Sport Digest

Parker Sports 5.5 Mile Handicap at Dunfermline: Men: 1, C Mathieson 28-34; 2, I Brown 29-46; 3, S Wombwell 29-49. Veteran: D Farquharson 30-39. Series Handicap Winner: J Davie. Women: 1, H Kane 35-21; 2, G MacDonald 36-16; 3, C Garvie 36-32. Veteran: P Pattison 36-38.

Running Shop Morven Hill Race (Five Miles, 1700ft) at Dinnet, Deeside: Men: 1, Lorimer (Hunters Bogtrotters) 47-08; 2, S Musgrave (Deeside Runners) 47-36; 3, T Bracegirdle (Cosmic) 47-45. Veteran: D Armitage (Cosmic) 49-33. Team: Cosmic. Women: R MacKenzie (Deeside Runners) 59-38; 2, E Stewart (Cosmic) 68-52; 3, A Duckworth (Cosmic) 74-47. Team: Deeside Runners.

JOHN Bell won a top class under-17 100 metres in 11.1sec at the Law and District AAC Championships at Wishaw, defeating Michael Cullen (11.4) who gained revenge when winning the 400m (53.0).

Champions: Senior Men: S Murphy. Under-17: S Lawley. Under-13 R Porte. Under-11 A Burns. Senior Women: H Russell. Under-17: E Tannahill. Under-15: V Tidser. Under-13: P O'Connor. Under-11: M Clyde.

NEIL Elliott (City of Edinburgh) produced the top senior performances of 14.86 metres (shot) and 46.39m (discus) when taking the senior title with 228 points at the Elgin Open Throws Quadrathlon in Morriston Park. Other winners: Under-17 Men: R Gilfillan (Falkirk Victoria Harriers) 204. Under-15: G Hagan (Clydesdale Harriers) 153. Under-13: O Robertson (Ellon AC) 77. Senior Women: J Loney (Elgin AAC) 150. Under-20: K Bell (Elgin AAC) 129. Under-17: C Stewart (Elgin AAC) 107. Under-15: F Miller (Elgin AAC) 122. Under-13: S McRobbie (Ellon AAC) 81.

Round Cumbrae 10.25 mile road race: Men: 1, T Tipping (Inverclyde AAC) 55min 22secs; 2, C Marwick (Shettleston Harriers) 55-26; 3, S McAllister (Inverclyde AAC) 56-11. Veteran: J Hanratty (Clydesdale Harriers) 56-35. Under-20: S Goldie (Giffnock North) 60-47. Team: Irvine AAC 30 points. Women: 1, S Irvine (Bellahouston Harriers) 66-09; 2, A Fry (Unatttached) 67-29; 3, H Hoyle (Giffnock North) 69-19. Veteran: H Miller (Giffnock North) 71-46. Team: Giffnock North 16 points.

Inverclyde AC 3.5m Road Race at Greenock: Men: 1, S Conaghan 17-46; 2, S McAllister 18-13; 3, S Hodge 18-13. Veteran: G Gaffney 18-48. Women: 1, A M McKee 21-53; 2, M Blaikie 26-43.

Greenock Glenpark Harriers Cameron Trophy 2.5m Road Race: Men: 1, A Morrison 13-49; 2, S McLoone 14-06; 3, W Dukes (first Vet) 14-23. Under-20: C McLean 15-34.

Ayrshire Championships - Men - 1, W Richardson (Irvine AAC) 57-32; 2, J Allsop (Arran Runners) 57-44; 3, B Craig (Irvine AAC, veteran) 58-00. Team - Irvine AAC. Women - 1, H Morton (Irvine AAC, veteran) 71-50; 2, L McGarry (Irvine AAC) l;k72-19; 3, A Scott (Irvine AAC, veteran) 76-28. Team - Irvine AAC.

St Andrews Hospice 10 kilometre road race, Strathclyde Park: Men: 1, J Reid 31-55; 2, A McLinden (veteran) 35-03; 3, J McIntyre 36-29. Women - 1, E McBrinn (veteran) 37-24; 2, S Finch (veteran) 38-12; 3, P McKay 39-52.

