WEST END AND RAHOTU

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1935, Page 12

WEST END AND RAHOTU

BASKETBALL WINNERS BIG TOURNAMENT AT HAWERA. RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES. There was a record entry of 40 teams in the annual tournament arranged by the Taranaki Basketball Association at Hawera yesterday. This year the tournament was in two grades, senior and first grade, and was on the two-life system. There were 18 entries in the senior and 22 in the first grade. West End won the senior grade with Okato Tuis runners-up. Rahotu won the first grade event. In the semi-finals Okato Tuis defeated Eltham by two goals to nil. Eltham is a new team in the senior grade and showed some promising play, especially in the centres where the players intercepted well. Although Eltham had a fair share of the ball the goal throwing was not over accurate. The team, too, lost some points for being penalised fof- such breaches as personal contact and overguarding. In the final West End defeated Okato Tuis by seven goals to four. West End had not previously been beaten while Okato Tuis had been beaten earlier in the day by West End. The first half- of the game was very even, both sides Scoring the same, number of goals. Okato played a sure game and the centres worked especially well. The goalies, too, worked Well but at times played a little too much round the goal instead of towards it. West End played its usual fast game and showed some good pass- 1 ing. The Okato defence Was well Oil the alert and often broke up the West End combination. In the second half, however, West End forged ahead and soon had a lead Of three goals which it kept Until the end of the game. This was perhaps the best game of the day when both teams showed some spectacular passing. West End, However, was better at goal throwing. WIN WELL DESERVED. West End deserved a win as. for the last two years it has been runner-up at the annual tournament. The teams were:--West End: L. Fox, E. Fox, M. Duffin, H. .May, M. Urry, K. Skipper, M, Fletcher, E. George, M. Matangi. Okato Tui: W. Haylock, N. Goodin, M. Brophy, K. Goodin, R. Lawn, E. Richards, T. Wooldridge, G. Gibson, W. Bridgeman. . i Th'e team seems to be retaining the form of last year when it was the champion team and it was the second tournament the team has won this season.

Previous winners of the Tarry Shield, presented by Miss H. Tarry, were: 1931, Hawera Old Girls and Tariki; 1932, Convent Blue; 1933, New Plymouth High School Old Girls; 1934, Hawera High School Old Girls.

In the first grade Rahotu beat Tataraimaka .in the final Both teams are from the coastal division and are newly affiliated to the association. To enter the final was a remarkable performance. Until the sixth round New Plymouth Convent retained both lives but was beaten on the seventh round by Te Kiri and in the semi-final by Rahotu. Tataraimaka and Te Kiri were the teams in the other semi-final.

New Plymouth Convent defeated Tataraimaka in the fifth round while Te Kiri lost its first life in the fourth round when it played Clifton. , Both semi-finals were evenly contested. When the bell went fox - time Rahotu and New Plymouth Convent were level at 5-all. After the play-on Rahotu added another goal to their score. New Plymouth played well as did Rahotu. Both showed some fine passing and the’ goalthrowing, too, was fairly accurate. Both teams seemed fit and showed that they had been practising. Tataraimaka defeated Te Kiri by one goal, 5—4. Both were very keen and worked very hard. They were b6th good at intercepting but at times were apt to become rather rough. PLAY IN THE FINAL. In the final Rahotu defeated Tataraimaka by five goals to four. Rahotu is showing fine style and with some good passing. Rahotu is the more experienced team. Both teams intercepted well and played a good defensive game as well as a good attacking game. They were fairly accurate at goal throwing and, had the game been longer, it would be hard to say which would have won. The teams were:— Rahotu; P. Murray, R. Hodgson, D. Lowry, W. Murray, E, Clarke, H. Clarke, J. Pennington, J." Morgan and M. Baker. . Tataraimaka: M. Goodwin, F. McCabe, S. Price, M. .Coates, R. Gladwin, J. Sharrock, Lu McCardy, E. Penwarden. Referee’s for the day were Miss Simpson, Miss Matangi, Miss Tarry, Mr. Spufdle, Mrs. Verhey, Miss Chadwick, Miss I. Mischefski, Mfs. Knuckey, Miss J. Thomas, Miss Britland, Miss Smythe, Miss Wells and Miss J. Blair. . Other officers were: Timekeeper, Mr. Brett; scorers, Hawera High School girls; officials in charge of the draw, Mrs. and Mr. L. Kohn and Miss Abraham.

