PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 19

PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT

SIXTEEN SCHOOLS COMPETE AT RANGIORA

About 400 children took part in the North Canterbury primary schools* Rugby football and basketball tournament at Dudley Park, Rangiora,'yes- , terday.. Sixteen schools werei repre--sented. The day was fine, and the standard of play produced" in - each section of the -tournament was excel- . lent. There" was a good attendance of spectators. Sefton won the open section in the basketball : through beating Amberley . in the final by 2 points- to 1, The under 4ft 6in class was won by • V/odderid,' Which beat Kaiapoi. by 3 points to 2. Rangiora beat Sefton by • 1 10 points to 1' in the class under sft. In the final of the B grade in the 1 basketball Rangiora Convent School i beat West Eyreton by 7 points to 2. The.final results of the Rugby foot- - I ball matches were:— A Grade—Under Bst.7lb: Sefton beat Rangiora, 5-3. Under 7st 71b: Rangiora beat Belfast; 9-0. Under 6st 71b: Sefton -beat Rangiora, 3-0. Under sst 71b: Kaiapoi beat Belfast, 4-3. Under 4st 71b: Rangiora beat Kaiapoi, 12-3. B Grade—Leithfield, Southbrook, and Glenmark had four wins.each.