Girl to Manage Wimbledon

Southland Times, Issue 24001, 16 December 1939, Page 21

Girl to Manage Wimbledon

Sj Miss Nora Cleather, tall, jC % graceful blonde, has become »J secretary of the All-England JJ a“ Lawn Tennis Club for the dura- Jn Js tion of the war. She will “nurse” ? the Wimbledon courts, ready to set the great tournament going Jn as soon as the Lawn Tennis As- J« J« sociation says “Go.” »J For years Miss Cleather has nJ been assistant to Secretary Jn Major Larcombe, who was kept ■" nJ at home a great deal by illness nJ ’■ last season. Quietly, pleasantly, ? ■J efficiently, she engineered the Je ■J 1939 tournament. nJ n" Though she has had a hand in «J J« eighteen Wimbledon champion- J= »; ships, her job has let her see J* nJ only glimpses of the play. But nJ she knows everything that has gj to be seen to—hundreds of Ju ■J people to interview, catering <£ b" arrangements, the ticket problem bJ Jn (£20,000 application money to Ju a " be returned), ground staff, and Ja nJ hospitality for visiting players. nJ V.V«V.V.V.WAV.W.V.*bW.£