WIMBLEDON CONTROL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 938, 7 December 1933, Page 16

WIMBLEDON CONTROL.

£750 Each Year for Tours Overseas. LONDON, November 2S. The scheme which has been drawn up L>y me All-England Tennis Club and the Lawn Tennis Association ensures thta the championships at Wimbledon, at least until 1972, will be controlled by a board of twelve members of the All-England Club and six of the Lawn Tennis Association.

The All-England Club will run llie j championships, and the association will i take over the expenditure and profits. After paving the All-England Club j certain sums, estimated to be under 40 1 per cent of the profits, the balance will ' go to form a reserve fund of £15,000 for contingencies, and another fund of £40,000 for new stands and improvements, after which the profits will be used in the general interests of the game. The sum of £750 will be devoted annually to overseas tours. The association acquires the right to hold hard courts championships at

, Wimbledon, which will probably be ex- : plotted at the expiry of the agreement with Bournemouth in 15*38, and also Davis Cup matches and country tournaments. It can use the courts for coaching. The scheme may be terminated at a year’s notice if either loses £IO,OOO. The scheme will be considered at an extraordinary meeting in February. The newspapers generally consider that it will l>e of advantage to the game, as it will assist other clubs to acquire grounds. Already a new stand is being erected at courts 2 and 3 at Wimbledon.