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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MS SATURDAY JULY 4 1992 37 ATHLETICS Thompson is thrown a Norwegian lifeline letic Federation promotion officer and a selector said: deserves a chance for what he has done in the past It is not as if he is depriving anyone else of a Alex Kruger won the trial last month but he will join Thompson along with several other British de-cathletes in a most unlikely place to gain an Olympic position into his experience because bordering on 33 and with a lack of practice he could be struggling It will be the Bislett Games in Oslo tonight however that will attract the Norwegian interest especially in the javelin where Steve Backley and his two Olympic companions Nigel Bevan and Mick Hill are in the line-up By Ken Mays In Oslo Kruger would have been the automatic choice had not David Bigham upset the apple-cart by breaking the standard at Stoke last weekend Thompson who once would have considered this target easily within his reach will now have to dig deep Davidson calls time on slow motion DALEY THOMPSON faces the last crossroad of his illustrious career when he tries to reach the Olympic Games for the fifth time by the way of a backwater in Norway over the next two days Thompson twice-winner of the gold medal was thrown a lifeline by the selectors on Monday with the possibility of joining the Barcelona party later this month despite not having completed a decathlon since Seoul four years ago Since then he has dropped out of two more and suffered through several illnesses and now has to compete in Trondheim in a desperate attempt to achieve the necessary 7850 points that will book him a place on the plane selection is surrounded by bitter arguments and accusations that favours have been shown to him which others have been denied Andy Norman the British Ath Olympic about-turn Liz McColgan runs the 5000m and it is hinted that she will go for the world record of 14mins 3733secs held by Ingrid Kristiansen Mrs best is 15-0317 indoors and 15-26 outdoors during a 10000 metres and she will have to run exceptionally fast to break the British record of 14-4807 held by Zola Budd Ironically Budd now Mrs Pie-terse makes her return to European athletics at this meeting after being hounded out of Britain this time running the mile which also features Olympic hopes Ann Williams and Alison Wyeth Linford Christie faces three Nigerians in the 100m while Kevin McKay is in the main event the Dream Mile won in the past by Seb Coe Steve Ovett and David Moor-croft This time it is expected to be dominated by Noureddine Morceli and Gennaro Di Napoli not be able to stand the pressure of competing in the Olympic cauldron according to a German radio station yesterday They reached their decision after meeting their sponsors Nord deutscher Rundfunk radio station said the three had written to the German National Olympic Committee and would make an official KATRIN KRABBE the German double world champion and her compatriots Grit Breuer and Silke Moller will not run in the Olympics after all The three women who won a lengthy legal battle for the right to compete in Barcelona after being found guilty of manipulating a drugs test have decided they would announcement-today Horst Blatt-gerste the athletics federation selection committee chairman said: am not counting on them for the Thomas Springstein coach said on Wednesday: really wonder after all she has been through whether it is worth putting up with all the stress Daley Thompson last chance to qualify RUGBY LEAGUE record-breaking captain cruelly ends hopes in decider Meninga celebrates as Lions fail again to clear last hurdle AFTER all the high expectations the third and deciding Test at Lang Park yesterday proved an anti-climax Britain were far from disgraced but they never gave themselves a hope of winning the Ashes for the first time in 22 years The match was a personal triumph for Australian captain Mai Meninga but despite the importance of the occasion and the atmosphere generated by a 31000 capacity crowd it failed to live up to expectations Meninga celebrated a record 37th cap by extending his record points tally to 242 with four goals and a series-clinching try in the second half Bobby Fulton the Australian coach less than generous in suggesting a 20-point difference was an accurate indication of the match was justified in praising his cdptain who now has his sights on the 1994 Kangaroo tour of England people talk about great captains they are talking about said Fulton my opinion he is above the lot You must look at results under pressure I am not taking anything away from anyone in any other era but he is the best wanted desperately to win this game and maybe the British underestimated us I think they realised our ability to bounce Any defect in the British attitude is unlikely They knew they needed to better the performance of the 33-10 victory in Melbourne last week or Australia 22-6 winners of the first Test had to equal theirs With Britain making too many