CLOSE CROQUET

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 451, 8 February 1933, Page 5

CLOSE CROQUET

SOUTH AUCKLAND TOURNEY CONTINUED DESPITE BAD WEATHER TIE IN SECTION B Play continued yesterday in the South Auckland Association's Croquet Tournament and despite the patchy weather a good number of games were got off. Rain interfered with play on several occasions, but the various competitions were advanced towards completion. In the handicap double, Mesdames Kibblewhite and Hawken are leading in section A with seven wins and one loss. In Section B the position is very interesting, Mesdames Meikle and Healey and Mesdames Richards and La Trobe Hill having tied with seven wins and one loss each. Results of play yesterday were: — HANDICAP DOUBLES Section A Mrs. Bartlett and Mr. Managh beat Mesdames Kibblewhite and Hawken, 26 — 19; Mesdames Torrence and Hardley beat Mesdames Melville and Newbegin, 26 — 7; Mrs. Reardon and Mr. Melrose beat Mesdames Lloyd and Blencowe, 26 — 12; Mesdames Kibblewhite and Hawken beat Mesdames Torrence and Hardley, 26 — 20; Mrs. Bartlett and Mr. Managh beat Mesdames Margesson and Everitt, 26 — 19; Mesdames Torrence and Hardley beat Mesdames Lloyd and Blencowe. 26—9. Section B Mesdames Meikle and Healey beat Mesdames Coltman and Coutts, 26 — ■ 15; Mesdames Richards and La Trob« Hill beat Mesdames Herd and Parata, 26 — 15; Mesdames Brunton and Oate beat Mesdames Herd and Parata, 26 — 8; Mesdames Richards and. La Trobe Hill beat Mesdames Isemonger and Davies, 26 — 10; Mesdames Wild and Duke beat Mesdames Coltman and Coutts, 26 — 11. CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES Section A Mesdames Brunton and Manson beat Mesdames Isemonger and Davies, 26 — 13; Mesdames Burrett and Loye beat Mesdames Hepburn and Bliss 26—12. Section B Mesdames Everitt and Margeson beat Mesdames Burrett and Lowe 26 — 12. B CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES (South Auckland Cup) Mrs. Margesson beat Mrs. Skellern,