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0 00 0 0 0 12 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1998 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH- YACHTING Briton's monohull 'going like a train' By Tim Jeffery "WE TAKE our hats off to 'la petite said the French organisers of the St singlehanded transatlantic race yesterday as Ellen MacArthur climbed two places up through the fleet, despite her 50ft Kingfisher being smaller than many 60ft monohulls and multihulls left in her wake. "Since yesterday things have looking up," said MacArthur, 22, after six days of tough headwinds. "We're reaching at 12-19 knots great to have Kingfisher going like a train." Yesterday lunchtime, MacArthur was sixth among the monohulls and a highly creditable 13th among the 30 of the 34 starters who are still racing. While the leading monohulls passed the Azores yesterday, with Thomas Coville's Aquitaine Innovation II leading Catherine Chabaud's Whirpool Europ 2 by 20 miles, the easier conditions have allowed the trimarans to demonstrate their superior speeds, passing the halfway mark in the mile race with Paul Vatine (Chaus'Europ) just ahead of Laurent Bourgnon (Primagaz) and Alain Gautier (Broceliande). In Japan, Australian Peter Gilmour defended his NipMatch Race world title with a 2-0 victory over Bertrand Pace, the former world champion from France.

In Miami, British tactician Adrian Stead and trimmers Gerry Mitchell and Peter Jones helped American Jim Richardson, win the championship inaugufrom a 19-boat fleet. AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Atlanta 31, San Francisco 19-Buffalo 13, New England 10-Minnesota 24, Cincinnati 3 Indianapolis 24, New York Jets 23 Miami 13, Carolina 9-Washington 28, Philadelphia 3 Tennessee 23, Pittsburgh 14- New Orleans 24, St Louis 3. BADMINTON QUALITY HOTELS TOUR England 3, China 2 (China won 6-match series 5-1): Mixed doubles: Anderson (Essex) Davies (Lincs) bt Yi Hongyan 15-4, 15-12. Men's singles: A South (Notts) lost to Yang 15-13, 12-15, 15-9. Women's singles: T.

Hallam (Staffs) lost to Ting 11-2, 11-8. Women's doubles: Hardaker (Kent) Davies bt Chun Yu Fang 15-7, 15-4. Men's doubles: Waterman (Kent) Anderson bt Yong Shan 15-7, 10-15, 15-10. (Stevenage) England 0, China 5:, Mixed doubles: Sullivan Emms lost to Chuanhal (Guizhou) LYing 15-1, 11-15, 12-15. Women's singles: Hallam lost to Fang 5-11, 1-11.

Men's singles: Nock lost to Hui 8-15, 2-15. Women's doubles: Goode Emms lost to Ling Ying 10-15, 6-15. Mixed doubles: A Clark Sullivan lost to Xuawze Yun 15-7, 9-15, 6-15. BASKETBALL BUDWEISER LGE: Birmingham 77, Derby 85 Gtr London Leopards 91, Chester 95- Leicester 82, London Towers 72-Thames Valley 77, Milton Keynes 70-Worthing Edinburgh 97-Milton Keynes 75, Newcastle 79 -Sheffield 115, Gtr London Leopards 81. BOBSLEIGH WORLD CUP (Calgary, Twoman event: 1, Lueders Leblanc (Canada I) 1m52.87s; 2, Lazngen Zimmermann (Germany 1) 3, Goetschi Acklin (Switzerland I) Four-man event: Germany III (A Lange, Hayder, Kuehn, Behrendt) 2, Germany I (C Langen, Ruehr, Platzer, Peter) SWIMMING Brinn on course for Sheffield challenge By Anita Lonsbrough JAMES HICKMAN, the Commonwealth 200 metres butterfly champion, was a thorn in Sion Brinn's side at the Speedo British Grand Prix, held in Wolverhampton over the weekend, when he out-touched him to win the 100m freestyle.

Brinn, the Jamaican-born 25-year-old who now has residential qualifications to swim Britain, won the 50m opening day. On for, Saturday he failed to qualify for the final of the 200m but won the final in a faster time than his Bath University team-mate, Andy Clayton. This means Brinn will gain his first British cap when he competes at these two events at next month's European Co Championships in Sheffield. He was hoping for a hat-trick of races but Hickman used his powerful turns to take the 100m. Gaining two metres on every one with Brinn closing down on the swim, Hickman finished 0.27sec ahead in 50.51.

Hickman had already qualified for four events and added the 100m medley by winning the event in Wolverhampton. The 100m freestyle is on the first day in Sheffield, sandwiched between his 200m butterfly and 100m medley events. While Brinn has added new life to the freestyle events, Joanne Mullins and Heidi Earp added a freshness and strength to the lacklustre women's breast-stroke races. Mullins, 14, from Orpington, won the 100m distance in 1min 11.16sec, beating Earp, three years older, by just 0.01 sec. Earp from Newcastle-underLyme, was the victor in the 200m distance in an impressive 2 min 30.26 sec.

3, France I (B Mingeon, Andre, Hostache, Robert) 4, Britain I (S Olsson, Ward, A Lewis, Sekwalor) 5, Switzerland (C Reich, Aeberhard, Handschin) 6, Switzerland (M Rohner, Nuessli, Hefti, Schaufelberger) BOWLS MANULIFE HONG KONG CLASSIC PAIRS (Kowloon). Qtr-finals: England (A Wills Airey) 19, Canada (I Jones Roney) 16- Australia (A Jeffery Johnston) 24, New Zealand (P Gridler Baldwin) 15 Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Assoc (L. Parker Tso) 20, Hong Carstairs Kennedy) 14- Wales (Greenslade Price) 29, Africa (B Donnelly Burkett) 11. Semi- England 17, Australia 16 -Wales 17, Hong LBA 15. Final: England 26, Wales 7.

HOME COS LGE. Surrey 141 (4pts), Sussex 165 (6pts). Hants 106, Wilts 131- Surrey 221, Norfolk 96. BOXING LAS WBA straw-weight title: Ricardo Lopez (Mexico) bt Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua) pts. MASHANTUCKET, IBF lightweight title: Shane Mosley (US, holder) bt James Leija (US) rsf 9th.

WBC WBA light-heavyweight titles: Roy Jones Jnr (US, holder) bt Otis Grant (Canada) rsf 10th. MONT-DE-MARSAN, WBA cruiserweight title: Fabrice Tiozzo (France, holder) bt Ezequiel Paixao (Brazil) rsf 2nd. 12rds vacant WBO Intercontinental light-middleweight title: Lushing (Beckenham) bt Thurbin (Loughton) pts. 6rds feather. Gomez (Manchester) bt Jeffreys (Bournemouth) rsf 1st.

8rds light-heavy: Bowen (West Ham) bt Peel (Liandovery) rtd 4th. 6rds middle: Fearon (Forest Hill) bt Kaihau (Doncaster) ko 5th. 6rds super-bantam: Oates (Fulham) bt Jickells (Brigg) pts. New Telegraph Reader Service Swearing appointments. For on Plus 4 inside Poor No.

