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Women's Hockey Club

Nineteen forty-five is proving a very interesting and eventful year for our club. With a membership of close on 50, the club fielded four teams, these being Senior A, Senior B, Junior and Intermediate.

Early in the season the Senior B team paid a visit to Massey College, where they had a very energetic though enjoyable weekend, losing the game, after an exciting tussle, 1—0.

Recently two teams travelled up from Canterbury College. These played our Senior B and Junior teams, and this time both home teams were successful in securing the victory.

The Senior A team is bound for Otago to take part in the Winter Tournament starting on the 17th August. We hope to uphold the reputation the Senior B and Juniors have established for the club.

In competition games, too, our club is doing comparatively well. It is still a little too early to predict results, but the Senior A has a definite chance of finishing third in the grade—everything permitting. The Senior B's are in a very good position in their grade also, being second at present. We hope they can retain that place.

The Juniors, with Gloria Fraser as captain, have proved a very "Kean" team. Most of its members were practically beginners at the opening of the season, but are working together like "old hands" now. It is a great pity that their match results have not been more revealing.

Being entered late in the season, about three weeks after commencement of games, the Intermediate team was handicapped from the outset. As is usual with all "last" teams, it is often one or two short, but has, up to date, never failed to turn out for play. This may be due to the exceptional health enjoyed by most members of our club—this year to date—or to the enthusiasm of their captain, Heather Teed, in gathering in new and unsuspecting recruits.

Most of our success is due, we feel, to the advice and coaching given by Mr. Ralph Kean, the club's coach. We wish to record our thanks to him for his encouragement and help, not only on Thursdays at practices, but on Saturdays, too.