Lown Tannis N.S.W. TEAMSS VISIT

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28758, 2 December 1958, Page 7

Lown Tannis N.S.W. TEAMSS VISIT

Match In City .. In February • A team of young New South Wales tennis players—tour Junior boys and four intermediate girls—will probably play a match against a Canterbury repreeehtAthM team on February 21. An offer from the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association of a match against the New South Wales team on been accepted with the proviso that the match be played against a Canterbury team. This war*' decided on the motion of Mr C. Healey at a meeting of the management committee of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association to.t teven“From information received this team will be of a very high standard. and should provide some excellent tennis among tht youriger bracket,’’ said a circular from the New Zealand Association. "It appears that the standard of the players available in some associations may be too weak to oppose the visitors, and in these eases ; it ishoped that such associations will consider inviting some stronger players from neighbouring or other associations to strengthen their own teams and so make the matches more .attractive.” A guarantee of £5O would be requited for the match; - • - .«■<« "It would have to be a New South Wales v. Canterbury match,*’ aaM Mr Healey. "It would no| cost vs £5O. If all the clubs In Canterbury got their juniors to attend we would get a good gate." t AXikJs - Mr S. L. Hale mbVed’ thit It be made clear whether the NOSL Sputir Wales players Would be . permitted to play opponents otitside’-their* ag» group. The motion was carrledAdmission Charges Amended admission charges ' Aug-' gested by the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association fot the nittttwflff championships were accepted. The charges are 3s 6d for the first four days, 4s for the next two days, and 5s for the finals. There would be an addition*! booking charge of 2s 6d. Season tickets will cost The Avonside team had withdrawn from the senior mixed competition, reported Mr R. P. Murphy, chairman of the competitions committee. “It is an embarrassment to the competi*' tion. This makes five teams.’* Some of the senior players, senior men especially, were not tgklpg’feufficient interest in inter-dub mattenwr, he said. . I H “We went out of dtir way to pro- 1 vide them with the extra tennis they said they wanted. iT do not criticise Avonside especially, but in general I think we can criticise some of our men players fairly," he sai<L It was decided that the matter bg left to the Avonside and Cashmere clubs to endeavour to provide a composite team. : ; Representative metdies . against Otago on December 6 and Hutt* Vai* ley on March 7 were accepted. Mr W. A. Dickson was appointed manager of the Canterbury teaifi tb play

NIGHT aUB7Z. MATCHES

Seventh-round matches In the inter-club night tennis competition courts ■ ■ ■ South, w Women’s Doubles.—Mesdames Atkinson and Boatweoff lost to u MM* and V. Jones drew ' wifiT S.' CUW* and H. Hill, 841. < Mixed Pritchard and Mrs Atkinson beat H. Hill and Mrs B. Lee, 8-5. V. Jones and Mrt Boatwood beat S. Clarke 4qd.- Mr« a South’Brighton w3ftAs fol; 1 set drawn. Women's Doubles.—Misses Webster :ss Men’s Doubles.—lX Gwen and S. £ e .’±n’ On io. b 4!* t A ‘ ” Mixed Doubles. —S. Henderson and Miss Webster? bfat W. MeWstm ahd and Mips Booker, United won by g -aeta to 1. Women's Doubles.—Mrs Ferguson and Miss Collin beat lHte Kear and Wilson, M. > »°.V n B d Mixed Doubi«>HP- Ferguson and Mrs Ferguson lost to D. Greig and Miss Wilson. 5-9: S. Rapsqn and Miss Collins lost to B. Hampton aha Miss Keaiv 2%1Q.. ■ Elmwqpd w<?n by 3 sets to 1. St. Martins v. Baisweil Women’s Doubles.—Misses Dyer and Thomson lost to Misses Woodhouse and H. Legg,-iB-l>F-s -lx 4 Men’s Doublesw-P. Bowen and S. Hobson drew With; H Steinmetg and R. Williams, 6-6. Mixed Doubles.—L HobsoM HMd Miss Thomson lost to P. Steinmetz and Miss Woodhouse, 4-7; P. Bowen and Miss Dyer lost to K. Williams and Miss Legg. 3-8. Halsweil won by 2 sets to 1; 1 set drawn. Men’s Doubles.—J? Palethorpe and W. Bateman lost to G. Papps .and Mrs Papps, 5-8; W. Bateman and Mrs Crowe lost to G. Papps and Mrs Walsh. 3-9. : Redcliffs won by 4 sets to 0. United v. New Brighton Women’s Doubles.—Misses-B. Webster and M. Garnham beat Mesdames Sutton and Crowe. 7-6. J. and 9«T.’ Mixed Double..—S. Henderson and ind Miss Garnham beat W. Bateman and Mrs Crowd. 8-4. United won by 3 sets to 1. Best scores in the seventh round in the Anderson thd Hitt competition were as follow.:—Womettl Mrs Hill 23. Mrs Lohrey 21. Mani T. Jackaon 25. B. CrawXord IS. ■ ... A Yankee, tournament. was held on Saturday evening. Best "Cores were:—Women: Mrs Hill IV, Miss P. Byrne 16. Men: N. Baas 30. A, Averls 1«. . ■ _ ,

Junior Boys’ Team

A strong team of boy players has been chosen to represent Canfortniry 1 in the Slazenger Shield interprovincial tennis series this- season.' . The team, announced by Mr 8; L.- ■' Hale at a meeting of .the management committee of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association last evening, is:—G. Judge, P. Alaxandor. Moss. R. Blunt, a»d L- .Martia, “There were quite a number of other players hi the running, for selection, but we took into account performances so far this season, and how players would go under match conditions," said Mr Hale. The team was at least as strong as that which represented Canterbury last year and probably stronger, , he said.

Recreation Reserve.—The Wair mairi County Council had obtain? ed 15 aerea of land at the comer of North road and Sturrockg road, Papanui, for use as a. creation reserve, the Waimairi County chairman (Mr H. J. Reynolds) said in his report to the county council’s annual meeting Jast night