SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS FEDERATION DELEGATES INVESTIGATE IMPACT OF APARTHEID ON TENNIS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Record ID: 335818

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS FEDERATION DELEGATES INVESTIGATE IMPACT OF APARTHEID ON TENNIS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Date: 14th February 1978
  • Summary: 1. SV PAN: youngsters playing tennis. 0.18 2. SV: Mr Leslie Ashenheim, President of the Jamaican Tennis Federation (left) talking with President of Austrian Tennis Federation Dr Theodore Zeh beside a court. 0.26 3. SV: young men playing tennis. 0.35 4. SV: (left to right) Dr Zeh, Mr David Gray ILTF Secretary; M Philippe Chartrier, ILTF President
  • Embargoed: 1st March 1978 12:00
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  • Location: EAST RAND, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: LVA6R9I4V0N566DZOC3X6FEHTGAB
  • Story Text: In South Africa, a four-man delegation from the governing body of tennis, the International Lawn Tennis Federation, is holding an investigation to find out whether there is race discrimination in the sport there.

    SYNOPSIS: Their arrival coincided with the selection on Monday (13 February) of a black player for the South African Davis Cup squad. The President of the South African Tennis Union, Judge Blen Franklin, denied this was a window-dressing operation to impress the investigators.

    The visiting delegation included Mr Leslie Ashenheim, on the left, President of the Jamaican Tennis Federation and his Austrian counterpart, Dr Theodore Zeh. They went to a black tennis club, in East rand, South of Johannesburg to talk to local tennis officials.

    The two other members of the delegation are Mr David Gray, the Federation Secretary and its President, Monsieur Philippe Chatrier. He is to present a report on their findings in April, and gave this interview.
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