LAWN TENNIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17834, 30 April 1926, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION SI I ion wan Isold i'aat cv-nlnp. th<* proasMr \V. X. Seay, being m tbo man. NEW CLUBS. The Fomin 1 ton and Shirley Clubs were granted affiliation. DAYLIGHT SAVIN'!. input the 1 Spirts Protection League in favour of daylight sa ring. CLUB MEMREIi'a EXPELLED. The West Spreydon Club noli fieri that, two members of the flub bad boon i xpolled for misconduct. Tn moving- that tbo lot tor he received, Mr M. E. Lyons said that by adopting that course the matter could l»o re- ' I Mr *\Y\ J* 1 Franklin, delegate from tbo club, outlined the farts, which, ho said, wore that the two young men in Question bad used bad language on the courts on a Sunday morning, and had followed this up with threatening: behaviour. lie thought it would be a bad thing to allow them to .loin up with other clubs. They bad been asked to apologise, but had refused to do so. Tbo club had therefore decided to, notify the association of their attitude. Mr Cross said that while they must support affiliated clubs they could not deal with only one side of the question. Ho moved that the association defer action till next meeting in order to allow the two players in question the opportunity of stating their case. The motion was carried, and the secretary was empowered to write to both the offenders. 81TB-ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES. The sub-committee appointed to consider the boundaries of the Malvern Sub-Association reported that after conferring with Mr H. C. Townsend, on behalf of the Malvern Sub-Association, it had approved of the sub-association embracing tile following clubs:—Darfield, Sheffield, Ktrwee, Oxford. Oreendale and TTororata. The committee had submitted for the guidance and approval of the Malvern Sub-Association a draft set of rules. The committee recommended that the matter of forming sub-associations in North Canterbury, Ilurunui, Cheviot, Wniau. Leeston. Banks Peninsula and Ellesmere, be referred to the committee, with power to invite representatives from these several districts to discuss the question and submit a comprehensive report at a future meeting. The report was adopted. WILDING PARK. Tn connection with the pavilion at Wilding Park, in February the Ground Committee accepted the tender of Messrs Glue Bros, of £2IOO for tbo erection of a one-storied concrete building (a plan fit* which was submitted to the meeting). This building was now in course of erection.

In accordance with the instructions from the association, the committee gave very full consideration to the question of laying down eight additional bard courts. As the result of representations the British Pavements, Ltd., agreed to construct the eight bituminous courts for the sum of £I2OO. This offer was accepted, and the courts were now being laid. Although it was thought that the extremely wet. winter had had a disassole of grass had improved wonderfully, and tTie prospects of having excellent courts in 1027 were very bright. From the committee’s experience to date it was apparent that a sum of at least £SOO per annum would be required to maintain the park. While the annual cost of maintenance of the ** hard ” courts would not be large, the expenses of keeping the grass courts in proper condition would be very considerable. An estimate of receipts and expenditure covering a period of twelve months had been prepared for submission to the meeting, and the earnest consideration of delegates to this matter was for. The report was adopted. MATCH COMMITTEE. The Match Committee reported that the 3 925 New Zealand Championships were held at the United courts, and the tub "cant'lrbiiry wasfawarded*the Wilding Cup by virtue of winning the most points. The men’s singles championship was retained by Mr G. OlHvier. The ladies’ singles championship was won by Miss May Speirs, who also annexed the doubles championship fwith Mrs W. Scott) and the mixed championship (with P. G. France). The play of Mr OlHvier and Miss Speirs was the outstanding feature of the tournament. The challenge match for the Anthony Wilding Shield between Auckland (the holders) and Canterbury, was played on the United courts on January 1 and 2. and resulted in a win for Canterbury by the narrow margin of one set: the matches being six each. At the invitation of the Otago Lawn Tennis Association, in view, of the Exhibition, the annual inter-provincial match. Canterbury v. Otago, was played at Dunedin again this year, on January 1 1, and resulted in a win for Otago by the. narrow margin of one set. the matches being twelve each. Several members of the Canterbury team took part in the Exhibition tournament which commenced on January 15, and Miss M. Muirson won the ladies’ open singles, while Air D. F. Glanville readied the final in the men’s open singles, where he was defeated by Air Page. The annual inter-provincial match. Canterbury v. Wellington, was played at Wellington on February 20. Canterbury was represented by almost its full strength, and won the match by sixteen matches to eight. The report was adopted. Air Goss said it would be a month before the bitumenous courts would be ready for play. PROPOSED JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. On the motion of Air Goss it was decided that a sub-committee be set up to go into the advisability of establishing a junior association in the district and report to a future meeting. The following committee were appointed:—• Messrs H. Tillman. Thwaites, U. G. Wake, P. Bean, F. ,T. Murray, R. TX Harman and the president and seereTTIE CO ACT I QUEST lON. Tn introducing the question of ol>. taining the services of a professional coach, Air A. TO. Steere moved that a committee bo sot up to deal with the matter. Atr S. W. Jameson raid his club (Linwood) bad agreed at (heir Inst annua) mooting to guarantee £SO towards a coach fund. There were half a dozen of the other big clubs that, could do the same. They would got quite half their guarantees back in coaching fees. Atr Borrows expressed the opinion that G. OlHvier would he ns good a coach as they could procure. It was just a question whether he would ho willing to forfeit, his amateur status. The motion was carried, and the following committee was elected:—Mr S. i W. Jameson (convener), Dr Slater, Messrs F. J. Murray. A. E. steere, tv. S. Somerville, and the president and