ALL BUT THREE HAVE BYES

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30924, 3 December 1965, Page 19

ALL BUT THREE HAVE BYES

There are only three first round matches in the men's singles, the other players having byes, in the Canterbury tennis championships, which begin at Wilding Park today, and continue on Saturday and Sunday.

In one of them, the top man for North Linwood and South Canterbury’s former leading player. P. Angland. will play J. Duggan, of Elmwood. to decide who will meet the top seed. R. N. Hawkes, of Wellington, it the second round Another, between J. Cor-: nish, of Otago, a former Canterbury player, and the Woolston man. V. Price, will pro-, vide the opponent for the fourth seed. N. McAffer. of , Wellington if ail the seeded players! go through, the quarter-finals I should be between Hawkes; and Canterbury’s leading! p,ayer. V,’. Thom; J. B. Souter. ! t wice winner of the Canter- ■ i bury title, and R. McCutcheon:! McAffer and the top player for j Woolston, B. Aldridge; and'! R G. Clarke and W. Edge-:, combe, who played so well 11

at the Show week-end tournament. The women's singles at present has 15 players and the top seed. Miss D. Smith, has the bye. The draws are;— Men's Singles R. X. Hawkes a bye: J. Duggan v. P. Angland: D. Blackwell. I. Stanton. G. Kerridge. L Legge. J. Stenhouse. W. Thom byes. • R McCutcheson a bye; T Thomas v. L. Sherwin: J Griffiths. D. R. Anderson. S. ! Molnar. J. Martin. L. Vallance. J B Souter byes. N McAffer a bye: J. Cornish; jv. V Price: B. Crofts, M. Morrison, J. Dickie, D. Macdonald. ;J. Cullington. B. Aldridge byes. W Edgecombe, L. Sandford, A. Brooks, D Hawkes, B Keeley, L. Hutchinson. G. Rodley, R. G. ; Clarke byes. Women's Singles Miss D. Smith a bye: Miss R. ‘Legge v. Mrs B. McNicol: Mrs B ; Watmuff v. Mrs A. Grant; Miss j H. Feni v. Miss C. Andrew: Mrs L. Buxton v. Miss R. Waites: Miss K. Peni v. Miss H. Page; Miss J. Bishop v. Mrs D. Macdonald: Miss R. Dillon v. Miss S. Field.

„„Dutch Entry.— The spectacular 73ft Dutch ocean racing yacht, , Stormvogel. will race with the . first division of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in its harbour event at Auckland tomorrow.