LAWN TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 19520, 30 March 1927, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS

OTAGO ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Otago Lawn Tennis Association was held in the secretary s board room Jast night, Dr Moody presiding. The North Otago Sub-union wrote thanking the association for the hospitality extended to its team whilst m Dunedin. The Otago Cricket Association wrote appreciating the action of the association in postponing lawn tenuis matches for the Otago-Melbourne match. The Otago Harbor Board wrote stating that a request that the board should proceed with the filling in of Logan Park had ..been referred to the engineer to report. The North Otago Association advised that it was sending a team to meet Otago at the Bay courts on Saturday. It was resolved to write to the Anderson’s Bay Club thanking it for providing afternoon tea for visiting teams. The Secretary submitted the entries received for the Easter tournament, and it was resolved to extend them for the handicap events until noou on Monday. , , , . . It was resolved that the admission for the Easter tournament be Is for adults and Gd for children. It was resolved that losers should pay for the balls at the Easter tournament. , , _ Messrs J. Fulton and J. Leggett were appointed to take charge of the Otago courts during the Easter tournament, Mr S. D. Dutlne the St. Ivilda courts, Messrs G. Clark, E. D. Duthie, W. Brav, G. W. Cleghorn, S. G. M'Dougall, A. T. Jenson, A, E. M'Adani the Bay courts. Mr A. M'Milla'n suggested that some of the elder players mi girt arrange during the winter months to deliver lectures cn how tho game of lawn tennis should be played, and the younger members of tho various clubs invited to those lectures. If the association approved of the idea he was ■ prepared to arrange for a room where . these lectures could bo given. Mr I M'Millan was thanked for bis sugges- ; tion, and it was resolved that an_ effort ; be made to cany out tho same in the ; the near future.