For tome two or three years now, since the conversion of the Miramar tennis courts to cabbage patches, local competitions and championships have had to be curtailed in some instances. The 1945 Christmas Tournament was a good example of the need for courts. The Tournament had to be played on the courts of different clubs, thus requiring an excessive amount of organisation, and causing inconvenience to the public and players alike. Inter-club competitions this year required a complicated set-up in arranging for courts on which to play.

With the courts at Miramar there was the trouble that they were too far from the greater part of the city. The courts at Central Park will be more or less within the city itself and will thus be more convenient for tennis enthusiasts living in the outer-lying suburbs of Karori, Northland and Wadestown.

The institution of a central area where inter-club competitions and where championship and inter-provincial matches may be held will overcome these difficulties.