JUNIOR TITLES

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29398, 28 December 1960, Page 3

JUNIOR TITLES

Biggest Entry Ever Although the entries in the under 19 sections of the Canterbury junior tennis championships, which will be held at Wilding Park on January 6,7, 9, and 10, are not good, the big entries in the under 17 and under 15 sections compensate for this. In an effort to build up the under 19 fields, late entries will be taken at Wilding Park on the afternoon of January 5, the day before the championships. The total entry is already the biggest the Canterbury Junior Lawn Tennis Association has had, and nearly 90 players have put in about 220 entries. Among the best supported sections are the boys’ under 17 singles, with 23 entries, and the boys’ under 15 singles with 27. In the seeding's announced yesterday, the top positions in the under 19 singles sections have gone to the two players who recently won the Canterbury secondary schools’ senior singles championships, L. W. Watkins, of Rangiora High School, and Miss S. Rich, of St. Margaret’s College. J. Cullington. a Cashmere High School boy. who is a member of the Canterbury Slazenger Shield team this season, has top seed in the under 17 boys’ singles, and the top seeded under 17 girl is Mjss E. Ogilvie, top player in the West Coast Howe Shield team. The seedings are:— Under 19 Boys’ Singles.—L. W. Watkins 1, R. G. Hastie 2. Boys’ Doubles.—L. Watkins and G. Hastie 1, B. Gowans and L. G. Sandford 2. Girls’ Singles.—S. Rich 1, J. Cusdin 2. Girls’ Doubles.—S. Rich and D. Corich 1, J. Hatch and J. Cusdin 2. Mixed Doubles.—P. Boatwood and Miss S. Rich 1. L. W. Watkins and Miss J. Hatch 2. Under 17 Boys’ Singles.—J. Cullington 1, I. Stanton 2, G. G. Ford 3, A. Brooks 4. Boys’ Doubles.—J. Cullington and A. Brooks 1, G. G. Ford and J. G. Brebner 2, J. Adams and T. J. Bradbury 3, I. Bishop and D. Blackburn 4. Girls’ Singles.—E. Ogilvie 1, D. Smith 2, J. Mackenzie 3, D. Corich 4. Girls’ Doubles.—E. Ogilvie and D. Smith 1, P. Craythorne and A. Mackenzie 2. Mixed Doubles. —A. Brooks and Miss J. Mackenzie 1, C. Scully and Miss E. Ogilvie 2, J. Cullington and Miss D. Smith 3, I. Stanton and Miss L. King 4. Under 15 Boys’ Singles.—D. Thom 1, J. Martin 2, J. Sprackett 3, K. Beams 4. R. Rodgers 5, L. Vallance 6, P. Clark 7, P. Ives 8. Boys’ Doubles.—D. Thom and J. Martin 1, J. Sprackett and R. Rodgers 2, L. Vallance and K. Beams 3, B. Mcßae and A. Rutledge 4. Under 15 Singles.—J. Bell 1, S. Mackay 2, S, Mac Neill 3, F. Thomson 4, D. Newton 5, J. Bird 6, B. Fineran 7, R. Wilkins 3. Under 15 Doubles. —S. Mackay and S. Mac Neill 1, F. Thomson and D. Newton 2, J. Bell and J. Mitchell 3, R. Wilkins and B. Fineran 4.