Tournament at Dannevirke.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7791, 16 March 1904, Page 5

Tournament at Dannevirke.

The tennis tournament.at Dannovirka was largely attended. The weather is fine and the Courts are io splendid condition. The entries are larger than those received last year while ths presence of Adams, of Palmerston, ha 3 lent additional interest to the play. Following are the results up to the hour of gain* to press :— °

Men's Championship Singles—First round : C*to beat Deighton. Men's H-mdicap Singles— Adams 60 beat Dawson 40; Gi'esen. 60 beat Newenham 49; Swamson GO beat McKenna 50. '

Ladies' Handicap Singles — First round: Miss O. Knight 50 beat Miss Grant 49; Miss iiobertshawe 30 beat Miss Ryan 47. Second round : Miss Westoby 50 beat Mi«s Allen 41; Miss Bobertshawe 50 beat Mrs Gun- 49. Men's Handieip Doubles—First round : W. H. Swainson and Downes 70 beat Blakiston and Jiau«oms7 ; McG-ouu and Stowe 70 beat E. Beckett and S. Tansley 63. Second round—Swainson and Downes (rec, 20) 70 beat Adams and Hume (scr) 45.

.Ladies iiandieap Donhlsa (50 ap) Mrs HarigiU and Mis* M G-ay 50 b*at Misses Avery and Allan 83 ; Mrs Cowpor and Mrs Nymand 50 beat Mis-* Manisty and We stoby 40. Complied Haudicap Doubles, 60 up— Sansom and Miss M. Eyan 00 beat Hume and Mrs JTymand 37; Adams and Mrs Gurr 60 beat Wewenhani and Miss Robertshawe 45. ■

Men's Junior-Handicap Singles, 60 up—Blakiston 60 beat E. Beckett <i:J - itansom 60 beat Bickford 42. " '