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Top Class Tennis
Top class tennis was the order of both days when Poverty Bay - East Coast were defeated by Hutt Valley. This was the elimination round for the Wilding Shield in which Hutt Valley had a comfortable 11-1 win, although three of the Six games took three sets to decide.
Number one Hutt Valley player and a member of the Davis Cup squad for the past two seasons, Kevin Woolcott, is seen in action during his match against Stuart Robb.
The Hutt Valley team is, from left, Derek Claxton, Richard Rae, Barry Shute and Kevin Woolcott.
Les Moir, Moss Harvey, Stuart Robb and Bill Roberts were the Poverty Bay - East Coast team.
Stuart Robb serves to Kevin Woolcott.
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