New senior tennis competitions

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32531, 15 February 1971, Page 16

New senior tennis competitions

Christchurch senior tennis players had some hard and close matches at Wilding Park on Saturday in the supplementary competitions after the championships were completed this season before Christmas.

In teams of three, each player had a singles and two doubles in an eight-up professional set and this was plenty for them in Saturday’s heat.

Only two of the scheduled three contests were played in the senior men’s grade because Woolston beat Edgeware by default and thus gained the maximum points. In the two fixtures played, Linwood Avenue beat Elmwood by 5 matches to 1 and United Beat Fendalton by 6 matches to 0. In the senior women’s competition Beckenham beat United by 5 matches to 1 and Elmwood beat North Linwood by a similar score. The points are:— Senior men: United 12, Woolston 14, Linwood Avenue 11, Elmwood 1, Fendalton 0, Edgeware 0. Senior women: Beckenham 11, Elmwood 11, North Linwood 1, United 1, Edgeware 0. Edgeware had the bye on Saturday. L Stanton, top for Linwood Avenue, and W. Thom, playing top for Elmwood, after not having played In the championship earlier, had one of the close matches which Stanton won, 10/8, mainly because Thom tired

The young Fendalton player, M. Morrison, gave R. McCutcheon (United) remarkably strong opposition and McCutcheon could only win, 10-9. In the women’s grade, United’s loss to Beckenham was surprising because United won the championship earlier. However. the Beckenham side was given a fine start when Miss S. Moore beat the formidable Miss J. Bishop 8-6. The province’s top woman, Miss R. Legge, showed that she

has recovered from the leg injury which kept her out of the Canterbury and national championships when she beat Miss C. Ralfe (North Linwood), 8-1.

MEN Woolston beat Edgeware by default.

L *!’ w ® o<l Avenue v. Elmwood Singles.—l. Stanton beat W. Thom, 10-8; D. Findlay lost to G. L ’ Haine ’ beat G ’ Doubles.—Stanton and Findlay beat Thom and Rodley, 8-5; Findlay and Haines beat Rodlev and Pollitt, 8-5; Stanton and Haines beat Thom and Pollitt, 8-5.

Linwood Avenue won by 5 matches to 1.

United v. Fendalton Singles.—R. McCutcheon beat M. Morrison, 10-9; J. Dickie beat W. Lewthwaite, 8-6; M. Beaumont beat J. Beddis, 8-3. Doubles. McCutcheon and Dickie beat Morrison and Lewthwaite, 8-1; McCutcheon and Beaumont beat Morrison and Beddis, 8-6; Beaumont and Dickie beat Beddis and Lewthwaite, 8-3. United won by 6 matches to 0. WOMEN United v. Beckenham Singles.—Miss J. Bishop lost to Miss S. Moore, 6-8; Mrs C. Winterbourn lost to Miss A. Meates, 4-8; Miss R. Smith beat Mrs H. Chapman, 8-5. Doubles.—Miss Bishop and Mrs Winterbourn lost to Misses Moore and Meates, 8-9; Misses Bishop and Smith lost to Miss Moore and Mrs Chapman, 4-8; Miss Smith and Mrs winterbourne lost to Miss Meates and Mrs Chapman, 6-8. Beckenham won by 5 matches to 1. North Linwood v. Elmwood Singles.—Miss C. Ralfe lost to Miss R. Legge, 1-8; Miss J. Phillips beat Miss A. Lawrence, 8-2; Mrs Macdonald lost to Mrs M. Cooper, 2-8. Doubles.—Misses Ralfe and Phillips lost to Misses Legge and Lawrence, 2-8; Mrs Macdonald and Miss Phillips lost to Miss Lawrence and Mrs Cooper, 4-8: Miss Ralfe and Mrs Macdonald lost to Miss Legge and Mrs Cooper, 5-8. Elmwood won by 5 matches to