Large junior tennis entries

Press, 4 January 1978, Page 30

Large junior tennis entries

A total of 344 players will contest the Ballins Canterbury age group tennis championships, which start today at Wilding Park and continue until Sunday.

The players will compete in four age groups — under 19, under 17, under 15 and under 13. The entries are notable for the large number of national and international competitors — 155 players from outside Christchurch will be playing. The tournament precedes the South Island junior championships, to be held in Timaru, and the national under 17 and under 15 championships which follow in Dunedin. This accounts for the big number of leading players from the North Island and other South Island associations.

To add interest to the tournament, eight Australians, two Canadians and one player from the United States will be competing.

The chairman of the Canterbury Junior Tennis Association, Mr Maurie Agar, said on Monday that his committee had still to find billets for about 70 players. The tournament

opens this morning at 9 o’clock.

The top-seeded player in the under 19 boys’ section is Auckland’s Mark Lewis, the younger brother of Chris Lewis. The No. 2 seed is Kelly Evernden, a leading Australian junior now living in Poverty Bay.

Canterbury’s Anne Davidson heads the girls’ under 19 seedings, followed by Jenny Oakley, of Hutt Valley. The two top Canterbury juniors, Brett Hibbert and Carolyn Oakley, will not be competing in the tournament as they have both been selected to represent New Zealand in the Linton and Wilson Cup teams to play in Perth, Australia. The teams will assemble in Christchurch today prior to their departure on Friday. Seedings for the Ballins tournament.— Under 19

Boys’ singles.—M. Lewis (Auck.) 1 K. Evenden (P0v.8.) 2, B. Devlin (Auck.) 3, R. Mason (Canty) 4, D. Chapman (Canty) 5, N. Prentice (S.Canty) 6, Neil Carter (H.Bay) 7, Phillip Seeman (Otago) 8.

Girls’ singles.—A. Davidson (Canty) 1, J. Oakley (H.Valley) 2, G. Robinson (Otago) 3, N. Robinson (Canty) 4. Boys’ doubles.—M. Lewis and K. Evenden 1, D. Chapman and

J. Dillon 2. D. Devlin and R. Mason 3, N. Carter and D. Mahy 4.

Girls’ doubles.—A. Davidson and N. Robinson 1, J. Oakley and G. Robinson 2. Mixed doubles.—N. Robinson and D. Chapman 1, K. Waddell and N. Carter 2, L. Cowie and R. Mason 3, J. Oakley and J. Dillon 4. Under 17 A. Kinghorn (Otago) 1, S. Chambers (Canty) 2, C. Morris (Marlb.) 3, M. Kallard (West B. 4, B. Cleverly (Nth Shore) 5, S. Woods (Canty) 6, A. Bramwell (Well.) 7, S. Foster (Marlb.) 8. Girls’ singles.—P. Wharerau West.B.ofP.) 1, A. Millar (Sth Canty) 2, A. Brading (Canty) 3, S. Huey (Canty) 4, J. Perkinsen (Auck.) 5, L. Persson (Nelson) 6. K. Patterson (Well.) 7, S. O’Flaherty 8. Boys’ doubles.—S. Woods and A. Kinghorn 1, C. Morris and S. Chambers 2, M. Kallard and B. Cleverly 3, B. Hayman and A. Chapman 4. Girls’ doubles.—A. Huey and A. Millar 1, G. Brymer and P. Wharerau 2, A. Pickering and C. Burke 3, C. Griffin and D. Millar 4. Mixed doubles.—P. Wharerau and M. Kallard 1, L. Persson and A. Kinghorn 2, S. Huey and D. McKinnell 3, C, Taylor and B. Hayman 4. Under 15 Boys' singles.—P. Feeney (Nth Shore) 1, B. Skjellemp (Canty) 2, M. Atkinson Nth Shore) 3, G. Long (Auck.) 4, D. Lewis (Auek.) 5, K. Mahy (West.B.ofP.) 6, G. Higginbottom (Sth Canty) 7, J. Blazey (Canty) 8. Girls’ singles.—C. Pickwick

(Auck.) 1, J. Hibbert (Canty) 2, S. Boyer (Auck.) 3, S. Palmer (Auck.) 4, J. Taylor (Canty) 5, J. Clarke (Canty) 6, S. Webb (bth Shore) 7, W. Tebbitt (Waik.) Boys’ doubles.—M. Atkinson and P. Feeney 1, D. Lewis and G. Long 2, S. Wilson and B. Skjellerup 3, M. Osbourne and K. Mahay 4. Girls’ doubles.—S. Pickwick and S. Webb 1, S. Palmer and S. Boyer 2, J. Hibbert and J. Clarke 3, A. Reese and D. Northcote 4. Mixed doubles.—S. Webb and P. Feeney 1, S. Palmer and M. Atkinson 2, C. Pickwick and G. Long 3, E. Moore and K. Beattie 4. Under 13 Boys’ singles.—S. Pearson (Canty) 1, J. Robinson (Canty) 2. D. Ball (Canty) 3, P. Underwood (Aust.) 4, G. Lawson (Canty) 5, J. Adair (Canty) 6. A. de Zwart (Canty) 7. R. Walker (Canada) 8. Girls’ singles.—R. Pearce (Canty) 1, B. Cordwell (Well.) 2, J. Howe (Canty) 3, L. Mason (Canty) 4, D. O’Malley (Canty) 5, 5. McCormick (Canty) 6, S. Hornibrook (WeU.) 7, J. Rae (Well.) 8. Boys* doubles.—J. Robinson and S. Pearson 1, D. Ball and G. Lawson 2, A. de Zwart and J. Adair 3, D. Andreae and S. McKinnell 4. Girls’ doubles.—R. Pearce and D. O’Malley 1, S. McCormick and J. Robinson 2, J. Howe and J. Adair 3, J. Reese and G. Lawson 4. Mixed doubles.—R. Pearce and 5. Pearson I, S. McCormick and J. Robinson 2, J. Howe and J. Adair 3, J. Reese and G. Lawson

Cricket.—The under 20 Hamilton cricket team yesterday defeated the touring Queensland state secondary schools’ representative side bv 17 runs in Hamilton.