TENNIS TEAM TO GO TO AUST.

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33492, 25 March 1974, Page 13

TENNIS TEAM TO GO TO AUST.

Fourteen tennis players from Canterbury secondary schools will travel to Australia in May to play in the well-known New South Wales school and age championships and to meet various teams.

The trip is a result of the; visit to Christchurch earlier this year of the team from: the New South Wales Com-i bined High Schools’ Sports; Association. After the Australian team returned, an invitation wasissued by that association to. the Canterbury Secondary i Schools’ Tennis Association. The invitation was accepted and a sub-committee from the Canterbury secondary schools’ association and ;from the Canterbury Junior! Lawn Tennis Association has i prepared for the visit. 1 Sixteen schools submitted 59 nominations for the team and trials have been held among these players, who included several from Timaru and Ashburton, over the last few weeks. I On the basis of perform-' lance in these trials the fol-1 ; lowing team was announced I on Saturday:— Under 19 and Pnder 17 boys C. Brading (St Bede’s College;. P. Hampton (Shirley Boys’ High School). M Mooney (St Bede's College). S. Dickson (Shirley Boys’ High School i. G. Wilson (Christchurch Boys’ ; High School). S. Harley (Shirley Boys’ High School). Non-traveling reserve.—L. Waiton (Shirley Boys’ High School). , Under )7 girls S. Chapman (Christchurch! Girls’ High School). J. Verdellen (Avonside Girls' High School). E. Coffey (Villa Maria College).

I P Lewthwaite (Lincoln High ; School). Non-travelling reserve — G , Palmer iSt Margaret's College'. Under 15 boys ; B. Hibbert (Shirley Bovs’ High! I School). ; G. Liddell (Timaru Boss’ High [School:. S. Craig (Slurlev Bovs’ High ; School). ! S. Evans (Burnside High I School). Non-travelling reserve. —I) Chapman (C hristchurch Box s', i High Schooli. I A manager for the team has' yet to be appointed. I The group will fly to Svdney i on Saturday. May 4. and will begin competing in the New South Wales school arid age champion- [ ships on Monday. May 6. The I finals of the tournament win be played on Monday, March 13 [There will be no play at the I week-end because the White Citv ! courts are used by other plavers j then ; On the Monday, also, the Can- | terbury team will play a team I from the Sydney combined high I schools On Tuesday. Mav 14. • the players will travel to Port i Macquarrie for a match on the I Wednesday against the New I South Wales country high . I schools They win return to ’ Sydney on the Thursday to nlay the New South Wales Com- . bined High Schools and will re i turn to New Zealand the next day. ' This will be the first team from Canterbury to have emi barked on an expedition of this type and competition for places ■; has been particularly keen. [ The team will go away in the i week before the school holidays II in New Zealand because the AusI tralian holidays are later. Per- ’ I mission has been gained from | school heads for players to be . I granted leave