1978 MEDAL WINNING BASKETBALL TEAM

Norma PEDDLE Bulger has kindly sent us a picture of another St Patrick's basketball team - champions again! 

Norma said "Here is another picture of the St.Patrick’s Basketball Team taken in 1978 when we earned the right to play in the Newfoundland Winter Games in Gander-Grand Falls.  We came home with the Bronze Medal.  You can post if you think the quality is OK. I didn’t want to remove it from the album since its been there so long and I’m afraid I may tear it."

In an attempt to make it easier to see the girls, I have cropped the picture, removing the details and names from the bottom of the newspaper photo. However, I will also post that descriptive part of the photo so you will be able to see the names of these talented young girls.  If you click on each photo they will enlarge and it will be easier for you to read the names. 

Norma has sent us some very interesting material which we have used in previous posts so we are very grateful to her for all her loyal support.  We hope Norma has lots more to share with us!

THE 1978 MEDAL WINNING TEAM

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ST PATRICK'S BASKETBALL TEAM 1955/56

Today's post is a real humdinger!  Enid (Stanford) O'Brien has sent me a photograph of the St Patrick's Basketball Team of 1955/56.  I didn't even know that we had a Basketball team way back then.   In my opinion, the Nuns were wonderful ladies but not terribly progressive when it came to clothing.  I didn't have a problem with their clothing - it was ours that was the bugbear.  The team must have had the same thought as Enid said,   

"Apparently the uniforms were not permitted to be any shorter than one inch above the knee.  As some of the other schools could wear shorts and have shorter uniforms, the girls thought they were at a disadvantage while running".  

Those long black stockings couldn't have been a big help either.

ST PATRICK'S BASKETBALL TEAM, 1955/56

Left to Right: M Sorenson, ??,  B King, J Wadden, A Hamlyn, C Whelan, M O’Brien, R Stanford, J Galway, Y Snow, B Nugent, P Silver, A Mercer, ??, S Cole, M Madden,

Centre: M English (Captain)

Two names are missing so if anyone out there knows who they are, please get in touch.

 

 

Enid said that she has  two sisters who attended St Patrick's, Joan and Rosemary.  Rosemary played on the Basketball team.  From the lineup of trophies on this picture, the team must have been pretty good, despite the length of their uniforms!

 

 

Thank you, Enid, for this wonderful picture.  It is a real treat and I look forward to some more gems from you.