TENNIS

Southland Times, Issue 22159, 30 October 1933, Page 4

TENNIS

C GRADE DRAW. A CHANGE MADE. The Kennington Tennis Club has withdrawn from the C grade competition and has been replaced by the Tisbury Club which at a special meeting of the management committee of the Southland Tennis Association was affiliated and granted permission to enter a C grade team. The revised draw is as follows: — November 11.—Makarewa A v. Moana at Moana; Waikiwi V. Makarewa B at Makarewa; Georgetown v. Bluff at Bluff; St. Mary’s v. Waihopai at Waihopai; Southend v. Invercargill at Southend; Tisbury a bye. . November 25.—Moana v. Waikiwi at Waikiwi; Invercargill v. Tisbury at Invercargill; Bluff v. St. Mary’s at St. Mary’s; Waihopai v. Makarewa B at Makarewa; Southend v. Georgetown at Georgetown; Makarewa A a bye. December 9.—Southend v. Waihopai at Waihopai; Makarewa B v. Bluff at Bluff; Georgetown v. Makarewa A at Makarewa; Tisbury v. Waikiwi at Waikiwi; St. Mary’s v. Moana at St. Mary’s; Invercargill a bye. January 15.—Makarewa A v. Makarewa B at Makarewa; Bluff v. Waikiwi at Bluff; St. Mary’s v. Invercargill at Invercargill; Georgetown v. Moana at Moana;' Southend v. Tisbury at Southend; Waihopai a bye. January 20.—Makarewa A v. Tisbury at Makarewa; Moana v. Makarewa B at Moana; Southend v. Bluff at Bluff; Georgetown v. Invercargill at Invercargill; Waihopai v. Waikiwi at Waikiwi; St. Mary’s a bye. February 12.—St. Mary’s v. Makarewa A at St. Mary’s; Invercargill v. Waihopai at Waihopai; Tisbury v. Georgetown at Georgetown; Waikiwi v. Southend at Southend; Bluff v. Moana at Moana; Makarewa B a bye. February 26. —Makarewa A v. Invercargill at Invercargill; St. Mary’s v. Makarewa B at Makarewa; Bluff v. Waihopai at Waihopai; Georgetown v. Waikiwi at Waikiwi; Moana v. Tisbury at' Tisbury; Southend a bye. March 12.—Invercargill v. Makarewa B at Makarewa; Makarewa A v. Waikiwi at Waikiwi; Tisbury v. Bluff at Bluff; Southend v. St. Mary’s at St. Mary’s; Waihopai v. Moana at Moana; Georgetown a bye. March 26.—Southend v. Makarewa A at Makarewa; Makarewa B v. Tisbury at Tisbury; Invercargill v. Moana at Moana; Waikiwi v. St. Mary’s at St. Mary’s; Waihopai v. Georgetown at Georgetown; Bluff a bye. April 9. —Makarewa A v. Waihopai at Waihopai; Georgetown v. Makarewa B at Georgetown; Moana v. Southend at Southend; Invercargill v. Bluff at Invercargill; St. Mary’s v. Tisbury at Tisbury; Waikiwi a bye.

