Fylde Tournament
| Fylde Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Abolished | 1914 |
| Location | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England |
| Venue | Lytham Cricket Club Ground |
| Surface | Grass |
The Fylde Tournament also known as the Fylde Tennis Tournament was a grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 by the Fylde Lawn Tennis Club and first played at the Lytham Cricket Club Ground, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England.[2] The tournament was played at until 1914.
History
[edit]On 5 August 1885 the Fylde Lawn Tennis Club established the Fylde Tennis Tournament.[3] The event was held in Lytham at this time a separate town. In 1922 it was amalgamated with St. Annes-on-Sea another town to form a new town Lytham St Annes.[4] The tournament was always staged at the Lytham Cricket Club Ground.[5] The event ran annually until 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War One.[6]
See also
[edit]- St. Annes Open (another tennis tournament played in Lytham St Annes between 1932 and 1974).
References
[edit]- ^ "LAWN TENNIS. FYLDE TOURNAMENT: The 14th annual tournament of the Fylde Lawn Tennis Club was opened yesterday morning. entry was not as large as last year, but the opening rounds occupied the whole day, resuits were follow". Preston Herald. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Tournaments:Fylde LTC Tournament". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Preston Herald
- ^ Easdown, Martin (1 November 2009). "6: St. Annes-on-Sea Pier". Lancashire's Seaside Piers: Also Featuring the Piers of the River Mersey, Cumbria and the Isle of Man. Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84563-093-5.
- ^ "FYLDE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. fashionable gathering attended the opening of the Fylde Lawn Tennis Club Tournament at Lythham Cricket Ground on Thursday". Lancashire Evening Post. Lanashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "FYLDE TOURNAMENT". Lancashire Evening Post. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2023.