Tennis Assn Objects To Remarks About Billeting

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31661, 23 April 1968, Page 16

Tennis Assn Objects To Remarks About Billeting

The Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association has objected to the Auckland association referring to its billeting arrangements for the national championships as a hotch-potch.

Auckland’s accusation was contained in the last minutes of the New Zealand association. which were placed before a meeting of the Canterbury management committee last evening. The Canterbury association had written to the national body informing it of the misdeamours of several players during the last national

championships at Christchurch, in January.

“Most of the trouble during the tournament was caused by their players.” said Mr S. F. Clarke.

offending players, and objecting to the remark made bv the association.

The chairman (Mr R. B. Brown) said: “We have probably gone out of our way more than any other association in recent years to see that billeting and court misdeamours are eliminated.”

Motion Reversed After passing a motion to let the Burnside High School afli’iate its tennis players to the Fendalton club, the committee decided to refer the matter back to the school for further consideration.

A letter will be sent to the Auckland association pointing out the misdeamours of the

Mr B. W. Crofts said there was no reason why the school could not form a club

A club would need 20 mem bers and it would only have to pay $2.20 a year to the senior association and $1.05 to the junior association.

"Because it had no senior members it would not be re quired to pay levies to the senior association," said Mr Crofts “I would rather see the club affiliate under this system than through Fendalton "

The main point against this idea before was that it was generally thought that a club had to have senior players It was suggested that in time this club could be encouraged to seek senior membership and help promote tennis in its district

Ranking Lilt, The convener of the Canter bury selection panel (Mr J B Anderson) presented the senior ranking lists for the 1967-68 season. The lists are:—

Men: J. w.' Mitchell 1. b Leech 2. R. McCutcheon 3 p G. Angland 4, B. Aldridge s J. Martin 6, w. Thom 7, A Brooks 8. I. Stanton 9, P v Boatwood 10, L. Legge 11 J Dickie 12, L. Elliott 13. B. Ward 14, D. Howarth 15, D. Macdonald 16.

Women: Misses R. Legge 1 J. Bishop 2, R. Dillon 3. C Andrew 4, J. Habgood 5. G Hampton 6, S. Hruce 7. Mrs D Macdonald 8. Mrs P. Boatwood 9. Miss J. Christensen 10,

Rothmans School Mr T. A. F. Withers reported that nominations for places had been called for the second Rothmans South Island coaching school in Christchurch in the August holidays. He said that Mrs T. Long, of Australia, who coached at the school last year, was provisionally available. All last year's men coaches, Messrs S. F Clarke (Christchurch), N. Hos kin (North Otago), A. Salter (Hutt Valley) and D. Smith (Auckland) were available. Elected Officers.— A motion that any elected member of a tennis committee who fails to attend three successive meetings without an apology shall vacate the position; will be placed before the next delegates’ meeting on May 29.