LEVIN TENNIS CLUB.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2636, 22 September 1923, Page 3

LEVIN TENNIS CLUB.

The annual meeting of the Levin Tennis Club was held on Wednesday night, Mr B. M. Kibblewliite presiding. The balance sheet showed receipts totalling £B9 11/5, including subscriptions £56 15/-, sale of balls £29 17/6. Included in the expenditure was the items of balls £55 9/2, which with sundry items brought the total up to £B3 7/9, leaving a credit balance of £6 3/S. Assets were £l7 16/8 with liabilities nil. The balance-sheet was adopted. The following was contained in the report:—“The season cannot he counted among the most successful in the club’s history, the membership showing a decrease from 75 to 63, with a corresponding loss in revenue. Many of the leading players have left the district. The record m matches piayed was not inspiring. Of seven games played only two were won. Ladder matches were played but seldom was this of any assistance to the match committee. Future Policy: Two questions the club must face are ( I ) finances must he strengthened to permit of two new courts being laid down, fences renewed and pavilion renovated. For this purpose subscriptions must be raised and the price of halls increased to cover cost of purchase; (2) play must he regulated to allow match players to mdulge in necessary practice, without debarring other players .H um their games.

it was moved that in view of the fact that the Club was losing money on the sale of balls to members, tuat. the club cease to have anything more to do with it and to allow members to procure their own. The enauman moved that the subscription be increased to £2 2/- for men and £1 5/- for ladies amt the motion was carried. it was decided that the season open on Uie first clear (Saturday in October.

ine chairman moved that any player whose subscription remained unpaid by the end of November be uebarreu from play. It was resolved iliat in accordance with the precedent set up last season that no action be taken in connection with Sunday play.