Harley beaten, Canterbury wins

Press, 10 February 1986, Page 25

Harley beaten, Canterbury wins

Canterbury won the Dunlop Trophy, Stephen Harley lost a singles match and there was some experimental play in doubles during the weekend’s quadrangular tennis tournament at Wilding Park. Teams from Canterbury, Canterbury Country, Wellington and Southern Districts took part in the two-day tournament which, at the end, saw Canterbury take the Dunlop Trophy for matches between Canterbury and Wellington. That was expepted. What was not expected was the demise of Harley, the top ranked Canterbury player whose only loss this year was in the semi-finals at the Canterbury Open. The first two rounds of the three-round contest saw both Canterbury teams play admirably. There was even time for a little experimenting in the men’s game between Canterbury and Canterbury Country. John Honeywell, Canterbury representative tennis’ newest recruit, was due to line-up with Alistair Chapman in a doubles match with Peter Hampton and Rhett Mason — instead both sides swapped players. Harley joined Honeywell and Chapman joined his earlier opponent, Brett Hibbert, in what amounted to trial doubles teams for the

coming Wilding Shield fixtures.

With nothing resting on the game, Canterbury had already won, the experiment worked well with Honeywell revelling alongside Harley’s powerful game. The new "team” beat Hampton and Mason while Hibbert and Chapman had similar success over Hamish Faulls and Marty Beaumont. Wellington opened its account with a strong 5-1 victory over Southern Districts, the only dissenting southerner not to bow down being Craig Workman who fought tooth and nail to hold out Graeme Liddell. Workman eventually won 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Canterbury repeated the dose in the second match, accounting for Southern Districts 6-0. The one surprise was the set taken off Rhett Mason by Alistair Musgrave in their singles match. Stunned back into action, Mason took the third set and with it the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Although it had a fine leading example in John Honeywell, Country could not stem the Wellington tide and it suffered its second 6-0 loss.

Honeywell won the first set against David Anderson and went close to wrapping the game up in the second set. Anderson survived to win 7-6 and then managed to find that little bit extra to take the

third and final set by a similar score.

Harley provided Canterbury with a shock in the opening singles match against his third- round opponent, Wellington. He lost, mainly through a bad first set performance, to David Anderson who must have been stunned by the ease at which he waltzed through the Canterbury champion’s game. Harley made a comeback in the second but Anderson held on to win the match 6-0, 7-6. Hibbert, Hampton. and Mason all won their singles matches to put Canterbury in a commanding position late yesterday afternoon. The Canterbury women’s team did not have it all its own way throughout the week-end but, nonetheless, gave a fine account of itself. It began on Saturday with a well earned 5-1 win over Canterbury Country. Phillip Lewtliwalte proved the only stumbling block to a Canterbury clean sweep when she outlasted Judy Phillips 7-5, 7-5. Phillips got revenge of sorts when she teamed with Shirley Haig in the doubles to down Lewthwaite and Lani Ratana 6-7, 6-1, 6-0. Ruth Seeman spearheaded a magnificent Southern Districts effort against Wellington in the first round when she beat J. Cooper 6-1, 6-0. Although Wellington fought back to tie the match at 3-3, it never fully recovered from Seeman’s easy win early on. Seeman repeated the performance in round two when she put Southern Districts ahead against Canterbury With an easy win over Judy Phillips. However, Shirley Haig and Rachel Wilson kept their heads and brought Canterbury back on target with two singles wins. Canterbury eventually won 4-2. Wellington set itself a thirdround clash with Canterbury by dealing with Canterbury Country in fine style.

It dished out a 5-1> lesson that could easily have been 6-0 had Phillipa Lewthwaite not proved so stubborn against J. Cooper. Lewthwaite came from a set down to win the match 3-6, 6-4, 7-6. The final round produced the much awaited clash between Wellington and Canterbury. Phillips, Haig and Wilson got the home side off to a good start and it was left up

