TAWN TENNIS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 179, 8 November 1910, Page 5

TAWN TENNIS

NEW PLYMOrni CLUB. At the formal opening of the New Plymonth Lawn Tennis ami ('rcqm't (..'lull's courts on .Saturday thr prisldcnl made some interesting rcma rt:-. Dr. L->atham said that the courts had been in- constant use each summer since lihU, e.tal the wisdom and foresight »f the old committee who were responsible for procuriiv.' their present propiyrv .was now -!i i-vii bv th" healthy condition of the cl>;'- and its hu\-_o' member-hip. A wor.l of praise was d;ie lo ih> Orounds t'i :; mit.Kv and the carcaker i'or the eon-litions of the court-:, permitting of an earlier opening than -usual. Jt'or the first fortnight it had been de-id.d to open the courts three dnve ;■ wer.v, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and S;itur.Ltvs, till ii.MO p.m. Among the a',i,\i<-;i'ms fur the (<-'.r.!re_r season beside, i)w ieter-ctotl) re.;.telle-, the. president mentioned tltft the niinual match between .V.vkhui.l ju:d Taraiiaki teams would lie played here in the third week in February," and the annual championship and handicap tournament would be held probably at New Year. The. large attendance of members and their friends had -a very enjoyable out; ing. Four courts, as- well as the croquet court, were fully occupied during the. afternoon. The splendid order in which the courts were presented for play redounded to the credit of the caretaker (Mr. Bennetts). .