TENNIS TOURNEY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 April 1941, Page 6

TENNIS TOURNEY

WAIRARAPA ASSOCIATION FIXTURES CHAMPIONSHIP AND HANDICAP COMPETITIONS. PLAY IN IDEAL WEATHER. Play was optional yesterday when the Wairarapa Lawn Tennis Association’s Easter tournament opened in sunny weather on the United Club courts. Masterton. The sun and a brisk north-westerly breeze quickly dried overnight dew and the courts played well. The championship play produced no surprises. Today the weather is again fine but a strong northerly breeze blowing downcourt is likely to be troublesome. Championship results are:— MEN’S SINGLES. First Round. A. M. McCardle beat A. Bui lick 6/3, 6/1; R. McKenzie beat N. Faulknor, 6/0. 6/4; P. Hawksworth beat R. Sharpe, 6/3, 6/0. 6/1; G. Goodwin beat P. Rishworth, 6/1, 6/3. J. Hamilton beat J. J. Payton 6/3, 6/0; M. Ferkins beat J. G. Swinburne, 6/2, 6/3. D. Goodwin beat G. H. Croskery, 2/6, 6/4, 7/5. Second Round. P. Hawksworth beat G. Goodwin, 6/0, 6/1. Bold beat O. Grant, 6/1, 6/2; G. S. McLeod beat B. M. Hurley, 6/4, 6/2. R. McL. Ferkins beat C. Lust, 6/3, 6/0; E. Evans beat H. Walshe, 6/1. 7/5. WOM EN’S* SI NGLES. First Round. Mrs N. T. Beetham beat Miss Pat Jameson. 6/0, 6/3. Miss M. West beat Miss I. Palmer, 6/0, 6/1. Mrs R. McL. Ferkins beat Miss M. Wilton. 6/1, 6/1. Semi-final. Miss M. James beat Miss Peg Jameson, 6/3, 12/10; Mrs N. T. Beetham beat Miss M. West, 6/2, 6/4. COMBINED DOUBLES. First Round. R. J. D. Sharpe and Mrs R. Milburn boat O. Bold and Miss Peg Jameson. 6/4, 9/7. MEN’S DOUBLES. First Round. R. J. D. Sharpe and N. G. F. White■man beat G. H. Croskery and C. Lust, 6/1, 6/0. McKenzie and Hamilton beat J. J. Payton and J. Bright, 6/0, 6/2.

McCardle and Swinburne beat O. Grant and P. Rishworth, 6/2, 6/1.