TENNIS AND CROQUET,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 13 September 1921, Page 8

TENNIS AND CROQUET,

HAWERA CLUB'S MEETING

The annual general meeting of the Hawera Tennis and Croquet Club was held on Monday afternoon in the Borough Chambers, Mr. H. D. Caplen (president) being in the chair and about 22 members being present. - The secretary read_the annual report and balance sheet. The report stated: The past year has been one of the best, from a player's point of view that the club has had for a long time play having been ver ? keen, both in tennis and croquet. The committee were successful. m securing a further twelve months' lease from the Bowling Club, and it is proposed that the court on tne eastern side be set aside for croquet for the coming season, a s this will avoid tennis balls continually going over the fence. 7 The five new tennis lawns will bexeady, for pla y on opening day mak. *% *£ v6n ,lawns altogether, and this will allow the ground committee to close any one or more courts during the season if deemed advisable The worn patches on the old lawns have been •n^' a - lfc is expected the courts £-_. - m e?odborder before long, fourteen.^tennis matches were played with .all the. neighbouring clubs and New Plymouth, and_^nl v those against New Plymouth an<KWtverley were lost wnile the combined Hawera 'teams were again easily defeated by Wanganui. Mrs, Smith was selected for the Tara-naki-team v^^uckland, and secured, with Miss Whittra£toh, the ladies' handicap doubles atl; the Taranaki tournament^hile Mr.%Jtl H. Leece. with his partner, secured the handicap doubles at the Wanganui tournament; me committee secuired, on very good ffi^ the^seetion fronting on Collins btreet and adjoining the new lawns &°. r the moderate sum of £325), and t£is will give us an extra lawn later on when we lose both of the oia grounds as well asjan entrance to Collins Street inevelub tennis tournaments were won by the following championship ? Mrs. Smith.. wthMfes Burgess ■£* runner-up • ladies' handicaD singles. Mrs. Smilh with Mrs. Collins as ;runner.up ; , ladies'; handicap doubles, Mrs.. Hawk and Miss B. Blake: men's singles, Mr. Whitelaw, with.Mr. S. 6; Foden as runner-up m-e .^ B, hanfet> -singles, Mr. H. Wills wath. Mr. Whitelaw as runner-up. In the croquet, ; Mrs. Jarvie upheld the honour of the dub by annexing the Wellington. Provincial Championship and was runner-un in the open chaml pionehip at the, same meeting. Ther© was no club championship wet year.

The balance shoot does not shew such a roakl a'»sition us last year, as we then had -tiO in receipts which we have not this year, while there has l>een £XX) or more.extraordinary exponsos. Of course the general expenses are now heavier, wages being nearly double, but it is i anticipated that, with seven tennis j courts the increase in membership will more than compensate. Special prizes | were given to the tennis tournaments by the vice-president (Mr. Button) and Messrs Kururangi, Leeco, and N. Caplen, to whom the thanks of the club are due. We have also specially to mention the very liberal gift of Air. Collins in presenting the tennis net standards for the new courts. This will bo the subject of a subsequent motion. The committee have gone iuto the question of laying down I'urthor lawns, and owing to the present state of our finances and other reasons it has been decided to defer the matter.

Mr. H. D. Caplon proposed and Mr. E, G. Foden seconded that the report and balance sheet, as road, be adopted. —Carried.

The election of officers resulted: President, Mr. Leece; vice-presidents, Air. Douglas and Mrs. Morris; secretary, Air. N. Caplen; treasurer. Air. H. G. Brodie; committee. Aleasrs H. 1). Caplen and Collins, Alesdames Brodie and Bennett, Dr. Young; auditor. Mr. D. L. Smith; delegate, Afr. N. Bnlharry; ground committee, Atessrs Leece arid N. Caplen; match committee, Afessrs E. G. Foden and Whitelaw; tea committee, Afesdames Callaphan. J. E. Campbell. ! Wyllie, Smith, Aliases P. Young and j Burgess. A vote of thanks was nassed to Afr. Collins for presenting the standards. Carried by acclamation.

The opening day was left in the hands of the ground committee. Air. H. ». Caplen offered £2 2s for senior and junior tourney and £1 Is for croquet. A vote of thanks to the outgoing officers and chair concluded the meeting.