It was a good Saturday for the Station United club as both their men's and women's teams were the inaugural winners in the Louise Brandon Memorial Tournament at Springvale Stadium.
Five local men's team's and three women's squads were entered in the two competitions, playing 30 minute games with twohalves.
The five men's teams all played each other once, which resulted in a three-way tie at the top of the table between Station, Pasifika Flights, and Mickeys.
Therefore the winner was decided by points differential, with Station's ten goal winning margin over Mickeys putting them on top.
The three women's teams all played each other twice, with Station narrowly claiming the title ahead of Te Kahui and Pasifika, with the outcome not decided until Stations win in the last game with Te Kahui.
Station's Raniera Walker tries to block the jump shot of Te Kahui's Beau Herewini.
Marie Joseph, working committee member of Whanganui Basketball Association, said they will definitely run the tournament again next Labour Weekend, as the newspaper preview last week meant a lot of people were interested in taking part, after entries had closed.
"Next year we're going to put it out as a bit more exposed. People can prepare for it.
"We had quite a few people on the day coming in and out.
"A lot of people who were here for the reunion were dropping down and helping out."
Joseph said the memorial tournament is more for masters players who do better with a one-day format, rather than youth teams who would still like to attend the annual three-day HoopNation event, which was moved from Whanganui to Tauranga this year.
As well as the action, Saturday saw the first trophy given out in Brandon's name in honour of contributions to refereeing.
The recipient was Brandon's good friend Shirley Te Huna, aka Auntie Betty, who received her BBNZ badge this year.
Members of the Brandon family attended to open the tournament and hand out the prizes.
