TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 643, 21 October 1909, Page 11

TENNIS.

NEW-'ZEALAND., ASSOCIATION'S. AMUiJi • REI'OKT. The Hffeiity-t^!rii ; anninl'-Tctioft- aiid' balancoi! : sheet' of' the Nfcwv Zealand' -Lawn, Tennis Association, to-bo Resented: at.^ faceting of the council on- Friday (Jctober 29, states th'M ;the' rftTftliateflvjissodiaticnnß continue I 'to add fresh clubs to their: lists, and aconBiderablc v increase .'.of . players- has rosultod. Tho increase'has been so.great in: somo proi vinces that'the.' committed .rccommSnds ,that ■ clubs'jin.'the;..outlying,'.'d!6tricts,., thoso : at some * considerable, distance/:; from . the■ • head- ' -quarters •of the association; • 1)6 permitted .-to form chnmpionsl)ipmoot- ; ing, hicidat Nolsoti, was:successfully .conducted by'>: thovNels'on-v Association!.-': The,.;mee.ruig> -showed a profit of £5()ls. #• ; 'successfully' defended -.by. tho Tafanaki-Assecia-i fion, : its representative (MissvLuoy.'Powdrdl); .'- scoring sV'Points. -A; F. Wilding .'scored Vj, [' but.was-not Qualified to, represent: an association. ' Twenty-three * tournaments -; ( woro . ap- ; proved -.by tho . Committee . .as ..follow:—Nev? l Zealand Championship,'. Marlborough Chami piohship"'.Handicap and- Tournament, Hastings,; ). -Nelson, Whangarei, South Canterbury (Ashburton), Auokland, Paliiatua, Hawko's Bay • ■ (Greenmeadows), 'Wellington Handicap iTourna- |. ment, Taranaki Championship and Handicap »' Tournament, Wnirarapa, Rangif. tikei. 'Waipuwa- Handicap: Tournament; -West j Coast Championship'. afia '.Handicap Tourna'-' ,' ment, "Waikato (Hamilton),. Wantfanui, Otagd, f Wellington, Hawke's liny , Club- Handicap Tournament, University '('taster Championship Meeting.- In inter-association games, Welling'.! 5 ton; boat-Canterbury by.'S matches to l.- ' Taranaki; beat Auckland 21 to 3, and Canterbury. ibeat. Otago B'.to 1. -.The-' 1905-.. JCeW Zealand t Championship Meeting:, has: :been to v the' Auckland Lawn' Tennis ■■Associotippt- ; .ttnd : . t the meeting (championship ' events only V will Q be. held on the.Eden and Epsom Clubs' courts, „ Auckland. 011' December . 27, 28, and 20,'1909. i'- The -Auckland . Championship and . Handicap j- Meeting follows immediately on Deoember .'3l, r 1909,.and, January 1,;3,.dad.-4,:lpl0. .The report,' J refers: to' the New Zcalahd 'la'dies' team' which 0 did .so Well in Sydney in April. Special men- ' tion" is made/'of Miss Powdrell's "performances iiV the individual and tha-orj-minent part played by-Mr.--.A.- F.- Wilding ; in the international contest,. Australian; America, 1 ,for the Davis Gup. There-is, states tho report,' every-.likelihood of a. team of ladies -representing New South Wales in' New Zealand In Deeember.: Alterations.in,the laws oftheijame n. .in numbers ft'B;TinOv aiKTiif numbers "12 antf >r. 24 of . the regulations governing .the manage.ment of lawn ' as is' also 'tlie resignation of the association /- from tho Australasian Association <ionv>-,;-;.'anent. on a disagreement .-..-over certai'l •0 details in' conneotion.v-'.wjth.-' the Da/iS if- -Cup contests. ' Receipted'for' the seasin a amounted :to ,175., including; a balaneo 0 of £74 - 12s. lid. brought forward from . last (j. season.: The expenditure, totals. £169 .3?..-.7d,, f .-. leavihg.'a baiancc'of'£s2; 13s.' 5d..'-! -Assetl.-.ara 'set'down at-^123'.05.'.5d! 1 ; : '-on'd^,liabilities .rijl, E j The committee accords ''its.', best; thanks to' all I.' those, who assisted last year officially, flnahcially,- or oth6rwi.se, -including; the-.press,::-. -.. lOi ' '' ' . ;