Badminton ANOTHER TOURNEY?

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 194, 2 September 1937, Page 15

Badminton ANOTHER TOURNEY?

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Open Championship for End of Season WANGANUI VISIT

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Ihe marked popularity of the recent Hastings tournament should encourage the Napier hadminton club to stage an open championship for the conclusion of the season. AlthoUgh visitors from outside Hawke's Bay might .not be numerous, there are now sufflcient "locals" to make such' a tourney a financiad success. In tennis the stronger clubs usually run au open tournament; in the case of Hastings and Napier outside players at these tennis tournanicnts are never very helpful, but the tourneys are .always a success. In badminton there is no possibility of , weather interfering with play. The Garrison Hall in Napier ia quite suitable for an open championship, and if one could be arranged it would maintain interest in the game until the end of the season. In club championships, which are usually played late in the seaSon^ the results are often foregone conclueions. Wellington Championships. These wero concluded last Saturday night, and the A grado rosults were as follow: — Men's smgles. — P. Hawkesworth beat E. A. KoubscII, 15 — 2, 18—16. "Women 's singlest — Mrs 1J. Hawkesworth beat Miss N. Flcniing, 11 — -1, 2—11, 11—7. Men's doubles. — P. HawkcsWorth and G. A. Pearce beat E. A. Boussell and B. Heid, 15—10, 10—15, IS— 17. IWomen's doubles. — Mrs. Hawkesworth and Miss N. Fleming beat Mrs. A. D. Latham and Miss C. Phillips, 15—7, 9— 15, 15—12. Mixed doubles. — E. A. Eoussell and Mrs. A. H. Latham beat Hawkesworth and Mrs. Hawkesworth, 15 — 1 1 — 15, 15—9. Jfievicwing this tournament, ti Wellington critic natvely states, "The results prove conclusively that Hawkesworth is the best piayer in Now Zcaland to-day." He. probably is, but his dcfcat of tho Wellington stars does aot prove it. Last year's runner-up lu the national men's singles was a Taranaki man. G. A. Pearce and Hawkesworth. lximself both learnt tlieir badminton in Dunedin, and in tlieir first Wellington tournament they made a "clean swcep" of tho men's evcnts. On that occasion Hawkesworth won the men's A grnde singles without. the loss of a set, and it is quite possible there rnay be others of his calibre in the South Island. Representative Match. On the eleventh of this month a Wanganui team will visit Hastings. Al though Wanganui finished aliead of Hawlte's Bay in tlie ihtef-pioVineial matches at Palmerston, the locai team should win the coming match. On this occasion tho Hawke's Bay side should mclude at least four players who were unablc to go to Palmerston— N. WTilson, dpurdle, Mrs. Mawson and Mrs. Bent- | ley. If at full strength the local men are Hkely to be superior to the visitors and the women should win half their inatchcs. It is to he hoped that Miss Joan Macdonald Will be able to play, as on rcCent forin sho is Hawke's Bay's No. 1. Last Week's Notes. In last week's aotea two mis-prints occurred, ln discussing the handicap results at the reeent tohfii&mcht the last sentence should have read: " Iu badminton, as in tennis, it is almost impossible to give a beginner a handicap Whicli will enable him to cope with an A. gfade oppcment." Sinse that was writtea it has occurred to this Wl'iter that if the A grade piayer had to use a ping-pong bat instead of a racquet the hahdicap wouid probably be sullicient. The second mis-print was m counoction with the play of Miss S. Watsou *in tho 0 gradc firial. Of her it V'as written that "she alternates really high clearing shots Witli dfop-shots in a manner worthy of an experienccd piayer." "Do yOu know Kew Zealand produces the most excellent tobacco?" ivrites "Lone Iland" ifl the " People 's Journul." "It was the ship's doctor on the run out, who told md, but when ho said this tobacco wus "toasted" I reckoiied he was pulling my leg. I soon found it was true, after I lantled though) toasted it is, and that's oue reasou why it's so populaf in the "Britain of tho South." "But wliy toast it?" you may ask, "and whut differenee can that make?" Toasting (a rather complex process), makes all the difference. It extracts the Uicotine from the leaf and thus makes it pure and wholesome, besides helping to give in its beautiful fiavour and very fine aroma. I liked this tobacco so mucll I got to prefer it to nny other, and so, I quickly discovcrcL do most New Zealanders. You may lu* interested to know tlicro are five brands: Cut Plug No. 1.0 (Bullshoad), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldogj, Ilivcrhead Gold and Des- . ert Gold. The two lattor, by the way, | make splendid cigaretl.es.*