Kilbarchan AAC Cummings Trial 2.75 mile road race, at Houston. Men - 1, A Puckrin, 13min 41sec; 2, A Douglas (Victoria Park) 14-48; 3, M McGinley, 15-07. Veteran - D Mewse .15-35. Women - S Pearson, 18-40.

Basketball

EDINBURGH Rocks got their second season in the British League off to a great start when they swept aside Leicester Riders 102-83 at the Granby Halls Leicester on Saturday night.

Scottish National league: junior men: St Mirren McDonalds 57, Falkirk Fury 68; Glasgow d2 20, Paisley 0; cadet: Cumbernauld Chiefs 64, Kilmarnock 67.

Bowls

European team championship: Men's singles first round: M King (England) beat W Van Belzen (Netherlands) 7-3, 7-2, 7-3; N Graham (Ireland) beat M Truran (Portugal) 7-5, 0-7, 7-3; A Smith (Spain) beat M Raanan (Israel) 2-7, 7-3, 7-2; G Mackie (Scotland) beat P Hartley (Cyprus) 7-2, 7-1, 7-1; J Greenslade (Wales) beat L Le Ber (Guernsey) 0-7, 7-3, 7-6; T Greechan (Jersey) beat D Gordon (Isle of Man) 7-4, 7-1, 3-7; D Peacock (Scotland) beat A Da Rocha (Portugal) 7-0, 7-2, 7-4; A Quemard (Jersey) beat H Sheffer (Israel) 7-3, 7-3, 1-7; A Maddocks (Isle of Man) beat H Littooij (Netherlands) 7-6, 7-2, 7-0; D Trebert (Guernsey) beat R Walker (Cyprus) 7-3, 7-6, 7-4; R Jones (Wales) beat J Young (Spain) 7-2, 4-7, 7-2; G McCloy (Ireland) beat A Prew (England) 7-5, 7-4, 4-7; King beat Graham 7-5, 7-5, 7-6; Smith beat Mackie 0-7,

Peacock 7-4, 7-6, 3-7; Trebert beat Maddocks 4-7, 7-0, 7-6; McCloy beat Jones 7-5, 7-3, 7-3.

Women's singles first round: R Gilour (Israel) beat T Braam (Netherlands) 7-1, 7-5, 4-7; M Johnston (Ireland) beat C Allison (Cyprus) 7-2, 7-1, 7-5; A Dainton (Wales) beat K Horman (Jersey) 7-5, 7-4, 7-3; M Price (England) beat J Forrest (Scotland) 7-3, 7-4, 7-6; A Simon (Guernsey) beat M Dugdale (Spain) 3-7, 7-1, 7-6; R Callan (Isle of Man) beat J Darocha (Portugal) 7-3, 7-6, 7-0; N Shaw (England) beat M Lewin (Jersey) 7-3, 6-7, 7-1; J Lindores (Scotland) beat A Truran (Portugal) 7-3, 7-2, 6-7; S King (Wales) beat C Hartley (Cyprus) 7-1, 4-7, 7-3; D Kane (Ireland) beat P Kelly (Isle of Man) 7-3, 7-4, 7-3; L Peek (Netherlands) beat J Simon (Guernsey) 7-4, 7-0, 6-7; D Steel (Spain) beat N Hakak (Israel) 7-5, 7-6, 3-7; Johnston beat Gilour 7-5, 7-2, 3-7; Dainton beat Price 7-3, 6-7, 7-5; Simon beat Callan 6-7, 7-1, 7-6; Lindores beat Shaw 7-5, 6-7, 7-2; King beat Kane 7-2,

7-5, 2-7; Peek beat Steel 7-2, 7-0, 7-6.

Cycling

Edinburgh based Crawford Carrick Anderson was best of the British men, in ninth place, in the World Mountain Bike Downhill Championships in Are in Sweden.