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Michelle Martin in the man opening rubber, went who unfulfilled. squad Martin, the world rose No recovered It strongly to put Australia ahead and Carol against Owens beat Jane Mar- much tin decisively to settle form the issue here. land Australia's 3-0 win, completed by the man world champion, for Sarah Fitz-Gerald, was their fourth in a row and their fifth in 10 finals between the two and countries. New Zea- the land kept England out CRICKET TOUR MATCH (Kimberley, Africa, 2nd day of Griqualand West 271 (P Barnard 58; Dillon 4-70); West Indians 327- 6 (B Lara 101, Hooper 64not, Ganga 50). MERCANTILE CUP Sth Australia 172 (49.4 overs); NSW 173-3 (44.3, MA Taylor 59).

NSW won by 7 wkts. SHEFFIELD SHIELD (3rd day of Perth: Western Australia 319-9 dec (S Katich 120 no, Hussey 71, A Gilchrist 55; Reiffel 4-68) 53-3; Victoria 254-9 dec (J Amberger 97). SUPERSPORT SERIES (2nd day of 4): Northerns 273-7 (M van Jaarsveld 115) Boland. Match abandoned because of unfit pitch. (3rd day of 4) Johannesburg: Natal 240 227-5 (D Watson 76), Gauteng 513-8 dec (N Pothas 165, A Hall 119, de Bruyn 71).

Bloemfontein: Western Province 223 414 (G Kirsten 194, Kallis 66, McMillan 65), Free State 269 15-0. East London: Border 266 244 (P Botha 74), Eastern Province 240 164-7. INTRY LORRAINE REPUBLIC CROSS COUNTRY (Metz, France) Men 9.2km: 1. Kalya (Kenya) 28-46; 2, Korir (Kenya) 28-48; 3, Gebremarian (Ethiopia) 28-52. Women 4.12km: 1, Omwansa (Kenya) 13-40; 2, Marioussova (Russia) 13-49; 3, Omwenga (Kenya) 13-53.

VIEW FROM ENGLISH CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CH'SHIPS (Berry Hill, men 4x5km: 1, Birchfield 1hr1m57s; 2, Shaftesbury Barnet 1-02-21; 3, Salford 4, Morpeth 1-03-07; 5, London Irish 1-03-21; 6, Bingley (holders) 1-03-35. Fastest laps: 1, Whalley (City of Stoke) 15-12; 2, Birchall (Birchfield) 15-13; 3, Finnerty (London Irish) 15-14. Snr Women 3x3km: 1, Shaftesbury Barnet 31-46; 2, Sale Harriers Manchester 31-53; 3, Hounslow 32-29; 4, Birchfield (holders) 32-50; 5, Charnwood 33-03; 6, Derby Ladies 33-05. Fastest laps: 1, A Joiner (Shaftesbury Barnet) 10-20; 2, Elliott (Shaftesbury Barnet) 10-21; 3, Yelling (Hounslow) 10-23. Jnr men 4x3km: 1, Sunderland 39-23; 2, Hounslow 39-33; 3, Windsor, Slough Eton 39-56.

Fastest lap: Farah (Hounslow) 9-08. Unr women 3x2.5km: 1, Ipswich 27-58; 2, City of Stoke 28-30; 3, Aldershot, Farnham Dist 28-46. Fastest lap: Ward (City of Stoke) 8-58. Women U-17 3x2.5km: 1, Charnwood 28-41; 2, Coventry Godiva 29-40; 3, Shipton 30-06. Fastest lap: Cripsey (Bedford) 9-05.

Boys U-15: 1, Derby County 26-33; 2, Liverpool Pembroke Sefton 27-06; 3, Cannock Stafford 27-40. Fastest lap: eq-1, Hawkins (Derby County) A Ablitt (Grantham) 6-20. Girls U-15 3x2km: 1, Aldershot, Farnham Dist 23-06; 2, Bedford 23-08; 3, Medway 23-25. Fastest lap: Boon (Aldershot, Farnham Dist) 7-14. Boys U-13 4x2km: 1, Bristol 29-32; 2, Solihull Small Heath 29-34; 3, Aldershot, Farnham Dist 29-43.

Fastest lap: Hall (Shaftesbury Barnet) 7-00. Girls U-13 3x2km: 1, Milton Keynes 23-23; 2, Aldershot, Farnham Dist 23-48; 3, Solihull Small Heath 23-51. Fastest lap: Hunt (Milton Keynes) 7-36. MIDLAND CO'S RELAYS (Berry Hill, Mansfield). Men 4x5km: 1, Birchfield 1-1-57; 2, Mansfield 1-6-29; 3, Tipton 1-06-36.

Fastest lap: Whalley (City of Stoke) 15-11. Women 3x3km: 1, Birchfield 32-50; 2, Charnwood 33-03; 3, Bristol 33-40. Fastest lap: Ramsey (Charnwood) 10-41. CYCLO-CROSS BCCA NATIONAL TROPHY 2ND RD (Ashton Court, Bristol, 10 1, Clarke (Team Raleigh) 1h0m32s; 2, Craig (Diamond Back) at 1sec; 3, Gould (Team Schwinn) at 32; 4, Sturgeon (Raleigh) at 42; 5, Blunt (Ace RT) at 1-06; 6, Knight (Peugeot 406) at 1-19. Overall: 1, Clarke 100 pts; 2, Knight 74; 3, Thackray (Pace Racing) 68.

Redhill CC (The Nower, Dorking, 11 miles): 1, Webb (Redhill CC) 1-00-22; 2, Bowers (Dorset Rough Riders) at 17sec; 3, A Taylor (Sutton Offroad CC) at 1-53. Didcot Phoenix (Newbury Showground, 10 miles): 1, Rumbelow (Hargroves Cycles) 58-02; 2, A Butt (Hargroves Cycles) at 40sec; 3, A Nixon (GA Cycles) at 41. Black Country Wh (Sandwell, Midlands, 7 miles): 1, Knight (Peugeot 406) 46-58; 2, Richardson (unatt) at 4-20; 3, Singleton (Black Country Wheelers) at 5-20. Eastway Supporters' Lge (Eastway, London, 12 miles): 1, Curtis (Team Corridori) 52-02; 2, Fleming (Arctic 2000) at 15sec; 3, Miller (Ipswich BC) at 47. SPORTLINE ENGLAND CRICKET INTERNATIONALS For a full preview and regular updates call 0891 900 999 Calls cost 50p per minute.

Product of Scottish Telecom The Daily Telegraph SPORTS ROUND-UP Westwood makes up lost ground BRITON Lee Westwood won Leopards 38-16. Todd Cauththe Taiheiyo Masters golf orn scored 11 points in that tournament in Tokyo for the period, on his way to 13 for, third successive year when the game, but the backcourt, he overcame early bogey of Terrell Myers (27 points) trouble record a two- and Travis Conlan (22) again stroke victory yesterday. caught the eye. Trailing by one shot over- As the Leopards flagged in night he compiled a three- the fourth, the Sharks under first 69 two despite holes. bogeys He their poured 11 in the three-pointers.

final four recovered to shoot six birdies Leopards' London rivals against one more bogey to the Towers lost 72-62 at, finish 13 under par on 275. Leicester to drop their re-. CRICKET: West Indies cap- cord to 6-5. tain Brian Lara hit a chance- ICE HOCKEY: Manchester less century, with 16 Storm hit back from a and two sixes off 140 balls, pointing 4-3 defeat by Ayr on against Griqualand West on Saturday with a 5-3 victory; the second day of the four- over Newcastle which gives day match at Kimberley them a two-point lead in the yesterday. Sekonda League.

