WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 195, 14 May 1940, Page 3

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Meeting Of Wellington

Executive

A meeting of the executive of the Wellington Basketball Association was held last night. The president, Miss O. M. Wharton, was in'the chair. Kour courts had been obtained ut the Technical College, and three of them would be used every week, it was report- «(!■ Regrades were granted as follows:— F. Costello (Wembley), senior B to third : J. Wallace and N. Williamson (W.E.0.G.), senior A to senior B. Dr. W. F. Shiver accepted the position of doctor to the association. Taubmans withdrew their team, and this was replaced by a further Y.B.G.C. team.

The following selectors were appointed, subject to their approval : —Senior A, Mrs. H. D. Muir; senior B, Mrs. Calder; third grade, Mrs. Macdonald, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. AReu, and Miss J. Willson; third junior, Misses P. MeGoldrich, and M. Wright; fourth grade, Airs. A. 11. Gorringe. The question of whether the usual King’s Birthday tournament should be held was discussed, as since it is a Monday now many players go away for the weekend. It was decided to hold the tournament us usual under the same conditions.

The Hutt Valley association is to be invited to send two teams to piny senior B and third grade teams in Wellington on August 3. The first grade team will be selected from senior A players who have.not represented a province before 1938. Because of the help of J. Mitehell, J. King, J. Bowe, and U. Chamberlain, in practising for representative teams, it was decided that these players should definitely be members of the team. The team will travel to Auckland and, if possible, will also play in the Rotorua tournament.

As an experiment it was decided to try playing games at 1.30 p.m. sharp, and play each game with a live-minute interval, instead of having 20 minutes. 'This will begin on May 25. Ground stewards reported that a large number of players were wearing jewellery, and. it was decided that referees should take particular notice of this.