LAWN TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume CCIV, Issue 129, 28 November 1922, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS

SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATION

THE COMING TOURNAMENT.

Delegates from 19 schools were present at the annual meeting of the Wellington Provincial Schools' Lawn Tennis Association, held in the Education Board's offices. Strong comment was made in the annual report on the fact that although the Wellington Schools' Association conducted a bigger tourney than the rest of the New Zaland junior associations put 'together, the Wellington Provincial Lawn Tennis Association did practically nothing for the schools, and had not placed a junior event in its annual programme. The year's operations resulted in a loss of over £5, due entirely to the fact that' extra and heavy expenditure was incurred for balls and refreshments on account of wet weather during the last tournament. , Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follow:•—Patron, ' Mr. T. Forsyth; president, Mr. J. Thwaites; management committee, Misses Hayes, Messenger, Sparrow, Webb, E. Williams, E. Woodward, and Messrs. W. Brown, W. Dudson, A. East, E. Fossette, J. Fanning, E. Harland, J. Stephens, and, W. Stainton; delegates to the Wellington Provincial Lawn Tennis Association, Messrs. E. Fossette and W. J. Melody; Press steward, Mr. Clement Howe; general referee, Mr. J. A. B. Howe. The following life members were elected:— Mrs. Child,- .Misses F. Fraser and M. Williams, and Messrs. Clement Watson, J. H. Worboys, and D. M. Yeats. The 1922 schools' tourney, to commence next Saturday, at 8 a.m., has attracted a record entry of 1044 players, comprising 970 primary and 70 secondary, from 27 schools. The primary entries are made up as follow:—Girls' singles, 160; girls' doubles, 95 pairs; boys' singles, 170; boys' doubles, 100 ! pairs; combined doubles, 126 pairs. There is a marked increase in the number, j of boys' entries, this being the first occasion in the history of the association in which the boys have outnumbered the girls. The schools competing- are; — Lyall Bay, 119 entries; Clyde Quay, 96; I Berhampore, 62; Newtown, ,49; Roseneath, 47; Island Bay, 44; Thomdon, 44; Terrace, 43; South Wellington, 40; Te Aro, 38; Hntt D.H.S., 36; Petone D.H.S., 36; Johnsonville, 32; Seatoun, 28; Petone West, 24; Eastern Hutt, 23; Mount Cook Girls', 22; Brooklyn, 20; Mount Cook Boys', 18; Korokoro, 16; Kelburn, 12; Plimmerton, 8; Muritai, 8; Kar.ori/4. The sections, courts, and supervisors have been arranged as follow :—Section A, Brougham Hill, Messrs. W. E. Howe, E. Fossette, and Miss Woodward; Section B, Boys' College (if available), Mr. D. Harland, Miss Haldane; Section C, Newtown, Mr., Mrs.', and Miss Thwaites and Mr. A. East; Section D, Lyall Bay, Mr. C. Robertson and Miss Messenger; Section E, South Wellington School. Mr. W. Brown and Misses Hayes and Webb; Section F, Palmer street,' Messrs. i J. 1' Stephens and W. ■• Dndson and Misses j E. Williams and Carrick; -Section G. j Victoria College, Mr. W. Stainton and Miss Sparrow; Section H, Mitchelltown School, Mr. Byrne and Miss Pigon.

(0HIM» PRMS ASSOCIATION—OOmiMMr.) '•MELBOURNE, 27th November. ', The final of the women's singles championship resulted: Mrs. Boyd defeated Miss Lister, 6-2, 6-2. ■/ .