unforced errors and Australia more determined and businesslike there was no danger of that happening The sense of devastation in the Lions dressing room will Arm lock Great defence managed to stop Papua hold key GREAT BRITAIN will have to wait until tomorrow when New Zealand play Papua New Guinea in Auckland before knowing if they have qualifed to play Australia in the World Cup final which been provisionally arranged for Wembley on Oct 24 writes John Whalley After 16-10 defeat by Australia Britain must hope New Zealand do not score a victory by a record 109-point margin against a side which is in such disarray they are threatening to send players home as they have are DIARY Lewine Mair ONE of the main talking points in Last Eight Club the tented rendezvous fpr those who have reached a quarter-final is the "ength of time it takes the modern player to complete a match pronounced Owen Davidson a four-times winner of the mixed doubles with Billie Jean King In 1938 Donald Budge took less than four hours in total to win all four of lis Grand Slam titles with none of the individual finals having lasted longer than an hour Again when the aforementioned Davidson and King were enjoying their glory days in the mixed singles would almost always be over in time to allow the mixed doubles on the Centre Court That never happens said Davidson pointing to how a five-setter 1990s style can take anything up to 3 hours Were Davidson at tha helm he would insist that the players were not still languishing in their chairs when the umpire calls He would stop between points and further call a halt to the endless changing of clothes What worries Davidson most is the extent to which the juniors copy the Pat Cashes of this world In the middle of last week for instance he watched with mingled horror and disbelief as a player in the singles got no further than the knock-up before deciding on a switch of shirts jefkN FEAVEE the director of tournaments was much gratified at the support given by ATP players to an annual coaching session for local children at the Wimbledon Park Tennis Club Aside from handing over £600 for the formation of a junior squad such as Stan Smith and Pete Sampras went on court with the youngsters Mr Feaver was a little upset that only one of the Gullikson twins both of whom are usually unfailingly helpful in areas such as this had turned up As it transpired he had asked the same one twice IN A moment yesterday when the rain was at its heaviest the head groundsman Eddie Seaward by all accounts came up with the gloomy prediction that Wimbledon 1992 might stretch until Tuesday THE choruses of Ten Green Bottles turned into Ten Green Jackets as the green-jacket-clad umpires did their best to entertain wet and bedragled folk on No 1 Court Alan Mills appeared with an umbrella consisting of nothing other than shaft and spokes John McEnroe gave a friendly wave and Vi jay Amritraj who has just been re-elected as president of the ATP Tour donned a hat and sang along with the crowd Who started it all? Margaret the veteran blonde commissionaire so often picked out by BBC cameras As Gleam Edwards Margaret sang at the New York Plaza her talent having been uncovered by none other than Bob Hope Her opening song yesterday at a time when she had the enclosure on No 1 Court all to herself was one of All Alone BILL CARLTON the inventor of the Cyclops or magic-eye machine was able to explain why the bleeper had incorrectly sounded during the McEnroe-Forget match The Forget service in question was in by as much as six to eight inches But the ball hit a stray divot which in turn hopped over the line and activated the machine THE semi-final round of the Bob HewittFrew McMillan-John Newcom-beTony Roche 45-and-Over Invitation Doubles took in a lovely moment when McMillan having hit an inspired little dink took off his hat and made as if to collect donations from the front row in the crowd Ashes not reached satisfactory playing standards Britain who begin a four-match tour of New Zealand in Auckland on Wednesday will have an unexpected supporters in Mai Meninga the Australian captain who wants to win at Wembley after losing to Britain in the first Test in 1990 and Ken Arthurson the ARL chairman who is delighted by the success of the Ashes series still have dismal memories of what happened two years ago and I desperately want to win on that hallowed RUGBY UNION By John Mason in Auckland with a number of injuries I feel our preparation this week has been a lot better message is be dynamic generate pace win quality ball and make the tackles count Our team are an outstanding team and our broken field runners have consistently domestically and here created situations which make us a dynamic second-phase backline got to be the core of our attacking game which is why I expect us to win In an attempt to increase forward mobility Martin Hynes a loosehead who gets about the field lock Martin Haag who presented the scoring pass to Mark Russell for the first try last Wednesday in Whangarei and Steve Ojomoh who will be at No 6 join a