Teams level-peg in women’s basketball

Press, 14 August 1978, Page 21

Teams level-peg in women’s basketball

Mairehau High School and Mane ha u A are level at one| match each after the first two: games in the best-of-three series i to find the winner of the women’s inter-club basketball competition. Mairehau High School is seek-' Ing to retain its title it won last season. The deciding match will be played on September 2. The school side won the first match,. 48-41. giving a purposeful display and capitalising on Mairehau's slow start. At one stage : the school team led, 28-8, and at; half-time led. 34-13. However the school team ap-; peared to tire and tried to sit! on its sizable margin. Jenny! Armstrong and Mary Fastier! stood out for Mairehau, scoring with several good shots. The final five minutes were particularly testing for the voung. school side but despite making [ errors it had a big enough lead to hold off the late challenge of| Mairehau. In the second match, Mairehau began much more confidently and narrowly won the match.' 63-61. With Jeanette Howard and Donna Broughton working hard for the school side, it led. 32-22. at half-time.

A more energetic, bustling approach paid dividends tor Mairehau in the second half. It harrassed the younger school players. forcing handling errors and gradually took over the lead. Great team work, especially b.\ Armstrong. Viv Howard and Fastier, enabled Mairehau to hold on to its slender lead and force a play-off. Results.—First match: Mairehau High School 48 (J. Howard 22. R. Cassidy. B. Palmer 8, M. Stokes, K. Richardson 4, V. Cassidy 2), Mairehau A 41 (M. Fastier 15, J. Armstrong 11, C. Perry 8. N. Phillips. J. Cook, A. Taylor 2, V. Howard 1). Second match: Mairehau A 63 ‘Armstrong 23, Fastier 14. V. Howard 10, P. Barry 9, W. Timu 4, Perry 3), Mairehau High School 61 (J. Howard 26, R. Cassidy 23. Palmer 4. D. Broughton 3. Stokes, Richardson 2, V. Cassidy 1). In the two women’s A grade matches played, Checkers A easily beat Rangiora A, 9-44, while Rebels A beat Christchurch [ United, 49-32 Robyn North was the highest I scorer, notching 24 points for Checkers. Results.—Checkers A 91 <R. North 24, S. RennelJ 21, S. Cox 13. C. Taurima 12, S. Constable 7. M. Dwayne. H. Morrison 6, P. Roberts 2), Rangiora A 44 (R. King 18, C. Winter 9, B. Fortune 8. K Smith 6, L. Kearney 2, K. Aitchison 1); Rebels A 49 (S. Le Warne 12. V. Young 10. E. Young 8, A. Taie 7. S. Graham 5, M. Williams 4. G. Chin 3>, Christchurch United 32 (H. Carr 14. C. Jones 8. A. McNamee 6, W. Stanton. B. Carr 2).