The West Indies were 327 Nottingham are hot on for innings six by lead the of 56. close, a first- win their in heels four after with their third, days a AMERICAN FOOTBALL: A erely depleted squad, Jamie, new NFL power, Atlanta Fal- Leach scoring twice in their. cons, have risen to 4-3 victory at Bracknell. CarSan Francisco 49ers' domina- diff Devils remain third fol-: tion of the National Confer- lowing their 3-2 victory ence West. They went to the Sheffield Steelers.

top of the division yesterday ROWING: Despite starting. with a 31-19 win over the third and crossing the finish 49ers, who have dropped to line first, the second with a 7-3 record. Molesey composite quad For the now 8-2 Falcons, containing Searle broththis was the first win in six ers were surprisingly edged, starts against the team who by 0.27sec in Saturday's have won the NFC West title Fullers Head of the in 13 of the last 18 seasons. Fours by a composite TideHottest team the way National Conference remain London quad. the 9-1 Minnesota Vikings, The winners, lightweight 24-3 winners over Cincinnati internationals Tom ton, Ian Watson, Tim Male BASKETBALL: The London Matthew Beechey, Leopards' crisis deepened started at 351st and may last night when Saturday's have benefited from wind home defeat by Chester was assistance, recording a time followed by a 115-81 defeat at of 17min 36.86sec, which the Sheffield Sharks.

Their broke the event record by record is now 4-7. over 16 seconds. Sheffield's win keeps them CYCLING: Jeannie Longo, within two points of leaders 40, France's Olympic road Manchester with a game in race champion, abandoned hand. her attempt at Manchester A close first quarter, won Velodrome on Saturday to 22-18 by the Sharks, made improve her own women's way for a dominant Sheffield world hour record of 48.159 second period which the kilometres set in Mexico home team outscored the City just over two years ago. SNOOKER White to compete after fall JIMMY declared and "raring again after fall had place in Victoria onship the International today.

The world won his in 1992, Birch, of brough, for a place 32 but weekend's a Malvern became starter. SPORT Eternit Traxdata CarnaSloothaak's San Patrig3, A Pollmann(Germany); 4, (GB). Cup qualifier. 1, (Switzerland); 2, Teb3, Beerbaum's (Germany). GB: 13, Dream; 22, WhiAshley.

Whitaker's Billington's VirIge leaders: 1, Raymakers (Holland) GB: eq-5, Fisher eq-13, Smith, 13. qualifier: 1, (Germany); 2, 3 Wirths' SouR Davison's Hiscox Ch'ship: 1, Radiator; 3, 0 Becker's final in 1992 and threatened to another break sequence when fast Joyce improving in the semiBut Linda Charand Jane Martin, came into the as a reserve, to the occasion. was Martin's impressive record Owens as as her sparkling against New Zeathat gained her preference over Charin England's team the final. On the big occasion, however, the Geordie's flashes of brilliance were too few isolated to deny disciplined and determined Owens. (Germany).

GOLF EQUESTRIANISM WORLD CUP SHOW Grand Prix: 1, Charles' velly (Ireland); 2, nano Joli Coeur (Germany); Schweckhorst's Power Light Lampard's Abbervail Dream Show Jumping World Mandi's Poor Boy bel's Radiator (Germany); Neron de la Tourelle Lampard's Abbervail taker's Virtual Village Virtual Village Welham and tual Village Niko retired. western European Mandli, 27pts; eq-2, T. Coyle (Ireland) 20. Best 17; eq-9, Whitaker 15; Dressage world Cup Werth's Nissan Antony Salzgeber's Rusty (Germany); veraen (Germany). GB: 6, Ascari.

Audi International 2, Simon's E.T. FRH (Austria); Dobel's Bellenuit (Germany). GOLF TAIHEIYO MASTERS (Gotemba, final scores (Japanese unless stated): 275 Westwood (GB) 72, 67, 67, 69. 277-M Ozaki 69, 72, 69, 67. 278 Herrera (Colombia) 65, 74, 68, 71.

279-F Minoza (Philippines) 68, 70, 67, 74. 280-H Fujita 73, 70, 69, 68; Ozaki 68, 70, 71, 71. 281-R Goosen (S Africa) 70, 74, 67, 70; Meshial 71, 71, 65, 74. Other GB: 283 A Coltart 69, 72, 72, 70. 284 Howell 70, 73, 73, 68; Clarke 71, 71, 70, 72.

SNR MATCH PLAY CHALLENGE (Palm Desert, 2nd rd (US unless stated): Irwin bt Summerhays 2 Morgan bt Quigley 3 Charles (New Zealand) bt Colbert 2 Graham (Australia) bt Sigel 2 1. SHARK SHOOTOUT (Thousand Oaks, 2nd rd leaders (US unless stated): 130-D Love Faxon 68, 62. 131-T Kite Mayfair 69, 62; Norman Elking. ton (Australia) 67, 64; Andrade Haas 68, 63; Daly Zoeller 65, 66; Rocca (Italy) Hoch 66, 65. 134- Lietzke McCarron 72, 72; Couples Leonard 69, 65; Jacobsen Cook 68, 66.

136 Crenshaw Stadler 70, 66; Sutton Day 68, 68. 138- Calcavecchia A Magee 73, 65. JOHNNIE WALKER SUPER TOUR (Shenzhen, Leading final scores: 269-V Singh (Fiji) 70, 66, 71, 62. 271-E Els (S Africa) 70, 68, 67, 66. 278-J Parnevik (Sweden) 68, 70, 71, 69.

279-B Watts (US) 70, 69, 71, 69. 308- Laura Davies (GB) 79, 78, 73, 78. THAILAND OPEN Leading final scores: 272-J Kingston (S Africa) 69, 64, 69, 70; Milkha Singh (India) 69, 67, 70, 66. 273 Kamps (S Africa) 67, 71, 69, 66. 274--J Randhawa (India) 65, 66, 73, 70; Ruangkit (Thailand) 68, 67, 68, 71.

GB: 275- Yates 69, 66, 70, 70. 281-K Walker 69, 67,72, 73. WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN Leading final scores (Australian unless stated): 280 -M McGuire (New Zealand) 72, 72, 69, 67. 284-K Robbins (US) 75, 74, 65, 70. 287-J Crafter 79, 71, 70, 67.

289 Webb 78, 70, 70, 71. 290 Neumann (Sweden) 73, 74, 69, 74. 292-J Stephenson 74, 72, 72, 74; Philo (US) 75, 74, 75, 68; Lunn 76, 73, 70, 73. 294-T Fischer (Germany) 79, 71, 73, 71. 295 Kerr (US) 74, 78, 77, 66.

