Y.W.C.A. BASKETBALL.
The official opening of the Y.W.C.A. Mount Albert Basketball Association was held at Anderson Park on Saturday. Two hundred basketballere took part in marching and singing, following which Miss E. Bennet. general secretary of the Y.W.C.A. introduced Mre. Rudd, president of the Association, who declared the court* opened and welcomed the girle into the membership of the association. Mr. T. Anderson, Mayor of Mount Albert, expressed hie pleasure at seeing tlie recreational facilities of the borough being used to such advantage. He urged the girls, ae they enjoyed their gamee, to remember the people who had made possible the facilities and thoee who were organising the sport 6. Mr. Anderson concluded by wishing the girla a very happy eeason.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 154, 1 July 1940, Page 11
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