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Results

Saturday, March 06, 2010



BADMINTON
Croatian Open 2010 (Zagreb): Ladies Singles 1st Rd main draw: C Magee (Irl) bt K Hoim (Est) 19-21,21-16,21-10
Men’s Doubles 1st Round main draw: O&T Kopriva (Cze) bt S Magee/T Stephenson(Irl) 10-21,23-21,21-13

BASKETBALL
NBA: Chicago Bulls 96 Memphis Grizzlies 105, Miami Heat 114 LA Lakers 111, Phoenix Suns 108 Utah Jazz 116

GAA
Ulster Bank Ryan Cup semi-final: DCU 1-17 NUI Maynooth 0-14 AET
Ulster Bank Fergal Maher Cup semi-final: Napier University Edinburgh 9-13 Coláiste Mhuire Marino 0-7,

Leinster Colleges SBHC qualifier: Colaiste Eanna 3-11 Heywood CS 2-12.
Leinster Schools SCFC final: Cross & Passsion Kilcullen 2-12 Clonkeen College 3-7.
Dublin School JDFC Section 1 Final: Tallaght CS 2-12 DLS Churchtown 1-9.

GOLF
Latest second round scores, European Tour Maybank Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur G&CC: (Gbr unless stated, Par 72):
Second round suspended due to darkness. Play resumes today at 7.45 am. There are 58 games still to finish
136 A Canizares (Spa) 67 69
137 S Hansen (Den) 70 67, A Que (Phi) 70 67
138 B Rumford (Aus) 71 67, J Edfors (Swe) 69 69
139 C Nirat (Tha) 69 70
140 J Knutzon (USA) 73 67
141 S Gallacher 72 69, P Lawrie (Irl) 69 72, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 67 74, Matthew Griffin (Aus) 72 69
142 M Sasidaran (Mal) 69 73, M Ruiz (Par) 71 71, T Bjorn (Den) 68 74, S Strange (Aus) 69 73, T Wiratchant (Tha) 70 72, D Chia (Mal) 71 71, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 77 65
143 R Gangjee (Ind) 68 75, G Boyd 72 71, S-moon Bae (Kor) 69 74, G Bhullar (Ind) 72 71, Unho Park (Aus) 70 73
144 A Kang (USA) 73 71, J Pagunsan (Phi) 74 70, D Gleeson (Aus) 71 73, S Jeppesen (Swe) 72 72, A Lascuna (Phi) 72 72, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 71, H-sung Kim (Kor) 70 74, H Tanihara (Jpn) 73 71
145 J Luiten (Ned) 72 73, M Pucay (Phi) 75 70, S O’Hara 74 71, C Rodgers 70 75, J Quesne (Fra) 74 71, R Bain 68 77, M Purser (Nzl) 74 71, S Khan 71 74, A Wall 74 71, C Muniyappa (Ind) 73 72, W-chong Liang (Chn) 75 70, J Kamte (Rsa) 74 71, S Katayama (Jpn) 76 69
146 S Hutsby 75 71, S Kapur (Ind) 73 73, M Hisyam Abdul Majid (Mal) 77 69, H Singh Rai (Ind) 73 73, B Hebert (Fra) 75 71, A Blyth (Aus) 74 72
147 G Lockerbie 71 76, C Wood 75 72, A Tampion (Aus) 75 72, T Srirot (Tha) 74 73, P Marksaeng (Tha) 73 74, M Jonzon (Swe) 72 75, U Duangdecha (Tha) 77 70
148 J Parry 77 71, P Whiteford 73 75, K Tannin (Hkg) 77 71, D Maruyama (Jpn) 76 72, M Mamat (Sin) 74 74, C Suneson (Spa) 75 73, R Kulacz (Aus) 75 73, S Little 76 72, J Kyung Mo (Kor) 77 71
149 A Butterfield 74 75, M Iszaimi Ismail (Mal) 76 73, S Sivachandran (Mal) 76 73, G Coetzee (Rsa) 70 79, M Tunnicliff 72 77
150 D Clarke 73 77, P O’Malley (Aus) 74 76
151 F Ohlsson (Swe) 76 75, G kyle Green (Mal) 75 76
152 D Lee (Nzl) 76 76, M Both (Aus) 79 73, I Steel (Mal) 78 74, R McEvoy 75 77, A Tarmizee Mohd Nazari (Mal) 79 73
153 P Gunasagaran (Mal) 75 78, T Oh (Kor) 73 80
154 RIsmail Md (Mal) 76 78
155 M Shukree Othman (Mal) 76 79
156 N Fung (Mal) 78 78, K Ichihara (Jpn) 78 78
157 G Murphy (Irl) 78 79
158 A Tam (Mal) 77 81
160 A Coltart 76 84
162 C Gane 83 79
RTD : S Griffiths, L Wen-Tang (Tpe), H Inn-Choon (Kor), D Howell
DQ: J Elson
WD: J Randhawa (Ind), R Echenique (Arg)

