Boys’ Brigade Tournament
Rugby had to take second place to soccer at the Boys’ Brigades (Canterbury battalion) seven-a side Rugby and six-a-side soccer tournament at Rangiora on Saturday. There were more soccer than Rugby teams for the first time since the both sports have been in the tournament. At the three Life Boy district tournaments a week ago. the soccer teams outnumbered the Rugby teams for the first time. “It is not many years since we found it difficult to find sufficient soccer teams in the movement to hold a tournament,” said the Canterbury area assistant supervisor (Mr W. F. Bishop). The final results of the tournament were: Soccer —Junior: 6th Christchurch (Central City) 4, Christchurch (Beckenham) 1. Senior: 28th Christchurch (Woolston), 4, 30th Christchurch (St. Albans) 0. Rugby-junior: Christchurch (Beckenham) 3, 23rd Christchurch (Shirley) 0. Senior: 26t1. Christchurch (Hornby) 6, 23rd Christchurch 3.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31168, 19 September 1966, Page 22
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