Brother Patrick Memorial -- Final day

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Received: 2/7/07 3:32:01 PM 
From:  Vance <vanf(at)ihug.co.nz> 

  
Subject:  Brother Patrick Memorial -- Final day  


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6 February 2007 Brother Patrick Memorial fastpitch softball series.
Finalday.

   Titleholder Metro had a strong grasp on the Brother PatrickMemorial
Trophy at Penrose yesterday but a three-hit late-game battingdisplay
by Ramblers' Danish international Frederick Terkelson sparked
hisside to a fine 8-3 win.
   Metro dominated the first four innings with determinedbatting
and inspired coaching by injured player-coach Dion Nukunuku.Bernard
Hale, Des Pemerika and Garth Pollard had back-to-back hits in
thesecond, aided by Rod Caddy, to score the three runs and the
side lookedsecure.
   But Bobbie King started the comeback in the fifth withRamblers
taking four hits and a walk to score King, player-coach DonnyHale,
Lyndon Andrew and Aaron Thompson, with Terkelson getting the
secondof his three hits from four turns.
   Metro then failed to dent the pitching of Japanese importKengo
Terui and Ramblers continued the scoring spree with Hale, Andrewand
Terkelson hitting in the seventh, capped by a huge home run fromLawrence
Naera to score four more.
   Coach Hale was pleased that his side had climbed back fromthe
sluggish reaction to the previous weekend's scoring riot when
hisside had rammed out 40 home runs in an unprecedented display.
   "The round robin loss to Metro spurred us on," hesaid, "and
we developed our team scoring game. Freddie batted sowell but
I was annoyed when he bunted in his first turn at bat. He hitstoo
well to bunt when there are no runners on base."
   Hale and the team are aiming to regain the national clubtitle
it conceded last season.

Men: Ramblers 10 Hutt Valley Marist 0, Metro 1 United 0, Waitakere
Bears6 Hutt Marist 4, Metro 8 Otahuhu 2. Points after the round
robin: Metro14, Ramblers 12 Otahuhu and Bears 10, Auckland Marist
4, Hutt Marist 2,United 2 and 
Howick 2. 
Final: Ramblers 8 Metro 3.

Awards: Men: Top batter Patrick Shannon Bears .571, most runs
batted in 9and most home runs 4 Frederick Terkelson (Ramblers),
most stolen basesJosh Cooke (Metro) 5, top pitcher Kengo Terui
(Ramblers).





Women's section

   Waitakere Bears is a rare sight in New Zealand softball,full
of tall, lean players who run and throw hard. Bears hit well
andforced errors in the first inning against Marist, scoring
threeruns.
   Marist clutched one back in the second after clever battingby
Courtney Maihi and Courtney O'Donnell but Bears again forced
errors toscore two in the fifth and another two in the sixth
with top batting fromEmily Pateras and Tegan Bromhead.
   Marist used walks and a Casey Roper hit to score one in thefifth.
   Bears' coach Alan Lockton, aware his side is aiming for itsfirst
national title, is keen to get more games and hopes to match
hisside against some male opposition to get it into even bettercondition.

Women: Doreen Hutchings Trophy: Marist 11 Howick 0, Bears 5 Te
AtatuRoosters 5. Points: Bears 7, Marist 6, Roosters 3, Howick
and Otahuhu 2.
Final: Bears 7 Marist 2.

Women: Batter Stacy Harris (Otahuhu) .571, runs batted in Courtney
Warren(Otahuhu) 4, stolen bases Tara Lee Houkamau (Howick) 3,
home runs/RBIJanelle Mase (Roosters) 1 and 3), top pitcher Megan
Farrell (Bears).




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