CROQUET

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 17 December 1914, Page 3

CROQUET

NEW .ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. .. TIIE CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME. \ 'afc, v "''' . ". . ' CHRISTCIIURCH, Doe. 14. The'l9l4 New-Zealand croquet cham- ■ pionships will be decided in Christchurch at the fifth annual tournament of the Canterbury Croquet Association during Christmas. The tournament will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 25, and play will be resumed • -.not inter than 10 a.m. each day till the tournament is finished... Entries, acreomphnied -by the fees, must reach the tournament secretary not later than December 19, and no entry will on any V account .be received after,.this,.date. The Canterbury championsli,ips Tvill.be ..decided at the same tournamenty plav ,v' ; :-itp,comraonoc\atjtlip- same, time as ;the /■ :^New ; ,;. l Zealan(l .■championships.,: •• ...... :.Tbe'programmo is as under:— New Zealand Open Championship; open to players of both sexes within .! , and beyond the Dominion. The win- :' ,/ v >ner ,wil! be styled the " Croquet Cham0f New Zealand," and will hold ~£•/ t'o.r;onp year the challenge cup present* ed 'by Mr J. W; Lill, president of the •:.. ■.;. Association. . ; j; ; Zealand. Ladies'. Open. Cham- • piopiiip; open to ladies within and - ; beyond the Dominion. Tho winner will : ~,i be styled the "Lady Champion of New Zealand,'' and will hold for one year tl|& challenge trophy presented for this event by. Jifr Murray-Aynsley. l New Zealand Doubles; open to any pair, of the required status, within or : beyond the Dominion. Each member of,the winniiig.paid will hold for one ~ ■,. year-one oil, the challenge shields. New Zealand Ilnndicap; open to players witbinnnd beyond the Dominion. Canterbury Championship; open to all associates. The winner will be '■> , styled the '.'■ Croquet Champion of Can- : terbury," and will hold for one year the challenge, cup presented by Mr C. ' H. Croxtorf. The cup will become the propert j. ,of- anyone > who wins it three .' i" '"'.times in' succession. ' v -. Canterbury Ladies' Championship; . open to all lady ; associates.- The win- . ner will/ljold for one year the challenge trophy presented; for this event by Mrs Murray-Aynsley. The trophy will become tile property of anyone'who wins > < . it.' three times in succession, .: Canterbury Club* Pairs; open lo asso"riptes only. Pamers must be members of the same club, belonging to the association, and the entry will be treated as.'representative of the club named / 'A partnership may consist ofi either, a' lady and a gentleman, or two ladies,, but sot two gentlemen. Canterbury Handicap; open to all asNo one who enters for the New. Zealand Handicap may enter for ; T/tHii event.'' Every effort, will be made forget 't.heso handicaps-through on tho ;' . lirßt.-two days of the tournament. New Zealand events the internal width of the hoops used will be 3Jin., and in tho Canterbury events 4in, The tournament grounds will be those the/United Bowling, Tennis, and • Croquet-Club in Hngley Park.