The News Review:
- Wade’s welcome knock taunts Tasmania
- Tasmania chasing unlikely win against Bushrangers
- Nick Rogers Rowan Clark win Tasmanian State yachting titles
Wade’s welcome knock taunts Tasmania
The Age
Wade’s top-scoring century in Victoria’s first innings all butdenied the Tigers any points from the Sheffield Shield match onFriday. His top-scoring unbeaten 46 in the second innings yesterdayquashed their faint hope of pulling off an improbable win. But with Victoria taking first-innings points in this match andQueensland’s demolition of NSW the Tigers fell four points behindthe Bulls into third with one game to play. Victorian paceman Darren Pattinson claimed 5-39 in the firstinnings and Tiger Brett Geeves bagged a career-best 6-47 in thesecond innings.
Tasmania chasing unlikely win against Bushrangers
The Age
Wade’s top-scoring century in Victoria’s first innings all butdenied the Tigers any points from the Sheffield Shield match onFriday. His top-scoring unbeaten 46 in the second innings on Sundayquashed their faint hope of pulling off an improbable win to keepsecond spot on the ladder. But with Victoria taking first-innings points in this match andQueensland’s demolition of NSW the Tigers fell four points behindthe Bulls into third with one game to play. Wade is not ruling out a return to Tasmania or playing foranother state after his initial two-year contract with Victoriaexpires at the end of this season. But the Hobart-born leftie revealed his allegiance in anunguarded moment on Friday.
Nick Rogers Rowan Clark win Tasmanian State yachting titles
Sail World
‘ Peter Campbell © Prince Philip Cup and Sayonara Cup winner Nick Rogers steering Karabos IX has clinched the 2009 International Dragon class Tasmanian championship with his sixth straight win on the River Derwent over the weekend. The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania was forced to abandon today?s seventh race for the Dragons and the International J24s after the breeze swung from a 15-18 knot sou?wester this morning to a 10-12 knots northerly that faded to a drifter soon after the race began. In Sydney in January Rogers won the Prince Philip Cup Dragon Australasian championship for an unprecedented tenth time. He is also a former world champion in the classic one-design class. He finished the Tasmanian title with a score of 5 points from Jock Young skippering Aquila with 11 points third place going to Wayne Waggs sailing Mystere with 14 points.
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