SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1929, Page 5

SCHOOL BASKETBALL

X GAMES IN NEW PLYMOUTH. VOGELTOWN WIN DEARE SHIELD. Exceptionally large entries for the Deare Shield primary school basketball competition (A grade) and for a rose bowl donated by 'the primary school teachers (B grade) necessitated the use of three arounds at Pukekura Park on Saturday.” Twenty-two teams competed in the two grades of the competition, which is open to all primary schools in Taranaki, and teams from as far south as Stratford participated. The games, which were of two tenminute spells with a three-minute in terval, proved fast and exciting and the winners, Vogeltown, provided a great exhibition of the art of the game, a> though they were fully extended to win the final. Inglewood Convent won the B grade final with ease, their co-ordin-ation in attack being too much for the majority of their .opponents. The tournament' was run under the auspices of the Taranaki Primary School Girls’ Sports Association, and the officials were: President, Miss Harper; secretary, Miss King; scorers, Misses Evans, Henderson, Gibson, Hawkes, Shaw, McKenzie; time-keeper, Miss Lunam; basketball recorder, Miss Ritchie; marshal, Miss Brodie; referees, Misses Valentine, Harper, Tarry, Louis, King, Kurt a. The trophies were presented by. Miss Harper, who congratulated the winners on securing the A grade competition while still eligible for the B grade. Inglewood Convent had also put up a great exhibition, she said, as she called for cheers for the winners. The results were: — First Round. —A Grade. Stratford 9 v. Central 3. Inglewood 6 v. Fitzroy 0. Second Round. Waitara 7 v. Westown 3. Vogeltown 7 v. West End 1. New Plymouth Convent 1 v. Central 0. Inglewood 9 v. Stratford 4. Semi-finals. ' Vogeltown 10 v. Waitara 2. This was a good game in which the accurate shooting of the Fitzroy goalthrowers proved the deciding factor. New Plymouth Convent 3 v. Inglewood 2. Inglewood had played .well all through and were unlucky to lose.

Final. Vogeltown 4 v. New Plymouth Convent 0. First Round. —B Grade. Inglewood Convent W 13 v. New Plymouth Convent 0. Moturoa 1 v. 'ew Plymouth Girls’ High School Prep. 0. Okato 7 v. Waitara 5. Second Round. West End won from Stratford by default. Fitzroy 12 v. Inglewood Convent 0. Inglewood Convent W 7 v. Inglewood 4. Okato 7 v. Moturoa 1, Semi-finals. Fitzroy 7 v. West End 5. a high scoring game with Fitzroy a shade the better team. Inglewood Convent W 5 v. Okato 0. Inglewood scored a well-merited victory in a game which was theirs all the way. Final. Inglewood Convent W 4 v. Fitzroy 0. SECONDARY SCHOOL GAMES. Teams from S. Mary’s School, Stratford, travelled to New Plymouth on Saturday and played matches at the Girls’ High School. The results were: S. Mary’s A 10 v. Girls’ High School A 10. Girls' High School B 10 v. S. Mary’s B 5. SENIOR BASKETBALL. Matches in the northern division of the senior competition on Saturday resulted as follows:— Convent 13 v. West End Red 13. Baptist 13 v. West End Blue 2. Girl Citizens 9 v. Urenui 1. PRIMARY SCHOOL MATCH. Patea 6 defeated Alton 4, at Alton. CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE. , At the end of the first round of the senior championship conducted by the Taranaki Basketball Association the position is as follows:— NORTHERN DIVISION.

NEXT WEEK’S FIXTURES. Northern Division. July 13—Urenui v. Baptist, at Baptists’ grounds; West End Red v. Girl Citizens, at West End; West End Blue v. Convent, at West End. Southern Division. Thursday, July 11—Inglewood v. Tariki, at Inglewood. Saturday, July 13—Hawera v. Strat- • ford Saturday, at Stratford. Thursday, July 11.—Norfolk v. Mountain, at Durham Road; Stratford Thursday a bye.

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