LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26220, 18 September 1950, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS

CLUBS OPEN SEASON

The Mayor (Sir Ernest Andrews < opened the Woolston Tennis Club's 19tO SI season on Saturday. He was 6y tne club president (Mr E. S PaShl , n d played tile first rally with Mr T H McCo.nos .MP., who a,so spoke at the opening. No trophies were presented as only one club championship, the meri t singles, had been finished. This championship was won by A. N. Bailey.

BECKENHAM CLUB At the opening of the Beckenham Teo Pis Club's 1950-51 season on SaTurtav" the president (Mr c. T. Ford! dlcffred the season open, and congratulated the two club teams which had won their grades in the inter-club competitionsM? £> Martin, of the Canterbury Lawn Ten his Association, presented the Chunt™ Shield and the third grade shield to th? team captains Mr Ford presented club championship trophies won during the ie3T PHILLIPSTOWN CLUB The May or opened the Phillipstown Ten Ills Cl y b .\ T" 51 season Siwdav Mr J- Mathison. M.P., presented championship trophies as follows —women.. Angles Mrs D. Chisholm; men's Sngi?. J. G. Hay, women's doubles Marts’ Hay and Chisholm; men's doubtol ? “ • c S; rtt G - Wear; ® lrls -/^es on^ oy l Mr G. Roche presented the Canteen.,—, Lawn Tennis Association's second winter competition up to club's A team

AVONSIDE CLUB The president of the Avonside Tonm. Club (Mr F. H. G Johnstone) visitors and members to the onenin. kJ the clue's 1950-51 season on S?tortav Mr R. N. C. Hill, for the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association, declared Se season open and congratulated the club on its new sawdust courts. CIUD

Mrs L Wood presented championship cups as follows:—men's singles, L Rothe? womens singles. Miss V. Burgess- m2?'; doubles. V. Hammond and ft Chano?! women s doubles. Misses V. BureeS P ?na p. Allen: mixed doubles. Mk gMB. R. Ralfe; junior boys’”

w, (L ' MU OOD club The Elmwood Tennis Club's 1950. M season was opened on Saturday hv.n. club president (Mr F. E. Barren) thS chairman of the Canterbury Lawn TeJ? Association's Management Co™i?Z o, J ' ? A U I , rtt '. als S spoke - Mrs '“ r sented the trophies for events won J?, re " Ing the 1949-50 season as fX™ dUr ‘ Senior Championships.—Men’s G. Finney; women’s singles Miss n gIC | S ’ Luxton; men's doubles, R w N. M. Smith; women's doubles d S. Austin and I. F. T TrS. "® doubles. Smith and Mrs TTeeb?mens singles, S. Suckling- ini'i-J * men's singles. Miss M. A g Falck wo ’ Senior Handicap Events «<__■* S- s «’“: 1 ttd g: anTO J. J. Buchan Sgg'J' Junior Championships.— Bovs’ smoioc «d A W D A SO D n ,ckt°n S ' U is bleS doSbl WU ’°" Buchan and M. Patterson. doubI «s, J