JUNIOR TENNIS

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33113, 2 January 1973, Page 3

JUNIOR TENNIS

Singles title to Simpson

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. ! The top seed and favourite, R. Simpson (North Shore), struggled to beat J.‘ Mills (Auckland), 9-7, 3-6, 6-2, in the final of; the boys’ singles at the Qantas national junior tennis championships on Sunday. Simpson, who was also expected by many to win the event last year, but lost in the quarter-finals, was well below top form in the final against Mills, the No. 2 seed, in the match at Lower Hutt. Miss P. Elliott (Waikato) beat Miss S. Armstrongs (Otago) in the final of the' girls’ singles, 6-3, 5-7, 9-7. It was a match which • could have gone either way, with first Miss Elliott, the) No. 2 seed, taking the initiative, and then Miss Armstrong. But Miss Elliott! proved too steady. The girls’ doubles final; was won by Miss Armstrong! and Miss A. Pryde (Welling- j ton), who beat Miss Newton (Canterbury) and Miss S. i Meachen (Wellington), 6-4,! 6-3. CUP TEAMS At the end of the tourna-! ment, the Linton Cup and, Wilson Cup junior teams j were named. They contained j few surprises. The only questionable deci-i sion was the choice of Miss! S. Meachen as No. 4 in the | girls’ A team, ahead of Southland’s Miss L. Milne, who beat Miss Meachen in the second round. However, the Wellington girl’s over-all consistent form must have counted in her favour. The Linton and Wilson! Cups tourney which includes Australian state teams, will! be played in Christchurch later this month. The teams:—

Boys, Linton Cun.—A team: Simpson (North Shore). Mills (Auckland), P. Langsford (Auckland). D. Sutherland (Waikato). B team: C. Lewis (Auckland). G. Slater (North Shore), C. England (Hutt Valley), R. Healey (Wellington). Girls, Wilson Cup.—A team: L. Ward (Auckland), P. Elliott (Waikato). S. Armstrong (Otago), S. Meachen (Wellington). B team: L. Milne (Southland), S. Tebbutt (Waikato), J. Garvey (Auckland).! C. Newton (Canterbury).

Peninsula team. — The Banks Peninsula cricket team to play I Ellesmere in the Masefield Shield match at Leeston on January 7 is: B. Masefield, P. Johnston; R. Inwood. J. Carrodus, T. Rhodes, J. Hutchinson, S. Blakely, P. Blakely, G. Cowper, W. Newton and D. Turner.

Roller skating.—Hamilton has been selected as the venue fori the 1974 New Zealand roller! skating championships, starting on December 27.