School team fails in late challenge

Press, 11 June 1979, Page 20

School team fails in late challenge

i Good basketball was played in , all three womens first division , matches at Cowles Stadium on • Saturday. Checkers held oft’ a determined : Mairehau High Schoo! side to i win. 53-48; Christchurch United ; survived a late challenge Io take . a well earned vietorv over Canterbury University. 62-56: and • Continental Caterers achieved its : third successive vietorv when it beat Rebels, 59-44. Competition points: Checkers! J A 18, Mairehau A 14. Mairehau High School 10. Christchurch 'United. University A 8. Continental Caterers 6. Rebels 2. Checkers A 53, Mairehau High School 48 Tlie young Mairehau side set 'about the game with, grit and determination, realising that j another loss would make it

t almost impossible for it to caul t up to its slater side, .Mairehau i A. It now trails both Checkers and Mairehau A and will have tc i work liaid if it is to make the > besi-of-three match final at the. 1 end of the third round. » At hait-time the score was - 23-23. and iaier was again level i at 37-37 and 47-47, induatine the $ closeness of the mat< ii Uneck [iei» had the better ui the final three minutes, scoring six points «. io Mairehau s one i Checkers had lost some ot its i power with Leslie Hannen at ihc • national senior women s trials in .Auckland but sterling pei formam.es from Sharon Rennell 12 points) and Sharon Constable' ,10 pointsi carried Checkers to I \ictory. ; Beth McLeod pla\e<! her usual L commanding match until she was fouled out eight minutes into the second halt Prospects looked: bleak for Checkers when Jaiiej McMeekan and Rennell were also) fouled out with five minutes re ■ maining. but Pania Roberts and! Penny Salt on did more than enough to give Checkers a wm. Isobell Lee played her best game for Mairehau. storing 11 points while Donna Broughton had another impressive match. Christchurch United 62. University 56 United has shown much im-l provement this season and was well rewarded with an exciting, victory. A gutsx display was' given by Barbara Carr (17 points) and she was ably supported by her sister. Heather Steel, and by Sue Giles. University was a, little slow to organise its defence, often allowing United to attack' only one defender Adrianna Beukenholdt. recently recovered from an ankle injury, was University's main attackinc power, scoring 19 points, and' Denise McKay covered a lot of' ground, contributing 14 points Penney King played her best game for several weeks whih-. Tina Beukenholdt and Ann) Brokenshire worked tirelessly. Continental Caterers 59, Rebels A 44 Continental Caterers picked up its third close win in successive; weeks, show ing a determined ap proach against Rebels. It led' 14-5, after 11 minutes but Rebels, which won the first round match, 45-44. rallied well to pull back to trail. 18-22 at half-time. Great, team work from the Caterers side enabled it to race ahead.! 42-25, and although a late rally i from Rebels closed the gap| slightly, the result was never in doubt. Carolyn Winter and Rongo King were both fouled out but not before King had scored a massive 28 points for Caterers.! Karen Atche.son and Jenny Harris controlled the backboards well for Caterers, while Jo Douglas worked hard for Rebels with Averil Robinson and Muriel Williams. Results;— Checkers A 53 (S, Rennell 12 , S. constable 10. B. McLeod 9 P. Roberts and J. McKeekan 8

IK. .Murth 4. P SaJton 2i. Mairehau High Schoo! 48 L Lee 1:, D Broughton 10. R Caiaiaj f.J Palmer 8. M. Stokes 7, V CasMd.l 4). ■ Continental Caterers 59 R. Kntg 28. < Winter 9. J Harris >;K. Atcheson 6. B. Fortune. I van Zanten 4, I. Stephenson 2 , ■j Rebel- A 44 Z Meads 16. >. ‘LeWarne. M Williams- A Robift * •son 6. D. Shanks 4. G Chia. J.2 Douglas 3*. United A 62 B Carr 17. H ' Steel 13. s Giles 12. < Herem;*i 8. ( Jones 6. K Waitoa 4 V '{Cunningham 2. Cnivenuu A •« A. Beukenholdt 19. D. McKav 14. A Brokensnire, P King «, ’T. Buukenholdt 6. \1 Suainsoxt Louer grade iei<ulls:— Women —Division three: Checkers ( 20. Linwood HS 14. Bumside B 24. Hotshots B 12; Wariderers 41. Hotshots C 6: Lincoln 20. Haglev B 10: Teacher* B 25. Halsweil B ’8; Checker* C. '56. Hagle> B 4. Brighton A 29. Linwood HS 22; Halswell B 44. Hotshots C 11; Teachers R 34, Lincoln 17; Wanderers 46. Burnside B 6. Division four: Mairchau C 37. Rebels B 11: DSW 33. Rangiota B 20; Brighton B 25. Albion 17. Division five. Teachers < 21, 1 Brighton D 8: Halswell C 47. Burnside C I; Riccarton 18. Media i 15; 1. D.S 16. Brighton D 14: Ri< ; carton 26, Teachers Coll. C 8, ; Media 31. Burnside C 0. Division six: Checkers D 37, {Taxes 2. YMC A 20. Teacher* Checkers D 64, Hotshots D 6; i Checkers D 64, Hotshots D 6; i Halswell D 18. Teachers D 10; YMCA. C 2. Taxes B 0. Division seven: QEH 23. Bumsco 12 Brighton E IR. i Checkers E 12; Sunnyside 11. ' Zone Acts 4; Brighton E 2. Burnsco 0; Sunnvside 28. Checkers E 4. Q.E.H. 22. Halswell E 4.