In the women's downhill Peebles Scottish champion Emma Guy was eighteenth behind four times winner Anne Caroline Chausson of France, almost a minute down with her time of 6-44.49.

Equestrianism

Pippa Funnell and Supreme Rock took the European Three-Day Event Championship today and led the British team to a 98-penalty gold-medal victory over Germany.

This was Britain's fifteenth team European title and with it came that crucial qualification for the Sydney Olympics which was lost when the team was disqualified from last year's World Equestrian Games following the positive dope test on Coral Cove.

Golf

Scottish Area Team Championship, Results: Group A Clackmanan 7 1/2: 1 1/2 Angus (at Alloa) Foursomes (Clackmannan names first): S Horne and J Maxwell beat I Thomson and C Donaldson 3 and 2, M Crichton and I Macauley halved with E Wilson and S Duncan, A Ferguson and P McLeod beat S Wilson and K Law 3 and 2, (2 1/2 -1/2).

Singles: Horne beat Donaldson 1 hole, Crichton lost to Thomson 4 and 3, Macauley beat E Wilson 3 and 2, Maxwell beat Duncan 2 and 1, McLeod beat S Wilson 2 and 1, Ferguson beat Law 5 and 4, (5-1).

North East 4: 5 North (at Cruden Bay) Foursomes (North east names first): S Buchan and L Phillips beat S McIntosh and I Cameron 4 and 3, C Wheeler and J Coutts lost to J Campbell and C Taylor 4 and 3, R Brechin and B Innes beat R Shiels and R Sutherland 5 and 4, (2-1).

Singles: Innes beat McIntosh 2 and 1, Buchan beat Campbell 1 hole, Wheeler lost to Taylor 2 holes, Coutts lost to Sutherland 3 and 2, Phillips lost to Cameron 2 and 1, Brechin lost to Shiels 3 and 1, (2-4).

Group B Ayrshire 4: 5 Argyll & Bute (at West Kilbride) Foursomes (Ayrshire names first): G Holland and T McInally halved with L Kelly and I MacLennan, J MacDougall and A Crawford beat J Sharp and B Blincow 2 and 1, A Connery and B Crawford beat G Reynolds and G Bolton 1 hole, (2 1/2 : 1/2).

Singles: B Crawford halved with Kelly, MacDougall lost to Bolton 2 and 1, Holland beat MacLennan 5 and 4, A Crawford lost to Blincow 2 and 1, McInally lost to Reynolds 5 and 4, Connery lost to Sharp 1 hole, (1 1/2 - 4 1/2).

Fife 5: 4 Glasgow (at Lundin) Foursomes (Fife names first): T Cochrane and J White lost to G Crawford and N Macrae 3 and 2, N Steven and S Whiteford lost to A Lamond and L McLaughlin 4 and 3, K Hastie and S Meiklejohn halved with P Jamieson and I Mackie, (1/2 - 2 1/2).

Singles: Cochrane beat Crawford 4 and 2, White beat Macrae 3 and 2, Whiteford halved with McLauglin, Steven beat Mackie 2 and 1, Hastie lost to Lamond 6 and 5, Meiklejohn beat Jamieson 1 hole, (4 1/2 - 1 1/2).

Group C Perth & Kinross 6 1/2: 2 1/2 Renfrewshire (at Blairgowrie) Foursomes (P&K names first): G Campbell and C Mitchell beat A Farmer and G Munro 5 and 4, M Rose and S Carruthers beat B Park and D Owens 6 and 4, N Macdonald and T McLevy beat C Christy and A McKay 2 and 1, (3-0).

Singles: Mitchell halved with Farmer, Rose beat Christy 2 and 1, Campbell beat Park 2 and 1, C Gallagher lost to Munro 3 and 2, Macdonald beat McKay 2 holes, McLevy lost to Owens 3 and 2, (3 1/2 - 2 1/2).

Borders 3 1/2: 5 1/2 South (at Galashiels) Foursomes (Borders names first): M Thomson and A Ballantyne lost to B Scott and M Townsley 3 and 1, I Frizzell and D Martin lost to I Reid and R Shaw 3 and 2, C Fraser and W Renwick lost to D Sutton and I Thompson 1 hole, (0-3).

