marlin on 15 kg tackle while fishing from the 46 foot boat Black Adder
: An earthquake measuring almost 7 on the richter scale rocked the Indonesian Island of Sumatra scientists at the US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centred about 1520 km North West of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and about 128 km west of the city of Medan
: Five of the seniors made the cut of 144 the sixth 69 year old Kel Nagle will play today in spite of his total of 149 five amateurs made the cut Alker Scahill and Tataurangi totalled 143 with Tony Christie and Grant Moorhead one shot back
: The same area as last year of between 283 and 324 ha on the Kauri Coast will be planted in squash by 20 growers while at Kaikohe 81 ha had been planted by two growers while at Kerikeri the area of plant was substantially reduced compared with last year
: Red Teddys share of the stake 9750 dollars boosted his earnings to more than 50 thousand dollars from 20 starts the big disappointment was Heale Street who after being forced wide for much of the journey while still being handy failed to last
: Judy Howat of Wellington was down one to 8 after six ends but struck form with an impressive run to lead 15 to 8 after 14 ends before Scotlands experienced Sarah Gourlay fired back a strong sequence to close the score 19 to 21
: Todays stage is a 122 km cycling race from Picton to Lake Rotoiti and tomorrow the competitors will mountain bike 106 kms to Hanmer Springs the overall leader is Gurney 26 with a time of 51 hours 30 mins and 42 mins behind in second place is 31 year old Roxburgh
: Rural Prince a 5 year old rank outsider was raced by Rising Fasts owner 82 year old Leicester Spring of Whakatane and caused a major upset in the Valley Decorator Court Handicap 1670 metre race by taking the lead at the straight entrance and holding it
: A tired looking New Zealand junior mens hockey team lost 2 to 1 to Italy in Melbourne the Kiwis had played 9 matches in 12 days but a rest today should help them regain enthusiasm before the final 2 matches against Victoria and the return clash with the Italians
: Don Finlayson and Andrew Hooker each scored 53 not out to top score at Mangakahia weekly twilight cricket series last night others to score well were David Barrell with 40 John Sanderson 48 Steve Baker 50 not out and Lynton Goodwin 47
: Peter Belliss the reigning world pairs champion and Maurice Symes went down in match round 7 to George Souza and David Tso 18 to 13 the New Zealanders have 5 points from 7 matches and are fourth bottom of section A which is led by England with 12 points
: A total of 3 Kiwi yachts are expected to be sailing in San Diego by late January a year before racing begins in the Americas Cup regatta 2 of the 3 craft being built in Auckland will leave for the United States aboard a freighter in 9 days
: Northland put into bat did not declare the sides innings until 1739 hours by which time they had scored 203 for 8 in 364 minutes off 98 overs it was dreadfully slow with opener Todd Skudder taking 128 minutes to make the last 15 runs
: They took the score from 60 for 4 to 120 for 5 before the tail collapsed and the side was all out for 142 in the forty second over Whangarei again fielded well and its batting was much improved but still not quite strong enough to cope
: The 43 foot Tangent One is a fast production racer its hull is kiln dried balsa core sandwich it has a 887 square foot sail area a 18305 lb displacement and a 9054 lb ballast compared with the Farr 38 footer yacht which has a 4820 kg displacement with a 4163 kg ballast
: The 48 foot yacht has an auxilliary Perkins diesel rated at 75 hp at 2800 rpm it will cruise her at 8 knots for 752 miles on 120 gallons of fuel carried in 3 aluminium tanks she also carries 241 gallons of water in 4 stainless steel tanks
: The 90 foot yacht is powered by a pair of Detroit diesels that will cruise her for about 3105 miles at 10 knots on a 4614 gallon fuel capacity then at 12 knots her range will drop to 1623 miles while her maximum speed lightly loaded is 15 knots and under full load 14
: Jan Higgins on her home course had rounds of 72 and 74 for a tota  of 146 and a 10 shot margin over Joan Mclean and Jill Southam in the morning she had 5 birdies in her one under par 72 and in the afternoon she birdied 3 holes and was 2 under the card
: After 22 of the 41 stages in the rally Carlos Sainz in the Toyota was 5 seconds ahead of Finlands Juha Kankkunen in a Lancia while Eriksson in a Mitsubishi was 13 secs behind Sainz in third place Carlos had won only one of the days 14 speed tests
: The Sydney to Noumea yacht race attracted a total of 74 entries from which a record 59 boats finally started 37 of the starters were from the Sydney area with 24 racing and 13 cruising the 1060 miles across the south west pacific
: The Southpac 40 displaces 7257 kgs and has a beam of 13 feet the sloop rig mailsail carries 28 square metres and the genoa carries 48 square metres the auxiliary engine is a 32 hp Yamner diesel the fresh water stainless tanks hold 364 litres
: Painstakingly constructed of Airex core fibreglass and powered by twin Renault 240 horse power motors she has a cruising speed of approximately 24 mph burning less than 16 gallons per hour with speeds at 29 mph by throttling back
: The magnificant 35 metre ketch Aspasia Alpha stopped at Airline Beach in North Queensland the 22 year old 116 foot steel hull can set a 756 square metre sail and has hit 13 knots under sail she motors well with the 450 hp Deutz diesel and draws 14 feet
: 132 years of history ended on Rhode Island Sound at 1720 hours on monday September 26 as the 12 metre Americas Cup Challenger Australia two lead Liberty to Victory and took the line honours and the great cup from the Americans
: A fosters beer can was used as a lure to give Grant Joss the NSW all tackle record for a blue marlin with a 351 kg fish caught off Port Maquarie from the 35 foot boat Bounty Hunter the fish was caught in deep water 15 to 20 nautical miles off the continental shelf
: The gale force 45 was conceived as a heavy weather yacht it has a 12 foot beam 31 thousand pound displacement 4626 ballast and a 914 sq foot sail area the water line is 52 feet it has a clipper bow with a rounded entry that flares gently
