CROQUET

Evening Star, Issue 25708, 4 February 1946, Page 8

CROQUET

ANNUAL TOURNAMENT The sevententh annual tournament of the Otago Croquet Association will be opened to-morrow at 9.30 a.m. The headquarters will be at Watea lawnß. Following is the draw for the opening games:— —Watea Lawns.— Combined Doubles. Mesdames Buchler and Gain (Punga) v J. Kitson and Mrs War burton (Southland), Mesdames Carrington (Punga) and Knewstubb (Leith) v. Mesdames Hanger and Blackburn (Tainui), Mesdames Stevens (Southland) and Emery (Leith) v. Mesdames Sewall and Edwards (Watea), Mesdames Gormack (Southland) and Booth (Leith) v. Miss Hereus and Mrs Young (Punga). Champion Singles. Miss Munro (Southland) v. Mrs Jelley (Cromwell). —Punga Lawns.— Combined Doubles. Mesdames Henry and Thomson (Watea) v. Mrs Bonar (Christchurch) and Seear (Tainui), Mesdames Millin (Punga) and Burgess (Alexandra) v. Mesdames Blanch and Croad (Southland), Mesdames Anderson and Rayner (Watea) v. Mesdames Keen and ■ Cockroft (Southland). B Handicap Singles, 9.3o.—Mesdames ' Burns (L'eith) v. Crum (Watea), No. 3 lawn. 11: Mesdames Brander (Watea) v. Burgess (Alexandra). Mesdames Croad and Seear. —Leith Lawns.— Combined Doubles.—Mesdames Rankin (Punga) and Mitchell (Leith) v. Mesdames Strang and Geddes (Southland), Mesdames Smart and O'Brien (Otautau) v Mesdames Newall and McKellar (St. Clair), Mesdames Stockdale (Christchurch) and Purdie (Punga) v Mitchell (Cromwell) and Austin (Leith) 11 a.m.: Mesdames Hardy and Hogg (Punga) play winners second pair, Mesdames Knox and Chisholm (Watea) v. McHaffey (Southland) and Clark (Tainui).