BASKETBALL

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1934, Page 16

BASKETBALL

THE COMING SEASON

ASSOCIATION MEETS

Nearly 100 delegates from affiliated clubs attended the annual meeting of the Wellington Basketball Association (Inc.) last night. Mrs. H. D. Muir presided in the absence, through illness, of the president, Miss M. E., Armstrong.

The annual report stated that 51 clubs were affiliated during the past season, and a total of 118 teams participated in the association's ; championships. In addition twenty teams were affiliated throughout the Secondary Schools Basketball Association.

■ The winners of the. championship trophies were:—Senior A grade, Wellington East Old Girls, 1; senior B, Kia Toa; third grade, Newtown Old Scholars: fourth grade, Melrose; fifth grade, Newtown Old Scholars; sixth grade, Melrose; seventh grade, Island Bay Old Scholars. The trophy for the club championship was won by Wellesley Club. There were 99 entries for the King's Birthday tournament, which grows more popular each year. Once again in a New Zealand tournament Auckland won the senior A grade, Wellington being the runners-up, and in the senior B grade Wellington retained the Muir Cup. It was decided at the last annual meeting that the travelling expenses of representative teams be raised by clubs, and three groups were formed for this purpose. By various ways and means £65 6s 7d was raised. The main decisions of the New Zealand Council meeting in Gisborne were:—(l) That the headquarters of the New Zealand Basketball Association should move every three years; (2) that the New Zealand tournament in 1934 will be held in Dunedin;- (3) that major associations which have sub-associations affiliated to them, may enter a team from such sub-associa-tions in the second grade of the New Zealand tournament. SIX COURTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. "It is with great pleasure," proceeds the executive, "that we are at-last able to report definite progress in the matter of grounds. Although the wait has been long it is felt that actually this has been worth while, as the courts which are being laid out at Hataitai are in as central a position aa is possible in Wellington, and in addition the outlook is extremely pleasant. Six courts are at present under construction, towards the cost of which the association is providing £350, and this amount the council has agreed to regard as rent for a period of six years;. SUB-ASSOCIATIONS. Mrs. Muir announced that:'the material for the representative blazers was being manufactured and should soon be available. She also expressed the hope that the eighth grade would not again lapse for want of sufficient competing teams, as trophies for that grade were lying idle. Welcoming the delegates, she said that this year there were 16 new clubs as well as other;new clubs in the Hutt Valley. Mrs. Muir said that the Hutt Valley clubs had unanimously decided, on the suggestion of the Wellington Association executive, to form a sub-association. The idea was a good one and would prove of financial benefit as it would obviate travelling. The formation of the Hutt Valley SubAssociation was approved by the meeting. Last year, continued Mrs. Muir, the association had tried unsuccessfully to obtain the affiliation^of the numerous clubs in the North Wellington district, which comprised Paekakariki, Plimmerton, Porirua, Judgeford Valley., etc. It waa hoped that these clubs would soon form a subassociation affiliated with Wellington. It was resolved that Wellington should apply for the 1935 New Zealand tournament. * . A donation of £1 Is was made to the Free Ambulance and one of 10s 6d to the St. John Ambulance. " It was resolved to invite the Canterbury senior B team to .visit Wellington this season, and the Taranaki Association to send a team to play a Wellington third grade team. The association is to endeavour to arrange a representative match with Marl-, borough for a fourth grade team, and a team from affiliated sub-associations is to be entered in the second grade section of the New Zealand tournament. . Owing to the difficulty of finding enough colours for new clubs, it was decided that clubs on affiliation shall register their costumes, instead of their colours. This will permit similarity of colours in differing combinations. A new clause dealing with tinfinancial members will be added to the constitution. It will mean that in future the association will exercise control over the practice of unfinancial members of one club transferring to another >^lub. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Officers were elected as follows:—JPatron, Mr. W. McClay; vice-patrons, the Mayoress (Mrs. T. C. A. Hislop), Mrs. G. A. Troup, and Miss E. Scott; president. Miss M. E. Armstrong; vice-presi-dents, Mrs. H. D. Muir, Miss L. Sturroch, Mrs. R. M. Smith; secretary, Miss E. Bell; assistant secretaries, Miss M. Wilson tod Miss 0. ■ Lawlor; treasurer, Mrs. A. Muir; delegates' representatives, Misses A. Hennessy, O. Wharton, M. Simmonds, and G. Edwards; members of New Zealand executive, Mrs. A. Muir, Miss Wharton, . and Miss Bell; hon. solicitor, Mr. C. H. Ham; hon auditor, Mr. F. G. Johnson.