RESULTS of Albany Little Athletics, Saturday, March 29.

The Decima Norman Sportsperson Awards: U6s & 7s: Winner: P. Ebert 70 points, runner-up B. Kennedy 65. U8s & 9s. Winner: Z. Attwell 68, runner-up: S. McDonald. U10s &11s. Winner: T. Browne 61, runner-up: S. Gill. U12s & 13s. Winner: K. Gill 58, runner-up: S. Lloyd 57. U14s-17’s . Winner: S. Robson 70, runner-up: A. Halsall 63. Age Champions. U6 girls: S. Cooper, U7 girls: B. Kennedy, U7 boys: N. Fox: U8 girls: S. McDonald, U8 boys: M. Jones, U9 girls: A. Lawrie, U9 boys: R. Mounsey, U10 girls: K. Fitzpatrick, U10 boys, B. Rolland, U11 girls: A. Braimbridge, U11 boys: H. Goodwin, U12 girls: P. Maroni, U13 girls: K. Gill, U13 boys: Guy Kalma, U14 girls: L. Walsh, U14 boys: B. Halsall, U15 girls: A. Howard, U15 boys: M. Betti and U17 boys: A. Halsall. Albany Lions Shield. Winners: Yakamia 1103, runners-up: Amity 937, Third: Flinders 537.

Mike Biddulph Citizenship Award winner: Tessa Maroni.

FOOTBALL

RESULTS of the Great Southern Football League, March 30, round one.

League

Royals 11.8 (74) def North Albany 6.13 (49).

Goals: Royals: I. Edwards 4, C. Flick, K. Hamilton, C. Humphries, R. Kinnear, J. McCrae, N. Small, G. Verbruggen. North Albany: K. McGlade, R. Wilks, M. Proudlove, J. Lucas.

Best: Royals: R. Patterson, C. Humphries, J. Hummerston, I. Edwards. North Albany: W. Durack 2, S. Ericson, B. Hall, J. Tyson, B. Randall.

Reserves.

North Albany 12.20 (92) def Royals 3.5 (23).

North Albany: M. Beaton 2, B. Coyne 2, G. Wynne 2, I. Chambers 2, M. Chambers, K. Ericson, D. Loo, S. Hartney. Royals: F. Bolton, Z. McKain, A. Abbott.

Best: North Albany: G. Wynne; M. Chambers, L. Chambers, B. Coyne. Royals: Z. McKain, M. Gray, F. Mohammedum, W. Harvey.

Colts.

Royals 10.8 (68) def North Albany 5.4 (34).

Goal: Royals (S. Curnow 2, D. Parker 2, S. Juers, K. Deering, G. Delury, K. Hart, N. McCarthy, D. Morgan. North Albany: M. Williams, J. Pollard, J. Bootsma, M. Angell, C. Thiele. Best: Royals: J. Grimshaw, K. Deering, A. Gliosca, S. Juers. North Albany: J. Flavel, J. Pollard, J. Byrne, M. Williams.

Denmark/Walpole 14.12 (96) def GSFL Sharks 3.2 (20).

Next week’s games: Colts, Friday, April 4. Royals v Denmark/Walpole 5.45pm,

Railways v North Albany 7pm, Mt Barker v GSFL Sharks 7.30pm.

League and reserves Sunday, April 6. Royals v Denmark/Walpole, Railways v North Albany/Mt Barker bye.

SHOOTING

A REDUCED field of shooters attended Mutton Bird range on Sunday, March 23, for the final stage of the monthly trophy.

The shoot saw a close contest between top contenders Brian Bolton and George Franey. Bolton led centrefire on 521.9, while Franey held first place for rimfire and overall for the day with 549.9. Bolton and Franey dominated all events and tussled for the lead, both holding three events. New contender Andrew Adams was centrefire runner-up on 506.5. Bolton led 25m on 93.1, 15m timed on 95.1 and 10m rapid-fire on 100.5 – the only possible for the day. Franey led 50m on 88, 15m rapid-fire on 95.3 and 10m multi-target on 96.2. Bolton took nearest nominated score with 543.9 to 540.

Top scorers: Rimfire: G. Franey 549.9, B. Bolton 543.9, A. Smillie 507.8, G. Davis 475.9, K. Caimanos 400.4, C. Carter 311.2. Centrefire: B. Bolton 521.9, A. Adams 506.5, G. Franey 499.14, J. Bird 489.10, M. Scanlan 469.8, L. Polain 452.7, D. Ferguson 393.5, D. Marchesi 392.3, K. Caimanos 391.3, M. Thomas 388.3.

SWIMMING

RESULTS of the 2008 Albany 4km Harbour Swim, Saturday, March 22.

Open water winners: Male: Ron Morell 52m58s, runner-up: Reece Child (53m17s). Female: Kylie English (57m17s), runner-up: Ruth Highman (58m26s).

First Albany swimmers: Male: Reece Child, Female: Ruth Highman.

