Titleholders Not Defending

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30687, 1 March 1965, Page 8

Titleholders Not Defending

New country tennis titleholders will be found this year because the championships began at Wilding Park yesterday without L. Elliott, of North Canterbury, and Miss H. Bruce, of MidCanterbury, who won last year. Two Banks Peninsula men, W. G. Lewthwaite and L. G. Milne have the top seedings for the men’s singles and Mrs N. Skilling, of Ellesmere, is seeded top of the women. Lewthwaite has not won the title but he has been runner-up before. Milne did not have a singles yesterday but Lewthwaite had a tough match with W. Wyllie, recent winner of the North Canterbury title. Lewthwaite won, 6-2, 8-6, but he found it hard to get control in the second set.

Entries in the open sections are much the same as usual but they are slightly down in the under-19 sections. Under--15 sections will be held also when the tournament is completed next Saturday and Sunday and more entries will be taken for these. Results: Men's Singles First Round.—S. Bennett beat W. Tini, 6-3, 6-3; A, Hewitt beat J. McEnnie, 6-2, 6-0. Second Round.—R. G. Millar beat A. Swanson, 6-1, 6-2; M. Ussher beat J. Kirkland, 6-2, 6-3; Bennett beat B. Morris, 6-2, 6- W. G. Lewthwaite beat W. Wyllie, 6-2, 8-6. Women's Singles First Round.—Mrs N. Skilling beat Miss A. Macartney, 6-2, 6-0; Miss D. Macartney beat Mrs M. Hanna, 6-4. 9-7; Mrs B. Pickering beat Miss J. Doak, 6-1, 6-1. Men's Doubles First Round.—R. Wapen and M. Wilson beat M. Ussher and W. Tini, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; W. Wyllie and B. Morris beat B. Watkins and R. Hudson, 6-4, 6-1, Quarter-final.—A. Hewitt and A. Swanson beat R. G. Millar and J. McEnis, 6-4, 6-8, 7-5; M. C. Fearey and M. C. Johnson beat R. Avery and B. Le Comte, 4-6, 7- 6-1; W. S. Lewthwaite and

L. G. Milne beat N. Cornellius and J. Kirkland, 6-2, 6-4. Semi-finals.—Lewthwaite and Milne beat Cornelius and Kirkland, 6-2, 6-4; Hewitt and Swanson beat Watson and Wilson. 6-1, 6-2. Women’s Doubles First Round.—Mesdames N. Gilmour and B. Pickering beat Misses D. Macartney and A. Macartney, 8-6, 6-3; Mesdames N. Skilling and H. McCormick beat Mrs H. Cornelius and Miss J. Doak. 6-3, 6-3. Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals.—M. Feary and Mrs B. Pickering beat B. Le Compte and Miss J. Henderson, 6-0, 6-1. JUNIOR Boys Under 19 Singles First Round.—J. Webb beat N. Collis, 3-6. 8-6. 6-2; N. Young beat G. Allin. 7-5, 6-3; G. Skilling beat M. Allln, 6-3, 6-2. Quarter-finals.—J. Allin beat G. Hantz, 6-1, 6-0: K. Ussher beat G. Lea, 6-2, 6-0. Girls' Under 19 Singles First Round.—B. Horgan beat D. Chatterton, 6-3, 6-2; C. Henderson beat J. Mackie, 6-2, 6-2; V. Baker beat J. Henderson, 6-1, 6-0; D. Shadbolt beat R. Prouting, 6-1, 6-2. Quarter-finals. —M. Farrant beat M. Watson, 6-0, 6-0. Boys* Under 19 Doubles

First Round.—G. Skilling and K. Ussher beat M. Allin and G. Allin, 6-4, 6-2; M. Begg and G. Lea beat G. Hantz and N. Young, 6-2, 9-7. Girls* Under 19 Doubles

First Round. —J. Habgood and C. Kirkland beat B. Horgan and G. Woods, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; M. Watson and R. Prouting beat G. McConaghey and O. Huria, 6-1, 6-3; D. Shadbolt and J. Mackie beat C. Henderson and J. Henderson, 6-1, 6-3; M. Farrant and B. Ayres beat D. Chatterton and V. Baker, 6-1, 6-2. Under 19 Mixed Doubles

First Round.—M. Begg and Miss R. Prouting beat G. Lea and Miss M. Watson, 6-2, 6-1.

Quarter-finals.—J. Allin and Miss M. Farrant beat G. Allin and Miss V. Baker, 6-0, 6-3; K. Ussher and Miss J. Habgood beat G. Skilling and Miss J. Mackie, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.