LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18182, 19 September 1924, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. The annual report of tho Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association states that inter-club competitions were keenly contested between the several clubs during the season, and tho Association had been successful in all three of its interprovinciol matches. The Zealand championship meeting had been hold in Christchurch during the year, the entries proving a record At this contest Canterbury had retained the bannei, A. W Sims winning the mens championship singles, defeating the holder, G. Odivier, in tho final, whilst Miss May E, Speirs ladies' championship singles defeating Mn>» j McLaren, of Otago, m the final. J n<= New South Wales team had paid a visit to Christchurch during tho tourney, ancl plaved a test m.atch against a New team Tho province was represented m tTe test match by A. W. Sims, G. Ollrner and i". S. Wilding. With regard to the 1 Anthony Wilding Shield matches, only ont i —against Auckland—had been played, Canterbury retaining the trophy Two Buburba* tourneys had been held, and each bad attracted a large number of entries. The schools tourney, too, bad drawn a largo entry. Fourteen asphalt courts had been laid, each having its umpire stand : and twelve being provided with an adequate number of seats for the comfort of players and spectators. The two match courts hac sufficient space around to provide seating accommodation for upwards of 1000 persons The whole of the courts were enclosed wit twelve feet netting fences, and on the soutl side outside the netting an evergreen pnve fence had been planted for shelter and as i background. A plan for the drainage of tb courts had been arranged, and the Grounc Committee hoped to put this work in han< at the most opportune time. The reinainde of the ground, which was in a bad stati with twitch, was regularly worked through out the summer, with a result that ver; little remained. Recently this portion ha< been p'.ou-bed-part in preparation for 1 grass courts to be laid in the autumn an< the remainder for potatoes. Altaou e past season had been a strenuous one th forthcoming one would require the willm; support and sympathy of every tennis playe in Canterbury.- If the Association. an • raise another £SOOO to £6OOO t build a pavilion, stands, etc - ., it would be possible to pay its waj and its scheme would be an assured success The balance-sheet showed that the Assoc... tion's general account was m a satisfactor position, there being a credit balance < £•241 Is, while the assets exceed the liabil ties by the sum of £l/1 Gs

avonside club. The twentv-sixth annual report of tho Avonside lawn Tennis Club, to be P at the forthcoming annual meeting, states the club has had a very succossuU season. The receipts for the year are --9G 10s^ -d , including an amount of £l3 Is -d forward from last year- The e.-. ® . , amounts to £360 19s, leaving a debit usance of £62 Ss lOd, brought about chieSj by extensive improvements to the pavilion an renewal of the netting fencing.; The rcpori extends congratulations to Mass ir9 v A «. winning the ladies' championship o Zealand, to the ladies' team which won trie inter-club competition for the third •* e^ r in succession, and to the men s on their success in this event. Notice has been given by M*r F. J- Murray 'the pr&3.dent) to move at the annual iteeting that the annual subscription shall be: Men, oOs. l adies 35a; reducible to -iOs and ZOs respectively if paid on or before December 16th m each year. ADDINGTON CATHOLIC CLUB. • At the annual meeting of the Addington Catholic Tennis Club, the annual reoori i and balance-sheet were ndepted. j The following officers were elected—l at- ; ron. His Lordship Bishop Brodie; F r,^ sl dent, Father Quinn; vice-presidents, J" a tho 1 O'Meeghan, Sir G. Clifiord, Messrs h. J i Howard, M.P., E. Mercer, H. W. Penrosej P. Maloy, E. J. Amos, T. Gibson, h. I- | Duggiin, G. Ell, T.' Hinds, McDona.d. \Ut , che'il, A. Sullivan, sen., Howe, A. Bc.-.er I and ililner; honorary secretary, air P j Kelly; club captain, Mr J. A. Donoghue

I treasurer, Miss A. A. Donoghue; committee, j 1 Mr V. Considine, Misses' Tourisli, and. McCormack; auditor, Miss M. Williams; hjin- | , dicapper and selector, Father Quinn; ladies' j committee, Misses Halpin, Considine, S.oan, | Williams, and M. A. Donoghue. t Saturday, October 11th, was'the date de- ; cided on for the opening day. ASHBURTON CLUB. j The annual rtxxirt of the Ashburton | Tennia Club says that during the season a number of foreign matches were played, ; the club's teams acquitting themselves very well. A number of junior matches were also < played aguinst Te Marae and Tinwald clubs, . and although the club was not always victorious, the matches were very pleasant. 1 Considerable keenness was shown during ( last season's tournaments. Championships and handicap* events showed good entries ! and splendid enthusiasm. The following were the results of the various, tournaments: Men's championship singles, Partridge; doubles handicap, Lindop and G. Bonmngton; men's singles handicaps, Partridge; ladies' championship singles, Miss Stewart; doubles handicaps, Misses Undrill and Cowan; ladies' . single handicaps, Miss Percy; .Yankee tourncv, Miss Percy and Partridge. The Gala cup competitions again attracted much interest, and the club was | successful in canturing three of the four ' trophies. The ladies* open singles were won j by Miss Stewart, the men's open singles by I Partridge, and the men's junior singles by |G. C. Bonninpion. During the season the ! club had been"unfortnnate in losing the services of Messrs Holford, Porter and Kawnsley who had been active members for some considerable time, and their loss would be keenly felt. The secretary, Mr P; Vesty, had also left the district. The grass courts had been ploughed' and resown and should be available for play shortly after Christmas. The asphalt courts were not in very good playing order and consequently were not well patronised. Tho oommittee had considerable difficulty in having matters m connexion with the last-mentioned courta attended to, but fox the coming Beason they hoped they would be in good order. As regards the balance-sheet, members would note that the season .commenced with a credit of £24 12s 9d, and finished up with a balance of £32 183 9d, an increase of £3. Against this credit balance, however, an amount of £lB 10s was outstanding for the season's trophies, and £24 was owing to the Domain Board in connexion with the work done on the three jjjass courts* The actual receipts were £123 63 lid, and the expenditure £lls Cs lid. Thanks were due to Messrs Robert Bell, H. F. Nicoll, and F. W. Seldon, and to the ladies of the club for the great assistance they had rendered j in providing afternoon tea. | ( WAIKARI CLUB. 1 At the annual meeting of the Waikari Tennis Club, Mr R. Tucker presided over a I large attendance of members, i The balance-sheet, showing a credit bali ance of £l3 7a 3d, was adopted. !Tbo following officers were elected:—President, Mr W. T. Lindsay; vice-presidents, Messrs Keppler, H. Saundercock, R. B. I Johnson, F, C. Archer, Reader, Blakely, and ! W. W. Mcßae; captain, Mr E. Tucker; vice-captain, Dr. Campbell honorary sec- I Tetary, Mr Blunden; hon. treasurer, ' Mr j Blunden; committee, Meadames Tucker and j .Jackman, Misses Keppler (2), Reader (2), j Farquhar, and Carlvle, Messrs Jackman, Mueller, Armstrong, Atkinson, and A. Young.