Leinster Junior Schools Event Qualifying, Leinster Hills GC: (No CSS, non qualifying)
Qualifiers: St. Mary’s CBS, Enniscorthy 55pts; Scoil Chonglais 51pts
Non-Qualifiers: Gaelcholaiste Cheatharlach 44pts; Good Counsel College 42pts; CBS Kilkenny 40pts; CBS Secondary School, Wexford 30pts; St. Mary’s Academy, Carlow 22pts; Colaiste Lorcain, Castledermot 10pts; Coaliste Pobail Osrai 7pts
Qualifying, Portarlington GC
(No CSS, non qualifying)
Qualifiers: Newbridge College 57pts; Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge 49pts.
Non-Qualifiers: Cistercian College, Roscrea 46pts; Boyne C.S, Trim 46pts; Colaiste Iosagain 35pts; Tullamore College 25pts; Killina Secondary School, Tullamore 21pts.

European Senior Tour, The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters, The Empire Hotel & Country Club, Brunei: (Par 71):
64 D Merriman (Aus), B Ruangkit (Tha)
67 K Tomori (Jpn), F Minoza (Phi), B Lincoln (Rsa), R Chapman (Eng)
68 J Quiros (Spa), B Longmuir (Sco), C Williams (Rsa)
69 L Carbonetti (Arg), A Franco (Par), T Burgoyne (Sco), M Clayton (Aus), D Johnson (USA)
70 I Mosey (Eng), M Cunning (USA), D Cambridge (Jam), N Job (Eng), S Ebihara (Jpn), A Tapie (USA), J Bruner (USA), B Cameron (Eng), G Ryall (Eng)
71 P Mitchell (Eng), B Boyd (USA), S Choi (Kor), S Taylor (USA), L Stephen (Aus), J Hall (Eng), P Dahlberg (Swe), I Palmer (Rsa)
72 P Teravainen (USA), B Hardwick (Can), R Drummond (Sco), J Hawkes (Rsa), A Sowa (Arg), M Farry (Fra), I Woosnam (Wal)
73 S Torrance (Sco), J Chillas (Sco), T Chen (Tpe), G Gunn (Can), S Owen (Nzl), G Cali (Ita), P Oakley (USA), D Russell (Eng), P Harrison (Eng), N Ratcliffe (Aus), M Pinero (Spa), G Brand (Eng), S Lyle (Sco)
74 J Sallat (Fra), F Mann (Sco), G Ralph (Eng), M Ramayah (Mal), J Rhodes (Eng), T Johnstone (Zim), G Davies (Wal), H Carbonetti (Arg)
75 M Poxon (Eng), M Miller (Sco), D O’Sullivan (Irl), J Heggarty (Irl), P Allan (Eng), C Nirat (Tha)
76 S Bennett (Eng), A Johnsson (Swe), R Willison (Eng), M Harwood (Aus), K Spurgeon (Eng), B Smit (Rsa), A Garrido (Spa)
77 T Chen (Tpe), C Rocca (Ita)
78 M Williams (Zim), M Gray (Sco), T Gale (Aus), R Metherell (Aus)
82 G Banister (Aus)

