Early Upsets Caused In Basketball Title

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32077, 27 August 1969, Page 15

Early Upsets Caused In Basketball Title

(New Zealand Press Association) WANGANUI. After only one day of the New Zealand women’s basketball championships at Laird Park, the contest for the first grade title has already become fast and furious.

Two vital matches cast a valuable insight into the final outcome of the championship, and Rotorua, the undisputed champion of many tournaments, featured in both. In the morning, the defending champion, Canterbury, met Rotorua and the tournament had its first upset. Taking advantage of Canterbury's early tournament nerves, Rotorua won, 38-29, to establish its favouritism. But in the afternoon, Rotorua met its match against South Canterbury, which avenged its fellow South Island team's defeat by defeating Rotorua by the same score, 38-29. Results:— First Grade Wellington 49, Northland 15; South Canterbury 38, Auckland 35; Otago 29, Manawatu 20; Otago 34, Matamata 18; Hutt Valley 37, Southland 37; Rotorua 38, Canterbury 29: Southland 38, Auckland 35; Hutt Valley 49, Manawatu 19; Canterbury 49, Northland 14; South Canterbury 38, Rotorua 29; Wellington 42, Matamata 22.

. Second GrAde West Coast 37, Nelson 25; South Auckland 27, Southland 24; Wanganui 28, Canterbury Country 26; South Auckland 28, Waikato Major 19; Waikato Major 33, Eastern Bay of Plenty 18; Auckland Sub-association 39, North Shore 20; Thames Valley 35, Nelson 29; Auckland Subassociations 33, Eastern Bay of Plenty 28; North Shore 28, Thames Valley 21; Southland Country 32, Canterbury Country 28; Wanganui 26, West Coast 25. Third Grade Hawke’s Bay 30, Temuka and Districts IS; South Waikato 49, Hutt Valley Minor 21; Ashburton 23, Poverty Bay 20; Hawke’s Bay 41, Hutt Valley Minor 22: Taranaki 30. Waikato Sub-asso-ciations 27; Te Kawau 35, Marlborough 20; Western Bay of Plenty 29, Wairarapa 20; Temuka and Districts 29. Waikato Sub-associations 21; Taranaki 28, South Waikato 24; Waikato Sub-associations 24, Te Kawau 23; Ashburton 31, Marlborough 22; Poverty Bay 28, Wairarapa 27; Western Bay of Plenty 26, Temuka and Districts 14. Fourth Grade North Otago 26, South Canterbury Minor 18; North Otago 23, Buller 16; Wellington Minor 31, Manawatu Minor 21; Otago Country 39, Manawatu Minor 21; Otago Country 32, South Canterbury Minor 26; Central King Country 31, Wairoa 19; Hawke’s Bay Minor 34. Horowhenua 27; Taranaki 28, South Waikato 28; Central King Country 34, Hawke’s Bay Minor 19; Wairoa 31, Buller 16; Wellington Minor 43. Horowhenua 12.