Ken’s item has bags of appeal

Mar 27 2011 by Tim Taylor, Sunday Sun

GOLF: Kenneth Ferrie’s record- equalling round of 60 in Malaga yesterday is a bonus for the cash strapped Northumberland Junior Golfing Association.

As part of a fund raising exercise, the NJGA have put up for auction an autographed tour bag donated by double Tour winner Ferrie .

Committee man David Beardall, also a former leader of Wallsend Boys Club, said: “Now that Ken is in the record books, I would think the eventual winning bid for the bag is going to be a lot higher.”

To search on www.ebay.co.uk, type ‘TaylorMade golf bag signed by Kenneth Ferrie’. The bag will stay on ebay until 6.15pm on Tuesday.

Sad passing

SWIMMING: DEREK STUBBS, the Amateur Swimming Association’s first National Director of Swimming and a well-known figure in North East swimming, has died in York hospital after a long illness. He was 82.

Stubbs was chief coach of York City Baths Club from 1959-69 and coached several Olympic, European and Commonwealth Games swimmers in this period.

He was president of the North East Counties ASA in 1980 and served on several other North East committees.

Stubbs was a National Technical Officer for the ASA and was a former president of the Yorkshire ASA.

The funeral service will be at St Aelreds Church, Fifth Avenue, York tomorrow at 2pm.

Mills out of cup

CRICKET: New Zealand bowler Kyle Mills has been ruled out of the rest of the ICC World Cup with injury.

Mills strained his left quadricep during the group stage victory over Canada two weeks ago, and has struggled to regain full fitness since, missing Friday’s quarter-final victory over South Africa.

Andy McKay has been named as Mills replacement in the squad following approval from the International Cricket Council.

The left-armer has played in 13 one-day internationals for the Black Caps and is expected to join up with the rest of the team today.

China dominate

DIVING: Peter Waterfield took bronze for Great Britain in the men’s 10m platform final at the Diving World Series in Beijing yesterday.

China continued their domination of the weekend as Qiu Bo and Cao Yuan finished way out in front in the standings in the gold and silver places respectively, but Waterfield’s 546.95 saw him finish third.

Chris Mears and Nicholas Robinson could only manage sixth in the men’s 3m synchro final, the hosts taking gold through Qin Kai and Luo Yutong, and it was a similar story in the women’s 10m platform synchro.

Britain’s Rebecca Gallantree and Tonia Couch were fifth, Chinese pair Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao won.