Tennis

11 am Friday morning saw Victoria into its first match. The men were drawn to play Canterbury and beat them convincingly five matches to one. From then there was no stopping them, and after a wet Saturday they returned to beat Massey 5-1 and Lincoln College 5-1 on Sunday and Otago 4-2 on Monday. The Only match unplayed was against Auckland who had lost 5-1 to Canterbury earlier.

Victoria thus gained a clear victory.

Mark Dunphy, the No. 1 began with an impressive win over Neilson of Canterbury but was unfortunate in his losses to the top players at Tournament.

Craig Smith, the No. 2 had a belter performance record winning two of his four matches but losing to Croad of Otago who won the tournament last year. Together in the doubles, however, they were invincible end crushed every opponent placed before them. The real credit of Victoria's win went to the Nos. 3 and 4 Robert Langton and Stuart Wright, who won every match they played, individually and in combination. Robert Langton especially is to be congratulated in winning each of his eitht games without dropping a set.

The women also achieved an impressive record. Ably captained by Sarah Mulheron, they obtained a well-fought win over Auckland, last year's winners, 7 sets to 6. Sunday's unfortunate loss to Otago 2-4 was quickly forgotten in their triumphs over Canterbury/ Lincoln 5-1 and Massey 5-1. In desperate retaliation however Auckland succeeded in beating Otago 4-2 giving them an overall win in the women's draw and relegating Victoria to third place.

Dale Robinson, the No. 1 held her own with wins over all but the two top seeded players, Judy Phillips and Lynette Ward. Kate Hatherton, the No. 2 began with an impressive win over former New Zealand seed Judy Garvey 6-2, 6-3 and thereafter beat Canterbury/Lincoln and Massey, losing only to Otago. In doubles they won two of their four matches losing only to Auckland's Ward and Garvey and a well practiced doubles combination from Otago. Janette Elley, the No. 3 and Christina Lockwood, the No. 4 both played well, Janette winning three and Christine two of their four matches and comvining to beat all but Otago in the doubles.

Thus on final results Victoria was joint winner with Otago.