First basketball tournament
The Cheviot Basketball 1 club will host its first-ever basketball tournament this Sunday in the Cheviot Community Hall. Unfortunately the hall is under half the size of a normal court, with only | about 3m separating the two I end keyholes, and no centre I circle. Clyde Huntly would i have a field day shooting baskets from inside his own keyhole. Three lower-grade men's teams (Taxes, Blues and Businessworld) and three ladies
teams (Mitre Tavern, Tran- | spac and Daniels) have accepted invitations to take part in the day-long tournament, which winds up with a barbei cue.
Basketball only began to be [ organised in Cheviot about I three years ago, with Mrs
■' I i Carol Jones taking on the responsibilities of coaching a men’s and women’s team — a difficult task seeing most players had had no previous experience!|, I [. . They have to travel out of the districtijto get games and attended their [first ever tournament in Christchurch during Labour Week-end in 1985. j 11 I .
j Cheviot [[entered a small [country competition based in iAmuri with both .teams winining their sections. i Mrs Jones has had a strong [response f[rom school children in the area and takes a [boy’s [ and I girl's tearrl to Amberley ;o play;. The girl’s team has had only one loss in two seasons. Another group of 20; children, lllyearsland under, play after .school
weekly. ■ .[ j [ The club now has 50 members and trains once a week; for 2>/ 2 hours, and this season! has entered the Woodend competition, which began; earlier this week. Last season, the ladies finished third in a North Canterbury tournament and ' both teams finished third at last year's Labour week-end tournament. The teams also competed at [the Ashburton tournament 1 ini February and the [Easter! tournament in Christchurch! with limited success. I [ Last season, with assistance! of! some basketball officials from Christchurch, a referee-: ing clinic was 'held' after) which Mrs Jones and Mrs Julie Hyde obtained theiij Grade 3 badges. I |
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