Singles: M Thomson beat Scott 1 hole, Frizzell halved with Sutton, Martin lost to I Thompson 1 hole, Fraser lost to Townsley 2 and 1, Ballantyne beat Shaw 3 and 2, Renwick beat Reid 5 and 4, (3 1/2 - 2 1/2).

Group D Lothians 4 1/2: 4 1/2 Dunbartonshire (at Duddingston) Foursomes (Lothians names first): L Rhind and B Adam lost to C Grundy and B Fitzsimmons 3 and 2, K Nicholson and S Barnet beat A McArthur and J Hughes 1 hole, D Inglis and S Walker beat P McKechnie and C Checkley 1 hole, (2-1).

Singles: Nicholson halved with Grundy, Inglis beat McArthur 1 hole, Barnet lost to Checkley 3 and 2, Adam lost to McKechnie 3 and 1, Walker beat Hughes 2 and 1, Rhind lost to Fitzsimmons 2 holes, (2 1/2 - 3 1/2).

Stirlingshire 4: 5 Lanarkshire (at Stirling) Foursomes (Stirlingshire names first): D Smith and B Genese beat G Rankin and F McLaughlin 1 hole, G Gardiner and T Gilchrist beat B Smith and R Hinshelwood 2 holes, J Clive and R Johnston lost to D McMillan and J Stewart 2 holes, (2-1).

Singles: Genese beat Rankin 1 hole, D Smith lost to McLaughlin 1 hole, S Hunter lost to Hinshelwood 1 hole, Gilchrist lost to

Stewart 3 and 2, Johnston lost to McMillan

4 and 3, Clive beat B Smith 5 and 4, (2-4).

Husband and wife duo Sandy and Shelagh Quinn were crowned Scotland's first National Mixed Foursomes champions in the inaugural tournament at Cowglen Golf Club in Glasgow yesterday. The Quinns had a combined score of 76, six over the gents par of 70. Leading scores:

76 - S Quinn (Stirling) and S Quinn (Longniddry); C Bell (Whitecraigs) and L Quin (Aberdeen Ladies).

77 - S Brand and L Fenton (Abertay).

78 - A Clark and L Clark (Drumpellier).

Former Scottish PGA champion Brian Marchbank was #2000 richer yesterday after his one-shot victory in the Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club's 36 hole pro-am.

The former European Tour player shared the lead after his opening 68 on Saturday and his five-under-par 65 yesterday for a total of 133 was good enough to edge out Mark King by the narrowest of margins.

Highland Games

Invercarron Highland Games at Bonar Bridge: Shot: B Robb (Pitreavie AAC) 53ft 1. 28lb - F Brebner (SGA Peterhead) 75ft 3. 56lb - F Brebner 57ft 8. 15lb hammer - B Robb 140ft 7. 22lb hammer - S King (SGA Inverary) 115ft 3. Overall heavies - F Brebner 34.

Hockey

Jerzees National League Division 1: Asset Gordonians 1, Grange 2; Kelburne 2, Western Grasshopper 5; Menzieshill 7, Watsonians 0; MIM Edinburgh RHG 0, Airways Wanderers 5. Division 2: Clydebank 1, Stepps 3; Grove DHS 1, Hazlehead 3; Perthshire 3, Inverleith 6; Westcars Motherwell 2, Harris 1. Division 3: Morgan 0, Aberdeen Grammar School 5; Hillhead 1, Grangemouth 3; Inveresk 1, Pender Uddingston 3; MBC 7, Comware Carnegie 0.

Regional Leagues: Central Division 1: Clydesdale A 4, MIM Edinburgh A 1; EK Avondale 3, Waverley 1; Kirkcaldy 4, Cochrane Park 0; Western A 9, Ayr 0. Division 2: Giffnock A 1, Hillhead A 3; Eastbank 3, Kelburne A 2; Livingston 1, Inverleith A 1; Watsonians A 2, Dumfries 3. North Division 1: Aberdeen GS A 1, Granite City 0; Cults 2, Gordonians A 5; Dundee Wanderers 13, MBC A 1; Hazlehead A 1, Ellon Gordon 2.

