BADMINTON

Wairarapa Daily Times, 26 June 1936, Page 8

BADMINTON

HIGH STANDARD SET. Badminton of a very high standard was seen at the Palmerston North Opera House on Saturday, might, when , representative teams from the Master-' toil and Manawatu Central clubs met. Although some of the games, were won by comfortable margins of points, practically every game was 1 very keenly contested and long, interesting rallies were frequent. P. Hawksworth, the Masterton champion, proved himself far’ and away above any other player present, but W. Jensen (Manawatu), R. Orr, J. Payton and Dr. O’Connor (Masterton) all came to light with some excellent badminton. Although outclassed by Hawksworth in the singles, R. Duncalf (Manawatu) by no means disgraced himself, while R. Hill and E. Douds, two other Manawatu players, gave splendid exhibitions. Among the women, Miss T. Rodde and Miss B. Rodden (Manawatu) were too clever for the visitors, the former displaying an extremely brilliant backhand that very seldom let her down. Her usual strong point,' drop shots at the net, failed badly, but nevertheless she gave a fine exhibition, and partnered by her sister, who played very steady and clever badminton, defeated the visiting top pair, Misses Lois Hosking and A. Beetkam, comfortably. Miss Hosking l is of the hard-hitting type, and brought off some beautiful smashes. Miss N. Payton, a novice, showed good promise, and Miss Pam Betts also played well for the visitors. Miss May Hancock (Manawatu) was a little over-anxious, but brought off many pretty ppint-winning drop shots at the net. Miss C. Neagle and Miss B. Burrell both played particularly well for the home team, each reaching a standard higher than previously this season.

Although Masterton won 13 sets to the home team’s’ 11, Manawatu Central came out the winners on points by a, margin of 13, their tally being 283 against the visitors’ 270. —* 4 Manawatu Daily Times.” BED STAR SPORTS CLUE. The following is the draw for next week’s points prize games: — MIXED DOUBLES. Miss Cohen and Peterson v. Miss Price and Wellington. Mrs Peterson and Eaulkner v. Miss Bell and McCullough. Miss Ansell and Hatch v. Miss Smith and Phillips. Miss Cohen and McWhinnie v. Miss 0 ’Brien and Burns. Mrs Pool and] Pool v. Miss Pickering and Wilmhurst. Miss James and Watkins v. Mrs Barnes and O’Connor. Miss Hatch and Harrington v. Miss Shepherd and Friend. .. Miss Stalker and Moore v. Mrs Dixon and Dixon. LADIES ’ DOUBLES. . Misses Cohen and Ansell v. Mrs Pool and Miss O’Brien. Misses Price and Shepherd v. Mrs Barnes and Miss: Brown. Misses Pickering and Smith v. Misses Hatch and Bell. Miss Cohen and Mrs Dixon v. Mrs Peterson and Miss McCord. MEN’S DOUBLES. Walker and O’Connor v. Faulkner and Phillips. McCullough and Devine v. Hatch and Hack. Burns and Pool v. Wilmsliurst and Wright. Peterson and Dixon v. Harrington and Marchbank. McWhinnie and Friend v. F. and N. Hoar. Lambourn and Ansell v. R. Howard and E. Moore. Osborne and Boys v. Wellington and Watkins. TEAMS’ MATCH. On Thursday night, commencing at 7 o’clock, a match will be played between teams' selected by the club captain and the secretary. The following are the teams: — Club Captain.—Mesdamesl Pool,, Dixon, Poterson, Misses Smith,, Ansell, Bell, NoTeen Cohen,, Price, McCord, Messrs Pool, Dixon, Faulkner, Phillips,, Hatch, Roys, McCullough, McWhinnie, Wellington, Lambourn, Ansell, Walker, Howard.

Secretary: Mrs Barnes, Misses Nell Cohen, Stalker, O’Brien, Hatch, Pickering, James, Sliepperd, Messrs Peterson, Moore,;. BuWis, Harrington, O’Connor, Wilmsliurst, Watkins, Friend, F. Hoar, N. Hoar, Wright, Devine. ....... .