HOCKEY TOURNEY AT GERALDINE
More Than Seventy Teams Take Part After a lapse of three years, the hockey tournament at Geraldine was revived on Saturday by the Geraldine Sports Association. With more than 70 teams taking part from as far afield as Christchurch in the north and Milton in the south, it proved an outstanding success, some good fast hockey being played both in the men’s and women s sections. Christchurch teams were prominent in the finals, with Harewood scooping the pool in the women’s sections, RedcliffS winning the intermediate and schoolboys section. The men's senior went to Lowcliffe. Results were:— Men’s Senior First round: Lowcliffa B beat Excelsior, 2-1; Harewood beat Ashburton Technical Old Boys, 2-0; Christchurch Boys’ High School beat Ashburton Technical Old Boys B, IJ-l; Christchurch Old Boys’ A beat Waimate, 4-0; Mairehau beat Cambridge. 3-1. Semi-final: Woolston beat Lowcliffe B, J-0: Harewood beat Geraldine, 4-0; Lowcliffe beat Christchurch High School, 1-0; Christchurch Old Boys beat Mairehau, 1-0; Semi-final: Harewood beat Woolston, 4-0; Lowcliffe beat Christchurch Old Boys, 1-0. Final: Lowcliffe beat Harewood, 2-1. The winning team was G. Fronting, I. Taylor, D. Hawke, P, Harris. N. Anstey. Men’s Intermediate First round: Commercial Timaru beat Wakanui, 1-0; Redcliff beat Timaru Boys’ High School, U-l; Excelsior beat Geraldine A, 1-0. Second round: Lowcliffe beat Geraldine District High School by default; Commercial beat Christchurch Technical, 1-0: Redcliff beat Ashburton Technical. 1-0; Excelsior beat Harewood, 1- Semi-final: Lowcliffe beat Commercial, 2-1: Redcliff beat Excelsior, 1-0. Final: Redcliff beat Lowcliffe, 4-1. The winning team was G. Haste, B. Anderson, R. Phillip, M. Hones, G. Cowan. Schoolboys First round: Main School A beat Redcliff B, 2J-2; Lowcliff A beat West School A 5-0; Lowcliffe B beat South School B, 1-0; Redcliff A beat Main School C 7-0; Geraldine A beat Cave by default; South School A beat West School B 7-0; Main School B beat Geraldine C, 2-0. Second round: Lowcliffe A beat Main School A, 2-1: Redcliff A beat Lowcliffe B, 7-0; South School A beat Geraldine A, 2-0 Main School B beat Geraldine B, 2-0. Semi-final: Redcliff A beat Lowcliffe A, 2-1; South School A beat Main School B, 5-1. Final: Redcliff beat South School A, 3-0. The winning team was L. Haste, G. Marshall, M. Spinks, R. Jackson, I. Stanton. Senior Women First round: Ashburton Technical Old Girls beat Meth ven, 2-1; Pareora beat High School, 1-0: Wakanui beat Geraldine B, 1-0; Geraldine A beat Ashburton Technical Old Girls B, 2- Oamaru beat Milton, 2-1; Lowcliffe beat St. Andrews B, 2-0; Harewood beat Ashburton High School Old Girls B, 1-0; St. Andrews A beat Ashburton Technical College, 2-0. Second round: Ashburton Technical A beat Pareora, 3-0; Geraldine A beat Wakanui. J-0; Oamaru beat Lowcliffe. 1-0; Harewood beat St. Andrew’s A, 2-0. Semi-final: Geraldine A beat Ashburton Technical, 2-1; Harewood beat Oamaru, 2-0. Final: Harewood beat Geraldine A, 2-0. The winning team was B. Turner, G. Turner. H. Turner, Y. Turner, G. Merrin, E. Tullett. Intermediate Women First round: Methven beat Pareora, 1-0; Waimate beat Hinds B, 1-0; Lowcliffe beat Geraldine Old Girls, 1-0; Avonside Old Girls beat St. Andrews, IJ-l; Hinds A beat Carlton, Christchurch. 1-0. Second round: Methven beat Waimate, 2-0: Avonside Old Girls beat Lowcliffe. 1-0; Harewood beat Ashburton Technical, 6-0. Semi-final: Avonside Old Girls beat Methven, 1-0; Harewood beat Hinds, 1-0. Final: Harewood beat Avonside, 1-0. The winning team wa£ J. Murray, N. Hodginsen, L. Watson, J. Douglas, N. Roas, L. McClurg.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28699, 24 September 1958, Page 11
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