CROQUET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1940, Page 8

CROQUET

WAIRARAPA TOURNAMENT AT MASTERTON. HANDICAP DOUBLES FINAL. The Wairarapa Croquet tournament is entering into the final stages and it is anticipated that all the events will be completed today. The weather was fine for yesterday's play at the Masterton Croquet Club’s greens in the Masterton Park. Many interesting games were witnessed. Details of yesterday’s play are as follow:— Handicap doubles: Mesdames I. I. McGregor and Donnelly beat Mesdames Morris and Shearer, 26-22; Rev. W. Tye and Mrs Hankers beat Mesdames Saunders and Donald, 26-22. Semi-finals: Mesdames G. A. Doggett and Bryant beat Mesdames McGregor and Donnelly, 26-20; Rev. Tye and Mrs Hankers beat Misses E, Card and Nix, 26-17. Final: Mesdames Doggett and Bryant beat Rev. Tye and Mrs Hankers, 26-3. Handicap singles: Mrs Polson beat Mrs Weller, 26-3; Mrs Saunders beat Mrs Morris. 26-17; Mrs Saunders beat Mrs Donald, 26-19. Ladies’ championship singles (second life): Mrs Polson beat Mrs Reed, 26-20.

That 300 people were at Lyttelton to welcome the Canterbury’ Pilgrims when they arrived on December 16, 1850, was mentioned by Mr C. R. Straubel in an address to the Christchurch Rotary Club. These earlier arrivals included a number of European workmen, who had been engaged for up to 18 months previously under Captain Joseph Thomas in road works and survey parties and putting up the various official buildings and the jetty. Then there were many who had come down from Wellington and Nelson waiting to take up sections or to begin business as soon as the new settlement was established.