HOROWHENUA PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOURNEY.

Shannon News, 16 August 1929, Page 3

HOROWHENUA PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOURNEY.

SHANNON ,WIN SEVEN-A-SIDE

RUGBY. OHAU. THEZiASKET BALL CHAMPIONS. Wednesday afternboii pn the Levin Domain the primary schools of the Horowhenua district held a seven-a-side Rugby tournament and a basket ball tourney. There was a large gathering of pupils, parents and supporters, who showed their enthusiasm by the , manner in. which they urged on to victory their .respective teams. In the seven-a-side tourney the Noad Shield, which was held by the Levin school, was at. stake; Ten teams competed, they, being Levin (3), Ohau and Foxtan (2 each), Otaki, Shannon and Levin Convent; The games were all well contested and resulted in the trophy changing hands, Shannon being the winners, their win being very popular.

In the basket ball tourney for the girls, eleven teams of six players took part, they being as follows: Levin (3), Ohau, Foxton and Shannon (2 ,each), Otaki and Levin Convent.. The .games created quite a lot of interest, the Ohau" A team winning the final from Convent after/a close game. At the conclusion of the games Mr R. J. Foss, headmaster of the Levin School, prior to handing over the Noai Shield to Shannon, extended a welcome to Mr Dempsey, who has recently taken over the Otaki School. In ■ presenting the shield to Jack Mason, captain of the Shannon team, Mr Foss said that it had now been competed for on' three occasions: and had been won by Foxton, Levin and and that was how it should be. He was confident that the donor would like to have it go from school to school, also to the smallest school. Shannon's win, he said, was not only a credit to themselves and the school, but to their teacher, who had been, looking after them, and he felt sure it would be the means of inspiring determination to ;do their best and always play up to the best traditions of the code. He then; called for three cheers- for tjho winners whish were heartily given. Mr Morgan, in returning thanks,] said he was very proud of the, school's achievement as it was the first trophy in the football world won by them for many years. ' Mr Fosa then presented to the captain of the Foxton team the Austin banner won by that school in the Horowhenua schools competition; He stated that various schools had w,on the banner and this was Foxton 'a fourth win. Cheers were then given for the winncra. Mr Procter, in returning thanks,i said he thought Ohau had been unlucky not to win it, as when they played Shannon they were only one point behind Foxton and after a "no score" game were awarded a penalty kick, but the ball struck the cross bar and rebounded back. Had it gone over they would have won the Banner. He j)Vas pleased to see Shannon win the... Shield as for the past three years they had had good teams but circumstances had been against them. '.'' . Mr Foss, in calling for three cheers for Ohau A team, winners of the Basket ball tourney, said as no trophy \ had been provided, he hoped the organisers j of the,tourney would.do something to-: wards recognising- the win.

Following are the results of the fcanies: —

SEVEN-A-SIDE

SHANNON WIN NOAD SHIELD. First Round. Ohau B (H. Paipa; L. Mellor, K, Whiley 1 , J. Kuiti, C. Seymour, Poutdma, P. Early); v. Levin C (Royal, Standard,'Davis, Procter, Cole, Pringle and Allen). —This was a very, even go. H. Paipa from a passing rush scored a try for Ohau giving them a victory, this being the only scores . Foxton B ;(Easton, Newton, Bills, Hutchins, Lee, Martin, McCarthy and Simmonds) v. Levin A ('Goldsmith, Coombs, Hunter, McDonald!, Crisp, Kirigsbeer, Blenkhorn). —This was an easy win for Levin A, who Avon by 18 to nil. Tries were scored by Kingsbeer (2), S. Hunter, and Crisp, of which three were converted by Kingsbeer.

Levin B (Laing, Hudson) Mark,, Ro binson, Wallace, Lenimon and Sadd) v. Foxton A (Croon, Devonshire, Crys

tall, Prentice,:,:poley, Walls and Neville). —Foxton were too solid for thehr opponents and won by 17 points to nil. Tries for Fpxton were, scored by Neville (2), Croon, and .Walla, one of which Prentice. converted.

Otaki (Olliver, M.,.Webby, J. Webby, Webster, Utiku, St.. George, and Nicolson) v. Ohau A (J.. Ellison, M. George, H. Wehipeihaua, J.,,.Hogg, W. Martin,,M. Brown and S.. Tamahana). —This was a good game, a try scored by M. George giving-Ohau A a win by three points. Shannon (Mason, MeEwen, Pieard, Retter, E. Easton, J. Thomson and B. Jones) v. Convent (J. Sullivan, T. Wilson, A. Hesp, I. Mills, J. Morgan, F. Barry and J. Williams). —This was. a hard game and created a lot of excitement. T. Wilson drew first blood by registering a try for Convent; but Shannon replied with tries by .Mason and MeEwen, the latter converting the former'a try; thus Shannon won by 8 points to 3. Second Round. Levin A defeated Ohafi A after an even go by 3 points to nil, a try scored by Kingsbeer. Shannon had an easy victory over Ohau B, winning by 20 points to nil Tries were scored for. Shannon by J. Thomson, MeEwen, Mason. (2),\Picard, and Easton ; one of which was converted. Foxton A a bye. Third Round. Foxton A v. Levin A. —There was fie score in the first half, in which Foxtoi: had the best of it. On changing ovei Foxton attacked and in a race ovei the line after the ball between Pren tice and Crisp the latter reached it it time to force. Levin then carried plaj to Foxton line and getting, the bal from a scrum, Crisp.went over, Kings beer converting. Foxton, returned ti the attack, but failed to score and Le vin. won by 5 points to nil; Final Shannon v. Levin A. —The latter who were the holders of the Shield, se •play (in motion,, but Sharfnojn earl: went to the attack in which Masoi gathering up the ball and beating th opposition, touched downi un\der th posts. MeEwen added the extra point! After changing over Shannon dribble to Levin's 25, and following-a lot o fumbling on the latter's line, Easto fell on the ball and added another trj which Pieard converted. I Following good passing movement by Shannoi MeEwen dribbled over and scored. L< vin then worked back to ..Shannon' •territory where • from the ruck Hunte went over, but Kingsbeer failed" t increase the score. .A. try scored f( Shannon by Jones was a the bell had--gone for time Shajinoj after a fast game thus winning th Shield by 13 points to 3.

BASKETBALL RESULTS.

First Round.

Ohau B lost to Levin, C by,, 2 goa to 1.-

Ohau A defeated Otaki by 2 to n; . Foxton A defeated Levin B by 2 ail.

Convent defeated Shannon A by 3 nil.

Levin A defeated Foxton B by 3

Shannon B a bye. ~ Second {Round. Ohau A defeated Levin C by 6 nil. ' ,

Convent defeated Foxton A by 4

Levin A defeated Shannon B by to nil.

Thir& Round. Convent defeated Levin A by 4

Ohau A a bye.

Final. Ohau A defeated Convent by 2 nil. '