SQUASH RACKETS South Canterbury Title To C. Waugh

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29857, 25 June 1962, Page 13

SQUASH RACKETS South Canterbury Title To C. Waugh

The national squash rackets champion. C Waugh, of Palmerston North, left Timaru galleries in no doubt of his class when he won the South Canterbury title yesterday. In winning without the loss of a game in any of his four matches. Waugh showed that he is probably an even better player than he was last season. for he displayed great variety of shot in addition to his superb physical fitness.

In the final. Waugh met the new Canterbury open champion. K. R Green (Timaru) after beating another nationally-ranked player in G. L. Bird, the New Zealand junior champion, in the semifinals.

The final was remarkably free from errors and many of those were forced by nearperfect length, and featured great variety of shot Waugh won not only by making use of his renowned retrieving ability, but because of sound placement and the large number of winners he hit. many of them acute angled shots often from seemingly difficult positions He made one more error than Green but scored nearly twice the winners and in doing so he often displayed fine and delicate touch. He may still lack a really killing drive, but in his present form, featuring a much greater range

of shot* than before. Waugh is likely to continue hit gemination of squash racket! in New Zealand for lome time. In the other sami-flnal Green met F. N. Coe. winner of this championship in six of the last eight years, and as expected there was not a great deal between them.

This tournament drew a record entry, and the standard throughout was very good. There were many entertaining matches in the early rounds, particularly two of the quarter-finals between Waugh and P. L. MacKenzie, and Coe and B. J. Rippen, who fully extended the former title-holder. In the other two quarter-finals Bird beat P. M. Hill, and Green M. J. Simons, two of the leading Christchurch players, who had both scored very good wins in the first round. . Results A Grade Championship First Round —C. Waugh (Palmerston North) beat C. F. Ryan, 9-2, 9-3. 9-0; P L MacKenzie <Oam»ru) beat J. N. Isaacs. 9-7, 9-10. 9-4. 9-2; P M. HUI (Christchurch! beat W. A Green. 7-9. 9-7, 9-4. 9-3; G. L Bird best D R. Preston (Dunedin). 9-3. 9-3. 9-8; F. N Coe beat L. G Milne (Christchurch). 9-3. 9-3. 9-4: B. J. Rippen beat J Mlrfin, 9-2. 9-3. 9-7/ M. J Simons (Christchurch) beat M M Jones, 9-10. 9-4. 9-3. 6-9. 9-1: K. R Green beat D. Lawrie (Oamaru). 9-3. 3-9. 9-1. 9-2. Quarter-finale. —Waugh beat MacKenzie 9-1. 9-0. 9-4: Bird beat Hill. 9-1. 9-4. 9-2: Coe beat Rippen. 9-7, 10-8 9-4; Green beat Simons. 9-4. 9-7. 9-7 Semi-finals —Waugh beat Bird. 9-7. 9-3. 9-4; Green beat Coe. 3-9. 9-0. 9-7. 9-6 Final—Waugh beat Green. 9-3. 9-2. 9-6 B Grade Championship First Round—E R Morris (Christchurch) beat L. Timms (Oamaru). 9-2. 9-0. 9-4; A. C. Cartwright (Oamaru) beat M. M Isaacs 9-4, 10-8 9-0; A G Wilson beat W Cubitt (Oamaru), 9-6. 9-1, 3-9, 6-9. 9-1 Second Round.—P. G. Angland beat B Armstrong (Oamaru), 9-4. 9-2. 9-5; J. W G Lewis beat M. Suitrue (Christchurch i, 9-4 9-4. 9-0; G. Black beat H Catto (Oamaru). 1-9 9-5. 9-4. 6-9. 9-3; Cartwright beat Morris, 10-9. 9-3. 9-6; Wilson beat C J. Knox by default; W. Thorn (Christchurch) beat M O'Connor. 7-9 9-1, 9-7. 9-7; P D Preston (Christchurch I beat R Gillingham. 9-2. 9-3. 9-3; T. Henshall (Invercargill) beat K Marquet. 9-1 9-3. 9-4 Quarter-finals. —Angland beat Lewis. 9-3. 9-2. 7-9. 9-6; Cartwright beat Black. 9-2, 9-8, 9-10. 9-6; Wilson beat Thom. 9-5. 9-7. 9-4; Henshah beat P D. Preston. 9-3. 9-0, 9-2.

Semi-finals Angland beat Cartwright, 9-1, 9-4. 9-1; Henshal! beat Wilson by default Final.—Angland beat Henshall. 9-1. 9-4. 9-5

C Grade Championship Quarter - finals. B Croft (Oamaru) beat G. Gliddon. 2-9. 9-2 4-9. 9-4 9-3; W Glass best R. Haynes. 9-7, 9-6. 9-2; S. Suckling (Christchurch) beat J. A. Young. 9-4. 9-4. 9-0; R. Nolan beat I Williamson (Oamaru). 9-0. 9-0. 9-1. Semi-finals.—Croft beat Glass. 4- 9-4. 9-5. 3-9. 9-0: Nolan beat Suckling. 9-2. 9-2. 9-4 Final —Nolan beat Croft 9-7. 2-9 9-0. 9-0 Handicap Third Round —J. A Young beat R. Gillingham. 10-9. 10-8. E. R Morris (Chriatchurch) beat R. Nolan. 9-7. 9-7; D. R. Preston (Dunedin) beat A. C. Cartwright (Oamaru). 9-4 9-1; L A. Milne (Christchurch) beat S Suckling (Christchurch). 9-4. 5- 9-5: W Thom (Christchurch) beat C. Moore. 9-7. 10-8. 9-3; P. M Hill (Christchurch i beat R Bennett. 9-3, 9-7; P. Kinney beat J Butterfield. 9-6. 9-8; P. Angland beat D. Lawrie (Oamaru). 9-0 9-5. Quarter-finals. —Morris beat Young. 9-5. 9-5: Preston beat Milne. 8-10. 9-5, 9-4; Thom beat Hill. 9-0. 9-0; Angland beat Kinney. 9-4. 3-9. 10-9. Semi-finals—Preston beat Morris. 9-2. 9-10. 9-4: Angland beat Thom. 1-9. 9-7. 9-3 Final.—Angland beat D. R. Preston. 8-10. 8-10. 9-0. 9-2. A Grade Plate First Round —W. A Green beat J. Mirfin. 10-9. 9-2: D R. Preston beat P Kinney. 9-4. 9-0: D lawrie beat J. Isaacs. 3-9, 9-0. 9-7: L. G. Milne beat M. M. Jones. 7-9. 10-8. 9-0. Semi-finals. _ D R Preston beat W A. Green. 9-3. 9-2; Milne beat Lawrie. 6-9. 9-2. 9-7. Final.—Milne beat Preston, 9-2. 9-6. 9-7 B Grade Plate Semi-finals.—M. Sugrue beat M M Isaacs. 9-5. 9-0; W. Cubitt beat'M. O'Connor. 9-1. 9-3. Final.—Cubitt beat Sugrue. 6- 9-4, 9-3.