Jerzees National League Women Division 1: Bonagrass Grove 1, Western A 0; Dunfermline 3, Menzieshill 1; Giffnock 2, Hillhead 0; Grange Edinburgh Ladies 7, Melrose 0; MIM Edinburgh RHG 1, Westcoast Western 2. Division 2: Western B 0, Grove A 0; Kelburne 1, Hyndland 3; MIM Edinburgh A 0, Watsonians 2; Trinity 1, Grange Edinburgh A 0. Division 3: George Heriots 2, Boroughmuir 0; Grange Edinburgh B 2, Hillhead A 2; Highland 1, Selkirk 2. Division 4: Forrester 0, Vale of Leven 0; Watsonians A 3, Dumfries 1.

Lacrosse

A HAT trick by captain, Susan Warren (Edinburgh Thistle), highlighted the Scotland 2001 World Cup training squad's 13-3 defeat at the Grange Club, Edinburgh on Saturday by the Australian Touring Team who led 5-2 at half-time, Susan scoring when 2-0, 2-1, and 13-2 down. Result: Test Match, Saturday (Grange Club, Edinburgh) - Scotland World Cup Training Squad 3 (Warren 3), Australian Touring Team 13 (Lincoln 4, Moodie 4, Craddock 2, Carre, Graham, Treanor).

Motorsport

Larbert's Robert Ross won the Proton Coupe Cup when the championship made it's only visit to Knockhill. The 27-year-old Scot beat his nearest challenger Steve Stokoe by 2.55 and 2.53 seconds in the two rounds and take an unassailable lead in the series.

Orienteering

British No.1 Steve Hale finished runner-up in the Swedish Short Distance Orienteering Championships in Gotland. He was beaten into second by Johan Ivarsson who finished the 5.25km course in 26min 55sec to Hale's 27.00. Results:

Swedish Short Distance Championships, Gotland: Men 5.25KM: 1, J. Ivarsson (Hakar) 26min 55sec; 2, S. Hale (OK Tyr/ Britain) 27-00; 3, E. Wingstedt (Vaxjo) 27-11. Women 4.3km: 1, K. Borg (Sodertalje) 27min 22sec; 2, A. Granstett (Hakar) 28-11; 3, D. Mansson (Kristandstadt) 28-47.

Scottish 11 Person Relay: 1, Grampian 109min 21sec; 2, Moravian 148-29; 3, Edinburgh Southern/St. Andrews Glasgow 154-39.

Sailing

Autumn Muster: Class one: Guilty (D Clow). Class three: 1, Impromptu (T Barrie); 2, She-Bean (S Crawford); 3, Corsair (N McDougall).

Shinty

Premier League: Fort William 7, Glenorchy 1; Inveraray 1, Oban Camanachd 1; Kingussie 2, Kilmallie 2; Kyles Athletic 4, Newtonmore 1.

Division One: Ballachulish 1, Caberfeidh 2; Bute 2, Glenurquhart 1; Glasgow Mid Argyll 2, Lochcarron 6; Skye 2, Strachur 0.

North Division One: Glengarry 4, Lovat 2; Lochaber 5, Inverness 2; Strathglass 1, Beauly 2.

Division Two: Boleskine 6, Fort William 1; Kincraig 5, Kingussie 0; Lovat 5, Skye 1; Newtonmore 5, Kilmallie 2.

Division Three: Beauly 4, Strathglass 0; Caberfeidh 2, Glenurquhart 9; Inverness 9, Lochaber 0; Kinlochshiel 5, Lochbroom 0.

South Division Two: Oban Celtic 2, Ballachulish 0; Strathclyde Police 4, Bute 0.

