Court of honour for Bay's Basil

Basketball is Basil Marsh's life - or at least it was until he was selected to referee at the Rome Olympics in 1960.
Then Marsh had to make the toughest decision of his life - whether to go to Rome and miss the impending birth of his second child or stay at home to be with wife Norma.
Marsh had already officiated at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where he came face-to-face - or face-to-navel - with two of the greatest players in the game's history.
He never got to Rome, opting to stay in New Zealand but the Tauranga 80-year-old has no regrets.
Now a lifetime of giving unselfishly to basketball has been recognised by having a Basketball New Zealand scholarship named after him.
BBNZ has launched the Basil Marsh referee's scholarship to laud his huge contribution to basketball in this country for 60 years.
Marsh's is one of two scholarships - the other recognises his female counterpart Donette Daly - awarded annually to provide professional development for up-and-coming referees.
Marsh had a hand in judging the scholarship applications, with the winner set to be announced soon.
Marsh is still active nationally, evaluating the game's young whistlers at national tournaments.
A life member of the New Zealand and Western Bay of Plenty basketball associations, he has been busy coaching 15 junior referees in Tauranga.
"I still love it - as long as I'm active and mobile I'll always be available to help basketball out," Marsh said.
"The young ones aren't afraid to ask questions. There's been a few changes but the game's still pretty much the same as it was in my heyday. I hope the expertise I had is still relevant."
Marsh, who also refereed rugby for 26 years to provincial level, started playing as a 16-year-old in Wairarapa.
By 1948 he attended his first nationals as coach of the Wairarapa women's team - a tournament that also coincided with the start of his refereeing career when there weren't enough officials at the Dunedin tournament. For Marsh, who trialled for the New Zealand men's team in 1952, being asked to officiate at the `56 Melbourne Olympics was unquestionably a career highlight.
There he came in close contact with United States superstars Bill Russell, regarded as the game's greatest-ever defensive player and who went on to win 11 NBA titles with the Boston Celtics, and offensive giant Wilt Chamberlain.
The United States averaged nearly 100 points a game at the Melbourne Games on their way to the gold medal and their average winning margin of 53.5 points a game is still an Olympic record.
"From memory I refereed the United States once in Melbourne and Billy Russell would still be the fastest thing I've ever seen on a basketball court.
"Chamberlain (at 2.16m-tall) was a massive man - I stood there looking up at him and it seemed like his head was in the rafters."
He has coached Wairarapa, Rotorua and Bay of Plenty provincial teams to 11 national titles, a record matched by his son Keith, and coached the New Zealand senior women's team for nine years from 1972-81.
His love of basketball rubbed off on his children Wayne, Keith and Sandra, who all represented New Zealand at junior or senior level.
Marsh, who had his fair share of on-court run-ins with John Dybvig when the fiery American coached in the NBL in the '80s, said the game had changed for the worse since advent of three refs to control games.
"It's a pretty easy ride now, there's not a lot of sweat lost. When you referee with two it keeps you moving whereas three tends to make referees a bit lazy."
Marsh still drives to Hamilton to watch the Waikato Titans in the NBL but said players nowadays got away with too much contact.
"Netball's even worse - both sports are supposed to be non-contact yet players are are throwing themselves all over the place. To me though, basketball's still the greatest team sport ever - that'll never change."