PATEA DISTRICT SCHOOLS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 August 1930, Page 6

PATEA DISTRICT SCHOOLS

RUGBY AND 1 BASKETBALL tourneys.

SENIOR RUGBY TO PATEA

The annual Rugby football and basketball tournaments imd© l the . m-kes of the Patea and District Public Schools’ Amateur Athletic Association teams concerned and attendance of a large number spectators, though the commodious giand-j ww. mranl i» l.y .«cni<n- «"<l lU'i'm sections, the former, f 1") I ' lo ; rinfiv Shield comprising loin team?P tea Kakaramea, AYaverley and IvSlmKkmS). The )"» Payed for a silver cup, Die fol i - schools being represented b> 92) AYaverley (2). Patea on vent* AYaverley. Convent, W hemiakura, I Alton, Hurleyville. A lC and b l5 U AN’avm-iey Convent, AYlienuakura. Kakaramea and Alton. On' conclusion of the tourname ts Mr F. S. Tarrant, presided, expressed the thanks of the association to the spectators for their attendance' and support and to the officials who had so ablv carried out the programme, 1.0 nte particular stress on the assistance rendered by Miss Caigou . (Hajvera who had acted as referee m all the basketball games. aucL the Rugbj referees Messrs L. Hunt. I. b. McKenna, R. Rutherford and D. Hurley. Trophies were; presented to t-he •winning teams by the Mayor of .. * * fMr F Ramsbottoin), who congratulated each on the success attained and expressed the hope that they would bo equally fortunate as participants m higher grade contests. Ali- J. AVifliers (AVhenuakura behoof) ©Hicientiy carried out the duties of secret arv for the organised enort. Results of the tournament are as fellow . senio ß. RUGBY.

First Round. —Patea 3 v. AA henuakura ()• AA'averlev 3 v. Kakaramea 0. Final.— Patea 22 v. AYaverley O. Tries were registered by Marten (3). Buck'laiid (2) and Fan-weather. Ruckland converted two tries. The winning team comprised b. Baisiliie, N. Marton, C. Buckland, J. Fairweather, J. Geary, A . Goodwin, C . Gordon. _

JUNIOR RUGBY. First Round. —Alton 9 v. AA aveilej 0: Patea B 8 v. AYaverley Convent U; Hurley ville 24 v. AYaverley B 0; Patea A. 3 v. Patea Convent 0; AATieuuaknra a bye. , u Second Round. —Patea B 6 v. Aiixm 0: Patea. A 19 v. AVhenuakura. 0. Semi-final.—Huvleyville S v. Patea \ 0 Final.—Hurleyvillo 8 v. Patea R 0. AI. Hurley scored a try and kicked a penalty goal for the winners, whose team consisted, of A. Busing, AI. Huilev X. Scown ; G. .Hurley, J. Couchman. C. Hurley, and Dermott Hurley.

BASKETBALL. First Round. —AYaverley 11 6 v. Alton 4; AVavei’ley A. 4 v, Patea A 1; Patea B 2 v. Kakaramea 1; AYheiumkura. 1 v. AYaverley Convent. 0. Semi-final. —AYaverley B 3 v. \\ averley A 2; Whemia.kura, 2 v. Patea B 1. Final. —The final was contested by AYaverley B and AVhenuakura, and after haif-nn-hour’s play with no score it was decided to draw the match, each team te hold the rosebowl for six months. The committee of the association also decided to award a medal to each member of the two teams, these being : —• AYaverley B.—AI. Afason, J. Morrison, J. McDonald, G. Mathieson, J. Tsbister, J. Belton,. T. Farr. T. Aitken, E. Castle.

, Whenuakura. — Rewa Wybourne, N. Hurley, June Davidson, Annie Reardon, Edith. Wybourne. Month Hurley. Ray Wybourne, Becky JJourke, Mary Parsons.