Coaching School For Young Tennis Players

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29907, 22 August 1962, Page 11

Coaching School For Young Tennis Players

rpHE four young players nominated by the Canterbury Lawm Tennis Association to attend the Auckland association’s annual coaching school from August 26 to September 1 should all benefit from the week’s programme. They are A. R Brooks. Christchurch Boys’ High School and United club I D Stanton. Christchurch Boys' High School and Linwood Avenue club, Misses C Andrew, Rangi-ruru and United club, and L King Linwood High School and St Albans club The Auckland coaching school which has been held for some years, is an admirable one with an , exacting programme of physical training, stroke production strategy and lectures for young players nominated from associations throughout the Dominion The players usually are billeted together so the week is taken up almost completely with playing, thinking or talking tennis Brooks, who attended the school last year, has been considered the province I most promising junior boy in recent seasons and has been encouraged accordingly In the 1960-61 season at the age of 15. he was well ahead ">f his contemporaries as secondary schools' junior champion and Canterbury under 11 title-holder He played in the New South Wales junior tournaments as the winner of “The Press’’ award Lasi season he was the secondary schools’ senior singles finalist and doubles winner He reached the quarterfinals of the national under 17 singles and the final o! the mixed doubles with Miss H Bruce, of Ashbur-

ton (Miss Bruce was not available for the coaching school this year). Brooks was a member of the Slazenger Shield team, the United senior men’s team and he was sent to the New South Wales junior tournaments by the junior association

Stanton, tall and slim, was runner-up in the Canterbury under 17 singles last season and winner of the under 17 mixed doubles As one of the two players, apart from members of the Slazenger Shield team, sent to the national junior championships at Auckland, he caused a surprise when he eliminated the third-seeded R. A Bird (Manawatu). He reached the quarter-finals of the under 17 doubles with J. Mitchell. Miss Andrew, another who attended the school last year, is an especially strong hitter for a junior girl She played some devastating tennis as a member of the Howe Shield team but her best effort was in reaching the semi-finals of the national under 17 singles, after beating the second-seeded Miss J Stevens, of Northland. 6-0. 8-6. She played senior women’s matches for United Her season was restricted by a knee injury Miss King did not take part in the New Zealand junior championships, but she was a Canterbury qpder 17 singles semi-finalist, winner of the under 17 doubles with Miss P Jordan and a semi-finalist in the under 19 mixed Although not a member of the Howe Shield team, she played for Town juniors against country, winning all her matches She was a member of the St Albans senior women's team.