GB: 298 Duffy 79, 71, 75, 73. 307-J Crowe 76, 74, 81, 76. 308-S Bennett 75, 81, 74, 78; Reid 79, 79,79,71. EUROPEAN CUP (Praia D'EI Rey, 2nd day fourballs (Senior Tour names first, GB Ireland unless stated): Polland Jones bt Gustafson Nilsmark (Sweden) 1 hole; O'Sullivan Verwey halved with Lunn Johnson; Coles Rhodes bt Fairclough Hjorth (Sweden) 4 Waites Huggett bt M- de Lorenzi (France) A Nicholas 1 hole; O'Connor jnr Horton bt Matthew McKay 4 3. Overall score after 2nd day: Senior Men European LPGA Final day singles: O'Sullivan lost to Gustafson 4 Waites lost to Johnson 2 Verwey lost to Matthew 4 Rhodes lost to Lunn 3 Huggett halved with Nilsmark; Coles bt A Nicholas 2 Jones bt Fairclough 2 Polland lost to Hjorth 5 4, O'Connor Jnr bt McKay 5 Horton lost to M-L de Lorenzi 4 2.

Overall score: Senior Tour 10, European LPGA 10. GYMNASTICS BRITISH MEN'S CH'SHIPS (Stoke-on- Snrs: 1, Heap (North Tyne) 53.000; 2, A Atherton (Park Wrekin) 52.952; Brewer (Woking) 52.500; 4, Brindle (Leeds) 49.900; 5, Smethurst (Manchester) 49.750. U-18: 1, Thompson (Huntingdon) 47.850; eq-2, Eaton (Hinckley) 47.750, Podobin (Milton Keynes) 47.750. U-16: 1, Dennison (Stoke) 50.000; 2, Evans (Park Wrekin) 48.550; eq-3, Wilson (Basingstoke) 47.100, Freeman (Manchester) 47.100. HOCKEY SOUTH Prem: Beckenham 2, Herne Bay 1-Blackheath 3, Chichester 3- Bournemouth 0, Whitgiftians 3 City Of Portsmouth 5, Anchorians 2- Fareham 3, Maidenhead 2--0 Cranleighans 6, Wokingham 0- Richmond 4, Gore Court 2- Tunbridge Wells 5, Woking 1-Wimbledon 0, High Wycombe 0 -Winchester 5, Purley 3.

Blandford 3, London Univ 2- 1, Barnes 2-Dulwich 1, 0 Georgians 5. Goan 0, Mid Whitgiftians 4- London Wayfarers 1, Spencer 3- Oxted 2, Hasiemere 2- Portsmouth 0, Epsom 2-Trojans 1, Andover 2. BBHC 4, Ashford 1-Folkstone 8, South Saxons 0 Horsham 3, Burnt Ash 1-Marden Russets 3, Rochester Gillingham 3- 8, Bexley Invicta 1- Mid Sussex 2, Tulse Hill 1-0 Bordenians 0, Brighton -0 Holcombeians 3, Worthing 1-0 Williamsonians 6, Lloyds Bank 3-Sevenoaks 3, Eastbourne 2. ICE SKATING Shorten shines By Sandra Stevenson By Dee WHITE has himself ready to go" bathroom threatened his Liverpool Champistarts at Bournemouth Centre No 18 who UK title faces Jon Middles17 frames in the following last accident at hotel, he doubtful IN BRIEF ford 1, Staines Newbury 7- Kingstonians 3 Milton Keynes wick 2, Sonning 3 Richings Pk stead 0, Hendon HARP SNR Lisnagarvey Banbridge 3, Olympic 2-Mossley Sect 2: Parkview 5, Larne 1-Down 4, Sth Antrim 0. EAST ANGLIAN Bury St Edmunds 1, Letchworth 2-Ipswich (2) 4, ICE NATIONAL Detroit 1-New Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Saturday: 4, Montreal 1 3-Toronto 2, 1-Philadelphia 4, Florida 0-St nix 4, Tampa Bay Carolina 5, Los SEKONDA chester 3- London 3, Nottingham Newcastle 3, BRITISH NAT'L Kingston 6, 3 Basingstoke Kingston CYCLING and skating may appear have little in but Clive credited his victory Saturday in the Ice Skating ships at Keynes to a track speed insistence Shorten should train on bikes out of the gym.

Shorten gained title that belonged Steven Cousins eight of the past years with a he rated as "OK far from my best. like there's a lot in Cousins is no competing and obvious Neil Wilson, Oxon: Ash3- -Farnham Common 0, -Hayes 2, Ramgaria 3-Lions 2, 0-Marlow 2, Gerards Cross 5, Abingdon 0-PHC Chis1-Phoenix 1, City Of Oxford 4, Sunbury 2-West Hamp1. Sect 1: Annadale 0, 3-Instonians 2, Cookstown 1- Cliftonville 0- Raphoe 2, Newry 3, Bangor 3. 0, Antrim 8- Collegians 0, Civil Service 2-Kilkeel WOMEN SUPER Prem Div: 1, Harleston 3- Cambridge 1-Dereham 1, Blueharts Ashford 0. HOCKEY Friday: Dallas 5, Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 3-NY Boston 3 (OT)-Colorado 8, 1-Vancouver 5, Anaheim 2.

Dallas 3, Boston 1-Edmonton -Washington 5, NY Islanders Ottawa 1-Buffalo 6, Chicago 6, New Jersey 1-Pittsburgh Louis 5, Nashville 1-Phoe1-Anaheim 1, Calgary 0-- Angeles 3. SUPERLEAGUE: Ayr 4, Man3, Bracknell 4- Bracknell 4- Cardiff 3, Sheffield 2- Manchester 5. LGE: Fife 4, Paisley 1- Edinburgh 5 -Slough 2, Guildford 4, Telford 3 Edinburgh 4, 0-Guildford 2, Slough 4-Paisley 2, Peterborough 1 (ot). ICE SKATING bt Lubiani Zavagli 6-2, 6-3. MOTORCYCLING BRITISH CH'SHIPS (Milton Shorten (Chelmsford) 1.5 factored placements; 2, Davies (Belfast) 4.0; 3, Bell (Solihull) 4.0 (not tied); 4, A Street (Blackburn) 5.5.

Ice Dance: 1, Clements Shortland (Slough) 2.4; 2, Kerr son (Aberdeen) 4.6; 3, Humphreys Baranov (Blackburn) 5.8; 4, Keeble Zalewski (Lee Valley) 7.0. Women: 1, Main (Edinburgh) 1.5; 2, Sear (Milton Keynes) 4.0; 3, Jones (Blackburn) 4.5; 4, Holmes (Ayr) 6.0; 5, Papavasiliou (Glasgow) 6.5. GRAND PRIX SERIES (Gelsenkirchen, 2nd day, Men's final standings: 1, A Yagudin (Russia) 1.5pts; 2, A Abt (Russia) 3.0; 3, A Vlascenko (Germany) 4.5; 4, Shigematsu (Japan) 7.0; 5, Cerez (Germany) 7.0; 6, J-F Hebert (Canada) 9.5. Women's short programme: 1, Sokolova (Russia) 0.5 pts; 2, Butyrskaya (Russia) 1.0; 3, Lavrenschuk (Ukraine) 1.5; 4, Rechnio (Poland) 2.0; 5, Yokoya (Japan) 2.5; 6, Robinson (Canada) 3.0. Women's final: Sokolova 1.5pts; 2, Lavrenschuk 3.5; 3, Butyrskaya 4.0; 4, Rechnio 6.0; 5, Robinson 8.0; 6, McConn (US) 9.5; 7, Yokoya 9.5.