HANDBALL
GAA All-Ireland (40X20) Championships: Men's Open Senior Singles Qualifier Series (1st Round):
At: Kingscourt, Co. Cavan: D. Daly (Tyrone) bt R. O' Gara (Roscommon) 21-11, 21-10. O. McKenna (Antrim) w/o E. Jensen (Dublin) inj. scr. J. Willoughby (Wicklow) w/o V. Moran (Mayo) inj. scr. M. Gregan (Wicklow) w/o J. Doyle (Armagh) inj. scr.
At: Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare: G. Buggy (Wexford) bt R. Cunningham (Cavan) 21-9, 21-4. B. Carroll (Meath) w/o D. Moloney (Tipperary) inj. scr.
GAA/O' Neill's All-Ireland (40X20) Girls U13-17 Interprovincial. (Team-Of-Ten) Championships:
At: Kingscourt, Co. Cavan: (semi-finals): Connacht (F. Tully, S. Keady, C. Ni Churraoin, M. Fahy, R. Ni Chonghaile, J. Fahy, L. O’Riordan, C. Shanagher, A. McDonagh, S. Ni hAinli (+ subs, A. Ni Bhraoinain, M. Foody)) bt Leinster (K. Maher, A. O' Keeffe, M. Nolan, S. Byrne, C. Foley, R. Timmons, M. Phelan, C. Mahon, L. McKenna, M. Byrne (+ subs, A. McGraine, C. McCullagh)) 150-31.
Munster (A. Twomey, C. Nash, A. Akers, N. Coughlan, A. Landers, M. McMahon, P. Loughnane, S. O' Brien, C. Casey, A. O' Keeffe (+ subs, K. Ni Mhuircheartaigh, A. O' Brien)) bt Ulster (A. Kelly, A. McCrory, M. McElduff, C. Donnelly, N. Henderson, A. McConville, C. Clarke, M. Grogan, F. McKenna, E. Connolly) 135-55.
(Final): Connacht (F. Tully, S. Keady, C. Ni Churraoin, M. Fahy, R. Ni Chonghaile, J. Fahy, L. O' Riordan, C. Shanagher, A. McDonagh, S. Ni hAinli, (+ subs, A. Ni Bhraoinain, M. Foody)) bt Munster (A. Twomey, C. Nash, A. Akers, N. Coughlan, A. Landers, M. McMahon, P. Loughnane, S. O' Brien, C. Casey, A. O' Keeffe (+ subs, K. Ni Mhuircheartaigh, A. O' Brien)) 104-65.

HOCKEY
Men's Hockey World Cup, New Delhi: Pool A: 1st rd: Netherlands 6 Canada 0
Pool B: 1st rd: Korea 1 New Zealand 2

Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup final: Crescent College Comprehensive 3 (O. Hickey 2, C. Nolan) Mount Mercy College 1 (E. O’Leary).

ICEHOCKEY
NHL: Atlanta Thrashers 6 New York Islanders 3, Boston Bruins 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO), Carolina Hurricanes 4 Ottawa Senators 1, Dallas Stars 1 St Louis Blues 6, Nashville Predators 4 Los Angeles Kings 2, New York Rangers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 (OT), Phoenix Coyotes 3 Colorado Avalanche 1, San Jose Sharks 3 Montreal Canadiens 2, Washington Capitals 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 4

MOTORSPORT
Internacional de Curitiba, Brazil (Positions after SS7): 1. K. Meeke/P. Nagle (Peugeot) 49m. 17.2s; 2. G. Wilks (Skoda) 49m. 9.9s; 3. J. Kopecky (Skoda) 50m. 7.3s; 4. J. Hanninen (Skoda) 50m. 59.9s.

