Strong Tennis Team

Tournament Representatives

Of the team that covered Itself with glory at Auckland last Easter by winning the N.Z. University Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles Cham-pionships, only Kathleen Pears, Pat Edwards and Lorna Mete Kingi are missing. The first two were ineligible through lacking the lecture qualification, and Lorna Mete Kingi was not available. Her place as second singles player has been taken by Mary Edwards, a promising left-hander and a younger sister of Pat Edwards. The other newcomers are Pixie Higgin and Marie Walker. Whether-they will be the first or second women's doubles pair will depend on form in the trials now taking place at Miramar. Apart from this, the order of preference for doubles is as set out above.

N. A. Morrison, an experienced Tournament representative and the cleverest doubles player available, will again captain the team.

Summed up, the team can be said to be at least as strong as last year's. Among the men, Frank Renouf's game, in particular, has made a pronounced advance. O'Connor played no tennis before Christmas, but he has now settled down to hard, steady practice, and should soon regain his best form. Norman Morrison - Is probably fitter than at this time last year, and has lost none of his skill. Of Hartley it can be said that, after a lapse in form for some weeks, he is again playing with the determination and concentration that makes him so valuable a match-player.

Similar hopes are held of the women players. With Elizabeth MacLean and Mary Edwards playing well, the singles assignments are in good hands. It seems safe to predict that only an exceptionally good pair will defeat Elizabeth MacLean and Norman Morrison in the Combined event. Marie Fletcher proved her worth last Tournament. The new pair, Pixie Higgin and Marie Walker, combine well and they possess the right match temperament.

—L.B.S.