Gloria Brookland and Rosemary Muir in Makarewa Tennis team 1947......

The Makarewa Tennis Club's first meeting was on 29 September 1931, with the grand opening on 17 October 1931.  The first committee decided against affiliating to the Southland Lawn Tennis Federation.  Money was raised for the first court to be laid at the Makarewa School.  Due to World War II the club went into recess.

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Some of the people involved in the club from the beginning was:
R. Hormann, A. Hormann, L. Smith, K. Whelan, K.M. Randle, A. McRae, K. McRae, A. McClean, H. Field, D. F. Leckie, E. Callaghan,Miss J. Rocard, Miss Vera Mortimer, Mr George Herron, Mr C. Barron, Mrs J. A. Rocard, Mr E. D. McIvor, T. Wilson, Mrs Boniface, Lynley Knuckey, Miss S. Brown, Mr Ray O'Brien, Mrs Paula McDairmid.

Some prominent winners for tennis in Invercargill was: John Turnbull and Harry Watts (Southland Tennis Senior Boys Doubles 1947)
Shirley Cruickshank, Rae Wishart, Rosemary Muir, Gloria Brookland, Eric McIvor, Harry Watt.  (Southland Tennis Championships 1947)
​Coach - Mr C. R. D. Downs

Letter to Ted Mortimer from Gloria Brookland.