Tennis WEEK-END TOURNEY

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30288, 14 November 1963, Page 19

Tennis WEEK-END TOURNEY

Davidsons Top Seeds Entries for the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s Show tournament are better than those for the Labour week-end tournament. The tournament will begin at Wilding Park tomorrow and continue on Saturday and Sunday if necessary with 20 in the men’s singles and 10 in the women's singles. Last year’s singles winners, G. A. Davidson and Miss J. Davidson, the province’s topranked players, have been seeded first. Davidson’s partner in the double- is his University club-mate, P. S. Alexander, ranked equal top in Canterbury at the end of last season. But Alexander has not entered for the singles. However, it is hoped he may yet be in the field. Second in the men’s singles is B. Baxter who won the Labour week-end singles. Miss D. Smith, Canterbury’s leading junior last season, is seeded second woman. The seedings are:— Men’s Singles.—G. A. Davidson 1, B. Baxter 2. R. McCutcheon 3. B. Aldridge 4. Women’s Singles.—Miss J Davidson 1, Miss □. Smith 2. Miss S. Rich 3. Mrs E. Campbell 4. Men's Doubles.—Davidson and P. S. Alexander 1, McCutcheon and J. Martin 2, W. Thom and L. W. Watkins 3. R. G. Hastie and R. J. Goodall 4. Women’s Doubles.—Misses D. Smith and S. Rich 1. Mesdames E. Campbell and H. Lovegrove 2.

Colombo Talks.— An emphasis on trading opportunities rather than aid money continues to dominate talks at the Colombo Plan ministerial conference.—Bangkok, November 13.