Barrett Banned At Surbiton

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31384, 1 June 1967, Page 15

Barrett Banned At Surbiton

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. The former British Davis Cup captain, J. Barrett, has been banned from playing in this week’s Surrey grass court lawn tennis championships at Surbiton by the Lawn Tennis Association. The secretary of the L.T.A., Mr B. Reay, said that the decision had been made because Barrett had scratched from the men's doubles in the French championships in Paris on Saturday. The ban comes just 24 hours after G. Stilwell and his doubles partner, P. C irtis, had been ordered to withdraw from the event for the same reason. Barrett, who is manager of the L.T.AJs training squad, refused to comment on his banning, which came after he had already beaten K. Wool-

cott in the men’s singles.— (P.A.-Rtr., London.) Tour Of Britain V. Neljubin (Soviet Union) won the third stage of the 1400-mile Tour of Britain cycle race. He covered the 115-mile leg from Malvern to Porthcawl in 4:31:9, after a lone ride over the last 40 miles. D. Thomson (New Zealand) , finished thirty-fifth in the , stage. He is in thirtieth place with an aggregate time of ’ 10:39:40 for the three stages. I (P.A.-Reuter, Porthcawl, > Wales.) i ( May Be End [ A heel injury may end the . racing career of the Blen- . heim international rniddle- . distance runner, G. Pyne, who has been studying under f a scholarship at the University of California in Los ■ Angeles. : In a letter to his mother. ■ Pyne said that his heel injury

“has not cleared up as it should have, and I have had to stop running again.” His three-year scholarship having expired, Pyne intends to go to the Washington State University to continue his studies for a Ph.D. “I still have to face the fact that I may never be able to run again seriously, though 1 am still fairly optimistic,” said Pyne.—(P.A., Blenheim.) Jinx Broken The Wairarapa Rugby team yesterday broke a 26-year-old jinx by beating Wellington at Masterton, 8-6. Wairarapa scored with a converted try and a goal from a penalty. Wellington’s points came from a try and a goal from a penalty. At half-time Wairarapa led, 8-3. The match, played on a firm field, was riddled with penalties. In ail, 37 were awarded by the referee, Mr K. McPherson. Wairarapa last beat Wel-

lington in 1941—(P.A., Masterton.) Drive For Amon C. Amon (New Zealand) will drive a works threelitre Ferrari in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandv ort on Sunday. The other two drivers in the three-car team will be L. Scarfiotti (Italy) and M. Parkes (Britain). The race is the third qualifying round In the world drivers’ championship.—(P.A.Rtr., Modena, Italy.) Rugby Appeal Mr F. Lochner, chairman of the national Rugby selection committee, has appealed to the 30 Springbok trialists to win back South Africa’s “lost prestige and status in world Rugby.” He said: “We hope through you players and those in the other trials, that South Africa stands on the threshold of a new era in her Rugby.’’— (P.A.-Rtr., Cape Town.)