TENNIS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 January 1925, Page 6

TENNIS

PARK v. MANAIA. WIN FOR THE! FORMER'. In a closely contested series of matches on Saturday the Hawera Park Club beat Manaia by a margin of seven sets and seventeen games. The contest was much enjoyed by all. These inter-club contests do a lot to forward the best interests of the game. The results are set out below, Manaia players being mentioned first in each match : —•

Ladies’ Singles.—-Miss lTilles 5 v. Mrs. Rudge 7; Miss Campbell, 3 v. Mrs. Big-ham 7; Mrs. Christie 5 v. Mrs. Davy 7; Mrs. Meuli 6 v. Miss Nairn 1:

Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses lTilles and Campbell 2 v. Mrs. Rudge and Mrs. Bigkani 7; Mesdames Christie and Meuli 7 v. Mrs. Davy and Miss Nairn

Combined Doubles. —Miss lTilles and Meuli 6 v. Mrs. Righam and Kururangi 9; Miss Campbell and J. D. smith 8 v. Mrs. and Mr. Rudge 9; Mrs. Christie and L. Christie 9 v. Mrs. Davy and M. Osborne 4; Mrs. Meuli and Ryan 9 v. Miss Nairn and Grant 5. Men’s Singles.—G. Meuli 4 v. W. Rudge 9; J. D. Smith 5 v. Kururangi 9; L. Cbristie 9 v. M. Osborne 5; A. Christie 2 v. F. Grant 9; M. Ryan 4 v'. Billows 9; G. T. Smith S v. R, Sage 9. Total results.—Manaia lIS games, 6 sets; Park, 135 games, 13 sets. HAWERA CLUB. PROGRESSIVE TOURNAMENT. TENNIS AND CROQUET. The Hawera tennis courts and croquet lawns looked very gay on Saturday, when, under perfect weather conditionts, a progressive tournament was • held by the club, the proceeds going to help the fund for the championship tournament to be held in Hawera shortly. There were quite a numbe’r of visitors from all over the district and a few from Mamawatu. The ifternodli proved most enjoyable and interesting and provided many good games.

The results of the series of mat-c-hes were as below : Progressive Tennis.—Ladies : Miss G. Huggins 5 games, Misses Wills ami O’Dowel ’ runners .up. Men: Mr. *G. Wills 6 games, Messrs, McGregor, R. Wills, j. M. Collins and Lansky rnnnei-® up, with 5 games each. Progressive Croquet.—Mrs, J. Campbell, 30 points, 1; Mrs. J. B. Murdoch, 29, 2. Golf Croquet.—Miss White 1, Mrs. McL’Dowie 2. STRATFORD GAMES. Inglewood sent down & team to the tournament and were beaten by the local club by a. margin: of three sets uid 35 games The scores were: —- Stratford, 129 games, 11 sets; Inglewood, 94 games, 8 sets. Stratford Sportsdale Club beat Stratford Methodists, the scores being, when the light got too bad to continue, 14 sets and 128 games to 2 sets and 79 games. There were only throe sets in the combined doubles not played and these eoukl not materially affect the result.