SCHOOL CHAMPIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 24

SCHOOL CHAMPIONS

The finals of the "Wellington primary schools tennis championships revealed that the staiilard of play has not by any means fallen away. In the two senior finals the curious spectacle was witnessed of two good players beating two others who were still better. 0. Bold retained his title against R. Blair, a boy with a better-rounded game, finer backhand, and greater varied array of shots. Blair showed nothing as weak .as Bold's second service ball, and for most of the match was calling the tune. Bold was very disturbed by the spin on his opponent's shots, and was sis points behind when tho final ton points were entered by Blair, but the winner made a remarkable recovery, and managed to get through to a good lead. Blair's lack of experience told here, but there is no doubt that he is a very promising boy, and were the two to meet again would have more' than an even chance of winning. K. McNeill duplicated Bold's feat in the girls' singles, trailing most of the way and finally winning by a sterling defensive game, M. Dodds, a little tactician, was doing the attacking here, and it tVas not until the steadiness of her opponent told that she was ev.er behind. Both girls looked as if they could play bettor tennis, but the strain of a final told on them equally.