LAWN TENNIS
OTAKI WINS CHAMPIONSHIP r By their easy win over the Levin team on Saturday Otaki became the champion tennis team in the1! southern area. This is the first i . occasion for many years that the,: club has won the championship,!' and the players are to be congratulated. Otaki enthusiasts are now 1 iooking forward to the last match, when the home side will play the Levin team, which has been playnig in the A grade at Palmerston , North. This game will be played at Levin. Results of the Otaki-Levin game - played on Saturday are as follows, Otaki players being mentioned fhst:— i. . Men's singles: C. G. Atmore beat J. Waddel 9—4, B. Ryder lost to J. Tomlinson 8 — 9, B. Rhodes beat H. Walker 9—5, F. Elliott beat D. Tomlinson 9 — 8. Ladies' singles: Mrs. Bell beat Miss Mulcahy 7 — 1, Miss V. Taylor beat Miss Cameron 7—4, Miss M. Taylor beat Miss Hall 7 — 3, Mrs. Te Puni lost to Miss Fletcher 4 — 7. Men's doubles : Atmore and Ryder beat Waddell and J. Tomlinson 9 — ^ — 6, Rhodes and Elliott beat Walker and D. Tomlinson 9—5. Ladies' doubles: Mesdames Bell and Te Puni beat Misses Mulcahy and Cameron 7 — 2, Misses Taylor beat Misses Fletcher and Hall 7— 2. Mixed doubles: Mrs. Bell and Ryder beat Miss Mulcahy and Waddell 9 — 6, Miss V. Taylor and Atmore beat Miss Cameron and J. Tomlinson 9 — 2, Miss Ivl. Taylor and Rhodes beat Miss Hall and Walker 9 5, Mrs. Te Puni and Elliott beat Miss Fletcher and D. Tomlinson 9—6. Otaki: 14 sets, 128 games. Levin: 2 sets. 75 games.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1947, Page 2
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