Province Plans One-Day School For Coaches

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29931, 19 September 1962, Page 5

Province Plans One-Day School For Coaches

A one-day coaching school for basketball coaches will be held in Christchurch in March of next year. The executive of the Canterbury Basketball Association decided at a meeting last evening to invite the coach of the 1963 New Zealand team. Miss D Cockerton. to lecture on advanced tactics: the national selector, Miss E. Yates, to cover elementary aspects; Mrs L. Coatsworth to talk on international rules, and Mrs P. Edmonds to demonstrate court craft and ball skills. It Is anticipated that In addition to coaches from local clubs, those from neighbouring associations and school teachers will also welcome the opportunity to attend. The meeting agreed that the entry fee of 10s per person would be imposed. Open Tournament It was resolved to hold an open tournament in three grades at Easter of next year. The draw steward. Mrs F. J. Shannahan. reported on the successful evening trial held last week Contrary to expectations all senior teams were eager to participate in the competition, which is primarily designed to give Canterbury trialists in the New Zealand team hard matches before the final selection of the

team at Lower Hutt at Labour week-end. The executive will present a new basketball to the winning team. Competition Results Results of the first three rounds of competition were:— First Round.—Technical A 30. Sacred Heart B 25; West A 23, Sacred Heart A 13; Community Centre 16. St. Nicholas 12; Digby's 21. Technical B 9; Kakatai 22, Teachers' College 13. Second Round Sacred Heart A 18, Technical B 17; St. Nicholas 15. Teachers’ College 12; Technical A 8, West A 9; Community Centre 19, Digby’s 7; Kakatai 15, Sacred Heart B 10. Third Round.—West A 13. Digby’s A 8; Technical 14. Community Centre 13; St. Nicholas 19. Kakatai 14; Teachers’ College 16 Sacred Heart A 10; Sacred Heart B 15, Technical B 11.