official representative of the Under Secretary of State for Physical Education. Avant-Garde Saint-Denis was the team of the competition and Robert Herold was the individual champion. The competition was followed by a reception hosted by the Governor General, Pierre-Louis Borde. Two wreaths were also laid at a war memorial, one by the , and the other by a Catholic organisation from Alsace which had brought 11 organisations to the competition. A trip to Sidi-Ferruch followed, where Monsignor Auguste-Fernand Leynaud laid the foundation stone for the city's church; two special trains and 18 buses were laid on for the occasion. Alger added one further association in 1931, and then in 1932 the Spartans of Eckmülh, Oran, were created by Father Bailly, who had connections with the Don Bosco youth association, which was founded in January 1893 by the Salesians. The Spartans soon became the largest basketball club in Algeria, with some of the players selected for the French national team. In 1936, Father Bailly's teams won all the titles in the Oran region, with the first team becoming champions of Algeria. After the Second World War, and as 1948–49 champions of North Africa, the Spartans beat the French military team by 22 points. They then beat the 1949 French champions, Villeurbanne, and were crowned champions of the French Union on 11 June 1949; Oran became the basketball capital of North Africa as a result. After Algerian Independence the Spartans continued their involvement with basketball and gymnastics. Some of the Algerian associations were ahead of their time. In 1931, the association of St. Philip of Algiers, founded in 1922 and in which sport, such as gymnastics, and military training took place, began to allow female membership, including within their administration. Members had to be of majority age, have French nationality, and be entitled to exercise their civil and political rights however. The Olympique du Petit Séminaire (OPS) was the last Catholic youth sports association created in Algeria and was founded during the insurgency. All those in charge at the OPS belonged to the social elite, and one was a member of the Clergy. In addition to teaching gymnastics and providing military training (including training in the use of rifles), the association encouraged the practice of other sports. It also encouraged choir singing as well as organizing recreational sessions and holiday camps. The association's statutes did not permit the admission of foreigners. On