LAWN TENNIS
PAHIATUA TOURNAMENT.
(II tIUMAPI.—PRUS MSOCUTIOR.)
PAHIATUA., This Day
The tennis tournament concluded this morning after extending over four days. In the semi-final of the men's championship singles J. 6. Swainson beat Johnson, 6-3, 6-2; and Welch beat Hooper, 4-0, 6-2, C-3. In the final Swainson beat Welch after a stern struggle, 3-6, 6-4, 0-2. The men's championship doubles was won by Swainson and Hooper against Welch and Johnson, 6-1. 6-2; the nandi-. cap doubles by W. V. Fisher (Wellington} and Falloon (Masterton) against W. B. Lowes and R. H. Wardell. The ladies' championship singles was won by Miss Rua Gardner (Wellington). In the qualifying rounds, Mrs. N. W. Groves displaced her sister, Mr*. Potter; Miss Gardner beat' Mrs. Booth; and Mrs. Groves beat Mrs. B. F. Smith. The combined championship double semifinals resulted: —Johnson and' Mrs. Potter beat Hooper and Mrs. Smith; Welch and Mrs. Groves beat Mackie and Miss Armistead; and in the final Welch and Mrs. Groves beat Johnson and Mrs. Potter, 9-6. In the ladies' handicap doubles Mrs. Smith and Miss Gardner beat Mesdairies Potter and Booth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 3, 5 January 1926, Page 9
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182LAWN TENNIS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 3, 5 January 1926, Page 9
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