revised pack Barnes considers mid-week performance against North Auckland was STUDENTS WORLD CUP By Rob Wlldman replacement Ken Milligan from Edinburgh University is to join the party England are relying on greater athleticism and fitness to overcome Argentina in their second Group match tomorrow in Naples After victory over Taiwan England face a muscular side who defeated South Africa 15-6 on Thursday Eric Peters the No 8 who scored five tries on Wednesday is replaced in the England team by Craig Barrow while also in the back-row Richard Bramley comes in for OLYMPIC GAMES Major boosts British hopes By lain Macleod JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH the president of the International Olympic Committee yesterday met the Prime Minister John Major in Downing Street to discuss bid to stage the 2000 Olympic Games Mr Major outlined the importance of sport to him and the Government and explained the development that would flow from the National Lottery as well as reiterating the commitment to Olympic bid He will visit this Olympic Games in Barcelona Mr home town together with four Cabinet ministers It is believed that Robert Key the under-secretary of state at the Ministry of National Heritage will go to Barcelona probably on July 23 Mr visit will be greeted with relief in Manchester following recent adverse publicity following a claim by the IOC president that some British administrators it is thought he had the Princess Royal in mind were trying to undermine his office Mr Samaranch arrived in London the day after one newspaper suggested that the Princess Royal had expressed an interest in running for the IOC presidency Assuming he decides to stand for office again Mr Samaranch will seek re-election in September 1993 It is said that the private office are at the suggestion that she has ambitions in this direction They said she has no intention of standing Some British officials have expressed regret that Mr Samaranch has taken the rumours to heart and believe it is much ado about nothing The news of Mr visit to Barcelona was welcomed in Manchester wonderful news that the Prime Minister and leading members of the Cabinet will be flying the flag for said Bob Scott the chairman of the Manchester organising committee visit by various members of the Cabinet confirms the belief in the British Olympic Mr Scott added that the visit of such a high-ranking team was a that Britain are extremely serious about bid to host the millennium Games hopes were boosted indirectly earlier this week when a scandal broke over candidacy when a German television programme alleged that the Olympic promotion team had built up a secret file with details on the 94 IOC members including preferences alcohol consumption and their attitudes towards the do them any said one source who felt Berlin would suffer more from these allegations than Manchester had from the recent book The Lords of the Rings by two British journalists which purported to be an expose of the Olympic Movement While Sydney and Peking continue to be regarded as the front runners by leading IOC officials Manchester see themselves as the leading European contender Mr Samaranch who seems to be obsessed with the notion that the British are conspiring to dethrone him will at least have been reassured yesterday of strong support for the Olympic Movement Sadly neither route was used adequately The first half was a tale of penalties Eastwood and Meninga shared four in the first quarter before the Australian captain earned an 8-4 lead at half-time after Skerrett obstructed Langer and Dermott was penalised following a flare-up with Steve Walters The first score in the second half was always going to be decisive and when a vastly-improved Daley shrugged off the challenge of Edwards and Powell to stretch over from pass in the 47th minute Britain were struggling Meninga clinched the Ashes eight minutes later when he regathered hopeful kick through and forced his massive frame over Britain never attacked with confidence and it took a rare error from Meninga who spilled the ball as Dermott tackled before they scored Offiah made the most of his only break to sprint over from 70 yards with Eastwood adding the 76th-minute goal That Britain can play better will be a consolation but after holding good positions in each of the last two series Australia have found the mental and physical reserves to pull through on both occasions AUSTRALIA: Ettingshausen (Cronulla) Came (Brisbane) Fitler (Penrith) Meninga (Canberra) Hancock (Brisbane) Daley (Canberra) Langer (Brisbane) Lazarus (Brisbane) Steve Walters (Canberra) Harrogan (Newcastle) Slronen (Balmain) Lindner (Wests) Clyde (Canberra) Subs: Gillespie (Wests) for Sironen 41 Johns (Brisbane) for Carne 74 Kevin Walters (Brisbane) for Ettingshausen 74 Cartwright (Penrith) for Lindner 74 GREAT BRITAIN: Steadman (Castle-ford) Eastwood (Hull) Powell (Sheffield)' Newlove (Featherstone) Offiah (Wigan) Schofield (Leeds) Edwards (Wigan) Skerrett (Wigan) Dermott (Wigan) Platt (Wigan) Betts (Wigan) McGinty (Wigan) Clarke (Wigan) Subs: Lydon (Wigan) for Schofield 74 Harrison (Halifax) for Skerrett 51 Connolly (St Helens) for Newlove 68 Hulme (Widnes) for McGinty 51 Referee: Hale (Auckland) Hoskison wins after early crisis By Ron Moseley JOHN HOSKISON survived a first-hole crisis and cruised to a six-stroke victory in the Wilson Club Professionals championship at St Pierre Chepstow yesterday The West Surrey professional 33 led from start to finish winning £6000 with a final round of 70 and a nine-under-par total of 275 Chris Hall took the £4000 runners-up prize earning one of the seven automatic places in Johnnie Walker PGA Cup team against the United States in September in the process Hoskison blocked his tee shot at what he described as the opening hole and had to chip out sideways from under a tree But he hit a one-iron on to the green for a safe two-putt par to calm his nerves and although Hall came within two strokes after seven holes Hoskison birdied the next two The PGA Cup team will be completed by Russell Weir and John Chillas plus the winner of the European Teaching Professionals championship in Holland next month Hoskison who made his only Cup appearance in 1988 is now the holder of all four big events he can contest adding this title to the southern Club Professionals championship the southern Professionals championship and the Surrey Open LEADING SCORES 276-J Hotkl-son (W Surrey) 67 71 67 70 Hall (Bulwell Forest) 71 69 70 71 282 Maltman (Eyemouth) 77 66 7267 283 Rimmer (Oaklands) 74 72 69 68 Jonaa (Knockbracken) 75 69 69 70 285 Cowan (Lindrick) 75 70 72 68 Job (Richmond) 71 70 70 74 Scott (Latham Grange) 73 72 70 71 Harriaon (Newby Grange) 71 72 71 72 Thomaa (Parkstone) 72 71 70 73 Waaaelingh (Chorley) 70 73 70 73 Stott (Shirley Pk) 71 68 72 75 Elliott (Braid Hills) 75 69 66 77 By John Whalley In Brisbane Australia 16 pts Gt Britain 10 eventually be matched by frustration Britain got within six points of the world champions with an indifferent display which when the match is coldly analysed will only add to the debate on what might have been By contrast Australia played well They made handling errors but usually in the visiting half Inspired by Allan Langer initially and then Bradley Clyde they were much more purposeful from half-back and employed an excellent kicking game Britain got away with spilling the ball five times in their own 25 in the first half hour with the offenders being Platt Schofield Dermott Steadman and Betts However after a tryless first half Australia punished Britain in the second crossing twice early on with touchdown four minutes from time coming too late to inspire a meaningful rally! Malcolm Reilly the British coach admitted Britain did not play well adding: Australians dominated round the rucks with their power They made much better yardage and consequently gained better territorial position We complemented that by making too many mistakes which left them having the ball eight minutes longer than us which is While Schofield Platt Clarke and Skerrett all tried to inspire Britain the Lions never found the fluency distribution or support that highlighted the second Test and against resolute defence moving the ball quickly or astute kicking vvas always going to be best method of going forward GOLF remember losing two balls in one round was in water at somewhere like Augusta although I was so bad when I started as a pro I used to run out of balls said Woosnam game is still only about 75 per cent I feel got the ball on a string like I did when I won the World Cup individual event last November I tend to get a little wary and try and steer the ball But coming and starting to putt well again which is very welcome with the Open Championship less than two weeks Clarke lost his rhythm after a bright start developing a punishing hook He hit out of bounds with a six iron at the ninth for a double-bogey six and had to chip in from 12ft to save par at the 13th after finding the left rough McGinley covered the last seven holes in two under par to maintain his challenge for a £75000 first Tour win while must be kicking himself for not equalling the European record of 27 for nine holes after he birdied six of the first eight He hit a wedge over the green into a bunker for a bogey five at the ninth MONTE CARLO OPEN (Mont Leading 3rd rd scores GB Ire unless stated: Woosnam 66 65 66 198 Romero (Argentina) 67 66 65 199 Clarke 66 60 73 McGinley 65 66 69 McNulty (Zimbabwe) 67 67 66 O'Connell 70 66 64 Jimenez (Spain) 67 68 67 Rocca (Italy) 64 71 67 Davis (Australia) 68 66 68 203 van de Velde (France) 71 67 65 Smyth 72 67 64 Rystrom (Sweden) 70 64 69 Walton 68 66 69 Sewell 67 68 68 Johansson (Sweden) 68 65 70 Mitchell 68 65 70 204 Tinning (Denmark) 74 64 66 Levet (France) 69 70 65 Gonzalez (Argentina) 71 62 71 Johnstone (Zimbabwe) 71 66 67 Baiocchi (S Africa) 73 65 67 Sunesson (Sweden) 73 65 67 Boxall 74 62 69: A Forsbrand (Sweden) 73 67 65 Grant 66 71 68 Senior (Australia) 67 66 73 Brand 67 71 68 Mijovic (Canada) 69 65 72 Gates 74 63 69 Cali 67 717 68 Edlund (Sweden) 72 63 71 Ballesteros 70 69 