LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 1 November 1916, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

WEST END CLUB. The lawns of the West End Club will b« opened for play on Saturday afternoon next. Owing to the treat majority of the men players having enlisted for the front the • club will in the meantime have to depend i to a great extent on the rapport of its I 1 lady members. Everjr effort should, therel , fore, be made by the lady members to - . increase the membership of the club, which [ is at the present time under one-third tha. I strength of the membership existing prim- ' to the war. EDEN AND EPSOM CLUB. i The lawns of the Eden and Epsom Laws Tennis and Croquet Club will be officially i opened for the season on Saturday next at three o'clock. At the 50th annual general meeting of the club the following officers were elected:—President. Mr. A. St. Clair Brown; vice-presidents. Messrs. J. Dawson, EL D. Heather, 3v. S. Kenderdine, E. Morton. A. F. Moginie, and O. .Nicholson; hon. secretary. Mr. A. E. Young; hon. treasurer. Mr. A. W. Rankin; General Committee, Mesdames Baker, Kenderdine, MoLachlan, Messrs. Cooke, Russell. Thomson; Ladies' Committee, Mssdames Baker, Hudson, Mackie, Mueller, Morton, McLachlan, Misses Elliott, James, Moginie, Mac Donald. Clarke, Kenderdine. The war has seriously affected the club's finances, a loss of £30 being the result ei the past season's transactions, and the committee, therefore, appeals to members to do all they can to assist to weather the crisis through which all tennis clubs are passing.NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. The thirtieth anneal report and balancesheet of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association shows that there are affiliated with that body 197 clubs, with a total membership of 9526. 'lhe committee submit with the report a —covering eight and a-half closely-printed octavo pages names of tennis players who have offered themselves for the service of their country. Th* T-pp-«-* arHc tl-pi rnrmri'i'oatio-s sent to the principals of colleges throughout the Dominion requesting opinions as to the feasibility and practicability of hold- ' t ing college tennis tournaments with a view to deciding a New Zealand college tennis , champion. The replies so far received. they i say, show divided opinion on the matter, and the question is still before the comI mittee.