At the Conclusion of play Miss Tarry pretented the trophies to the winners, and congratulated both winners and run-ners-up on the splendid games, played. It .was encouraging, she said, to see so many entries and so-much keenness, especially among country teams, some of which had travelled Jong distances. Details of play are:— Senior.

First round: Stratford Technical High School 4 lost to Hawera High School A 11; Matapu 3 beat Egmont Village 1. Second round: Hawera Old Girls 1 beat Stratford 0; Norfolk 6 beat City Green 1; West End 14 beat Raleigh 0; Eltham 3 beat Alton 1; Hawera High School A 4 lost to Matapu 6; Stratford Tchenical High School 5 lost to Egmont Village 9; Okato Tuis 9 beat Inglewood Convent 4; Convent Blue 6 beat Midhirst 2; Inglewood Kiwis 7 beat City Black 3. Third round: West End 10; beat Hawera Old Girls 1; Raleigh 5 beat Stratford 4; Norfolk 3 lost to Eltham 4; Alton 7 beat City Green 0; Matapu 5 beat Convent Blue 4; Hawera High School A 3 lost to Inglewood Convent 6; Egmont Village 5 beat Midhirst 0, Okato Tuis 11 beat Inglewood Kiwis 2. Fourth round: West. End 4 beat Eltham 2; Hawera Old Girl 2 beat Alton 1, Norfolk 9 beat Raleigh 5; Inglewood Convent 1 lost to Inglewood Kiwis 3; Okato Tuis 1 beat Matapu 0; Egmont Village 12 beat City Black 4. Fifth round: Hawera Old Girls 4 beat Norfolk 3; West End 6 beat Okato Tuis 2; Con Vent Blue 5 beat Matapu 4; Inglewood Kiwis 3 beat Egmont Village 0. Sixth round: Okato Tuis 6 beat Hawera Old Girls 1; Eltham 3 beat Convent Blue 2; West End 5 beat Kiwis 0. Semi-final: Okato Tuis 2 beat Eltham 0. Final: West End 7 beat Okato Tuis 3. First Grade. Fifst round: Hawera Technical High School B beat Tikorangi by default; Tataraimaka 9 beat Matapu 1; Inglewood Huias 7 lost to St. Joseph’s 8; New Plymouth Convent 3 beat Tuna 2; Te Kiri 5 beat Lepperton 2; Kaponga 7 beat Stratford Technical High School 4. Second round: Midhirst 0 lost to Warea 10; Sacred Heart 4 beat Normanby 2; Hawera High School B 3 lost to Tataraimaka 5; Matapu won by default from Tikorangi; St. Joseph’s 1 lost to New

Plymouth Convent 10; Inglewood Huias 2 lost to Tuna 9; Te Kiri 3 beat Kaponga 2; Lepperton 2 lost to Stratford High School 10;.MangatOki 7 beat Stratford Convent 0; Clifton 3 beat Alton 0; RahOtU 7 beat Okaiawa 0. Third round: Warea 3 lost to Tataraimaka 6; Hawera High School B 3 beat Midhirst 1; New Plymouth Convent 6 beat Sacred Heart 5; Normanby 3 begt Matapu 2; Kaponga 4 beat St. Joseph’s 1; Tuna 5 beat Stratford High School 1; Clifton 3 beat Te Kiri 2; Rahotu 8 beat MangatOki 5; Alton 5 beat Stratford Convent 4. Fourth round: ■ Tataraimaka 7 beat Clifton 2; Warea 5 beat Normanby 0; Sacred Heart 6 beat Hawera High School B 2; New Plymouth Convent 5" beat Rahotu 4; Kaponga 7 beat Alton 1; Mangatoki 6 beat Tuna 1; Te Kiri 5 beat Okaiawa 1. Fifth round: Warea 5 beat Clifton 1; Tataraimaka 7 lost to New Plymouth Convent 8; Rahotu 4 beat Mangatoki 3; Te Kiri 2 beat Kaponga 2. Sixth round: Tataraimaka 6 beat Sacred Heart 0; Te Kiri 6 beat New Plymouth Convent 5; Rahotu 6 beat Warea 4. Semi-finals:' Tataraimaka 6 boat Te Kiri 4; Rahotu 6 beat New Plymouth Convent 5. Final: Rahotu 5 beat Tataraimaka 4.