LAWN Tennis has become an increasingly popular sport in the college since 1964.

Championships were held in both Senior and Junior divisions but attempts to hold a Doubles Championship were thwarted because of persistent rain. However the standard of lawn tennis attained a new height and games played throughout the tournament never lacked interest and keen rivalry.

The championships which began in May ended in late June. In the senior final for the Rahaman Trophy. N. Devenish defeated H. Rajack in a match lasting over three hours, Rajack playing a sound game snatched the first two sets, but he went under in the following three sets to lose the game and the trophy. D. de Gourville got the better of A. Hadeed in the Junior Singles final with the Sports and Games Medal at stake, De Gourville displayed a fine array of strokes while Hadeed although less experienced than his more seasoned opponent put up a worthy struggle before bowing out after three sets. The tournament while uncovering talent in many players new to the game, also furnished practice for the players who entered into competitive matches against other colleges.

It has been an encouraging spectacle to see the students following up the game with an ever increasing interest. Thus players both old and new have entered enthusiastically into

the preparations for the championships. In 1965 the championships were held in June and were again a wonderful success. In the Senior Singles final, W. Coomansingh who had only a year 5 acquaintance with the courts defeated the former champion N. Devenish to notch his name on the beautiful Rahaman trophy In the Junior Singles final, history repeated itself when de Gourville once again defeated

A. Hadeed. The former again proved his superiority over the junior players and showed his skill as a player in reaching the quarter finals of the Senior Singles Championships.

The 1966 championships were followed with equal enthusiasm. C. deGourville displayed great ability in beating R. Gibbon in the Senior Tournament while B. Sanowar had a difficult assignment in beating A. Chatoorgoon for the Junior title.

We are indebted to those members of the San Fernando Lawn Tennis Association who came to College to show us the finer points of the game, and we look forward to the next school year's tournaments and to the continued co-operation and assistance from these experienced players.

Interest in table tennis reigned even higher in 1964 than it did in '63. It was not unusual to see during the lunch period an inrush of boys to the tennis room armed with their racquets and tennis balls. The tournament was again played in three divisions-Junior, Intermediate and Senior. Each division had eight rounds of play before the semi-finals. Among the Juniors were some new players and the games in this division were sometimes more humorous than competitive. However an extremely keen game was seen in the final when K. Patrick won from A. Ramcharan.

In the Intermediate division Ronald Koo emerged the Champion, defeating Oscar Durity. There were many favourites for this Championship, among them being 0. Durity and V. Doughty, both fine players, but an

over-confident, casual approach caused them to lose to the less spectacular but consistent Koo.

The winner of the Senior Division was once again Kevin Singh, a tiny but brilliant player, excelling both in his attack and defence. He defeated the other finalist R. Frederick in five games, in an exciting and delightful contest. Among the other players in this division were Malcolm Brown, Denis Stephen and Patrick Chadee. Generally speaking the standard of tennis was very high as was to be expected from the effort the players put into their practice.

Ending a most successful tennis season was a tournament played against a touring Grenada Presentation College team on the first night of their visit. We were represented by Brown, Frederick, Singh, Stephen and Chadee. They all won their respective sets in two straight games.

TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONS

L. to R. K. Singh, K. Chadee G. Chatoor, W. Coomansingh, R. Koo.

Other good players during the year were P. Dottin, who reached the finals of the Lanes Tournament in San Fernando, W. Coomansingh, K. Look Yee and K. Bourgeois. In the meantime, the rhythmic noise of ball on racquet continues as disappointed losers await next year's tournament.

P. MEIGHOO

For the third consecutive year the advent of the table tennis tournament had swarms of young lads crowding the table tennis room to get their chance on the 4 green board.'

In the actual tournament, the number of juniors and intermediate players participating, far exceeded that of the seniors, who however produced an exceptionally high standard of tennis. In the junior division there were some fine performances especially from Master Hills and Master Patrick, who won this division. In the Intermediate division 0. Durity with some aggressive tennis smashed past B. Doughty to emerge an easy winner.

In the Senior division which produced a high brand of table tennis the semi finals were keenly contested between K. Chadee and W. Coomansingh on the one hand and R. Koo and G. Chatoor on the other. Chadee and Chatoor emerged winners in their respective games. G. Chatoor subsequently won the exciting Final.

1965 saw the inauguration of a Southern Inter College Table Tennis Association. In the semi finals the Presentation team coasted to a clear 4-I victory over Government Secondary, and this carried them through to the final against Naparima College. In this much awaited final, Presentation, with a well balanced team composed of R. Koo, K. Singh, K. Chadee, W. Coomansingh and G. Chatoor rose to great heights to run away with a convincing 5-0 win, highlighted by a brilliant game by R. Koo.

Presentation College thereby became the first winners of the new Neal & Massy Trophy.

The 1966 competitions were run off on a knockout basis in three divisions. In Division I K. Singh defeated R. Koo 21-24; 21-19;

21-18. K. Look Yee won in Division II from K. Patrick 21-14; 20-22 ; 21-5. The Junior competition was as exciting as the other two and the crowded room reflected the interest this tournament developed in the boys. R. Paris' scores in beating C. Pena in the final were 21-12 ; 29-25 ; 21-14. This year's tournaments were easily the best to date and the standard of play especially in Senior and Junior competitions was a delight to watcb.