LAWN TENNIS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 January 1928, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS

NELSON PROVINCIAL CHAMPION. SHIP 1 ■ CONCLUDING EVENTS ■ !■■ .;v,,• > • 1 1 The concluding games in the Nelson provincial -cbaYnpiNnship lawn tennis tournament wore played on Saturday, a fairly large number of spectators being present in the afternoon, j’lay in tire finals was lather disappointing, mucji better tennis being: seen in some of the earlier games. LVliss Tracey, hplder of tho ladies’ singles championship, was never extended in the final; wliile the; best of the other finals was in the men’s single championship between Rhodes Williams and B. Mayo, both Wellington competitors'. Williams won the first set and the second went to Maya The third was a hard-fought one', the games going" to 10-8 in favour of Williams. In' the fourth, however, Mayo never looked' like 'winning, ’and Wa& repeatedly caught "out of position by His opponent. The wihner • played attractive tennis all through tpe tournament, and he deserved his win. The final ip the' irtenV'ch’nmpion'ship doiibles between’!}/ and Hi’Nightingale add' Snodgrass ahd Hodgson Alias lteerily contested, hut, the standard of play taking it all through was riot particularly good: In' the first Set' Nightingale' Brothers were ’s'-3; but their opponents took the hoxt two games, and 5 all was called'. Nightingajes eventually ran out the winners 9-7. They took the next set 8-6,’ and in the third' their opponents got only two games/ The other championship finals were not exciting events the winners meeting with scant opposition. In the "handicap event s Wfllcehs and Wilkens had very strong ih Ching- Brothers for the doubles, and won with only two points to spare. Most of the other finals were won with comfortable margins.' The piesideiit of the Nelson Association, Mr C. .Rout, before the prizes Were presented, congratulated the winners and expressed the thanks of the Association Id all 'those who had assisted in umpiring the gathCs. -Special reference iva's made to the energetic hon. secretary (Air Cannington), who had worked unremittingly throughout the foilr "days. Mr Rout aftb' referred to the r paucity of local competitors com. pared' with outsiders. Mrs C. JRout then presented the prizes, the "recipients being' Warmly applauded!' ' 1 " The prizes consisted of very attrac-tive-looking miniature silver cups. The concluding results were: —

CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

MEN’S .SINGLES Semi-final: R. Williams (Wellington) beat Fbdeh (Wullih'gtdiif 6-3, ?-'s.'‘ ' Final PR. WilliartiA’beat Mftyo (Wellington) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8, 6-1. LADIES’ SINGLES v Semi-finals: Miss Tracey (Wellington) heat Miss Lenz (Masterton). 6-1, 6-1. Miss Grooby beat' Miss Wilkins 6-7, 6-1, 6-3. j Filial: Miss Tracey (Wellington) beaf, Miss- Grooby 6-0; 6-0. LADIES* CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES Setni-ntml: Misses Tracey and Tucker (Wellingtoh) beat Miss Acheson and Mrs'McCabe 6-2, 6-2. . Final: Misses’ Tracey and Tucker (Wellington) Wat Mbs Nelson and Misb Grooby 6-3, 6-3. MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES Final: B. and 11. Nightingale beat Snodgrass iind- Hodgson, 9-7, 8-6, 6-2. COMBINED CHAMPIONSHIP • 1 • ■ Doubles Third round: M>ss Tracey and Hoclgson' beat' Mrs Nelson and- Hume 6-4, 6-0. Miss Lenz and Cannington beat Miss Ef. Wilkehs and Wilkens 6-3, 12-10. , ' Semi-finals t Mrs Whit Well ahd VVhit■weirbeat; Miss Lenz. and Cannington by default,; Miss Tracey and Hodgson beat Mrs ’McCabe and Fodeh 6-0, 7-5. Final: Miss Tracey" aUd Hodgson beat Mrs WhitweU Ufid Whitwell 6-2, 6-2.- ' ' '■ GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES Miss Ricliafdson beat Miss Downie 6-2; 6-4. (Only entrants). BOYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES Final: R, H! Long beat R. Newman 2-6, 6-3, 10-8. 3 " ” HANDICAP events COAIBiNEt) jtANDiCAP DOUBLES Second round: Miss Walkens and Wilkens bea| Mlk Foster Ahd'Richdale 60-52. Miss Ching "and Chirig beat MisS Legge and Barnbv 80-S?/ . Semi-finals: SEss Ching and Chi tig beat -Miss Wilkens and' WiMiifc 6049; Miss Downie Mid Newman 1 beat-' aiW. Armstrong’and Dbwnie 60-52. ‘ ' Filial :..\TisA DdWniri And Nfewitian beat Miss eking and' Chirig 60-52. LADIES’ HANDICAP DOUBLES