67 Luna 72 66 73 Barnes believes England will save day Hat-trick hope as Woosnam leads By Richard James In Monte Carlo Paul Harrogan this time to final ground in said Meninga The present system of each country playing each other home and away over a three-year period is likely to be replaced for the next competition in 1995 in favour of all five nations meeting each other in a compressed tournament in one country WORLD CUP TABLE A 0200 54 3215 79 3137110 6 80247 6 60202 Pts 14 10 8 4 0 Australia GB NZ France PapuaNG 6 To play: Tomorrow: New Zealand Papua New Guinea July 22: Australia Papua New Guinea the best he has seen from him in the 50 or so matches they have played together at Bath and elsewhere and his ability to again meet the demands will be crucial tomorrow Given parity up front and the standard well-organised NZ defence England could be in for a testing afternoon Here will be the firmest of reminders that when concentrating on the ball and the opposition try-line the New Zealand system presents the best players in the world NEW ZEALAND XV (probable): Berry (Wairarapa-Bush): A McCormick (Canterbury) Pierce (North Harbour) Stens-ness (Manawatu) Tagaloa (North Harbour) Mannix (Wellington) Crabb (Waikato) Allen (Taranaki) Gatland (Waikato capt) Walsh (North Harbour) Gordon (Waikato) Tregaskis (Wellington) Taylor (North Auckland) Seymour (Canterbury) Turner North Harbour) ENGLAND I Hunter (Northampton) Hackney (Leicester) Pde Glanville (Bath) Hopley (Wasps) Underwood (Leicester) Barnes (Bath capt) A Kardooni (Leicester) Hynes (Orrell) Dawe (Bath) A Mullins (Harlequins) Haag (Bath) Bayfield (Northampton) Ojomoh (Bath) Back (Leicester) Clarke (Bath) Referee Hawke (New Zealand) Chris Tarbuck who has a swollen ankle Kyran Bracken takes over at scrum-half from Steve Douglas Nicky Assaf scored four tries for Ireland in their 74-3 Group A win over Germany Wales also had an easy start defeating Holland 49-7 STUDENT WORLD CUP GpA Italy 8 CIS 1 3 Ireland 74 Germany 3 Gp France 57 Spain 3 Scotland 21 Japan 16 Gp England 91 Taiwan 6 Africa 6 Argentina 15 Gp NZ 22 Romania Wales 49 Holland 7 Gp Italy Germany (Padova) Gp Francev Japan (Genoa) Gp Africa Taiwan (Naples) Gp NZ Holland (Catania) TOMORROW Gp Ireland CIS (Padova) Gp Scotland Spain (Genoa) Gp England Argentina Gp Wales Romania (Catania) THERE is still an important job to be done gratifying as the 43 tries and six victories from seven matches in New Zealand have been said Stuart Barnes the England captain yesterday After a busy final tour training session at Pakakura south of Auckland Barnes predicted that if there was a backlash following last narrow defeat by New Zealand in the international it would come from England at Pukekohe tomorrow Outside-half Barnes who missed all seven kicks at goal last Sunday at Hamilton in an 18-24 los added: played well in the first-half and should have wrapped it up then It was a freakish number of kicks to have missed and as I said then it was one of those things that happen to everyone once in a life-time but rarely twice respect the fact that New Zealand will improve but they do seem to have a few problems at the moment EVEN two lost balls failed to deflect Ian remorseless passage towards a hat-trick of Monte Carlo Open victories as he took the lead with a 66 yesterday at Mont Agel In blistering heat the Welshman five strokes behind half-way leader Darren Clarke accumulated six birdies for the third day running to move to 10 under par on 197 He is one ahead of Eduardo Romero who shot 65 while Ulsterman Clarke 23 slipped to a 73 for third place on 199 Two more former Irish internationals Eoghan 24 who was out in 29 en route to a 64 and Paul McGinley 25 who shot 69 share fourth place on 200 with the redoubtable Mark McNulty who shot a 66 On his four Monaco outings the Zimbabwean has finished first second twice and third Romero might have been alongside Woosnam but for topping his drive only 50 yards at the 17th to rule out a birdie opportunity Earlier he had missed a putt of 20 inches at the sixth Defending champion Woosnam 43 under par for his last 11 rounds in the championship slipped six behind Clarke after losing his first ball to a big slice into bushes at the third but defiantly matched the birdie three with his second ball Lost ball number two came at the panoramic 170-yard 14th along whose length is a sheer drop of 3000ft to the Mediterranean seven iron shot sailed over the putting surface plunging into dense undergrowth 185 yards away only time I can Injury mars Scotland victory DAVID HUNTER a former full-back in the national schools side underwent surgery yesterday in Genoa to have his spleen removed after being injured during opening match in the Student World Cup in Italy The Selkirk player 24 was injured during the 21-16 win over Japan on Thursday when he was tackled trying to field his own kick ahead He broke two ribs one of which punctured his spleen Alan Quinn the Scottish manager said the challenge was hard but fair He added that Hunter would remain in hospital for at least 10 days A.