Open water age group winners: 13-19 years: Rory Pilgrim, Jasmin Lance; 20-24 Mark Lawson, Kelly Seward; 25-29 Robin Volpi, Lynne Whittle; 30-34 William Sloan, Sandra Tanz; 35-39 Craig Pasch, Claire Ware; 40-44 Michael Magazanik, Andrea Butler; 45-49 Allan Loffler, Sally Hutchinson; 50-54 Trevor Whitten, Nola Aizelwood; 55-59 Bruce Wilson, Georgie Walker; 60-64 Max Wannell, Carol Wannell; 65-69 Brian Hall, Wendy Smith; 70-74 Ron Edwards, Thelma Sharp; 75-79 Glad McGough.

Wetsuit winners: Male: Christopher Kerman 1h03m22s, RU: Rolf Guetlich (1h05m13s). Female: Mary Petrovski (1h10m58s), RU: Tammy Stone (1h17m26s).

Wetsuit age group winners: 20-24 Nina Whitten; 30-34 Brett Tompkin, Caroline Tompkin; 40-44 Justin Hardy; 45-49 Tony Higgs, Denise Westerberg; 50-54 Paul Salmon, Janice Aspen; 55-59 David Moss, Meeri McAuliffe; 60-64 Joy Humphries; 70-74 Doug Barrett.

Relay Winners: Quad: Team Bradbury, Duo: Stewart ‘n’ Thornton.

RESULTS of the Albany Aussi Master’s Swim Club, March 19.

50m: Backstroke: (40-44) Sandy Laurens 45.42s, 46.34, Esther Marklew 1m00.71s, (50-54) Boyd Rankin 45.11s, (55-59) Bruce Wilson 46.59s, (60-64) Maureen Hanna 1m24.06s, (75-79) Bob Feldman 1m00.54s, 1m02.46s; Jack Greeuw 1m05.95s, Tony Stanton 1m14.21s, (80-84) Marg Feldman 1m07.45s, 1m07.52s, 1m08.48s.

Freestyle: (20-24) Carrie Marklew 55.23s, (40-44) Sandy Laurens 37.95s, Esther Marklew 46.22s, (50-54) Boyd Rankin 37.45s, (55-59) Bruce Wilson 34.66s, (60-64) Maureen Hanna 1m02.95s, (75-79), Tony Stanton 44.09s, Jack Greeuw 52.52s, Bob Feldman 55.55, 56.37.

Breaststroke: (20-24) Carrie Marklew 59.31s, Milan Hau 1m01.74s, (40-44) Sandy Laurens 54.91s, Esther Marklew 1m04.63s, (50-54) Boyd Rankin 51.4s, (55-59) Bruce Wilson 49.2s, (60-64) Maureen Hanna 1m45.09s, (75-79), Tony Stanton 1m02.94s, (80-84) Marg Feldman 1m34.78s.

Individual Medley: (20-24) Carrie Marklew 58.49s, (40-44) Esther Marklew 1m00.26s, (50-54) Boyd Rankin 46s, (55-59) Bruce Wilson 44.1s, (60-64) Maureen Hanna 1m26.52s, (75-79), Tony Stanton 59.97s, Jack Greeuw 1.10.69s.

25m Butterfly: (40-44) Esther Marklew 30.02s, (50-54) Boyd Rankin 23.41s, (55-59) Bruce Wilson 22.76s, (60-64) Maureen Hanna 40.52s, (75-79), Tony Stanton 34.73s.

Freestyle: (75-79) Bob Feldman 23.99s, Jack Greeuw 24.16s. Backstroke: (80-84) Marg Feldman 33.94s.

TABLE TENNIS

RESULTS of Albany Table Tennis Club.

Junior Club Handicap: U16 Boys: J.Sambell 9, D.MacComish & R.Eaves 8, C.Pietersen 4.

U14 Boys: J.Ferrell 20, Z.Fletcher 18, M.Dibble 17, M.Inglis 14, L.Wesson 11, J.Green 10, G.Howe 8.

U12 Boys: J.Naylor & J.Ferrell 18, J.Wesson 11, R.Laurens 6.

U10 Girls: D.Laurens 6.

Senior Club Handicap. Ladies: P.Gadd 11, E.Clemenston, R.Butler 2.

Men: P.Pietersen 24, P.Muller 20, P.Green 16, W.Pinchen 15, P.Michael, D.Thompson & J.Towns 13, N.Ng 12, B.Pietersen & C.Beltrama 10, J.Marshall 9, J.Sambell 8, F.Morrison & K.Butler 7, G.Adams, A.Hornsby & C.Beltrama 6, W.Thompson 4.

TENPIN

RESULTS of the Albany Tenpin Bowl League.

Tuesday Strikers, March 18. 1. L. Keremete 201, 2. G. Dickinson 192, 3. P. Stubber 186. C&H: T. Hathaway 178/179.

Atomic Doubles, March 20. 1. J. Wilson 191, 2. A. Attwell, L. Beadham & J. Voak 178, 3. T. Terwindt 176. C&H: D. Wilson 87/87.