Basketball

Northland Age, Volume XVI, Issue 91, 9 September 1947, Page 3

Basketball

REP TEAMS The following are the Mangonui representative basketball teams vhich will travel to Whangarei on Friday to compete in Saturday’s tournament All players are requested to be at the Kaitaia P.O. at 11.46 a.m. on Friday to board the transport which will leave at 12 noon : A team—A. Gill, M. Hobson, N. Erceg, K. Phillips (captain), M. Nepia, A. Goodhew, L. Udjur, M. Matijevich, R. Smith. . B team —A. Yelavich, M. Christensen, H. Walters, K. Erstich, V. Yelavich, J. Parks, R. Timbers (captain), J. Sowter, M. Robson. 1 Emergencies—E. Ngaumu, M. Kitchen, F. Petera. * ' From the following will be drawn the Mangonui County teams to play the Auckland Maori representatives ; at the Kaitaia School courts next Sat- : urday. The games will commence at ■ 11 a.m., but players are requested to 1 be at the courts at 10 a.m. If any ; of the following are unable to play, they are asked to contact Mrs. Stitt . at their earliest convenience. Defence : K. Taylor, F. Kitchen, Z. Bacica, S. McPherson, D. Gregory, F. I Berghan, D. Yates. Centre : A. Haggar, A. Jones, L. ' Phillips, A. Thompson, R. Job, Borovich, S. Matthews. Goal : M. Williams, S. Popata, F. Henderson, L. Yates, A. Thomas, P. Donaldson, F. Divich. CATHOLIC DANCE Saturday night’s Catholic dance, : held in the Kaitaia A. and P. Hall, ‘ was one of the brightest and most successful of the current season. A large crowd packed the floor from the opening bars of the fii’st waltz until dancing ceased at midnight with the final number of a varied and exl cellent programme in the hands of Mr. T. Ryan, m.c. ! Dance accompaniment was provid- . ed by the ever-populal Versatile Or- . chestra and extras were played by ’ Miss Queenie Enwright. A light supj per was served by the ladies of fee , Catholic Church. Highlight of the evening’s entertainment was a demonstration of the Hula dance by J Miss Pauline Scott, a visitor to Kai- ’ taia from Rarotonga. Miss Scott, appropriately costumed, gave a polished ’ performance of this beautifully ex- ’ .pressive number, redolent of the exotic South Sea Islands. . Competition prizes, boxes of chocolates, were won by Miss Te Haara r and Miss Betty Sefton while further 1 prizes were awarded to the winners i of two novelty dance numbers, a i monte carlo waltz and a monte carlo S’ -foxtrot —Miss G. Brljevich and Mr. 1 R. Fisher and Miss N. Morrison and 1 Mr. L. Parker.