Pairs final standings: 1, Petrova Tichonov (Russia) 1.5; 2, Schwarz Mueller (Germany) 3.0; 3, Stiegler (US) 5.0; 4, Berankova Diabola (Czech Rep) 5.5; 5, Saurette J-S Fecteau (Canada) 7.5; 6, Kautz Jeschke (Germany) 9.0. Final Ice dance standings: 1, A Krylova 0 Ovsiannikov (Russia) 2.0; 2, S-L Bourne Kraatz (Canada) 4.0; 3, Winkler Lohse (Germany) 6.0; 4, Gruschina Gonscharov (Ukraine) 8.0; 5, Chait Sachnovski (Israel) 10.4; 6, A Denkova Staviski (Bulgaria) 11.6. LAWN ATP T'MENT Semi-finals: Martin (US) bt Henman (GB) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Johansson (Sweden) bt Rusedski (GB) 7-5, 7-6 (9-7). Final: Martin bt Johansson 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. ATP T'MENT Semi-finals: Kafelnikov (Russia) bt Rosset (Switzerland) 6-1, 2-0 ret; Ivanisevic (Croatia) bt Clement (France) 7-5, 6-2.

Final: Kafelnikov bt Ivanisevic 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5). ATP T'MENT Qtr-finals: Marin (Costa Rica) bt Rios (Chile) 6-4, 6-7, 7-5; Mantilla (Spain) bt Courier (US) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6; Clavet (Spain) bt Lapentti (Ecuador) 6-4, 6-4; El Aynaoul (Morocco) bt Puerta (Argentina) 6-2, 1-0 ret. Semi-finals: El Aynaoui bt Mantilla 6-4, 6-4; Clavet Marin 6-2, 7-5. Final: Clavet bt El Aynaoui 6-2, 6-4. WTA T'MENT Qtr-finals: Graf (Germany) bt Hingis (Switzerland) 2, 4-6, 6-0; Johansson (Sweden) bt Stoltenberg (Australia) 7-5, 7-5; Davenport (US) bt A Frazier (US) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Seles (US) bt Zvereva (Belarus) 6-0, 6-1.

Semifinals: Graf bt Tauziat 6-1, 6-4; Davenport bt Seles 6-3, 6-3. Final: Graf bt Davenport 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. GIROBANK TOUR FINALS Weal (Hants) bt Hand (Berks) 6-3, 6-2. Women: Reesby (Notts) bt Seal (Leics) 7-5, 6-2. LTA WOMEN'S CHALLENGER Lubiani (Italy) bt Cross (Devon) 6-4, 6-7, 6-1; Schwartz (Austria) Mandula (Hungary) 7-6, 6-1.

Final: Schwartz bt Lubiani 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles semi-finals: Schwartz Woehr (Germany) bt Abe Sikiosi (Germany) 6-7 retired; Lubiani M-P Zavagi (Italy) bt Latimer (Warwicks) Ward (Middlesex) 6-4 -6-2. Final: Schwartz Woehr NAT'L DOWNLAND TROPHY TRIAL (Didcot, Oxon)- Solos: 1, Howells (175 Yamaha) Omks lost; 2, Couldwell (340 BSA) 3, Kendall (350 Triumph) 4, A Taylor (200 Triumph) 1. Best sidecar. Sherbourne (440 BSA) 8.

OVERSEAS AUSTRIA: Rapid Vienna 3, Austria Vienna 1- LASK Linz 0, Sturm Graz 0. BELGIUM: St Trond 2, Genk 2- -Westerio 0, Beveren 0- -Mouscron 3, Aalst 1 Lommel 0, Ghent 1- Lokeren 2, Lierse 0- FC Bruges 3, Charlerol: 2- -Ekeren 2, Kortrijk, 1- Hareibeke 2, Ostend 1-Anderlecht 0, Standard Liege 1. CAF CUP Final 1st leg: Club CS SFax (Tunisa) 1, Jeanne d'Arc (Senegal) 0. figure due to injury. Shorten, to who is 25 and trains in common Chelmsford, lost two Shorten years while three on operations were perBritish formed on his left in knee.

Milton He thought his short- career was over but skater's Stuart Horsepool, one that of Britain's most also ous speed skaters, and devised a regimen for him which, said the Shorten, "built the to strength which has for kept me injury-free all nine showing Stephanie Main but reclaimed the title she I feel previously won in 1993 more and 1995 while Charlotte Clements and longer Gary Shortland his retained their ice dance crown with withdrew ease. 5 FAI HARP Prem: Derry 2, Sligo 0 Finn Harps 6, Bray 2- Shamrock 0, Cork 3. FRANCE: Bastia 3, Monaco 1-Bordeaux 0, Sochaux 0- Marseilles 1, Lens 0 Metz 1, Nantes 0-Montpellier 3, Auxerre 0- Rennes 0, Lyons 0-Toulouse 1, Nancy 1- Strasbourg 2, Lorient 0-Le Havre 0, Paris St Germain 4. GERMANY: Wolfsburg 2, Hertha Berlin 1- Bayer Leverkusen 3, Nuremberg 0-Borussia Dortmund 3, Schalke 0 Hamburg 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 1- Bayern Munich 2, VfB 2, Stuttgart 0- Duisburg 2, Bochum 0-Werder Bremen 0, Kaiserslautern 1-Hansa Rostock 1, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-SC Freiburg 1, 1860 Munich 2. HOLLAND: Doetinchem 2, Roda JC 3- MW Maastricht, 2 AZ Alkmaar 1-NEC NijB megen 2, FC Twente 2-Vitesse Arnhem 2, Utrecht 0-RKC Waalwijk 5, Sparta Rotterdam 1-Feyenoord 4, Fortuna Sittard 1- Willem Tilburg 2, NAC Breda 1-Ajax 2, PSV Eindhoven 2.

