Junior tennis triumphs

Press, 8 December 1976, Page 48

Junior tennis triumphs

Canterbury has achieved unprecedented sweeping success in lawn tennis at junior level. The association’s four representative teams have all qualified for the Rothmans inter-district finals in Whangarei late next month by winning South Island area eliminations in various centres. The boys’ No. 1 team beat the second Otago and Southland sides without the loss of a set at Dunedin, and the girls’ No; 1 side dropped only one match in beating three opponents at Oamaru.

The No. 2 teams excelled themselves, especially the boys’ combination, which put down the Otago and Southland A teams and South Canterbury, in Invercargill. The girls’ No. 2 team overcame strong A teams from Otago and Southland at Wilding Park. Canterbury carried off both boys’ and girls’ Rothmans trophies in Gisborne last summer, and the latest results indicate that the depth of talent in the teams should ensure! the province of further success. Details were:— BOYS No. 1 team Beat Otago No. 2; M. Mooney beat J. Smith. 7-6.'6-0; B. Hibbert beat A. Kinghorn. 6-4, 6-1; Mooney ' and S. Harley beat. Smith and A. Swan. 6-3, 6-1. Beat Southland No. 2: Hibbert bert I. McGregor, 6-1, 6-2; Harley beat K. Stevens, 6-4. 6-0; Harley and Mooney beat Stevens and I. Stewart. IF2. 6-1. No. 2 team Beat Otago No. 1: L. Walton beat S. Haggerty, 6-1, 6-3; D. Chapman lost to P. Seeman, 3-6, 5-7; Walton and H. Robinson beat Haggerty and Seeman, -6-1, 7-5. Beat Southland No. 1: Robinson beat M. Turner, 6-4. 6-2; Walton beat S. Jackson, 6-1. 6-3; Robinson and Chapman beat Turner and P. Dale, 6-1, 6-2. Beat South Canterbury: Robinson beat G. Liddell, 6-3, 1-6, 9-7; Walton beat N. Prentice, 6-2, 6-2; Walton and

Chapman lost to Liddell and C. Posa, 3-6. 6-4. 2-6.

GIRLS No. 1 team Beat North Otago: S. Chapman beat J. Gardiner, 6-0, 6-0; C. Oakley beat F. Smart. 6-0. 6-1; Chapman and N. Robinson beat Gardiner and S. Keane. 6-0, 6-0. Beat Southland No. 2: Chapman beat D. Mathleson, 6-4, 6-0; Oakley beat V. Hall, 6-1, 6-2; Chapman and Robinson beat K. Woods and Mathleson, 6-0. 6-1. Beat South Canterbury: Chapman beat H. Hayman, 6-1, 6-1; Oakley lost to J. Mackie, 5-7, 6-2, 2-6; Chapman and Oakley beat Hayman and Mackie. 6-2, 6-2. No. 2 team

Beat Otago: J. Verdellen lost to G. Robinson. 4-6, 2-6; P. Lewthwaite beat K. Robinson. 6-2, 6-3; Verdellen and Lewthwaite beat G. and K. Robinson, 7-5, 6-2. Beat Southland No. 1: Verdellen beat J. Daly. 6-2, 2-6, 6- Lewthwaite beat S. Johns, 7- 4-6. 6-2; Verdellen and L. Cowie beat Daly and A. Holden,