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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 January 1929, Page 5

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THE DOMINION TOURNEY. OPEN SINGLES CHAMPION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, Jan. M. To-day’s play in the Dominion Cloquet championship tourney, which ends to-morrow. _ resulted as follows: — Ladies’ Championship.—First life: Mrs Kibblewhite beat Mr® Lowery--26—11. Second life: Mrs Jarvie heat Mrs Mount 26—23; Mrs Tiffen beat Mrs Caildow, 26—18; Mrs Jarvie beat Mrs Pitcndthley, 26—15; Mrs Jarvie beat Mrs Tiffen, 26—17; Mrs Walker beat Mathewson, 26—15.. Open Ohamipionship.—A. Ross beat Mrs Johnson 26—13, 26— L.

Championship Doubles.—Mrs Pitcaithley and Mrs Gambrilil beat A. Ross and Mrs Kibblewhijbe 26—1. Handicap Singles, A. —Mrs Oaldaw beat Mr® Bartlett 26—5; Mrs Jarvie beat Mrs Horn 26 —11; Mr.s Oaldow beat Mrs Kibblewhite 26 —23. Handicap Doubles.—Mrs Kibblewhite and Mrs Wickens heat Mrs Lowery and Mrs Horn 26—17.

Finals of tlie Dominion championships have resulted: — Open 'Singles—A. Ross, Christchurch, 1; Mrs Johnson, WeHlinaton. 2. Dominion Championship Doubles. — Mrs Plteaithley and Mrs Gambrill. 15 Handicap.—Mr® Simpson. Handicap Doubles. —Mrs Lowery and Mrs Horn.

HAW ERA DISTRICT PLAY.

KIA ORA CLUB. COMPETITION RESULTS. The Dingle Buttons are played for every Thursday by the Kia Ora Club, aiul during January there were four good contests. The winners were: Third, Airs Cropton and Mrs King; tenth, Mrs Cropton and Mrs Mevriek; seventeenth, Mrs .1. E. Campbell and Mrs W. M. Winks; twenty-fourth, Mrs Evans and Mrs J. Syme. DISTRICT TROPHY. The Tait Stars are a district challenge trophy, -open to players with a handicap of between five and eight bisques inclusive. . Okaiawa, the holders, have sustained two challenges and according to the rules laid down, they now surrender the trophy. In a draw the Stars were allotted to Wnv-er ley on whose lawns the next match will take place.