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The sizzling sixties quiz answers
Q1. Margaret Thornton, Helen Sheady and John Greenup, pictured in April 1965, at a final training session before leaving for the annual triangular juniors match between the ACTLTA, Southern Districts Victoria and the South Australian Hardcourt League.
Q2. Courts marked out on the grass at Majura Sports Ground, Ainslie.
Q3. Milo Tournaments sponsored by Nestles Ltd.
Q4. In 1967 Ross Humphreys, a Sydney player doing National Service with the Army at Duntroon, upset the hot favourite Bruce Larkham. Bruce had his revenge though the following year.
Q5. John Alexander and his sister Sue Alexander.
Q6. Experimental grass courts were installed in 1967 at the Parks and Gardens Depot as a test for the grass courts proposed for the National Tennis and Squash Centre, Lyneham. The courts were used extensively during 1968 and 1969 and were highly praised.
Q7. The six clubs registered in 1969 but not in 1960 were:
ANU – first affiliated in the mid-1960s, using the Childers St. courts, built originally as part of the old Canberra High School
Campbell – affiliated in 1966
Majura – affiliated in 1967
North Woden – affiliated in 1967
Queanbeyan – due to jurisdictional disputes between the ACTLTA and the NSWLTA, Queanbeyan were in and out of ACT pennant competitions from as early as 1923
Red Hill – affiliated in 1961
Note: Some clubs didn’t enter pennant competitions every year, and hence didn’t affiliate and pay their “dues”. For example, the old clubs of Reid and St. Patricks, not registered in 1969 were back in the fold in 1970.
Q8. John Southwell was banned from playing in tournaments and pennant competitions in 1961, because he was deemed a professional for accepting money for coaching.
Q9. Barbara Walsh (later Barbara Winter).
Q10. Jean Manning and sons Laurie and Ray. Note also the reference to Harry Manning in Q2.
Q11. The question should have read 1960 to 1969! Player registrations grew from 1293 in 1960 to 2113 in 1969, a growth of B. 63%.
Q12. The Open era of tennis began in 1968 when major tournaments agreed to allow professional players to compete with amateurs.
Q13. Margaret Smith along with Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, Rosemary Casals and Lesley Turner played a Slazenger Exhibition on Manuka Oval on 26 February 1967. Some 1500 pounds was raised for the National Sports Fund towards the proposed National Tennis Centre Canberra.
Q14. Ray Carnall
Q15. The “new” National Tennis Centre at Lyneham was commenced with the signing of leases with the Department of the Interior, the commencement of construction of 12 gravel and six grass courts and the letting of tenders for the Clubhouse. Lyneham Tennis Centre remains the headquarters of tennis in the ACT to the present day.
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