BIGGER ENTRY FOR SECONDARY TENNIS

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33093, 7 December 1972, Page 11

BIGGER ENTRY FOR SECONDARY TENNIS

Players from 22 secondary schools—from Falrlle and Ashburton, In the south to Culverden, in the north—will compete in the annual Canterbury secondary schools’ tennis championships at Wilding Park for four days from next Monday. The tournament has drawn 148 players—nearly 50 more than last year—in the three grades of open, under 16 and third form. The seedings are: Open Boys’ singles (12 entries). —C. Brading (St Bede’s) 1, M. Nolan (Xavier) 2. Doubles: Brading and S. Connell (St Bede’s) 1, Nolan and G. Lamb (Ranglora) 2. Girls’ singles (13 entries).—C. Newton (Linwood) 1, A. McMaster (Rangi-Ruru) 2, D. Erikson (Sacred Heart) 3, L. Gilmour (Darfield) 4. Doubles: Newton and Gilmour 1, Erikson and J. Nelson (Avonside) 2. Mixed doubles.—Brading and Newton 1, Nolan and Erikson 2. Under 16 Boys’ singles (46 entries).—D. Neilson (St Andrew’s) 1, S. Dickson (Shirley) 2, S. Harley (Shii> ley) 3, G. Wilson (C.8.H.5.) 4, L. Walton (Shirley) 5, W. Pearce (Papanui) 6, D. Croy (Oxford) 7, B. Scott (Shirley) 8. Doubles: Neilson and Dickson 1, Harley and Walton 2, W. Andrew (C. 8.H.S.) and Wilson 3, K. Bishop

(Shirley) and M. Courtier (Shirley) 4. Girls’ singles (33 entries).—®. Chapman (C.G.H.S.) 1, C. Dalzell (Culverden) 2, G. Palmer (St Margaret’s) 3, E. Coffey (Villa Maria) 4, L. Lewthwalte (Lincoln) 5 J. Ussher (Lincoln) 6, P. Lewthwaite (Lincoln) 7, C. Meates (Sacred Heart) 8. Doubles: Chapman and Dalzell 1, Lewthwalte and Lewthwalte 2, L. Vanstone and Ussher 3, Coffey and Meates 4.

Mixed doubles.—Wilson and Chapman 1, Neilson and L. Lewthwalte 2, Dickson and Palmer 3, Walton and Dalzell 4.

Third Form Boys’ singles (25 entries).—M. Mooney (St Bede’s) 1, J. McGillivray (Shirley) 2, R. Finch (Aranui) 3, M. Coutts (Fairlie) 4, M. Ennis (Shirley) 5. G. Wright (C.8.H.5.) 6, A. Macdonald (St Bede’s) 7, R. Dixon (Shirley) 8. Doubles: Mooney and Macdonald 1. Finch and Ennis 2, Coutts and Wright 3, McGillivray and J. Smith (St Bede’s) 4. Girls’ singles (19 entries).—J. Verdellen (Darfield) 1, L. Duffv (Avonside) 2. W. Parish (Linwood) 3, C. Gylstra (Avonside) 4. Doubles: Verdellen and Parish 1, Gylstra and Duffy 2. Mixed doubles.—Coutts and Verdellen 1, Mooney and I. de Meyer 2, Wright and Duffy 3, McGillivray and Parish 4.