THE PRESS, Christchurch Thursday, October 7, 2010 SPORT B15 NETBALL BOWLS Straight-sets victory Barrett-Chase ready to The New Zealand men’s triple pleased at his triple’s ability to yesterday kept their fate in their bounce back from the disappoint- own hands with a straight-sets ment of a tie-break defeat to South victory over Brunei at the Africa on Tuesday. Commonwealth Games bowls They were to face Niue last tournament in New Delhi. night before having a key encoun- The 10-3 result left Andrew ter against Scotland in the stand in for George Todd, Shannon McIlroy and skip following round. Richard Girvan with a 3-2 win-loss ‘‘We want to go out and get both ‘‘I enjoyed being out there, just record. sets against Niue,’’ Girvan said. so I can get my game play up and Three playoff spots are up for The other New Zealand combin- get the combinations with other grabs in each 11-strong section, ation in early action last night at girls.’’ and Girvan believed there were the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Aitken said she had every faith eight teams in New Zealand’s Complex, womens’ pair Manu in Barrett-Chase. group who were in contention to Timoti and skip Jan Khan, lost ‘‘Lar (Barrett-Chase) is playing go through. their unbeaten record when they Netballer Liana Barrett-Chase has well I’m really pleased with her.’’ ‘‘It’s going to be a hard road for went down to Canada 8-6 7-8 3-2. done her homework and is ready ‘‘If something untoward did us, but we’re not out of it,’’ Girvan Having won their first four to face England today if needed. develop, and [George] wasn’t able said. matches, Timoti and Khan remain Silver Fern veteran Temepara to come back, we do have our back ‘‘We still have our destiny in in firm contention for the playoffs. George has missed the first two ups. our own hands and it’s a good On Tuesday the pair beat games of the Delhi Commonwealth ‘‘To [back up] Laura at centre place to be.’’ Namibia 8-8 14-2 and Norfolk Games, including the 87-24 win would be Lar and Grace Girvan was particularly Island 14-5 9-5.. NZPA over Cook Islands late on Tuesday [Rasmussen] coming in or it could night (NZ time), with an ear be Scar [Anna Scarlett] at the back infection and is in doubt for Temepara George Liana Barrett-Chase and bring Joline [Henry] in, today’s match. depending if we want the height or The Southern Steel’s Barrett- separate,’’ she said. ‘‘They work so Chase’s movement and passing not.’’ Chase’s is buzzing about possibly well together.’’ have been strong. Aitken used the Ferns last hit starting against two time Games ‘‘For me, it’s just good ball As has her feeding that kept her out to experiment with more bronze medallists England and placement getting it over those out of the starting seven earlier in combinations instead of giving her even has plans of how to break long limbs and just letting it go the Ferns international season. top line-up once last chance to gel down their electric defence. because together they work well.’’ She knows the Ferns should before the England game. Coach Ruth Aitken said feeding Then came the line that will fire easily beat the tournament’s ‘‘We feel we’ve had a lot of time the shooters would be the most the English defenders up. minnows, but she’s more focused in the saddle actually which is important job against the classy ‘‘One on one I reckon we can do on her own game. really good and [the rotation] English defensive pairing of Geva them.’’ ‘‘Some of those passes I meant that everyone now is going Mentor and Sonia Mkoloma, and Well said. wouldn’t normally do so it’s good into that England game having Barrett-Chase knows that. It’s all It’s easy to look good when to bring them out, practice them had an opportunity to be out on under control. slaughtering Papua New Guinea and get them into my repertoire,’’ court and be comfortable with ‘‘I think we need to keep them and Cook Islands, but Barrett- she said. what they need to do.’’ WEIGHTLIFTING NZ RESULTS ARCHERY Shane Archbold 3, Aaron Gate 3, No gold ‘fault of govt’ ■ Men’s compound round of 32, Marc Ryan 8. Shaun Teasdale bt Abul Kashem India’s failure to lift an expected the government that delayed it.’’ Mamum (Bangladesh) 4-0, GYMNASTICS weightlifting gold on the first day Indian weightlifting has been Stephen Clifton bt Jonathan ■ Women’s team competition, of the Commonwealth Games can plagued by doping problems with Snell (Norfolk Island) 4-0, Tony New Zealand 7th; individual be blamed on government delays the most recent case of six athletes Waddick bt Chinna Raju Srither qualification, Jordan Rae 15th, in supplying nutritional supple- being banned after using a (India) 4-3, round of 16, Teasdale Holly Moon 19th, Briana Mitchell ments, coach Harnam Singh said. supplement which contained the bt Michael Schleppe (Canada) 21st. ‘‘If we had better supplements illegal substance methylhexanea- 4-0, Clifton lost to Johannes that would have made a difference mine threatening the team’s Grobler (Namibia) 2-4, Shaun HOCKEY to our performance,’’ Harnam said participation in Delhi. Teasdale bt Abul Kashem ■ Men’s pool match, New Zealand after fielding a barrage of Harnam sat fielding questions Mamum (Bangladesh) 4-0, 7 (Andy Hayward 2, Blair Hilton questions about the lack of gold alongside Sukhen Dey, who won Teasdale bt Michael Schleppe 2, Hugo Inglis, Hayden Shaw, from frustrated Indian media. silver and VS Rao bronze in the (Canada) 4-0, Tony Waddick lost Nick Haig) Trinidad and Tobago ‘‘I am disappointed . because men’s 56kg event and Soniya to Duncan Busby (England) 0-4; 1 (Wayne Legerton); women’s things moved very slow and the Chanu and Sandhya Rani Devi women’s compound round of 32, pool match, New Zealand 5 supplements arrived late to our who claimed silver and bronze in Anne Mitchell bt Nichola (Charlotte Harrison 2, Anita team. There were sanctions from the women’s 48kg event. Reuters Simpson (England) 4-0, Punt, Anna Thorpe, Kayla Stephanie Croskery bt Sharland) Malaysia 0. Bheigyabati Chanu (India) 4-0, Amanda McGregor lost to NETBALL Danielle Brown (England) 0-4, ■ Pool match, New Zealand 87 round of 16, Croskery lost to Cook Islands 24. Tracey McGowan (Scotland) 2-4, Mitchell lost to Cassie McCall SQUASH (Australia) 0-4. ■ Men’s singles, second round, Iskandar Mohamad Azlan BADMINTON (Malaysia) bt 16-Campbell ■ Mixed team pool games, New Grayson 11-8 11-1 11-3; Zealand bt Sri Lanka 3-2 (Donna women’s singles, second round, Halliday/Danielle Barry bt 7-Jaclyn Hawkes bt Low Wee Chandrika Hettiarachchige/ Wern (Malaysia) 11-7 11-6 5-11 Thilini Jayasinghe 21-11 21-16, 11-4, 12-Joelle King bt Donna Michelle Chan bt Jayasinghe Urquhart (Australia) 11-6 9-11 21-15 10-21 21-13, Halliday/ 11-8 11-4. Henry Tam bt Hettiarachchige/ Dinuka Karunaratna 21-12 SWIMMING 21-15, Joe Wu lost to Niluka ■ Women’s 100m backstroke Karunaratne 21-14 21-14, Tam/ heats, Melissa Ingram 1min Oliver Leydon-Davis lost to 1:51sec 5th fastest, Emily Karunaratna/Karunaratne 21-11 Thomas 1:01.77 10th fastest, 21-16). semifinals, Ingram 1:00.92sec ■ New Zealand 5 Northern Ireland 5th fastest (through to final), 0 (Wu bt Tony Stephenson 21-9 Thomas 1:01.58; men’s 100 21-15, Chan bt Sinead Chambers breaststroke heats, Glenn 21-6 21-9, Halliday/ Tam bt Snyders 1:1.30 2nd fastest, Matthew Cleave/Caroline Black semifinals, Snyders 1:00.55 3rd 21-12 21-10, Tam/Leydon-Davis fastest (through to final); bt Stephenson/Gleave 21-12 women’s 100m freestyle, Hayley 21-12, Halliday/ Barry bt Palmer 55.09 2nd fastest, Chambers/Black 22-20 21-8. Natasha Hind 56.26 10th fastest, Penelope Marshall BOWLS 56.44 fastest, semifinals, ■ Men’s triples group matches, Palmer 0.55.15 4th fastest New Zealand (Shannon McIlroy, (through to final), Marshall Andrew Todd, Richard Girvan) bt 56.26; men’s 50m butterfly Malta 8-6 13-4, lost to South heats, Daniel Bell 24.81 9th Africa 6-9 8-5 1-3; women’s pairs fastest, Moss Burmester 25.13 group matches, New Zealand 11th fastest, semifinals, (Jan Khan, Manu Timoti) bt Burmester 24.99 6th fastest; Norfolk Island 14-5 9-5, bt men’s 50m backstroke, final, Namibia 8-8 14-2; men’s pairs Bell 25.27 4th fastest, Gareth group matches, New Zealand Kean 25.89 8th fastest. (Daniel Delany, Richard Collett) lost to Jersey 6-8 7-11, v India; women’s triples group matches, TABLE TENNIS ■ New Zealand (Dale Lang, Women’s teams event Genevieve Baildon, Karen qualification matches – New Coombe) lost to Scotland 3-11 Zealand bt Singapore 3-0 (Karen 7-8, bt Jersey 15-6 13-6. Li bt Nuwani Gonapinuwala Vithanage 11-5 11-6 11-3, Annie BOXING Yang bt Ishara Manikku Badu ■ First round qualification bouts, 11-7 11-6 11-6, Jenny Hung bt 60kg, Angus Donaldson bt Ensa Kavindi Sahabandu 11-6 11-3 Jammeh (Gambia) 7-1; 64kg, 8-11 14-12). Anthony Taylor bt Mokhachane Moshoeshoe (Lesotho) 5-2; TENNIS ■ 75kg, Nathon McEwen bt Lungile Men’s singles, first round, Dyamdeki (Lesotho) 5-3. 6-Rubin Statham bt Hayden Lewis (Barbados) 6-2 6-1.