Sportsman’s Notebook COUNTRY TENNIS TOURNEY TO START TOMORROW

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29767, 9 March 1962, Page 19

Sportsman’s Notebook COUNTRY TENNIS TOURNEY TO START TOMORROW

The annual country championships held by the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Subassociations will begin on the hard courts at Wilding Park tomorrow and will continue over two week-ends. This is the fifJi time the tournament has been held. Entries are fewer than at the firs, tournament in 1958. but there are 127 —enough to handle comfortably in two week-ends—and they make a good representation from the six sub-associations —MidCanterbury, Malvern, Ellesmere. Banks Peninsula. North Canterbury, and Hurunui. Seeded top for the men’s singles, in which there are 33 entries, is the holder of the title. P. S. Alexander, formerly of Malvern but now of Mid-Canterbury. In last year's final. Alexander, at one time an outstanding Canterbury junior, beat A. Hewitt, of Malvern, and Hewitt has the second seed this time. He is also a former winner of the title—in 1959. In the women's singles the title-holder, Mrs C. Pearce, has not entered, and Mrs N Skilling, of Ellesmere, has top seed. Mrs Skilling was runner-up to Mrs Pearce last year. ¥ ¥ ¥ Cricket A cabled report that the Indian cricket team in the West Indies will not play in British Guiana because of the political situation had particular significance for Mr R. G. Knowles, secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Coun-

oil. Recently Mr Knowles received a letter from the secretary of the West Indies Board of Control asking for a copy of correspondence Mr Knowles had written several months before, because the office at Georgetown had been burnt down during civil disturbances and most of the records destroyed. ¥ ¥ ¥ Umpires Chosen The following umpires have been chosen to take part in the forthcoming tour of New Zealand by R. Roberts’s Commonwealth cricket team: versus New Zealand, at Lancaster Park on March 16, 17. and 19. Messrs J. Reece (Christchurch) and R. W. Pollock (Invercargill); versus Wellington, at Wellington, on March 20 and 21. Messrs D. P. Dumbleton (Hutt Valley) and W. T. Martin (Wellington ): versus President’s Eleven, at Auckland, on March 22. 23 and 24, Messrs W. G. Sewell and J. M. Brown (Auckland). ¥ ¥ ¥ Naval Gymnasts A demonstration will be given by the Naval Gymnastic Troupe at lunchtime on the second day of the Com-monwealth-New Zealand cricket match at Lancaster Park. The day will be March 17, and the time, from 1 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. It is expected that the display will involve cutlass swinging, chair balancing. high box horse vaulting and trampoline work. One officer and nine ratings will take part.