INTER-AMERICAN 1st leg: DC United (US) 0, Vasco de Gama (Brazil) 1. ITALY: Empoli 2, Cagliari 1-Inter Milan 3, Sampdoria 0- Parma 4, Udinese 1-Piacenza 4, Fiorentina 2- Roma 2, Juventus 0- Salernitana 2, Perugia 0-Venezia 2, Lazio 0- Vicenza 0, Bologna 4-Bari 0, AC Milan 0. PORTUGAL: Campomaiorense 0, FC Porto 2-Estrela Amadora 1, Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1- Academica Coimbra 2, Boavista 3 Beira Mar 0, Farense 1- Chaves 1, Leiria 2- Rio Ave 2, Maritimo 1-Setubal 3, Salgueiros 0-- Benfica 4, Braga 1- Sporting 2, Alverca 0. SPAIN: Real Madrid 1, Celta Vigo 2 Villareal 2, Atletico Madrid 1-Barcelona 4, Tenerife 1-Valladolid 1, Mallorca 0 Real Betis 1, Real Sociedad 0-Deportivo La Coruna 2, Alaves 2-Athletic Bilbao 3, Real Oviedo 5 Racing Santander 4, Salamanca 1-Extremadura 1, Valencia 0- -Zaragoza 0, Espanyol 3. Servette 2, Grasshopper 0- FC Zurich 3, Lausanne 3Lucerne 1, Xamax 1-Aarau 1, Young Boys 1-Sion 2, Lugano 0-Basle 1, St Gallen 0.

Istanbulspor 2, Bursaspor 3- Adanaspor 1, Ankaragucu 0 Genclerbirligi 1, Antalyaspor 2-Kocaelispor 2, Dardanelspor 0 Erzurumspor 2, Altay 1-Karabukspor 1, Sakaryaspor 2-Fenerbahce 4, Gaziantepspor 0. REAL TENNIS BRITISH LAND BRITISH OPEN CH'SHIPS (Queen's 1st rd: Eadle bt Dale 5-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-5; Willcocks bt I Ronaldson 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-5; Howell bt Sheldon 6-2, 6-3, 6-1; A Phillips bt Seigneur 6-4, 6-1, 6-2; Ludekens bt Howard 6-4, 6-5, 6-4; Pendrigh bt Dawes 4-1, ret; A Lyons bt Latham 6-3, 6-5, 6-0; Prenn bt I Snell 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. ROAD RUNNING INT'NAL WOMEN'S MARATHON (Tokyo; all Japan): 1, Asari 2h 28m 29s; 2, A Ichihara 2-28-29; 3, A Miyazaki 2-30-06. NORTH FACE HIGH PEAK 10-STAGE RELAY (Cromford Mill, 35 1, Hallamshire 3-15-3; 2, Matlock 3-18-07; 3, Mansfield 3-18-37; 4, Nth Derbyshire 3-18-58; 5, Mansfield Veterans 3-26-27; 6, Hatton Darts 3-29-14. Women: Hallamshire 4-13-55.

VICTORIA PARK 4 MILES 1, Emery (Westbury) 19-41; 2, Rose (Bristol) 19-50; 3, O'Doherty (Westbury) 19-54. Veteran over 50: Cordwell (Bristol) 22-47. Over 60: A Hickson (Avon Valley Runners) 27-41. Over 65: A Hurst (Somer) 30-28. Women: 1, Pincombe (Minehead) 21-58; 2, Marchant (City of Bath) 23-58; 3, Howard (unatt) 24-15.

POOLE RUNNERS 5KM 1, Hurdwell (Bournemouth) 15-40 (course rec); 2, Hoey (Bournmouth) 15-49; 3, Olden (New Forest Runners) 15-56. Veteran: Cutler (Poole Runners) 17-05. Over 50: Walmsley (Poole Runners) 17-27. Jnr. Roberts (Bournemouth) 16-59.

Women: 1, Doe (Poole Runners) 18-54 (course rec); 2, Wilson (unatt) 19-30; 3, Connell (New Forest Runners) 19-50. SPARTANS 5KM 1, A Coleman (Enfield) 15-00; 2, Whelan (Chelmsford) 15-48; 3, Gentle (Nth Herts Road Runners) 15-58. Veteran: Walsh (Luton) 15-59. Over 50: Moore (Hertford Ware) 17-00. Women: 1, Black (Fairlands Valley Striders) 18-01; 2, Weatherill (Shaftesbury Barnet) 18-16; 3, Cooke (March Braza) 18-36.

REEBOK 10KM 1, Miles (Birchfield) 30m 22s; 2, Hill (Phoenix) 30-38; 3, Glenton (Southampton Running Club) 30-42. Veteran: Gates (Brighton Hove) 30-55 (course rec). Teams: 1, Brighton Hove 43pts; 2, Phoenix 66; 3, Stad Dieppe, France 84. Women: 1, Herbert (Arena 80) 34-31; 2, A Chapman (Highgate) 35-46; 3, Williams (Phoenix) 35-55. Team: Arena 80.

Veteran: Cornford (Brighton Hove) 36-22. DEVON SERIES 3KM 1, Morris (Exeter Univ) 9-28; 2, A Chudley (Sth West Road Runners) 9-30; 3, Carthy (City of Plymouth) 9-40. Veteran: Donaghy (Exmouth) 9-46. Over 50: Pillar (Dartmouth) 11-22. Over 60: Hair (South Devon) 11-14.

Women: 1, Collins (Exeter Harriers) 12-18; 2, Fowler (Exeter Univ) 12-24; 3, Parton (Sth Devon) 12-43. Veteran over 50: Routley (Exmouth) 13-52. LENSBURY BRIDGES 2.3 MILES 1, Rye (Thames Hare Hounds) 12-9; 2, Jacobs (Herne Hill) 13-08; 3, Gray (Maidstone) 13-18. Women: A Hebbard (British Telecom) 16-00. GOSPORT HALF-MARATHON 1, Adams (City of Portsmouth) 1-9-35; 2, Stamp of Portsmouth) 1-09-41; 3, Thomson (City of Portsmouth) 1-09-44.

Team: City of Portsmouth 17. Veteran: Bliss (Overton) 1-10-58. Over 45: Rhimes (City of Portsmouth) 1-14-03. Over 50: Smith (Southampton Running Club) 1-17-07. Over 55: Willers (Havant) 1-24-13.

Over 60: Gould (Wessex Road Runners) 1- 25-41. Women: 1. McGimpsey (Southampton City) 1-22-49; 2, Whiley (Reading Roadrunners) 1-23-30; 3, McDonald (Portsmouth Joggers) 1-25-30. Veteran over 40: Rhimes (Southampton City) 1-26-27. Over 50: Phillips (Gloucester) 1-31-32.

ROAD WALKING MIDLAND WINTER LGE (Perry Pk, Men 10km: 1, A Drake (Coventry RWC) 44-40; 2, Thorn (Coventry RWC) 47-27; 3, Adams (Leicester WC) 47-51. Teams: 1, Coventry RWC 20; 2, Leicester WC 38; 3, Dudley Sturbridge 64. Women 5km: 1, Horwill (Dudley Sturbridge) 26-27; 2, Mann (Solihull Small Heath) 27-24; 3, Richmond (Solihull Small Heath) 27-45. Teams: 1, Solihull Small Heath 10; 2, Dudley Sturbridge) 24; 3, Wolverhampton Bilston 33. POST OFFICE 9KM 1, Uttley 46m; 2, A Ellam (Colchester) 46-26; 3, Sharpe (Ilford) 52-27.

