LAWN TENNIS A. Brooks To Receive “The Press” Award

Press, Volume C, Issue 29468, 21 March 1961, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS A. Brooks To Receive “The Press” Award

The 15-year-old Christchurch Boys’ High School lawn tennis player, A. (Brooks, will be the recipient (of the £5O award made this (year by “The Press.” This (was announced last evening (by the chairman of the management committee of the (Canterbury Lawn Tennis Asisociation (Mr G. E. R. At(kinson) at the quarterly | meeting of delegates to the (association at Wilding Park. : The object of the grant by (“The Press” is to enable a

(promising young player to visit Sydney in the May school vacation to play in the New South Wales age and school championships. Announcing the award to Brooks, who plays for the Beckenham club in the senior reserve grade of the association’s inter-club competitions, Mr Atkinson said (that some slightly older juniors might have had better (playing records this season, but were over the age limit (for the New South Wales 'age tournament. ( The age tournament was

played in under-13, under--15 and under-17 grades, said Mr Atkinson, and Brooks would be able to play in the under-17 section. Other juniors considered, aged 17, would not be eligible for this section. Brooks would also play in the secondary schoolboys’ championship at the same meeting. This was open to all schoolboys. Brooks has a fine record in junior competition this season. He won the under-17 boys’ singles at the Canterbury junior championships, and the junior title at the secondary schoolboys' championships. He has also done well in the senior reserve competition. Mr Atkinson expressed the thanks of the association to ‘The Press” for giving this incentive to the juniors. The experience gained by Brooks in his 10 days in Sydney, where he would receive coaching as well as play in the tournaments, should be of great benefit to tennis in Canterbury, he said.