Lawn Tennis COUNTRY TITLES

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28836, 5 March 1959, Page 6

Lawn Tennis COUNTRY TITLES

Wilding Park Tournament

An excellent entry of 215 compared with about 205 last year—has been received for the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Subassociations’ championships which will begin at Wilding Park on Sunday. This is only the second time this special tournament for country players in the province has been held. Players from all six sub-asso-ciations—Mid-Canterbury, North Canterbury, Malvern. Ellesmere, Banks Peninsula and Hurunui—have entered. The championships will be continued the next Saturday and Sunday and at another week-end if that is necessary, but it is not likely. The biggest entry is in the men’s singles with 44, compared with 41 last year. Top of the seedings announced yesterday is the holder of the title, K. Familton, of Mid-Canterbury. A. J. Hewitt, of Malvern, is second seed and this is the way they were assessed last year when Familton beat Hewitt in the final. Seeded third is the experienced W. G. Lewthwaite (Banks Peninsula) who did not enter last year. The entry in the women’s singles is much better than last year with 22 compared with 14. Again the seedings are headed by the titleholder, Miss C. Smith (North Canterbury), who is also a prominent club player in Christchurch. Miss K. Williams (Ellesmere), the other finalist last year, is seeded third behind Miss M. Mackay (Mid-Canterbury), who did not compete then. Seedings:— Men’s Singles (44 entries).—K. Familton (Mid.) 1, A. J. Hewitt (Malv.) 2. A. Browne (Mid.) 3, W. G. Lewthwaite (Penin.) 4, W. L. Hewitt (Malv.) 5, J. Blakely (North) 6, A. Smith (Huru.) 7, I. Jones (Elies.) 8. Women’s Singles (22 entries). —Miss C. Smith (North) 1, Miss M. Mackay (Mid.) 2, Miss K. Williams (Elies.) 3, Miss P. Andrews (Mid.) 4. Mens Doubles (21 entries). —A. Hewitt and W. Hewitt (Malv.) 1, K. Familton and A. Browne (Mid.) 2, W. Lewthwaite and G. Lewthwaite (Penin.) 3, M. Feary (Malv.) and M. Johnson (North) 4.

Women’s Doubles (13 entries). — Miss C. Smith and Mrs M. Adams (North) 1, Mrs N. Skilling and Miss S. Mackay (EHes.) 2, Miss P. Andrews and Mrs M. Reddecliffe (Mid.) 3, Mrs N. Gilmour and Miss B. Jenkins (Malv.) 4. Mixed Doubles (30 entries).—A. J. Hewitt and Mrs N. Gilmour (Malv.) 1, K. Familton and Mrs M. Reddecliffe (Mid.) 2, A. Browne and Miss M. Mackay (Mid.) 3. J. Blakeley and Miss C. Smith (North) 4. Boys’ Singles (23 entries). —L. Jones (Elies.) 1, L. Elliott (North) 2, N. Alexander (Elies.) 3, L. Watkins (North) 4. Girls’ Singles (18 entries).—J. Watkins (Elies.) 1, J. Andrews (Mid.) 2, J. Cusdin (Penin.) 3, B. Shaw (Mid.) 4. ‘

Boys Doubles (12 entries).—L. Jones and N. Alexander (Elies.) 1, L. Elliott and L. Watkins (North) 3. R. Loffhagen (North) and A. Thorne (Malv.) 3, Michael Jordan and J. Devonshire (Malv.) 4.

Girls’ Doubles (10 entries). —J. Andrews and B. Shaw (Mid.) 1, M. Bruce and J. Watkins (Elies.) 2, E. Hart and Y. Hart (Malv.) 3, M. Smith and D. Smith (North) 4. Mixed Doubles (22 entries). —L. Jones and Miss M. Bruce (Elies.) 1, I. Bishop and Miss J. Andrews (Mid.) 2, Michael Jordan and Miss Y. Hart (Malv.) 3, L. Watkins and Miss D. Corich (North) 4.

Gonzales Beaten By Hoad

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MONTREAL, March 4. Lewis Hoad chalked up his third win in four matches against Pancho Gonzales in Montreal last night, winning 6-3, 6-4. Hoad, originally billed to play Anderson, repeated his Madison Square Garden performance of last Sunday, with many crisp placements for which Gonzales had no counter. Cooper, as at Madison Square Garden, played Anderson and turned the tables. The Wimbledon champion won 9-7, 6-4.

Hoad and Cooper later beat Gonzales and Anderson, 8-6, in a single set doubles match.

Slazenger Shield Competition

Further results in sixth-round matches played In the Slazenger Shield business firms’ lawn tennis competition, at the South Christchurch club’s lighted courts, were:— John Chambers 3, Hay’s 0; Marathon 21, G.H.B. 1; Gold Band 2, G.H.B. I 1; N.Z. Farmers 2, Hutchinson Motors 1.