Inter-Club Tennis Completed

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32253, 23 March 1970, Page 18

Inter-Club Tennis Completed

In spite of the loss of Saturday’s play through rain, the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s competitions were completed at the week-end. . The only play was in the first mixed A grade yesterday when Fendalton beat Avonside by 9 matches to 7 in a play-off on the hard courts instead of the grass at Wilding Park. Competition points were: Avonside 148, Fendalton 143, Elmwood 113. Barrington 100, Edgeware 94, Cashmere 88, Spreydon 51, Shirley 31. The Fendalton team was W. J. Smith, J. Beddis.’P. Dewsbury, E. Simpson, Miss R. Smith, Mrs J. Drury, Mrs L. BUxton, Miss J. Calder. When Saturdays play was lost, the supplementary senior women’s competition was abandoned with only one of the three rounds played. The competition proper had been completed earlier with Avonside the winner. The first mixed B grade, which was to have been played on Saturday and again yesterday, was declared completed by the competitions committee, with Woolston the winner. The points were:—Woolston 162 Burwood Park and Linwood Avenue 147, Beckenham 138, North Linwood 99, Avonside 74, Waimairi 67, Fendalton 62, United 44, St Martins 20.

I The Woolston players were A. Thomas, P. O’Malley, G. Robinson and M. Fernley, Mrs C. Newton, Mrs J. Hopkinson, Mrs G. Mitchell and Miss P. Lane. Second grade mixed, which was to have been played on grass yesterday afternoon, was also declared completed with Barrington the winner. Points were: Barrington 166, Woolston 97, Fendalton 87, Burwood 79, Riccarton 19. St Albans has won the president’s grade for the fourth time in succession, and the seventh time since the competition begaiF in 1960. The match against St Albans nearest rival. South Christchurch, was washed out on urdayPoints were: St Albans 80. South Christchurch 58. Opawa I 51. Opawa 11 49. Shirley 34, Edgeware 29. Spreydon 28. Spreydon 11 13, Barrington 6. The winning team comprised F. Teear, R. Wright. Mrs M. Teear, and Mrs J. Shadbolt. Winners of junior grades were:— Under 18 Boys.—Beckenham: P. Jarman, T. James. R. Simpson, and A. Moore. Under 18 Girls.—Linwood Avenue: P. Smitheram. J. Phillips, J. Weakley. J. Leney. Under 15 Boys.—Avonside: G. Rhind, T. de Vries, K. Duffy. V. Clark. Under 15 Girls.—Cashmere: A. McMaster, J. Higgins, W. Williams, J. Williams. Under 13 Boys.—Loreto: D. O’Neill, W. Doreen, D. O’Brien, D. Wilson. Under 13 Girls. —Fendalton: D. Brownlee, M. Heening, F. Scrivener, L. Coffey.

GREENDALE. — Bisque bogey— Senior: R. Mitchell, 2 up: R. Gunn, 1 up. Intermediate: B. Walker, 2 up: C. Horsburgh. 1 up; A. White-Johnson, 1 up. Junior A: J. McQueen, 3 down; J. Truscott, 4 down. Junior B: F. Robinson, 7 up; I. Overton, 5 up.