UNION TENNIS NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23726, 6 November 1940, Page 5

UNION TENNIS NOTES

[By Rrrveu.]

A Grade. Macaudrew Bay boat Aotea la-st Saturday in a close and interesting match by 9 sets to 7. Both teams wore evenly matched with their men. Allen and Anderson for the winners, and Mason and M'Vie for the losers gave good displays. Macandrew Bay ladies were the deciding factor in their team’s success. Mrs Mercer and Miss Foote each won three sets in fine style. Miss Leathley for Aotea also played well. - Kensington accounted for Concord by 10 sets to 6, the winners being slightly superior in all departments. The feature of the match was the defeat of Craig and Gibson by the young Concord pair, Gilliland and Cox. The two play good tennis, and in a season or two should be in the top flight. Another promising player for the losers was Miss G. Cox. The Kensington men claimed all the singles easily, and their ladies were very steady, notably Miss Marrett. Keen and .Millar both won three sets.

A close game was witnessed between Forbury and Holy Cross, the latter being successful by two games. Tennis was not of a high standard, and both teams can improve their play. Speirs, for Holy Cross, would do a lot better if he would concentrate instead of playing his crash and bash game, which cost him many points. Miss Race should be mpre on the offensive than the defensive, and the same applies to Misses Ross and Swanson, of .Forbury. Gillions was the only player of both teams to show form, while M’Vie, Watts, Misses Clarke and Wenborn played well in the doubles. The veteran Sims and Miss Ballantyne also combined well in their mixed, game.

Wakari gained its second successive win, this time against Kaikorai. Mrs Hoare had a meritorious victory over her old rival, Mrs Robertson, and Miss Laing was also successful in her singles. The winners appear to have a strong all-round side. Sutton, Kennedy, and Mrs Berry are steady. Kaikorai ladies won both of their doubles, while Wakari gained the four mixed doubles and the men’s singles. Ravensbourne beat Tokotoru by 11 sets to 5, their men gaining the singles and doubles. The losers were successful with the ladies’ doubles, winning easily, but the winners' men again showed superiority by winning three of the mixed. H. and R. Facer, Cooper, and O’Gorman for the winners, and Mrs Smith, for the losers, were successful in their three sets. Intermediate Grade. The improved Fast Taieri Club beat Dundas by Ij. sets to b in a match that was closer than the score indicates. Both teams have some fine players, notably White, Craigie, Misses A. Mitchell and Wilson for the country team, and Lawry, Mrs Lawry, Miss Birrell, and Mrs M’Kinlay for the losers. Tyrell was not so consistent, being unable to produce a good service, and Tonkies played his first game. Although he was unsuccessful the experience will not be lost. Mrs M’Kinlay should concentrate more on her forehand. On the day Kensington was the better team in the match against Anderson’s Bay, and won by the narrow margin of 8 games. Lake and Rowan were the most impressive for the men of the Bay team, although Campbell played good tennis, but unfortunately threw away a lot of points with double faults. Misses Wilson and Macomish proved that steady play helps to win matches The Kensinglon team did better in the singles than in the doubles, but this may be duo to the lack of team practice. Boyle, Misses Keen and M’Callum played fair tennis, and should improve with more competitive experience. B Grade. Normal beat Green Island by 12 sets to 4 in an interesting match, most games being very close. The winners, who were promoted from C grade, are doing well in this grade, and its members are keen and are practising hard Angelo, Foster, and Willocks were successful in their three sets. Miss Morland played well for Green Island, which would do better in the competitions if more time was put into practice. North-east Valley decisively beat the youthful Kensington team by 14 sets to 2. Several of the games went to 7 to 5, and the losers were unlucky in not gaining more sets. In the Kensington team promising young players are White, Peat, and the King sisters, and all round the team has good prospects of becoming a solid side as the season progresses. C Grade. Forbury beat a strong Dundas team by 10 sets to G, and may prove a hard team to beat in this grade. For the losers Nixon and Paton played a good doubles game, and Stone, with more concentration, should improve. King, a young player, acquitted himself very well. Misses Guthrie and Lockhart played well, and Mrs Nye and Miss Lockhart have both retained their form,.