Teams: 1, Ilford 2, Cambridge Harriers 20; 3, Ilford 37. Women: 1, Crilley (Surrey WC) 57-35; 2, Phillips 58-09; 3, Campbell (Dartford) 58-25. ROWING FULLERS HEAD OF THE RIVER FOURS (Mortlake to Top 20 Pennant winners (Quad sculls unless otherwise indicated; starting positions in brackets); 1, (351) Tideway (Open quad overall winners) 17m36.86s (record); 2, (3) 3, (2) Leander 4, (5) Tideway Scullers 5, (9) Leander Ill (Open coxless fours winners) 6, (15) Goldie I (COXless 7, (18) Scottish Rowing 8, (105) London VI (Sen 2 quad winners) 9, (17) Nott's County 10, (36) Leander VI 11, (8) Nott's County 12, (49) Univ of 13, (1) Mainzer R-V (Germany) (14) Isis I (coxless four) 15, (22) Molesey 16, (364) Univ of (coxless four) 17, (13) Leander IV (Open coxed four winners) 18, (21) Nott's County 19, (381) (coxed four) 20, (274) Star III (Sen 1 quad winners) OTHER DIVISION Sen Coxless Fours: 22, (28) Imperial Tower Sen 2 Coxed Fours (provisional): 24, (84) Isis Jun Quads: 35, (356) Hampton Sch Women's Quads: 61, (51) I Veteran Coxed Coxless Fours: 73, (483) of Oxford Sen 1 Coxed Fours: 80, (60) Goldie IV Sen 2 Coxless Fours: 48, (55) Isis IV Women's Sen 2 Quads: 101, (195) Marlow IV Sen 3 Coxed Fours (Academic): 109, (449) Granta III Women's Open Coxless Fours: 114, (76) Women's Sen 2 Coxed Fours: 140, (512) Univ of London WBC Women's Open Coxed Fours: 168, (489) Queen's Sen 3 Coxed Fours (Club): 193, (317) Star Women's Sen 3 Academic Coxed Fours: 364, (449) Oxford Univ WBC Ill Women's Sen 3 Club Coxed Fours: 385, (254) Thames IX RUGBY LEAGUE BARLA NATIONAL Prem: Askam 50, Leigh Miners 18- Beverley 4, Hull 50-Heworth 3, Walney 6- Saddleworth 12, Woolston 2-Skirlaugh 40, Egremont 10- Thornhill 20, Lock Lane 20 Wigan St 8, Oldham St A 22. Div 1: Barrow Is 76, Mayfield 4- Dudley 30, Hill Millom 6 Leigh 20, Moldgreen 23- -Milford 35, Shaw Cross 34- Oulton 22, Featherstone 14-Redhill 21, Leeds 4-Siddal 22, Wigan St 16. Div 2: Blackbrook 40, Eastmoor 12- Eccles 78, New Earswick 4-Ideal 19, London Sk 12- Normanton 18, Hull 16-Ovenden 12, Dodworth 18-York Ac 26, Keighley 5.

SKIING DAILY TELEGRPAH BUSA BRITISH UNIVS DRY SLOPE CH'SHIPS (Midlothian SC, Hillend, Edinburgh). Men, Slalom (2 runs): 1, Bainbridge (Bristol) 37.14; 2, Brown (Edinburgh) 37.38; 3, Pilarski (Napier) 38.12; 4, Crouch (Brunel) 38.75. Giant Slalom: 1, Brown 19.53; 2, Walker (Bristol) 19.67; 3, A Lambert (Edinburgh) 19.83; 4, A Sheddon (Sheffield) 20.17. Combined: 1, Brown 56.91 (holder); 2, Bainbridge 57.88; 3, Pilarski 58.68; 4, Sheddon 59.36. Women, Slalom: 1, Westmacott (Newcastle) 44.61; 2, Shaw (Oxford) 45.17; 3, Rawlings (Loughborough) 47.73; 4, Wright (Edinburgh) 48.85.

Giant Slalom: 1, Roache (Sheffield) 21.11; 2, Robertson (Robert Gordons) 21.52; 3, Morris (York) 21.75; 4, Westmacott 21.76. Combined: 1, Westmacott 66.38; 2, Shaw 67.83; 3, Wright 71.55; 4, Rawlings 71.70. Team (combined): 1, Edinburgh 120.94 (holders); 2, Bristol 123.62; 3, Edinburgh 126.50; 4, Sheffield 126.94. SPEED SKATING WORLD CUP (Hamar, Men, 1, 1 Postma (Holland) 2, A Sondral (Norway) 3, Straathof (Holland) eq-1, Rykkje (Norway) Romme (Holland) 3, Ritsma (Holland) Women, 1, Niemann-Stirnemann (Germany) 2, Pechstein (Germany) 3, de Jong (Holland) 4, Groenewold (Holland) 1500m: 1, Niemann-Stiremann 2, Witty (US) 3, Pechstein SQUASH BPA CANNONS SATELLITE CH'SHIP (Duffield). Men's Qtr-finals: Meads (Berks) bt Cowie (Scotland) 15-12, 9-15, 15-7, 15-5; Hargrave (Derbys) bt Ball (Suffolk) 11-15, 15-8, 15-4, 15-5; Lord (Cheshire) bt Leach (Warks) 15-11, 9-15, 15-13, 15-10; Garner (Sussex) bt Russell (Kent) 15-10, 15-9, 11-15, 15-3.

Semi-finals: Hargrave bt Meads 15-12, 15-12, 15-3; Lord bt Garner 15-9, 15-10, 15-2. Final: Hargrave bt Lord 9-15, 15-14, 15-11, 2-0 retd. Women's Qtr-finals: Brind (Kent) bt Buckley (Essex) 9-6, 9-1, 9-3, Macree (Essex) bt J. Hodkinson (Avon) 9-7, 7-9, 9-3, 9-7; Balley (Lincs) bt Hill (Derbys) 9-2, 9-0, 9-1: Tranfield (Yorks) bt V. Lankaster (Suffolk) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0.

Semi-finals: Macree bt Brind 1-9. 9-2, 9-6, 4-9, 9-5; Tranfield Bailey 9-3, 9-6, 9-2. Final: Tranfield bt Macree 10-9, 9-6, 9-6. WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM CH'SHIP (Stuttgart, Semi-finals: Australia 3, Sth Africa 0 (S Fitz-Gerald bt Nitch 9-0, 9-5, 9-4; Martin bt Grainger 9-6, 4-9, 9-5, 9-7; Owens bt A Clifton-Parks 9-1, 9-2); England 2, New Zealand 1 (L Charman bt Beams 9-5, 9-3, 9-2; Wright lost to Joyce 6-9, 5-9, 8-10; Martin bt Cook 9-6, 9-1, 9-4). Final: Australia 3, England 0 (M Martin bt Wright 9-3, 3-9, 9-10, 9-2, 9-5; Owens bt Martin 9-4, 9-7, 9-1; Fitz-Gerald bt Horner 9-6, 9-4.

