Results Of Weekend Tennis Games

Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1948, Page 3

Results Of Weekend Tennis Games

On Sunday aft.efnoon members of the Mangaore Tennis Club played a friendly match "with. Shannon players on the local . daurts, After some very interesting tennis, Shannon were successful in wihning by 134 games to 102. The home team won 1'5 sets to Mangaore^ 9. Results of the games played were as follows: — Men's singles: R. Edmonds lost to J. Hateley 4 — 6, C. Mortimer beat K. Trip 6 — 2, O. Hppler lost to A. Church 5 — 6, V. Picard beat J. Baker 6 — 4, H. Moore lost to R. Lester 2 — 6, R. Vinsen beat J. Chambers 6 — 5. Ladies' singles: Miss J. Pigott beat Mrs. J. Chambers 6 — 2, Miss C. Burke beat Miss M. Simes 6 — 2, Miss F. Peni beat Miss M.. Murdock 6 — 2, Mrs. C. Wishart beat Mrs. J. Baker 6 — 3, Miss J. Clough beat Miss J. Murdock 6 — 5, Miss J. Parr lost'to Mrs. D. Higgie 4 — 6. Men's doubles : Edmonds and Mortimer beat Hateley and Trip 6 — 4, Tippler .and Picard lost to Baker and Church 4 — 6, Moore and Vinsen lost to Lester and Chambers 4—6. Ladies doubles: Misses Pigott and Burke lost to Mrs. Chambers and Miss Simes 3 — 6, Mrs. Wishart and Miss Clough beat Miss M. Murdock and Mrs. Baker 6 — 4, Misses Peni and Parr beat lyiiss J. Murdock and Mrs. Higgie 6 — 3. Combined doubles: Edmonds and Miss Pigott lost to Hateley and Mrs. Chambers 3— 6, Mortimer and Miss Burke beat Trip and Miss Simes 6 — 2, Tippler and Miss Peni beat Church and Mrs. Baker 6—2, Picard and Mrs. Wishart beat Baker and Miss M. Murdock 6 — 4, Moore and Miss Clough lost to" Lester and Miss J. Murdock 4 — 6, Vinsen and Miss Parr beat Chambers and Mrs. Higgie 6—4. Following the completion of the match, Mr. A. Chureh, on behalf of the Mangaore Club, extended thanks to the Shannon Club for the most enjoyable afternoon and congratulated them on -their" success. He expressed the hope that a return match could be played before the end of the season. In reply, Mr. K. Batt expressed his club's appreciation for the visit from the Mangaore team and endorsed Mr. Church's remarks regarding a return match. Club Resuits Further matehes have been played in the Shannon Club's ehampionhsip - matches-„^nd the followLing**are- the results:—. , Ladies' singles championship, semi-finals: Mrs. Higgott beat Miss C. Burke, Mrs. D. A. Jones beat Mrs. H. Pope. Men's singles championship, semi-final: K. Batt beat C. Booker. Men's B grade championship, semi-finals: O. Tippler beat H. Moore, V. Picard beat R. Vinsen.