BADMINTON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 737, 9 August 1929, Page 13

BADMINTON

DEVONPORT’S PROGRESS ACTIVITY IN MORRINSVILLE (By “SHUTTLE”) The Devonport Badminton Club, which plays once a week in the Methodist 1-iall. is handicapped by its inability to obtain more than one night’s play a week. In spite of this the club is firmly established, and the great keenness of its members assures it a good future. In- Morrison, the Eden and Epsom tennis player, the club has a really promising man. Morrison has a firstclass overhead, a reflex of his skill as a tennis player, and when this is allied to good drives and courtcraft he should bo a formidable opponent. Morrison is to partner C. Johns in the tournament, and this pair, so well-known on the tennis courts, should take a lot of beating in the event for lir*t year players. Mrs. Morrison, who will play with Miss Mason in the women’s doubles at the tournament, is also a promising player, with an effective backhand. Of the more experienced players at Devonport, Losing ham, Miss Berry and the Misses Harty owe much of their experience to their association with the old Auckland Club. Among the new nnembers "Wingate, Bishop, Harvey and Marks are all proficient, and will improve with the opportunity to meet other players. The hall engaged by the club is not quite ideal as to height, and the lighting could certainly be improved, though in other respects it has everything to commend it. Among outside representatives at the tournament will be a contingent from Morrinsville, including one promising young player who is only 14 years old. Devonport and St. Aidan’s exchanged visits this week, the Devonport players going to St. Aidan’s last Monday.