LAWN TENNIS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 75, 9 November 1928, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS

SOUTH TARANAKI ('LADDER. ARRANGEMENTS MADE. ' At the last meeting of the Taranaki Lawn Tennis. Association the following comnliwteei SffaJs) appointed! to run the South Taranaki ladder competition; Messrs E. CL A. G)iw (Stratford), M. R. Jones (Hawera) and A. L. Pacard (Eltham), the lat- . ter being secretary of tho committee. THE LADDERS. r The ladder list consists of fifteen men and fifteen ladies, and it has been drawn up as follows! Men. L. Berg, Stratford' Methodist. ! H. Wills, Eltham. Torrens, Patea. M. Jones, Hawera. Newell, Sportsdale. Urwin, Sportsdale. Edmonds, Opunake. Beck, Hawera. St. L. Reeves, Eltham. Morrisen, St. Joseph’s, Eltham. * McCarthy, Hawera. McGregor, Kaponga. O, Patterson, Te Ngutu. Scoble. Stratford). • ' Ladies. i Mrs Berg, Stratford Methodist. Miss Hicks, Hawera Park; ; Miss Gave, Eltham. Miss Pease, Hawera. Mrs Weston, Stratford. Missl Cooper, St. Joseph’s. Eltham. Miss Martin, Stratford. Miss Knight, Hawera. Mrs Rudge, Hawera. Miss Maokay, Stratford. Miss Wylds, Eltham. Miss O’Dawd, Te Ngutn. Miss Hides. Manama. Miss Blair, Hawera. Mrs H. Graham, Stratford. THE RULES. The rules governing the competit* ion provide that the ranking list shall be open from October Ist to April HOth, Any player on the list may challenge only the player next above, but the committee hUs power to arrange matches between any players. If a player provides a sufficient excuse for not playing a game, the person next below him on the ladder takes his right of challenge. If such, a challenger -wins the intervening players shall move a step d(own the ladder, but if the challenger loses the pos- f itions on the ladder will remain unchanged.. • The defeated may not again challenge the same player for a period of ten days. Challenges must be lodged in writing with the Ladder secretary. A challenge or challenging player shall not receive or issue a challenge until the standing match has been decided. The Laddier Committee has tfie power to remove any player from the ladder at its discretion. All matches are to be played op grass courts.