3rd Place Play-off: New Zealand bt Sth Africa 2-1- (L Joyce bt Granger 8-10, 9-2, 9-1, 9-1, Cook bt A Clifton-Parks 9-6, 9-4, 10-9, Beams lost to Nitch 2-9, 0-9). Final Positions: 1, Australia; 2, England; 3, New Zealand, 4, Africa; 5 Germany; 6, Holland; 7, France; 8, Egypt; 9, US; 10, Canada; 11, Belgium; 12, Scotland; 13, Switzerland; 14, Ireland; 15, Spain; 16, Sweden; 17, Denmark; 18, Hong Kong; 19, Nigeria; 20, Austria; 21, Colombia. SWIMMING SPEEDO BRITISH GRAND PRIX Men, 200m freestyle: A Clayton (Bath Univ) 200m backstroke: A Ruckwood (Birmingham) 200m breast-stroke: Seddon (Rotherham) 2- 21.83. 50m butterfly: Jones (Ealing) 25.34. 200: Jones (Newcastle) 100m medley: Hickman.

(Leeds) 56.32. Freestyle 100m: 1, Hickman 50.51; 2, Brinn (Bath Univ) 50.78; 3, Kidd (Leatherhead) 51.41. 400m: 1, Hudson (Portsmouth Northsea) 2, I Wilson (Leeds) 3, A Faulkner (Nova Centurion) 3- 56.95. 100m backstroke: 1, Willey (Bath Univ) 55.71; 2, Ruckwood 56.96; 3, Smith (Loughborough Univ) 58.35. 50m breaststroke: 1, Poole (Portsmouth Northsea) 29.38; 2, Brettell (Bath Univ) 29.56; 3, Maden (Bath Univ) 29.58.

200m medley: 1, Harris (Greenwich Boro Mariners) 2, Racher (Leeds) 3, Archer (Nova Centurion) Women freestyle 50m: Rolph (Newcastle) 26.18. 800m: Cooke (Reading) 200m backstroke: Sexton (Portsmouth Northsea) 100m breast-stroke: Mullins (Orpington Ojays? 50m butterfly: Rolph 28.39. 400m medley: Corner (Wigan Wasps) Freestyle 100m: 1, Huddart (Leeds) 56.88; 2, Legg (Ferndown) 3, Marshall (Sth Lincs) 56.07. 400m: 1, Legg 4- 13.01; 2, Pedder (Portsmouth Northsea) 4- 15.19; 3, Nisbet (Leeds) 50m backstroke: 1, Sexton 30.22; 2, Marshall 30.29; 3, Jiggins (Coventry) 30.40. 200m breast-stroke: 1, Earp (Newcastle-underLyme) 2, Hindmarsh (Leeds) 2- 30.87; 3, King (Bath Univ) 100m butterfly: 1, Brett (Loughborough Univ) 1- 02.58; 2, Pedder 3, Lee (Camphill.

Edwardians) VOLLEYBALL MEN'S WORLD CH'SHIPS Gp A (Fukuoka): Spain 3, Korea 2 (7-15, 13-15, 15-13, 16-14); Japan 3, Egypt 0 (15-9, 15-12, 15-9). Standings (after 2 matches): Spain 4pts, Korea 3, Japan 3, Egypt 2. 0 Gp (Kobe): Italy 3, Thailand 0 (15-0, 15-2, 15-3); US 3, Canada 1 (6-15, 15-9, 16-14, 15-13). Standings (after 2 matches): Italy 4pts, US 4, Canada 2, Thailand 2. Gp (Sendai): Holland 3, Ukraine 0 (15-8, 15-10, 15-7); China 3, Czech Rep 0 (15-9, 15-9, 15-10).

Standings (after 2 matches) Holland 4pts, China 4, Ukraine 2, Czech Rep 2. Gp (Sapporo): Cuba 3, Iran 0 (15-2, 15-5, 15-7); Argentina 3, Poland 1 (14-16, 15-5, 15-7, 15-8). Standings (after 2 matches): Cuba 4pts, Argentina 4, Poland 2, Iran 2. Gp (Kawasaki): Brazil 3, Algeria 0 (15-2, 15-8, 15-6); Bulgaria 3, Greece 2 10-15, 16-14, 11-15, 15-9). Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil 4pts, Bulgaria 4, Greece 2, Algeria 2.

Gp (Uozu): Russia 3, Australia 0 (15-4, 15-7, 15-9); Yugoslavia 3, Turkey 0 (15-7, 15-3, 15-6). Standings (after 2 matches): Yugoslavia 4pts, Russia 4, Australia 2, Turkey 2. ENGLISH Men Div Tooting Aquila 3, Sheffield 2 (8-15, 15-9, 15-3, 12-15 15-11); Warwick Riga 3, Polonia 2 (2-15, 12-15, 15-3, 15-11); Wessex 1, Stoke 3. 10-15, 12-15, 8-15); London 3, Birmingham 1: (11-15, 15-7, 15-7, 15-4). Women Div Dorking 2, Britannia 3 (14-16, 15-12, 13-15, 15-7, 17-15); Liverpool 3, Birmingahm 0 (15-9, 15-9, 15-10); Loughborough 3, Sheffield 15 (15-2, 15-7, 11-15, 15-7).

WATER POLO NATIONAL Div 1: Parogon 7, Poly technic 14-Nova 8, Rotherham 9 Coventry 7, Bristol 10-Sutton 10, Royton 11-1 Lancaster 15, Parogon 5 Polytechnic 16, Nova 8- Bristol 8, Penguin 12-Lancaster 19, Sutton 4- Coventry 11, Penguin 14- Lancaster 21, Royton 4- Bristol 8, Polytechnic 15. WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD CH'SHIPS (Lahti, combined (94kg): 1, A Kakiasvill (Greece) 400kg (snatch 180, clean jerk 220); 2, Caruso (Germany) 395 (182.5 212.5): 3, Kokkas (Greece) 392.5 (175 217.5). Snatch: 1, Caruso 182.5; 2, Drzazga (Poland) 180; 3, Kakiasvili 180. Clean jerk: 1, Kakiasvill 220; 2, Kokkas 217.5; 3, Kolecki (Poland) 217.5 (nr World rec). Men's comb (105kg): 1, 1.

Razorjonov (Ukraine) 422.5kg (190 232.5); 2, Wenhua (China) 420 (195 225); 3, Gottfried (Ukraine) 415 (192.5 222.5). Snatch: 1, Wenhua 195; 2, Gottfried 192.5; 3, Razorjonov 190. Clean jerk: 1, 232.5; 2, Tesovic (Slovenia) 227.5; 3, Wen hua 225. Men's (over 105kg): 1, A Tchemerkine yan (Armenia) 427.5 (197.5, 230.0), 3, Scer(Russia) 437.5kg (197.5, 240.0), 2, A Vardanbatihs (Latvia) 422.5 (195.0, 227.5). Women (over 75 kg): 1.

Tang Gonghong (China) 255.0kg (110.0 snatch, 145.0 clean jerk); 2, Chen Hslao-Lien (Taiwan) 245.0 (105.0, 140.0); 3, I Urrutia (Colombia) 242.5 (110.0, 132.5); 4, A Wrobel (Poland) 242.5 (115.0, 127.5)..