Opening Day:

As usual the Opening Day was celebrated this year by a Mixed Doubles Yankee Tournament, Miss L. M. King and Mr. Sivyer being the winners.

Freshers' Day:

Besides a Mixed Doubles Yankee Tournament on this day, Bridge and Ping-pong helped to make a very successful entertainment, and enabled the "freshers" to meet older members of the Club. The winners were Miss C. Childs and Mr. M. H. Oram.

Club Ladder:

The standard of the players on the men's ladder is higher at present than it has been for some years past, while the competition for positions, especially in the lower rungs, has been intense. There has not been quite as much interest shown in the women's ladder, although a fair number of challenges have been issued. The top six on the ladders at the close of the season were:—

Women: T. R. Gill, D. Briggs, M. Briggs, S. S. Phillipps, P. M. P. Edwards, M. E. Bell.

Men: R. McL. Ferkins, J. J. McCarthy, W. B. Gosnell, J. B. Black, P. E. Webb, G. D. Whitcombe.

Inter-Club Matches:

The Club has had satisfactory results in the inter-club matches this year. In all, seven teams were fielded, and none had reason to feel ashamed of their effort. In the lower grades, the fourth division team came second equal, in its division, while the A team of the two university teams playing in the sixth division came third equal. Two teams were entered in the men's first division competition, and of these the A team finished runners-up to Brougham Hill A, which Club alone was able to inflict a defeat on it. The second division men's team suffered from being a feeder to the higher teams, but did not disgrace itself. Our highest women's team played in the third division, and succeeded in winning the contest for that grade. Results in detail are as follows:—

1st Division Men-A Team:

Team:

Ferkins (Capt.), J. J. McCarthy, Gosnell, Sykes, P. McCarthy.

B Team:

Won 2 matches, lost 6. Players for this team were:—Whitcombe, P. McCarthy, Black, Webb (Capt.), Page, Plank and Donovan.

2nd Division Men:

2 wins, 3 losses. Team: Black, Donovan (Capt.), Hutchison, Withers, Nankervis and MacDuff.

3rd Division:

Winners of competition for this division.

Thorndon by default

Roseneath by default

The team responsible for this consisted of Misses Phillipps, Edwards, Bell, Cook (Capt.), Gill and M. Briggs.

The 4th Division won 3 matches and lost 2, while the 6th A Division won 5 and lost 3.

Club Championships:

Once again, in spite of persistent efforts, the Club Championships have not been completed. Those decided are given below:—

Women's Singles: T. R. Gill.

Women's Doubles: M. Briggs and S. S. Phillipps.

Combined Doubles: Miss N. Cooper and J. J. McCarthy.

Tournament:

It is perhaps not surprising that results were some-what disappointing in the Tournament this year, when we consider that only three of our team had represented our Club at a Tournament before. The absence of Misses Line, Longmore and Gill, and J. J. McCarthy, who have been so successful in the past, was a considerable handicap.

We have pleasure in congratulating the following members of our Club to whom College Tennis Blues have been awarded for 1933:—

Misses T. R. Gill and S. S. Phillipps.

Messrs. W. B. Gosnell, J. J. McCarthy, P. A. McCarthy, E. F. Page, W. D. Sykes and G. D. Whitcombe.

Old Boys' Day:

Old Boys' Day was held on a somewhat bigger scale this year, the teams each consisting of ten players. The Old Boys, who won the day by a small margin, fielded a strong team containing Messrs. R. R. T. Young, H. N. Burns, N. A. Foden, C. Evans-Scott, A. M. Cousins, H. Putnam, P. Cook, S. Eichelbaum and Mr. Justice Fair. Those playing for the College were R. McL. Ferkins, W. B. Gosnell, P. E. Webb, C. S. Plank, A. Hutchison, R. J. Nankervis, H. Sivyer, R. D. Webb, J. Kissel and E. G. Budge.

Personal:

Great regret was felt at the death of Professor Somerville, who, in 1916, was President of this Club. As a mark of respect the courts were closed on the day of his funeral.

Since the earlier part of these notes were written we learn with regret that Professor F. P. Wilson has decided not to offer himself for re-election as Club patron. It is fitting, therefore, that a tribute should be paid to the work which he has done for this Club during his connection with it. That connection has been very long as those who have read the history of the Club published elsewhere will realise. As mentioned there, Professor Wilson was a member of the special committee set up to consider the question of excavating courts on the present site. Prior to that date he had acted as a committee member in 1901 and 1902, in which latter year he was a delegate to the W.P.L.T.A. In 1903 he was Vice-President of the Club. The Professor's activities were by no means confined to administrative duties, for in those days he was a player of note in tennis circles in Wellington. He represented the College in the special match against Canterbury in 1900 and at Tournament in 1902, 1904 and 1905, being prevented by illness in 1903. In his last year he reached the final in two events. In 1901 he won the Club's Championship singles. His career as a University student closed in 1905 when he was capped M.A. with honours in Political Science, but he played for our Senior team in Inter-Club matches the next season. In 1909 he returned to Victoria as a member of the staff, and from that elevated position continued to show an interest in the Club's affairs. In 1922 he was elected as our President and when in 1925 we went a step higher and appointed a Patron, the choice fittingly fell on Professor Wilson. He has filled this position of honour ever since.

We wish him a very pleasant retirement.