Country teams extend Town

Press, 29 February 1984, Page 28

Country teams extend Town

Town tennis teams encountered tough opposition from their country cousins when the sub-association teams came to Wilding Park for the annual matches. One rural team, Malvern, emerged triumphant, tipping the scales in its favour by winning four of the six mixed doubles

matches. Town sides also had hard battles with Mid-Canterbury and Ellesmere. In the latter fixture Vernon Aubrey, No. 1 for Town, won by only 9-8 against Shane Adair, and the next two Town players, Mike Purcell and Allan de Zwart, were beaten by Eddy van Opzeeland and lan Watson, respectively. In the

women’s singles, Sally Hughey, a prominent senior player for Fendalton, lost, 59, to Penny Kraak. Another Fendalton senior, Lyn Cowie, reversed an inter-club result by beating Lynette O’Dell (United), who played No. 1 for Banks Peninsula. Mrs O’Dell’s sister, Phillipa Lewthwaite, won for the Peninsula side

against Leigh Johnson, but, surprisingly, the scratch combination of Cowie and Johnson beat the sisters, 4-6, 6-3, 6-5. Results were:— Town 19, Hurunui 5; Town 14, Ellesmere 10; Town 16, North Canterbury, 8; Malvern 13, Town 11; Town 14, MidCanterbury 10; Town 17, Banks Peninsula 7.