WBHS_School_Magazine_1966 LR 01

FIRST TEAM TENNIS
Back Row (I. to r.): B. Castle, W. Burke, L. Bridgens, A. Ellert.
Front Row (I. to r.): D. van Gysen, Mr. N. R. Blackbeard, S. Leyser, Mr. Boltmao, D. Asher.
TENNIS (October 1965 to September 1966)
This season w.as one of great progress, chiefly
owing to the fact that we were kindly allowed
the use of the new Girls' School courts, for which
we are extremely grateful. As a result of this,
more boys were able to participate and we had
four teams instead of the usual three in the inter-
£chool competitions. Most of our players sbowed
great keenness and practised much more. We are
indebted to Mr. Stelzner for training some of tbe
junior players during tbe 1st term. Thereafter
Mr. de Jongh took charge and be is also to be
thanked for his hard work and keenness.
Our school championships were keenly contested
and proved very enjoyable. The Open
Singles was won by D. Asber, who beat D. van
Gysen 12-14, 6-2, 7-5 in a match lasting almost
three hours. D. Asher and S. Leyser won the
doubles title for the second year, beating D. van
Gysen and P. Twiss, 6-0,6-4, in a rather one-sided
match. In the Under IS section, R. Blackbeard
won the singles championship, beating P. English
6-2, 6-1. The doubles Under IS was won by R.
Blackbeard and G. Davis, who beat R. Josephson
and C. Priestman 6-4, 6-3. The Under 14 singles
was won by G. Barnard who beat R. Blackbeard.
Finally, the beginners' singles was won by J. Katz
wbo beat K. Katz 6-2, 4-6,6-3. The Most-Improved
Player's Cup was awarded to R. Blackbeard.
New trophies were acquired by tbe Headmaster,
who sbowed great interest in tennis tbroughout
the year. In the Schools' League the 1st team
sbowed a marked improvement. Altbough we
lost 4-3 against Westerford, the team played extremely
well, with Asher taking Gross (No. 2) to
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