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UP
AND AT EM: HMAS Success (red and white) and HMAS Watson
contest the tip off during their match in the Oberon Shield
Basketball Competition.
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Photo:
ABPH David McMahon.
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By
LS David McLeod
HMAS Waterhen proved too good in this year’s Oberon Shield Basketball
Championships, taking the title with a whopping 22 point win over
HMAS Melbourne.
The Shield, part of SPORTEX 2, was a competition designed by the
HMAS Platypus LSPT, Peter Rode, in 1987.
The idea was to invigorate Basketball at unit level for Navy personnel.
This year’s competition saw eight teams compete in a double elimination
draw.
The final of the 2005 Consolation Cup was battled out between
HMAS Success and HMAS Watson, with Success defeating Watson by
10 points, the final score 32 - 22.
