The North Wales Championships were originally founded as the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament in 1881.[1] In 1883 that tournament became known as the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup until 1884 when it was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup until 1886.[2] This first edition of the event lapsed, but was then revived by the Criccieth LTC at Criccieth in 1891 under its new name until 1939 when it was discontinued.
North Wales Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup (1883) North Wales Challenge Cup (1884-86) North Wales Championships (1891-1939)
In September 1881 the Vale of Clwyd CLTC (f.1881), at Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, North Wales organised the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament.[3] In 1883 at what was then, the third edition of the event, the club inaugurated the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup for men at Denbigh.[4]
In 1884 the tournament was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup. It continued to be staged until 1886.[5] In 1891 the Criccieth Lawn Tennis Club (formally established in 1892)[6] at Criccieth revived the North Wales Challenge Cup as the North Wales Championships,[7] that ran until 1939.
^"VALE OF CLWYD LAWN TENNIS AND CRICKET CLUB. THE THIRD ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 'will be held' at DENBIGH, on August 30th and following days. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES EVENT to be called the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup, the value, not less that 10 guineas, to be given by the Vale of Clwyd Club". North Wales Chronicle. Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales: The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. p. 1.
^"VALE OF CLWYD CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB. The annual meeting of this club was held at Denbigh on July 27th, and following days. The North Wales Challenge Cup was won for third time by Mr. G. Egerton,of Gresford". Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pp. 4, 5.
^North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. page.1.
^Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^"History of Criccieth Tennis club revealed". Cambrian News. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"LAWN TENNIS. NORTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS. The 38th annual tournament at Criccieth the North Wales Championships, ended on Sunday last week. Results as follows!". Formby Times. Formby, Lancashire, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 25 August 1934. p. 4.
^Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^"LLANDUDNO LAWN TENNIS: Entries for this year's Championship of North Wales promise to be even better, and with fine weather there should be some of the highest class of tennis ever seen in Wales. The North Wales Challenge Cup (value 50 guineas), has been won for two years by Irishman M. F. Goodbody, Esq., and should he succeed will set a new record". North Wales Chronicle. Bangor, Caernarfonshire: The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893. p. 6.
^North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893 . Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 6.
^North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 24 August 1894. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 18.
^North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 19 August 1895. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 24.
October 19, 2023
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The North Wales Championships were originally founded as the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament in 1881 1 In 1883 that tournament became known as the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup until 1884 when it was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup until 1886 2 This first edition of the event lapsed but was then revived by the Criccieth LTC at Criccieth in 1891 under its new name until 1939 when it was discontinued North Wales ChampionshipsDefunct tennis tournamentEvent nameNorth Wales Counties Challenge Cup 1883 North Wales Challenge Cup 1884 86 North Wales Championships 1891 1939 Founded1881Abolished1939LocationCricciethDenbighTrefriwSurfaceGrass outdoor Contents 1 History 2 Finals 2 1 Mens Singles 2 2 Mens Doubles 2 3 Women s Singles 2 4 Mix Doubles 3 ReferencesHistory EditIn September 1881 the Vale of Clwyd CLTC f 1881 at Ruthin Vale of Clwyd North Wales organised the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament 3 In 1883 at what was then the third edition of the event the club inaugurated