LAWN TENNIS
At a meeting of the Taranaki Lawn Tennis Association, held ,on Tuesday last, it was unanimously resolved to endeavor to get the club secretaries to start inter-club matches earlier in the season than has been the habit in the past. One match should certainly be played before Christmas. The annual championship and handicap tournament will be played on the New Plymouth Club's courts on Thurs day afternoon. Fridav and Saturday, the 26th, 27th and 28th'of January, 1911. The following is the rule in regard to the serve, and players should be conversant with it: —Rule 7: The server shall, before commencing to serve, stand with both feet at rest on the ground behind (i.e., further from the net than) the base line, and within the limits of the imaginary continuation of the half court and side lines, and thereafter the server shall not run, walk, hop or jump before the service has been delivered, but the server may raise one foot from (and, if desired, replace it on) the ground, provided that both feet are kept behind the base-line until the service has been delivered.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 183, 12 November 1910, Page 7
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187LAWN TENNIS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 183, 12 November 1910, Page 7
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