Changes Made To Junior Tennis

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31727, 10 July 1968, Page 15

Changes Made To Junior Tennis

. Th* Sluenger uid Howe Shield ihtwrprovineial junior : tennis contests will be changed next season. Recommendations from the junior -advisory’ committee hate been accepted by toe New Zealand Lawn Tennis Assodstlons —; * ' ,f - • - and tons aemHtaSls and;finals will be played ss befor»,.butmust 5e- edmpietod by -the end of Octotar instead of in December, \ ' . However, the semi-finals add finals will not be played on; the. two- days-before the national senior and under-16 cftatapibnsMips. as in the last twp yem. tmt ta May, immediately before >< - junior national hard-court chamL plonsMpa. -,-A North Shore: recommendation that eadr team pay an

entrance fee of $lO has also been adopted. The money from the entrance fee will be used in transport costa for teams competing in tire semifinals and' finals. The Junior national hardcourt tournament is a new one which will have an age qualification of under 19. oh the last day of the national Uhder-19tournament— January IX 1969. ~. \ Applications win be called from associations to hold the shield semi-finals and finals and the national junior hardcourt tournament fa the May school holidays. . . The’ chaintan of the minyemeht committee of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association (Mr R. B. Brown), who is also a member of the junior advisory Committee, said that over the last few years there had been a burden bh junior players at .ode time of the pew because

they were also playing in senior championships. These changes would have 1 the effect of reducing that burden and also extending the competitive season nationally. Proviatonal Linton and Wilson'. Cup junior tennis squads to practise during the winter have been selected by the junior advisory committee; They are:— ■dya.-ij. Simpaon (North Sboro), 8.. Rae (Hutt Vallay), Ugt u «ki.^ W A* n, Vuth.?: land (Waikato), D. Walker (Auckland), C. Greendale (Auckland), S. Menzies (Wellington), K... McDonald (Auckland). R. Webater (Canterbury), A Maxey p. Liddell (Wellington), B. Baudlnet (Hawke's nay). P. King (North Otago), L. S, Smith (Southland). Girls.—M. Pryde (Wellington), A. Stevens (Auckland), S. Collins (Southland), R. Legge (Canterbury). R. Dillon (Canterbury), J. Chatfield (Auckland), R. Glenie (Auckland), S. Monds (North Shore). C, Pletcher

(North Shore), C. Ritchie (Waikato), P. Hern (Auckland), A. Hodgeon (Waikato). C. Edwards (Auckland), C. Healey (Hutt Valley), S. Stirling (Southland), J. Gunn (Wellington), C. Iredale (Canterbury). These players have been selected from the national under-19 and under-17 ranking lists. From the boys’ lists, D. A. Parun (Wellington). G. Snook (Auckland), D. A. Turner (North Shore), L. Sherwin (North Shore) and . A. Guise (Auckland) are not eligible. Parun, Rae and Simpson were the Linton Cup team this year. All the rest are ranked players except Smith, who has been added.

From the girls’ lists, J. Bishop , (Canterbury) and C. Bray (Auckland) are ineligible but all three of the last Wilson Cup team, Pryde, Legge and Stevens, are still eligible. Unranked players are Gunn and Iredale.