to the doubles combination of Haig and Wilson to make the match safe with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win in the doubles over Callendar and Cooper. Results.— Round one.— Men: Canterbury 6, Canterbury Country 0 Singles: S. Harley beat J. Honeywell 6-4, 6-2; B. Hibbert beat A. Chapman 6-2, 6-4; P. Hampton beat H. Faulls 6-2, 6-4; R. Mason beat M. Beaumont 6-4, 6-2. Doubles: Hampton and Mason lost to Honeywell and Harley; Hibbert and Chapman beat Faulls and Beaumont. Wellington 5, Southern Districts 1 Singles: D. Anderson beat G. Webb 6-4, 6-4; G. Liddell lost to C. Workman 6-3, 5-7, 3- J. Stephan beat D. Paterson 6-4, 6-1; D. Hamilton beat A. MacFarlane 6-3, 6-1. Doubles: Liddell and Stephan beat Webb and Workman 6-4, 6-4; Anderson and Hamilton beat Paterson and A. Musgrave 6-1, 6-3. Women: Canterbury 5, Canterbury Country 1 Singles: J. Phillips lost to P. Lewthwaite 5-7, 5-7; S. Haig beat L. Ratana 6-4, 6-0; R. Wilson beat R. Gardiner 6-1, 6-2; A. Barlow beat M. J. Burke 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles: Phillips and Haig beat Lewthwaite and Ratana 6-7, 6- 6-0; Barlow and Wilson beat Gardiner and Burke 5-7, 7- 6-1. Wellington 3, Southern Districts 3 Singles: J. Cooper lost to R. Seeman 1-6, 0-6; C. Beasley lost to S. Thomson 1-6, 3-6; A. Callendar beat K. Young 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; E. Kane beat V. Cocks 6-2, 6-3. Doubles: Cooper and Callendar lost to Seeman and Thomson 2-6, 2-6; Beasley and Kane beat Young and D. Flannery 6-1, 4- 6-1. Round two.— Men: Canterbury 6, Southern Districts 0 Singles: S. Harlev beat G. Webb 6-1, 7-6; B. Hibbert beat C. Workman 6-2, 7-6; P. Hampton beat D. Paterson 6-3, 6-0; R. Mason beat A. Musgrave 6-3,' 4-6, 6-3. Doubles: Hampton and Hibbert beat Musgrave and Webb 6-3, 6-4; Harley and Mason beat Paterson and D. Radford 6-2, 6-1. Wellington 6, Canterbury Country 0 Singles: D. Anderson beat J. Honeywell 4-6, 7-6, 7-6; G. Liddell beat A. Chapman 6-3, 6-3; J. Stephan beat H. Faulls

6-1, 6-2; J. Bruce beat M. Beaumont 6-1, 6-2. Doubles: r Anderson and Stephan beat Honeywell and Chapman 6-4, 6-2; Liddell and Bruce beat ' Faulls and Beaumont 6-3,6-4. Women: Canterbury 4, Southern Districts 2 ' Singles: J. Phillips lost to R. , Seeman 2-6, 1-6; S. Haig beat , S. Thomson 6-1, 6-2; R. Wilson beat K. Young 7-6, 6-1; A. ' Barlow beat D. Flannery 6-2, 2-6, 3-6. Doubles: Haig and Wilson beat Seeman and Young 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Phillips I and Barlow beat Thomson ■ and Flannery 1-6, 7-6, 6-4. Wellington 5, Canterbury , Country 1 Singles: J. Cooper lost to P. Lewthwaite 6-3, 4-6, 6-7; C. ‘ Beazley beat L. Ratana 6-0, 6- 7-5; A. Callendar beat R. • Gardiner 6-2, 6-1; S. Monds : beat M. J. Burke 6-1, 6-1. Doubles: Cooper and Callendar beat Lewthwaite and Ratana 6-2, 7-5; Beazley and Monds beat J. Langford and Gardiner 6-3, 7-5. Round three.— Men: Canterbury 3, Wellington 1 Singles: S. Harley lost to D. Anderson 0-6, 6-7; B. Hibbert beat G. Liddell 6-1, 6-1; P. Hampton beat J. Stephans 7- 4-6, 7-5; R. Mason beat D. Hamilton 7-5, 6-2. Canterbury Country 5, Southern Districts 1 Singles: J. Honeywell beat D. Paterson 6-3, 6-2; A. Chapman beat A. Musgrave 7-6, 6-4; H. Faulls beat A. MacFarlane 7-6, 6-3; M. Beaumont lost to D. Radford 4-6, 6 - 3 4-6. Doubles: Honeywell and Chapman beat Paterson and MacFarlane 6-4, 6-2; Farlls and Beaumont beat Musgrave and Radford 6-4, 6-1. Women: Southern Districts 3, Canterbury Country 3 Singles: R. Seeman beat P. Lewthwaite 6-1, 6-2; S. Thomson beat L. Ratana 6-4, 6-2; D. Flannery lost to R. Gardiner 2-6, 2-6; V. Cocks lost to J. Langford 3-6, 2-6. Doubles: Seeman and Thomson beat Lewthwaite and Ratana 6-2, 6-1; Flannery and Cocks lost to Langford and Gardiner 5-7, 2-6. Canterbury 4, Wellington 2 Singles: J. Phillips beat J. Cooper 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; S. Haig beat C. Beazley 6-2, 6-0; R. Wilson beat A. Callendar 6-2, 6-4; A. Barlow lost to E. Kane 2-6, 1-6. Doubles: Haig and Wilson beat Callendar and Cooper 6-2, 6-1; Phillips and Barlow lost to Beazley and S. Monds 2-6. 3-6.