Kiwis Take World Cup Gold Ditfort
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B8 SUPERSPORT Monday, April 11, 2011 THE PRESS, Christchurch TRIATHLON YACHTING BOWLS Kiwis take World Cup gold Ditfort Hewitt shows New Zealand sailors did themselves proud with two leads to gold medals and a silver at the World Cup regatta in Spain. The women’s 470 pair of Jo Aleh and Bianca Barbarich- victory class in Sydney Bacher and Laser Radial campaigner Sara Winther Top Canterbury player Steve bettered their rivals, while Ditfort skipped an experi- Andrea Hewitt underlined rian finished the endurance finisher in 21st, more than Tom Ashley took the silver in enced Elmwood triple of Alvin her credentials as New test in 2hr 1min 29.9secs. 2min down on Findlay. Nicky the men’s RS:X event at Palma Gardiner and Ian Rule to win Zealand’s premier female Hewitt, who was sixth after Samuels was 28th, another de Mallorca yesterday. the men’s Champion of Cham- triathlete – and a potential the 1500-metre swim and 36th 40sec back, while Anna With a five-point buffer pion final at Papanui 25-17. medal prospect at next year’s out of the saddle, heads for her Cleaver faded to 49th after a entering the final race, Auck- The final was a fluctuating London Olympics – in training base in France today decent start on the bike. lander Winther needed a solid affair with Ditfort moving collecting bronze in the ITU to prepare for the third leg of Meanwhile, New Zealand’s medal race to keep her rivals away to lead 12-0 after five world championship series the series in Madrid on June Bevan Docherty was unable to at bay. ends. Four ends later, the opener in Sydney yesterday. 4. defend his Sydney title. The ‘‘The medal race started in score had narrowed as the The 29-year-old started her She has decided not to com- double Olympic medallist about seven knots with small Parklands team of skip Blair season with a solid perform- pete at the next race in Yoko- placed 18th behind reigning pressure shifts. I had a solid Spicer, Shane Wyatt and Bill ance over all three disciplines hama, 300km south of the series champion and world start and played the shifts up Joblin fought back to trail before being dropped by Paula crippled Fukushima nuclear No 1 Javier Gomez, who the middle. I led at the top 8-12. Scores fluctuated over Findlay and Barbara Riveros- reactor, on May 14, although overcame a fall on the bike mark, and rounded the bot- the next seven ends with Diaz in the last kilometre of the decision was made before leg. tom gate cleanly then fought it Ditfort leading by just the two the run home. Japan was devastated by an Gomez finished in 1hr out with (Lithuania’s) Gintare shots, 17-15. Ranked sixth in the world, earthquake and a tsunami last 50min 22.4sec almost 5sec Scheidt,’’ she said. The turning point was the Hewitt experienced a sense of month. ahead of Briton Jonathan ‘‘Evi (Van Acker, of 17th end with Elmwood deja vu, as the Chilean also Instead, it was the Christ- Brownlee. Sven Riederer, of Belgium) fought back hard picking up five shots after outsprinted her before the church earthquake on Febru- Switzerland, was third. and was just on my tail at the Top of class: Jo Aleh won gold with Bianca Barbarich-Bacher in the 470 class at the World Cup regatta at Palma Ditfort rested out Spicer’s tape in Sydney a year ago. ary 22 that influenced her call Docherty was only 4sec top mark, and actually de Mallorca, Spain, yesterday. Photo: REUTERS second shot and only bowl on Findlay, a two-time winner on to head to Europe, because behind the leaders at the final crossed the finish line before the head with a small slide. A the series in 2010, was also in she was unable to train transition, but fell off the pace me, but I knew I had done crossed the line in fourth recovering from an injury, eye on the guys behind me two to Spicer on the 18th end the mix to relegate her to effectively in her home city to trail Gomez by 1min 34secs. enough to secure the regatta.’’ place, putting their golden and she is expected to be back and to have as good a race as narrowed the gap again but third. with the Port Hills out of His long-standing New Zea- Aleh and Barbarich- result in the bag with a in the boat in a few weeks. possible,’’ he said. Ditfort, playing superb draw The Canadian won in two bounds and pools closed. land rival Kris Gemmell Bacher had an even better convincing 10-point gap to Ashley finished the medal As well as the medallists, bowls, was too good on the hours one minute 21 seconds Debbie Tanner, who has crossed 40th, leaving lead going into the medal race second place. race third and ended up Dan Slater and Sam Meech 18th and 20th ends to run out a flat. been nursing Achilles tendon Zimbabwe-born Aucklander with an eight-point margin at Aleh and Barbarich- second in the final standings. both finished fourth, in the deserved winner 25-17 with Riveros-Diaz was three tears during the off-season, Ryan Sissons as the leading the top of their fleet. Bacher paired for this regatta ‘‘My strategy going into the Finn and Laser respectively. one end not played. It was seconds back and the Cantab- was New Zealand’s next best New Zealander in 11th. NZPA The New Zealanders with usual crew Polly Powrie race was to keep a bit of an NZPA Ditford’s ninth centre title, Gardiner’s eighth and Rule’s third. The Canterbury club team MOTORSPORT CRICKET of skip Val Symes, Joss Scott and Rebecca Maurice won the women’s triples final. In difficult blustery condi- Paddon clears out tions Canterbury beat a form- East-Shirley finally captures national title idable Elmwood triple of skip Bev Morel, Norma Hutchison After at least seven attempts Howick-Pakuranga, the Howick-Pakuranga batted through de Grandhomme’s wicket before Michael Papps and Theresa Woodham 23-8, in Rally of Otago East-Shirley finally won the only team to topple East- that they were on target for a defence trapping him leg and D J Lyons added a crucial with two ends unplayed. national club cricket cham- Shirley in round-robin play score around 300 with Auck- before for 62 from 71 balls and 94 for the third wicket to eat Maurice, a second-year Hayden Paddon secured a West (Timaru) was third, pionship outright in Auck- earlier in the week, made a land’s Colin de Grandhomme Howick-Pakuranga’s innings into the target. bowler, won her first centre comprehensive win in the edging out another former land yesterday. handy 228 but were dismissed striking the ball well after began to subside. Short scoreboards: Final – Howick- title and Scott her second. It Rally of Otago, the opening champion in Richard Mason. The club had tied for the in the 48th over, a target that smashing a double century Papps praised Grice for his Pakuranga 228 in 47.5 overs (C de was skip Syme’s ninth. Grandhomme 62, W Mackenzie 39, D round of the New Zealand While Paddon gave up title in a previous rain-ruined was achieved in the 49th over the previous day. De Grand- medium pace bowling during Grobbelaar 35, C Munro 30; R Burson Meanwhile, Nelson’s Com- rally championship. some of his overnight lead he final and filled frustrating with just four wickets lost. homme made an astonishing the week having played his 2-27, T Johnston 2-46, B Hiini 2-49) lost monwealth Games represen- Paddon took an early lead still collected a maximum minor placings over the years ‘‘It’s great for the boys to 217 with 12 fours and 17 sixes way into the starting 11 for the to East-Shirley 229-4 off 48.2 overs (M tative Shannon McIlroy cap- Papps 68, D Lyons 48, S Pawson 39, T in the dark of Friday evening haul of 128 points, to Sumner’s but sealed their success finally win this thing after so in that innings on a ground final on merit. Papps 27; A de Boorder 2-45). Playoffs: ped a dream season by win- and, 270km later, held on to 108 and West’s 89. yesterday with a six-wicket long trying,’’ said captain Tim with small boundaries. Papps and Scott Pawson Marist-United 311-5 beat University- ning the men’s singles crown eventually cross the finish Gilmour had made a fine triumph over home team Papps last night. But promoted second got East away to a bold Grange 268-8. Karori 332-7 beat Mt at the New Zealand club Maunganui 246 off 41.4 overs. ramp first at Dunedin’s rail- start, securing second spot Howick-Pakuranga. Papps was worried when grader James Grice got one beginning with 62 for the first 5.0 championships yesterday. way station yesterday after- after Friday’s three night The Stoke (Nelson) rep- noon. stages. She continued to run resentative lost his last game After 15 special stages, strongly when the rally to runner-up Greg Ruaporo Paddon finished 1min 36.9sec resumed on Saturday, holding EQUESTRIAN (Blockhouse Bay) 21-15 but ahead of defending champion second place behind Paddon had enough points from his Dean Sumner (Rotorua), who until a spin-and-stall on the earlier games to win with a put in a strong performance penultimate stage of the day superior points differential.