He did well to jump those brushes after the lake because I was all over the shop Law said
"He did well to jump those brushes after the lake, because I was all over the shop," Law said.Despite one fence down in the show jumping, Law moved up a place to finish runner-up after the luckless Andrew Nicholson from New Zealand saw the fruits of his cross-country efforts perish with five lowered rails yesterday.Australia's Andrew Hoy and Darien Powers, so impressive when achieving the best dressage score, lost their advantage with one lapse of concentration when stopping at the bullfinch, the second part of the 18th cross-country fence. The grey gelding dislodged three show jumps yesterday to finish in ninth place.. More than 100 protesters frustrated police and disrupted work on the Olympic beach volleyball venue on Bondi Beach, forcing further delays to the scheduled start of construction. More than 100 protesters frustrated police and disrupted work on the Olympic beach volleyball venue on Bondi Beach, forcing further delays to the scheduled start of construction. Almost 100 New South Wales state police moved onto the beach and had apprehended two protesters who were hindering the erection of temporary fencing around the proposed construction site.Light early rain cleared as dozens of demonstrators sat in front of earth-moving equipment, refusing to move. The gray skies over one of Australia's most famous beaches threatened more rain later Monday.Builders moved onto the beach just after 7 a.m.
local time (2100 GMT Sunday), had installed temporary barricades around the site and blocked off a promenade adjacent to the beach within two hours.The Olympic Coordination Authority, which is responsible for the building and management of all Olympic venues, was waiting to move in with bulldozers.The protesters, led by the residents group Bondi Olympic Watch, vowed to continue impeding work until the Sept. 15 Olympic opening ceremony if necessary.BOW spokesman Lenny Kovnar, who was apprehended by police early in the morning but released without charge, said the number of police on the beach was an aggressive show of force and a waste of taxpayers' money."This is just the first battle in what's going to be a long and drawn out war," he said.BOW members calling themselves Bondi Warriors have threatened to bury themselves neck-deep in sand and strap themselves to construction equipment to prevent work from starting.Protesters are demonstrating against possible environmental damage to the beach, lack of access plus public safety concerns during construction.The OCA was scheduled to start work on the 10,000 seat temporary stadium on May 1 but delayed the start to avoid clashes with protesters.A spokesman for the Sydney organizing committee, SOCOG, said initial works had already started on the beach and a 1 million Australian dollars ($596,000) refurbishment of the existing Pavilion was almost complete.The temporary stadium would be built, used and dismantled within six months, SOCOG venue manager Jackie Murdoch said.. Pakistan immediately made up for lost time to take control of the first Test against the West Indies here after rain delayed the start of yesterday's third day until 20 minutes after lunch. Pakistan immediately made up for lost time to take control of the first Test against the West Indies here after rain delayed the start of yesterday's third day until 20 minutes after lunch. Mushtaq Ahmed, whose leg breaks and googlies had mesmerised the batsmen through 17 consecutive overs on the previous afternoon, removed the captain Jimmy Adams and Chris Gayle within the first 40 minutes.
Ridley Jacobs followed, run out at the bowler's end in a mix-up with Shivnarine Chanderpaul, as the West Indies declined from their overnight 101 for 3 to 149 for 6 at the first drinks break.It left them 139 behind Pakistan's first innings of 288 with only Chanderpaul of the main batsmen remaining to salvage the faltering innings.On a slowly wearing pitch responding to spin, the brittle West Indies batting, still sorely missing the resting Brian Lara, will be hard-pressed to keep out Mushtaq Ahmed and the off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq on the final day. Guyana's equatorial weather offers their most realistic chance of avoiding defeat.After Adams punched the day's third ball to extra-cover boundary, Mushtaq drew him forward with his next delivery and found a thin outside edge that carried to first slip so near to the turf that umpire Steve Bucknor had to seek confirmation from the TV replay.Gayle, 20, in his third Test, drove two boundaries off Mushtaq but was then lured into a leg-side heave that sent a catch to Wasim Akram at mid-on.While Mushtaq wheeled away from the Regent Street end, Akram posed different problems with his lively left-arm swing. He repeatedly passed the bat without reward but the captain, Moin Khan, could afford to be patient He still had Saqlain up his sleeve.. Carlos Franco of Paraguay defeated a heartbroken Blaine McCallister on the second playoff hole Sunday to successfully defend his title at the $3.4 million New Orleans Classic golf tournament. Carlos Franco of Paraguay defeated a heartbroken Blaine McCallister on the second playoff hole Sunday to successfully defend his title at the $3.4 million New Orleans Classic golf tournament. Franco parred the 16th hole in the sudden-death playoff to win his third career title and claim the $612,000 first prize.McCallister bogeyed the 72nd hole to fall into a tie with Franco, then did it again on the first playoff hole before suffering through a disastrous series of shots on the 16th.The 41-year-old McCallister, the reigning Qualifying School medalist, was seeking his first title in seven years but settled for the $367,200 second-prize check.McCallister's wife, Claudia, was on hand to share in the heartbreak.
She is legally blind and can see her husband in action only through binoculars from 30-40 feet (9 to 12 meters).That was the distance McCallister needed to two-putt on the first playoff hole, but he left his first putt eight feet short and missed the par putt.At No. 16, McCallister drove into a fairway bunker, then found a trap in front of the green with his next shot before his blast rolled up and down the fringe into the same bunker.Franco narrowly missed a bunker with his tee shot but ended up safely in the fairway. His approach landed in the same bunker as McCallister, but his blast rolled within three feet of the cup, setting up the winning par putt.Harrison Frazar also left disappointed after relinquishing a one-shot lead with a bogey at the 17th hole that left him third after a runner-up showing here last year.Franco, the 1999 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, carded a four-under-par 68 on Sunday to reach 18-under 270, one stroke short of last year's winning total at the English Turn Golf and Country Club.Frazar finished a shot behind Franco and McCallister at 271, with Stephen Ames of Trinidad and Steve Stricker tying for fourth at 272.Bob Burns, Kirk Triplett and Steve Flesch were sixth at 273, with Scott Hoch and. Laura Davies overcame windy conditions and her own nerves on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Harvey Penick Invitational at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas. Laura Davies overcame windy conditions and her own nerves on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Harvey Penick Invitational at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas. Tied for the lead with Sherri Turner at the start of the day, the Briton shot a two-under-par 68 for a seven-under total of 203. Davies led Susie Redman and Tammie Green by three shots with the first round co-leaders, Sherri Steinhauer and Sweden's Charlotta Sorenstam, another stroke away. Steinhauer bounced back from Friday's 76 with the afternoon's best round, a four-under 66.Davies had three birdies and a bogey and was the only player with three successive rounds in the 60s."That's probably one of my better rounds I've had in contention," she said, but added: "I've never made any qualms about the fact that, when I'm in contention, I get very nervous, very hyper and very jumpy.Trying to join Australia's Karrie Webb as the only multiple winner on the LPGA Tour this year, Davies started quickly with a birdie on the first hole.