PRIMARY SCHOOLS SPORTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16455, 26 September 1927, Page 11

PRIMARY SCHOOLS SPORTS

INTERESTING EVENTS The ninth annual gathering of the Primary Schools' Sports Association was held at the Oval to-day. Good weather prevailed, and the events were run off in quick succession. The entries were numerous and each competition had to be run off in heats. The entries from the country schools came from only as far as Ormond this year, as the districts further out held a separate sports meeting. Duriiiir the morning the first and second sections of the football and .basketball were played off, while the tug-of-war contests were commenced. The results of the earlier events were: FOOTBALL.

Open.—Frist- round : Mangapapa (3) v Makaraka- (0). Second round: Manutuke (6) v. Gisborne (0); Te Hapara (13) v. Gisborne (0). Under Bst 71bs: Te Hapara (7) v. Gisborne (0).

Under 7st 71bs.—First round: Marist (13) v. Kaiti (0), Te Hapara (6) v. Mangapapa A (0), Gisborne (16) v. .Mangapapa B (0). Patutahi (11) v. Waerenga-a-hika (0). Second round: Marist (6) v. Te Hapara (3), Patutahi (3) v. Gisborne (0). Under 6st 71bs. —First round : Gisborne A- (6) v. Awapuni B (0); Awapuni A (21) v. Mangapapa C (0). Kaiti (3) v. Marists (0), Mangapapa A (3) v. Gisborne B (0), Te Hapara (3) v. Mangapapa B (0). Second round: Gisborne A (6) v. Patutahi (0). Makauri (5) v. Awapuni (3), Kaiti (6) v. Mangapapa (0), Mangapapa (3) v. Te Hapara- (0). Under sst 71-bs.—First- Bound : Manga papa A (14) v. Gisborne G (0). Kaiti (1) v. Mangapapa B (0). Marist A (6) v. Te Hapara B (3), Marist B (3) v. Gisborne B (0), Te Hapara A (11) v. Awapuni (0), Gisborne A (11) v. Makaraka (0). Second round: - Mangapapa, (3) v. Kaiti (2), Marists A (9) v. Marists B (0), Ormond (6) v. Te. Hapara (0),. Gisborne A (6) v. Patutahi (0). BASKET BALL.

Under 13J,- years.—First, round: Te Hapara B (2) v. Awapuni (0), Te Hapara A (6) v. Gisborne B (0) Kaiti (2) v. Convent (0), Mangapapa (8) v. Gisborne (2), Makaraka. (4) v. Gisborne A (0), Manutuke (2, v. Makauri (1). Second round: Te Hapara B (2) v. Ormond (0), Te Hapara A (16) v. Patutahi (1), Mangapapa (3; v. Kaiti (0), Makaraka (2) v. Manutuke (0). Open.—First round: Gisborne A (2) v. Te Hapara B '(0), Mangapapa (2) v. Gisborne B (0), Awapuni (1) v. Kaiti (0), Te Hapara A (4) v. Makauri (2). Second rcund: Gisborne A (6) v. Patutahi (5), Te Hapara A (4) v. Mangapapa (2), Convent (10) v. Waereriga-a-hika. (0). Countiy basketball.—Makauri' (13) v. Waerenga-a-hika (2). TUG-OF-WAR, Open.—First round : Gisborne B beat Te Hapara, Marists beat Gisborne A, Gisborne B beat Mangapapa, Makaraka beat Marists, Muriwai beat Patutahi, Kaiti beat Makauri. Second round: Makaraka beat Gisborne, Muriwai beat Kaiti. Under 13.—First round: Gisiborne A beat Te Hapara, Mangapapa Awapnni, Kaiti beat Gisborne B. Second Wind : Kaiti beat Mangapapa. THIS AFTERNOON'S RESULTS FOOTBALL. i Under Bst 71bs.—Second irorajd : Manutuke 10, v. Mangapapa, 0; Te Hapara won from Maktiraka by default. Under 6st 7lb.—Makauri 16 v. Gisborne 3; Mangapapa, 3 v. Kaiti 0. Under sst 71b.—Semi-linal: Marists A 12, v. Mangapapa 0; Ormond 3, v. Gisborne A 0. TUG-OF-WAR. j Open.—Semi-final: Makaraka beat Gisborne, Muriwai beat Kaiti. Final: Makaraka beat Muriwai. Under 13 years.—Semi-final: Gisborne. A beat Makaraka, Kaiti beat Mangapapa. Final: Kaiti beat Gisborne A. BASKETBALL. Open.—Semi-final: Tc Hapara 6 v. Gisborne 2, Manutuke 6 v. Convent 4. Under 13. Semi-final: Te Hapara A won from Te Hapara by default, Mangapapa 2 v. Makaraka 0.