LAWN TENNIS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21291, 19 September 1932, Page 13

LAWN TENNIS

ONE-COURT CLUB TOURNEYS

There was considerable discussion on the arrangement of a one-court inter-club tournament at a meeting of delegates of tennis clubs concerned. It was stressed that difficulty had been experienced in the past in arranging to play inter-club matches with only one court available. This meant that those players not competing did not gel a game during the Saturday afternoons. Delegates from the following clubs were present:—'Wyaba. Hillside, Tiro Tiro, Enstou, Alderlcy, Selwyn and To Koerenga. Mr. R. B. Hardy, president of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association, presided. It was pointed out that the regulations affecting one-court inter-club matches would be a matter for the clubs themselves, and one suggestion was advanced that, one match in every three should be played on the association courts. This would mean considerably more play for members of onecourt clubs. The opinion was also expressed that it

was desirable that approximately all tlio members of one-court clubs should compete in tournaments. As a result, members would get more tennis and it would also do n great deal to improve the standard of tennis of these cluhs. It was arranged to hold a further meeting on Thursday week.

TE IvOPURU CLUB

A successful season was shown by the report presented at tho annual meeting of the To Ivopuru Lawn Tennis Club Tho statement of receipts and payments showed a surplus on the year's working of £2 14s.

The election of officers resulted as follows:—Patron, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates; president. Dr. J. A. Marshall; vice-presi-dents, Rev, R. A. Maedonald. Mr. W. Corkill; secretary and treasurer, Mr. B. R. Bell; club captain. Miss E v D. Lovegrove; vice-captain, Mr. J. M. Kelly; conimitteo, Mesdames B. R. Roll, J. A. Marshall; Miss A. Bryers, Messrs. A. Downey, B. Leabourn, T. Wordsworth; match committee, the captain, vice-captain and secretary; delegate to .the Northern Wairoa Tennis Association, Miss A. Bryers. It was decided to open the season on October 1. MAT AM AT A CLUB [rnoM our own correspondent] MATAMATA, Saturday Tho following officers wore elected at tho annual meeting of the Matamata Tennis Club:—President. Mr. H. E. Schofield; vicepresidents, Dr. Mr. G. Fitzgerald; secretary, Mr. H. Keeley; treasurer. Mr. W. O'Connor; club captain. Mr. G. Fitzgerald; vice-captain, Mr. W. D. L. MacDonald; auditor, Mr. R. W. Stevens; committee, Messrs. L. Flower, B. M. Kibble white, B. Brown, Mesdames P. Laurie. W. ,T. Stanley, G. Fitzgerald, Misses Stonex, Ranger and Darragh. Tho report stated that the club had won tho Waikato East Association's championship for tho sixth time in succession, with the loss of only three sets. A comprehensive scheme for reorganisa tion of the Waikato East Association's competition, with a view to evening the standard, was submitted by the secretary, Mr. H. Keeley, and approved. The scheme pro_ vided for tho abolition of tho present A and B grades and the division of the territory as follows:—Northern section, Walton. Rich mond Downs, Waharoa and Kiwitahj; central section, Matamata and Hinuera; southern section. Okoroire. Tirau, Putaruru and To Whntu. In tho central section Matamata would field three even teams and Hinueru two. Mrs. P. Laurie was elected ft life member of the club in recognition of 13 years' service.