Croquet Title To Prince

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31277, 25 January 1967, Page 14

Croquet Title To Prince

(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. J. Prince (Lower Hutt) has won the New Zealand open croquet championship for the first time. Prince has played consistently throughout both the preliminary and finalists section, winning all of his matches. He has held the men’s championship three times 1963, 1964, and 1966. Results: OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Section Finalists Play-off.—Mrs B. A. Garden (Lower Hutt) beat R. Woollett (Ohakune), 26-16: Mrs Jarden beat Mrs L. M. Hight (Morrinsville), 26-24; D. W. Curtis (Hastings) beat Mrs Jarden. 26-2: J. Prince (Lower Hutt) beat Curtis, 26-6; A. G. F, Ross (Hastings) beat Curtis, 26.19; Curtis beat R. Woollett (Ohakune), 26-17.

HEENAN PLATE Section Finalists

Play-off.—G. Rowling (Nelson) beat L. G. Middlemiss (Pukekohe). 26-11; Middlemiss beat C. J. Treadgold (Auckland), 26-1;

Rowling beat Mrs J. Kendall (Auckland), 26-9; Rowling beat fcrs G. Molly (Kaitaia), 26-17; Mrs Kendall beat Middlemiss, 26-15; Mrs Molloy beat Mrs Kendall. 26-24; H. C. Ford (Wellington) beat Mrs Molloy, 26-19.

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES First Life Second Round.—R. Woollett and Mrs Woollett (Ohakune) beat Mesdames S. G. Morgan (Eltham) and B. P. Aldridge (Stratford), 26.0; Treadgold and Mrs Treadgold (Auckland) beat Mesdames J. Ritchie (Hastings) and H. G. Apperley (Napier), 26-17; Mesdames J. L. Ward and S. Bertram (Hamilton) beat Mesdames J. J. Campbell (Hamilton) and R. McMurchy (Auckland), 26-12; Lady Stevenson (Auckland) and Mrs P. Cragg (Lower Hutt) beat L. Ford and Mrs Ford (Auckland), 26-21; Mesdames J. J. Smyth and D. A. Jackson (Auckland) beat Mrs F. Glass and R. Graves (Auckland), 26-22. Third Round.—Mesdames J. J. Smyth and D. A. Jackson (Auckland) beat Mesdames J. L. Ward and Bertram, 26-16. Second Life

First Round. —Ross and Mrs G. Collins (Lower Hutt) beat Mesdames M. G. Brewer and C. Hanna (Auckland), 26-4; Middlemiss and Mrs Middlemiss beat Mesdames C. Pettit and R. Reynolds (Auckland), 26-1; Treadgold and Mrs Treadgold beat Mesdames E. Norris (Hamilton) and H. Carey (Auckland), 26-16.

Second Round.—M. Purdy and R. G. Moffit (Auckland) beat Mrs Glass and Graves, 26-12; W. B. C. Paynter (Lower Hutt) and L. R. Stowers (Hamilton) beat Mesdames S. G. Morgan (Eltham) and B. P. Aldridge (Stratford), 26-5; Mesdames J. J. Smyth and D. A. Jackson (Auckland) beat Lady Stevenson and Mrs Cragg, 26-17; Mesdames Hight and A. G. Rawlinson (Methven) beat H. C. Ford and F. Chandler (Wellington), 26-18; Ross and Mrs T. A. Creighton (Auckland) beat Mesdames W. J. Whiteford and J. J. Nicoll (Auckland), 26-18; C. J. Wadsworth and Mrs Wadsworth (Auckland) beat Ross and Mrs G. Collins (Lower Hutt), 26-23: Woollett and, Mrs Woollett beat Mesdames V. Wilkins and Mrs C. Watts (Auckland), 26-15; J. Hunter (Papakura) and Mrs D. Ployman (Auckland) beat D. G. Jackson and Mrs Jackson (Auckland), 26-21.

Third Round.—C. J. Bennett and Mrs L. H. Buchanan (Hastings) beat Mesdames Purdy and Mrs Moffitt, 26-19.

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP First Life First Round. —Mrs Campbell beat Mrs Watts, 26-14; Mrs F. Dorman (Auckland) beat Mrs G. H. Mouat (Lower Hutt), 26-13; Mrs C. S. Vallance (Auckland) beat Mrs G. McKendrick (Auckland), 26-15; Mrs Woollett beat Mrs D. Page (Papakura), 26-9. Second Round.—Mrs Dorman beat Mrs Campbell, 26-24.

Second Life First Round. —Mrs Pettit beat Mrs Hanna, 26-24; Mrs J. Ritchie (Hastings) beat Mrs E. Brosnahan (Lower Hutt), 26-15.

LEVEL SINGLES First Life

First Round.—Mrs J. J. Nicoll (Auckland) beat Mrs Creighton, 26-14.

Second Round.—Mrs Watts beat Mrs W. McKendrick (Auckland), 26-21.

Second Life First Round. —Mrs Brewer beat Mrs Vallance, 26-231