RUGBY
Connacht Schools Junior Cup semi-final: Rice College, Westport 10 St Joseph’s College, Galway 8
Scorers for Rice College: Try: S Tobin; Pen: D Corcoran; Con: D Corcoran
Scorers for St Joseph’s College: Try: B Nestor; Pen: C Gaffney
RICE COLLEGE: K Dever; R Ludden, B Mullan, D Corcoran, R Keating; S Tobin, D Carpenter; T Geraghty, R Feehan, C Groden; M O’Grady, M Sammon; A McAleer, M Brady, C McNally.
ST JOSEPH’S: P Kitt; N Grogan, B Nestor, C Evans, D Moylan; C Gaffney, C Moran; M Duffy, C Gavin, E Olivier; A Broderick, B Brophy; L Brennan, R Kerrigan, C Joyce.
Replacements: E O’Brien for Olivier (46), C Connelly for Brennan (55), M Nulty for Grogan (63).
Referee: Joe Doyne (CBIRFU).

SNOOKER
WPBSA Betfred.com World Snooker Championship Qualifiers, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield: 4th rd: J Michie (Eng) bt D Gray (Eng) 10-2, M Dunn (Eng) bt R Milkins (Eng) 10-8, M Campbell (Sco) bt J Wattana (Tha) 10-5

SQUASH
Chennai Open Squash Championships: India: Men’s Quarter-finals: (1) O Beng Hee (Mal) bt (7) Y Perrin (Fra) 11-5 11-8 11-8, (3) M Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) bt (8) A Clyne (Sco) 9-11 11-6 11-7 11-5, (4) S Ghosal (Ind) bt (6) C Simpson (Eng) 11-7 11-7 11-13 11-7, (2) J Kemp (Eng) bt L Delasaux (Eng) 11-9 11-4 11-7
Women’s Quarter-finals: (1) N David (Mal) bt (8) S Teran (Mex) 11-9 11-4 12-10, (7) K Brown (Aus) bt J Hawkes (Nzl) 11-6 8-11 11-9 11-4, (6) C Serme (Fra) bt (3) R Grinham (Aus) 4-11 12-10 11-3 11-3, (2) J Duncalf (Eng) bt (5) L Massaro (Eng) 12-10 11-9 11-9

TENNIS
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group 2 1st rd, Lithuania v Great Britain, Seb Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania: Rubber 1: J Ward (Gbr) bt L Gregelis (Lit) 6-4 6-2 6-4
Rubber 2: R Berankis (Ltu) bt D Evans (Gbr) 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3
Lithuania tied with Great Britain 1-1

World Group 1st rd, France v Germany, Palais des Sports, Toulon, France: Rubber 1: G Monfils (Fra) bt P Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Rubber 2: J-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt B Becker (Ger) 6-3 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-3
France lead best of five series 2-0

Belgium v Czech Republic, Expodroom Bree, Bree, Belgium Rubber 1: T Berdych (Cze) bt O Rochus (Bel) 6-3 6-0 6-4
Rubber 2: R Stepanek (Cze) bt X Malisse (Bel) 6-2 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
Czech Republic lead best of five series 2-0

Russia v India, Small Sports Arena Luzhniki, Moscow: Rubber 1: I Kunitsyn (Rus) bt S Devvarman (Ind) 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4.
Rubber 2: M Youzhny (Rus) bt R Bopanna (Ind) 6-4 6-2 6-3
Russia lead best of five series 2-0

Spain v Switzerland, Plaza de Toros de la Ribera, Logrono, Spain: Rubber 1: S Wawrinka (Swi) bt N Almagro (Spa) 3-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
Rubber 2: D Ferrer (Spa) bt M Chiudinelli (Swi) 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-1
Spain tied with Switzerland 1-1

Croatia v Ecuador, Gradska Sportska Dvorana Varazdin, Varazdin: Rubber 1: I Karlovic (Cro) bt N Lapentti (Ecu) 6-2 5-7 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-4
Rubber 2: M Cilic (Cro) bt G Lapentti (Ecu) 6-4 6-3 6-3
Croatia lead best of five series 2-0

Serbia v US, Belgrade Arena, Belgrade: Rubber 1: V Troicki (Ser) bt J Isner (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-4
Sweden v Argentina, Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm: Rubber 1: R Soderling (Swe) bt E Schwank (Arg) 6-1 7-6 (7-0) 7-5

Davis Cup, Fitzwilliam Club, Dublin: Ireland v Turkey: J McGee (Irl) bt Haluk Akkoyun (Tur) 6-2 6-2 6-4.