Summer's Back

At the beach camps, preparations are in train for the influx of visitors who can spare time from the garden and larder to trip around the country.

Summer's been slow a'coming this year. It has been wetter than usual, and colder than usual, but at last the sun has warmed up its wattage, and on the first few days in November it was even possible for "Photo News" to catch its first fleeting glimpse of brave bathers in the breakers at Waikanae

For Dad, summer can mean long hours in the garden. For Mum, bottling fruit is not the least Christmas worry. But for the kids, summer is a time for fun and sun, for swimming, and playing in the sand.

Churchill Park camp has lost one of its gaol walls.

New ablution block (left) is feature of improvements at Waikanae camp.

White is the word for summer sport. When players start turning out in shorts and shirts, winter is already only a memory, and tennis is the thing for hundreds of young people, like those at the opening of the Mangapapa Tennis Club.

If you're not as young as all that, tennis will help to keep you young. Or so it could be with Jack Ferguson, patron of the Mangapapa club

Serving the first ball of the season. At the Gisborne club's seven courts in Rutene Road

Activity is the keynote of this scene taken on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Skating on the new rink in Alfred Cox Park draws large numbers of enthusiasts, some accomplished, some learning, but all having a lot of fun in ideal surroundings on one of the best rinks in the country.

Not many men take to croquet as a sport, for most of them are devoted to their bowls.

Taken on a recent Saturday morning. In quieter surroundings

The game of croquet, which in many ways is like billiards played on a lawn, has its devotees. Here Mrs. McKenzie Smart, back from her tour of Britain with the New Zealand team, shows Mrs W. R. Garbett how to aim for the hoop.

Taken at the Kahutia green when players from all clubs were taking part in the annual trades tournament. In the final result the Mercers demonstrated their superiority over the Merchants.

On the smooth green of the Oval, cricketers began their competitions on November 3. In this picture C. Schollum (nearest camera) and D. Conole add a run. Schollum scored 60 for Marist.

The remainder of this page is mainly concerned with water.

Barry Hall tries out the new aluminum springboard at the Macrae Baths.

Jackie Purcell and Nancy Turbitt typify the call of the surf.

The pleasures of yachting on the bay are appealing to an ever–growing number of enthusiasts.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 29 : November 15, 1956

Summer's Back