BASKETBALL SEASON ENDS

Chronicle (Levin), 24 September 1946, Page 4

BASKETBALL SEASON ENDS

COLLEGE WIN A GRADE Last Saturday brought the Horowhenua Basketball Association's games. -tp. a elosq for ;the 1946 season;. /vvhich'has'. b'een in- every respect a •^|bst sucqessful one. .-Thia.is.ffheJ -M-st year that 'thre6 grades' of i basketball have been played,. and all players are to be complimented on the interest and sportsmanship which they have maintairred throughout the season. Teams which have had to travel each Saturday to Levin are specially to be commended for the enthusiasm they have maintained, as also are those junior teams which, in spite of their many difficulties and somecimes frequent reverses, did their oest to field a team each Saturday. Comparatively speaking; the Horowhenua Basketball Association is not a large one, and it is, cherefore, doubly proud of its ability to field 24 teams each Saturday. Basketball is an excellent winter sport for girls, and it is to be hoped that it will eontinue to flourish throughout the district. The foliowing are the results of games played last Saturday: — A grade: College A.13, Shannon A 12; St. Joseph's 13, College B 5; Tui A 15, College B 13; Tui A 15, Aces A 7; St. Joseph's 8, Aces A 4; C.O.G. A 12, Shannon A 10; College A 19, Kuku 16; C.O.G". A'20, Kuku 8. B grade: College D won from Tui B by default; Textile A 13, College E 3;- College C 10, Shannon B 5; College D 22, Aces B 2'; College C won from Tui B by default; C.O.G. B 9, Shannon B 4; Textile A 13, C.O.G. B 4; College E 10, Aces B 5-.. C grade: College Junior B 15, C.O.G. C 2; Primary A 10, Shannon C 7; College Junior B won from Primary B by default; College F 19, C.O.G. C 2; College F won from Primary B by default; Primary A 12, College Junior A 10; Shannon C won from Tui C by default; College Junior A won from Tui C by default. Season's Points Resqlts The position of the teams for the season is as: follows: — A grade: College A-, winners of A Grade Cup; Kuku,- Winners of Runners-up Cup; C.O.G. A, St.

Joseph's, Shannon and Tui a (equal) , College B, Aces A. B grade : College C and Textile ' to play off for B Grade Cap and. Runners-up Cup; Shannon B, College D, C.O.G. B, Tui B, College E, Aces B. C grade: College F, winners of C grade conipetition; Shannon C and Primary A, equal for runners-up; College Junior A, C.O.G. C, College Junior B, Tui C, Primary B. Knock-Out Tourhament On Saturday next, September 28, a knock-out tournament will be held on the college courts eommencing at 2 p.m. Textile a and College C are asked to be prepared to play off for the B Grade CHp. This match should be an interesting one,. as both sides are evehly matched.