Ski-ing

British Dry Slopes Ski Championships, Hillend, Edinburgh: Slalom: Men: 1. C Colomb (Dublin) 21.67secs, 21.79secs total 43.46secs 2. C Lee, (Dublin) 21.88 21.69 43.57 3. D Blackwell (Uxbridge) 22.24, 21.64 43.98 4. B Aitken, (Ormiston, East Lothian) 22.83, 21.97 44.80 Women: 1. C Alcott, (Twickenham) 22.94, 22.61 45.55 2. S Farivarz, (Dublin) 25.17, 24.44, 49.61 3. Z Rawlings-Brown (London) 25.37, 25.48 50.85 Giant Slalom: Men: 1. Aitken 23.51 1. Lee 23.51 3. Colomb 23.54 3 Blackwell 23.95 5. D Harrison (Edinburgh) 24.19 Women: 1. Alcott 24.63 2. S Bream (Llandudno) 26.70 3. J Yates (Cardiff) 27.33 4. L Sharp (Glasgow) 27.75

Speedway

Premier National Trophy: Newport 55 (C Watson 14), Edinburgh 35 (J Grieves 12). Newport win on aggregate.

Premier League: Glasgow 46 (L Collins 13, P Bentley 13), Isle of Wight 43 (T Palmer 11).

Conference League: Rye House 50 (D Mason 14), Mildenhall 40 (B Evans 16).

Table Tennis

Home International Table Tennis Championships, Hillsburgh. Sheffield: Team: England 7, Ireland 3; Wales 7, Scotland 3; England 10, Isle of Man 0; Scotland 3, Ireland 7; Wales 8, Ireland 2; Scotland 9, Isle of Man 1; England 7, Scotland 3; Wales 10, Isle of Man 0; England 3, Wales 6; Ireland 10, Isle of Man 0.

Individual - Men: Quarter-final: E. Walker (Scotland) beat D. Lynch (Ireland) 21-14, 21-11; A. Robertson (Wales) beat B. Fitzgerald (Ireland) 21-14, 21-16; G. Herbert (England) beat P. Lugton (Scotland) 19-21, 21-7, 21-14; R. Jenkins (Wales) beat E. Byrne (Ireland) 21-8, 21-19. Semi-final: Walker beat Robertson 17-21, 21-17, 21-8; Jenkins beat Herbert 21-18, 21-17. Final: Jenkins beat Walker 13-21, 21-18, 21-19.

Women: Quarter-finals B Daunton (Wales) beat K. Parker (England) 21-9, 21-11; L. Durrant (England) beat N. Lennon (Ireland) 23-21, 21-16; C. Davies (Wales) beat G. Walker (England) 21-18, 18-21, 21-9; S. Davies (Wales) beat B. Lane (Ireland) 21-18, 21-12. Semi-finals: Daunton beat Durrant 21-17, 21-8; C Davies beat S. Davies 21-9, 23-21.

Tennis

Lindsay Davenport defeated Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-4, 6-4 in California yesterday as the United States clinched their 16th Fed Cup crown and their first since 1996.

Davenport, ranked second in the world, gave the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five match tie.

Royal Bank Highland Championships at Pitlochry: Men's singles: N Fulwood (Derbyshire) beat B Parker (Sunderland) 6-1, 6-1. Men's doubles: Fulwood and G Harris (Chesterfield) beat R Terras (Newlands) and B Saunders (Next Generation Newhaven) 6-3, 6-0. Women's singles: A Wood (Dunfermline) beat K Cook (Huddersfield) 6-2, 6-4. Women's doubles: Wood and S Nicholson (Ireland) beat Cook and A Morrell (Chesterfield) 6-4, 6-3. Mixed doubles: Fulwood and Wood beat C Jury (New Zealand) and Nicholson 6-0, 6-2.

Triathlon

LONDON Triathlon Results: Men: 1, Simon Lessing (Great Britain); 2, Martin Krnavek (Czech Republic); 3, Jamie Hunt (New Zealand). Women: 1, Emma Carney (Australia); 2, Leanda Kave (Australia); 3, Sian Brice (Great Britain).