Tennis

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 54, 18 February 1949, Page 5

Tennis

Bay Of Plenty Beats Thames Valley In the representative tennis match held at Paeroa between Bay of Plenty and Thames Valley the Bay. players were successful, winning 14 matches to 7, 3 of the matches being unfinished. Local members of the team were I. Wylds, P. Bryers and Miss M. Hall from the Whakatane club and R. Lees from the Rangitaiki club. In the top men’s single Wylds played Very well in patches, being prone to spells of errors. The remarkable feature of his match was markable feature of this match was tically forlorn score positions. In the first set his opponent Clemence, from Te Aroha led 5—2, only to see Wylds take ! four games in a row to win the set. In the second set Clemence established a lead of s—o, but once again Wylds crept up, taking six successive games and the match. R. Lees played extremely steady tennis to score a comfortable win over Thompson. This match was remarkable for the very long rallies, but Lees’ consistence and clever placements were too' much for his opponent. The match between P. Bryers and E. Law had little to recommend it except another recovery frpm a 5love down position by Law in the second set. The first and third sets went to Bryers fairly comfortably. Miss M. .Hall started shakily against her opponent but her steadiness and speed about the court were dominating factors in the second and third sets. Her opponent, Mrs Pentecost, did not appear fit enough for 3 set matches. In the top men’s doubles Clenience and Horn hit very hard and very consistently, to defeat Wylds and Lees in two sets. The latter pair have yet to play more together to reach the perfect understanding existing between the Lees brothers. ‘ The Paeroa courts * were quite perfect being very flat and extremely, hard and fast. One very bad feature, however, is the fact that the courts face practically due east and west, the sun proving a great handicap when playing, from the western end. Whakatane Defeats Maoris Representatives of the various Maori Clubs in the district played Whakatane A team in a tennis tournament at the Whakatane Courts on Saturday. Play was fast and very closely contested but Whakatane won 10 matches to the Maoris’ 4. Details (Whakatane names first): Women’s Singles: Mrs Morgan beat Mrs G. Kingi 9/6; Miss Sullivan lost to Mrs N. Howell 6/9; Mrs Hall beat Mrs T. Paul 9/3; Mrs Berry beat Mrs Bidois 9/3; Miss Pithie beat Miss N. Tauroa 9/3; Mrs Moore beat Miss D. Harawira 9/5. Men’s Singles: E. Wilson beat H. Ranapia 11/7; G. Gordon beat K. Rangikotua 11/7; W. Rutherford beat M. Hotene 11/9; R. Mahy lost to R. Kingi 10/11; R. Hansen beat T. Kororika 11/2; B. Carrig beat T. Riini 11/4. ' Women’s Doubles: Mrs Morgan and Miss Sullivan beat Mesdames Howell and Bidois 9/3; Mesdames Hall and Berry lost to Mrs Kingi and Miss Harawira 9/6; Miss Pithie and Mrs Moore beat Mrs Paul and Miss Tauroa 9/4.

Men’s Doubles: Wilson and Gordon beat Rangikotua and Kororika 11/4; Rutherford and Mahy beat Ranapia and Riini 11/6; Hansen and Carrig beat Kingi and Hotene 11/10. Combined Doubles: Wilson and Mrs Morgan beat Rangikotua and Mrs Howell 11/2; Gordon and Mrs Hall beat Ranapia and Mrs Kingi 11/2; Rutherford and Miss Sullivan beat . Hotene and Mrs s Paul 11/5; Hansen and Mrs Berry lost to Kororika and Mrs Bidois 9/11; Mahy and Miss Pithie beat Riini and Miss Harawira 11/7; Carrig and Miss Moore beat Kingi and Miss Tauroa 9/8. CHALLENGE MATCH This week-end the Whakatane Tennis Club will -play Rotorua, at Rotorua in a challenge match for the Lees Cup. Rotorua are the present holders of the trophy. v