ACTIVITIES AT WINTON. SUCCESS OF LABOUR DAY TOURNEY. (By “Stop-watch.”) Each year it has to be recorded that the Winton Tennis Club’s Labour Day , tournament was even more successful than the previous season’s fixture, and the 1933 gathering proved no exception ■ to the rule. Weather conditions prior to , Monday were far from encouraging. However, Labour Day duly arrived accompanied by glorious sunshine and Winton was again the centre of interest to tennis enthusiasts. The entries constituted a record and included a number of leading Southland players. Among those in charge of the fixture were Mrs R. M. Martin, Messrs T. Walker (president), R. Goodall (secret- . ary), F. Tilley, N. Eastlake, A. McCurdy and J. Dobbie. The play ' throughout was of a high standard and : some exceedingly closely contested ! games were witnessed. It is under- • stood that from a financial point of . view the fixture was a pronounced ; success. A dance in the evening marked ‘ the close of a most enjoyable day. Some exceptionally good tennis was , witnessed in the men’s doubles section. Barnes and Clarkson (owe 30, 3-6) were unlucky in meeting Allan Baird and George Lindsay (owe 40) in the first round. Barnes was serving particularly well and smashing with determination, but the scratch pair returned everything to run out the winners 7—2. Deaker and Cockerill (owe 40) did not experience great difficulty in eliminating the Dipton pair, Soper and Thomson (owe 15, 3-6) and secured the verdict by 7—3. An exciting encounter took place between Stevens and Strang (owe 40) when they defeated Patterson and McKenzie (owe 30, 3-6) in the first round by 7—5. The winning pair put plenty of sting into their shots as well as combining effectively. A large gallery watched the match between Deaker and Cockerill and Lindsay and Baird in the third round. The former pair commenced well and established a lead of 4—2, but from then on made little headway against their opponents and only notched one more game. Lindsay and Baird improved as they continued and after giving an scintillating exhibition in the latter stages ran out the victors by a 7—5 margin. The final between Lindsay and Baird and Strang and Stevens, both of whom were on owe 40 marks, attracted keen interest. Strang gave an excellent display, volleying and smashing with great judgment and the fact that there was little between the pair was evident when the scores reached 4-all. Baird’s excellent service and volleying ability together with the fact that Lindsay made repeated openings for him were responsible for this pair establishing a lead of B—4,8 —4, to eventually win by 9 to 5 after a great game. Some interesting exhibitions were also given in the ladies’ doubles division. In the first round Misses Smith and Hoyles (owe 15, 3-6) had an exciting tussle with Miss Payne and Mrs Cockerill (owe 30, 2-6), the former pair securing the verdict by 6—4. The Misses Wilson (owe 15, 4-6), of Balfour, had nothing to spare in defeating Misses Wade and Melvin (owe 40) by the narrow margin of 7—6. Miss Melvin gave one of her best displays, while the driving of Miss Wade came in for laudatory comment from the spectators and was a treat to watch. They found the Balfour representatives far too steady. In the third Misses Lush and Russell (owe 15, 4-6) defeated Misses Kerse and Sutherland (owe 30) by 7—5 after a keenly fought contest. The Misses Wilson, who also played a prominent part in the ladies’ doubles of this fixture last year, were far too steady for Misses Lush and Russell when they met in the final and the Balfour sisters ran out the winners by 9—4. Forty-four pairs participated in the mixed doubles section and in the latter rounds a number of the sets had to be reduced. The final of this competition will be played in Invercargill between Patterson and Miss Wade (owe 40) and Barnes and Miss Payne (owe 30, 4-6). George and Miss Wilson (owe 15, 3-6) played good tennis in eliminating Baird and Miss Ronald in the third round and put up a stubborn fight against Patterson and Miss Wade in the fourth, to go under after a hard game by 7—5. ■ Patterson and Miss Wade had a good win over McKenzie and Miss Melvin by 6—2 in the semi-finals, while the match between Barnes and Miss Payne and Walker and Miss Fitzgerald was a strenuous one. The latter pair estab-: ■ lished an early lead, but the steadiness of Miss Payne and the smashing of Barnes allowed this pair to secure the . set by a narrow margin. Miss Fitzgerald gave an exceptionally fine dis- : play as also did Walker. Ladder matches will occupy the attention of members of the Winton Club ■ during the next week or two as in

both the men’s and ladies divisions ladders have been put up the other day, the placings of which at present are as follows: — Ladies.—Miss E. Sutherland, Miss M. Martin, Miss K. Hamilton, Mrs W. Jamieson, Miss M. Balch, Miss . Pierce, Miss H. Cowie, Mrs Curtis, Miss M Tilley, Miss D. Walker, Miss B. Walker, Miss M. Melton. Men.—R. Mac Lean, W. Henderson, A. McCurdy, L. Perrelle, J. Dobbie, L. Lindsay, J. Raymond, I. MacDougall, D. Hogg, E. Goodall, G. Lindsay.