Australia Wins Annual Trans-Tasman Veterans Test Match

Published Tue 23 Apr 2019

A courageous team of 36 players from across Australia beat New Zealand 32 to 28 in a close and hard fought contest in Taupo on Thursday 18th April. A number of the team were representing their country for the first time while others have been every time for nearly 20 years. While our ‘young guns’ fought valiantly, it was our older players who won the day. May they never die. As the end neared, the numbers were too close to call. It was our 0/60 Women who remained on the court. Despite losing 2/3 to NZ they had done enough to secure an Australian victory.

John Penberthy presented the Trans Tasman Cup on behalf of his brother Bruce who established the event. Our Test Match coordinator Jennifer Aduckiewicz accepted the trophy on behalf of the team and thanked New Zealand for organising the event, noting that it is always a pleasure to renew old friendships and test old rivalries.

TEAM RESULTS:

AGE	AUSTRALIA		RESULT	NEW ZEALAND		RESULT
40M	Simon Johnson	Safwat Boktur	2	Craig Dye	Stuart Armstrong	3
40W	Vivienne Halocha	Pippa-L Galloway	1	Shelley Neal	Mimi Walle	4
50M	David Griffiths	Michael Bowrey	0	Barry Griffiths	Kevin Yang	5
50W	Jeanne Strong	Hai Yan Zhang	0	Tutty Tafana	Sabin Westenra	5
60M	Wen Ung	Brian Berry	3	Lindsay Ward	Steven Hui Zhu	2
60W	Linda Towler	Irina Sakova	2	Lesley Gardner	Martina Bohn	3
65M	George Abdilla	Stephen Tai	4	Kheng Yee Lai	Ian Talbot	1
65W	Carol Cowie	Jennifer Aduckiewicz		NO TEAM
70M	Igor Klaf	Werner Borkhardt	4	William Wenstock	Wang Li Sheng	1
70W	Julie Coombes	Lenore Roder	1	Val Beaver	Tanya Sulimova	4
75M	Colin Geraghty	Thong Teck Lee	5	Jim Jarmin	Yiu Sum Leung	0
75W	Pamela Tait	Margaret Gabbedy	5	Heather Paul	Ngaire Garrett	0
80M	Jim Furness	Case De Bondt	5	Fleming Alison	Don Redfearn	0
		TOTAL	32		TOTAL	28

Australia Wins Annual Trans-Tasman Veterans Test Match

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