TWO HOURS’ PLAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20131, 28 December 1939, Page 11

TWO HOURS’ PLAY

TENNIS TOURNAMENT FURTHER INTERRUPTION RAIN FLOODS COURTS Because the courts remained soft from yesterday’s downpour, a late start was made in the Poverty Bay and East Coast Lawn Tennis Association’s annual championship and handicap tournament in Gisborne to-day, and then only one set of courts, those at Poho-o-Rawiri, was used, those at Kaiti being considered too soft for play this morning. The games were further interrupted shortly after.noon by heavy rain, which caused the abandonment of play for the day, and only a little more than two hours’ play was possible on the Poho-o-Rawiri green. Results of the games decided today were:— CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION Women’s Singles First Round.—Miss L. Karauti d. Miss .1. Barnard, 6—3, 6 —o; Miss B. Kemp w.o. Mrs. W. E. Henley; Miss S. Williams d. Miss J. Williams. 6 —B, 6 —4, 6—4; Miss Ballantyne d. Miss Kegarty, 6 —4, C—o. Men’s Singles First Round.—A. Shorland d. R. Connop, G—o, 6—2; G. Gregory d. M. Howe, G —4, 6—3; N. R. Mackay d. A. C. Wilson, 6—3, 6—3; A. M. Singer d. G. Cotterill, 9—7, I—6, 6—4. Second Round.—R'. Bignell d. J. Bright, 6—2, 6—4; Shorland d. Gregory, 6—l. 6—l; J. Heremia d. G. Mills, 6—l, 6—3. Women’s Doubles First Round.—Mrs. Brown and Miss Ballantyne d. Misses M. Henshaw and L. Linton, 6 —2, 6—4. Second ' Round. —Misses M. Allan and M. Simpson d. Mesdames Henley and D. E. Chrisp,. 4 —6, 6 —2, 5 —3 (losers retired). Combined Doubles First Round.—Richardson and Mrs. Brown d. J. Barns-Graham and Miss Williams, 6—o, 6—o: Dumont and Miss Ballantyne w.o. A. M. Singer and .Miss Kemp. Second Round.—J. Heremia and Miss Wehipeihana w.o. W. E. Henley and Mrs. Henley. Boys’ Singles First Round. —D. Bull d. A. Sunderland, 6 —5, 5 —6, 6—l. Second Round. —D. Neal d. R. Wells, 6—3, 6—2; E. H. Evans cl. G. Slight, 6—l, 6—3. Girls’ Doubles First Round. —Misses Cook and Cox d. Misses M. Turbitt and B. Stokes, 6—o, 6—4.