the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup for men at Denbigh 4 In 1884 the tournament was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup It continued to be staged until 1886 5 In 1891 the Criccieth Lawn Tennis Club formally established in 1892 6 at Criccieth revived the North Wales Challenge Cup as the North Wales Championships 7 that ran until 1939 Finals EditIncomplete RollMens Singles Edit Year Winner Runner up ScoreVale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament1881 nbsp Percy John Frederick Lush nbsp M Lush 5 2 5 41882 nbsp Arthur Bennett Mesham nbsp H Lloyd Williams 3 6 6 2 6 4North Wales Counties Challenge Cup1883 nbsp Arthur Bennett Mesham 2 nbsp Major Mesham 6 0 6 3North Wales Challenge Cup1884 8 nbsp G Egerton nbsp Arthur Bennett Mesham w o 1885 9 nbsp G Egerton 2 nbsp Captain H T Ravenhill 6 4 6 41886 10 nbsp G Egerton 3 nbsp J E Morris 3 6 6 3 6 51887 nbsp Henry James Wilson Fosbery nbsp D F Pennant 6 4 6 3 6 31888 nbsp George Whitely Hayes nbsp Henry James Wilson Fosbery 6 4 6 3 6 21891 11 nbsp Manliffe Goodbody North Wales Championships1892 12 nbsp Manliffe Goodbody 2 1894 13 nbsp Edward Carey nbsp Dylan Rhys Griffiths 7 5 6 4 6 41895 14 nbsp Edward Carey 2 nbsp Arthur Carey 6 2 3 6 6 2 6 4Mens Doubles Edit Year Winner Runner up ScoreVale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament1882 nbsp Hugh Francis Birley nbsp H Lloyd Williams nbsp Major Mesham nbsp W P Rigby 6 2 6 1North Wales Counties Challenge Cup1883 nbsp J P Lewis nbsp Arthur Bennett Mesham nbsp Mr Morgan nbsp Mr Morgan 6 2 6 4North Wales Challenge Cup1884 nbsp Mr Kersey nbsp G Egerton nbsp H Lloyd Williams nbsp R Lloyd Williams 4 6 6 2 6 21885 nbsp Captain H T Ravenhill nbsp Mr Hutton nbsp A Evill nbsp Mr Kettlewell 6 5 6 5North Wales Championships Incomplete RollWomen s Singles Edit Year Winner Runner up ScoreVale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament1881 nbsp Miss L Williams nbsp Miss Proctor 5 3 5 3North Wales Championships1892 nbsp Helen Jackson nbsp Miss Moore 1895 nbsp Miss Turner nbsp E Moorhouse w o 1896 nbsp Mary Pick nbsp Mrs Coxon 6 3 6 31897 nbsp Miss Makinson nbsp Mary Pick 6 3 6 31899 nbsp E Makinson nbsp N Forster 6 3 6 11900 nbsp Ellen Evered nbsp C Maw 6 2 6 11901 nbsp Maude Garfit nbsp Ellen Evered 6 4 6 21902 nbsp Maude Garfit 2 nbsp Ellen Evered 6 2 6 41903 nbsp Maude Garfit 3 nbsp Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon 6 1 3 6 6 31904 nbsp Maude Garfit 4 nbsp Miss Russell Davies 9 7 6 31906 nbsp Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon nbsp Hilda Hitchings 6 4 6 41907 nbsp Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon 2 nbsp Agnes Daniell Tuckey 6 2 4 6 6 11908 nbsp Mrs Walton nbsp Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon 6 1 2 6 7 51909 nbsp C M Jones nbsp Mrs Macaulay 10 8 8 61910 nbsp Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon 3 nbsp C M Jones 6 2 6 21913 nbsp A M Davies nbsp C Hollins 6 4 6 31914 1918 Not held due to World War I 1919 nbsp M Platt nbsp Miss Staffurth 6 3 7 51920 nbsp Dorothy Boadle nbsp Mrs E H Harris 6 0 6 41921 nbsp Camilla Rimington nbsp Edith Willock 6 1 9 71922 nbsp Camilla Rimington 2 nbsp Edith Willock 6 3 6 31923 nbsp Camilla Rimington 3 1924 nbsp Joan Reid Thomas nbsp Mrs Benham 6 1 6 11925 nbsp Joan Reid Thomas 2 nbsp Evelyn Goldsworth 6 2 8 61926 nbsp Joan Reid Thomas Strawson 3 nbsp Miss Lindsay 4 6 6 1 6 31927 nbsp K M Marriott nbsp Thelma Cazalet 6 8 7 5 6 21928 nbsp Thelma Cazalet nbsp Lesley Cadle 9 7 6 31929 nbsp K M Marriott nbsp Thelma Cazalet 6 3 7 51930 nbsp C F Sutherland nbsp P Padmore 6 2 6 31931 nbsp Dora Beazley nbsp Eileen Connell Antrobus 4 6 6 4 7 51932 nbsp E M Gunson nbsp Eileen Connell Antrobus 6 2 1 6 6 21933 nbsp Thelma Cazalet 2 nbsp P Hollins w o 1934 nbsp Mildred Nonweiler Freeman nbsp I Robinson 6 4 7 51935 nbsp Mildred Nonweiler Freeman 2 nbsp Patricia Owen 1 6 6 2 6 11936 nbsp Dora Beazley 2 nbsp Manon Hargreaves 6 3 7 51938 nbsp Dora Beazley 3 nbsp Mrs E Allen 6 1 6 21939 nbsp Denise Huntbach nbsp M Watson 6 4 6 3Mix Doubles Edit Year Winner Runner up ScoreVale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament1882 nbsp J P Lewis nbsp Miss Royds nbsp Major Mesham nbsp Mrs Lloyd Williams 6 0 6 3North Wales Counties Challenge Cup1883 nbsp Arthur Bennett Mesham nbsp Miss Mainwaring nbsp Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards nbsp Miss Royds 6 3 6 5North Wales Challenge Cup1884 nbsp Mr A MacBean nbsp Miss Mainwaring 2 nbsp Arthur Bennett Mesham nbsp Mrs Lloyd Williams 6 4 6 41885 nbsp Captain H T Ravenhill nbsp Mrs Ravenhill nbsp P Ormrod nbsp Miss Tuke 6 2 6 1North Wales ChampionshipsReferences Edit VALE OF CLWYD LAWN TENNIS AND CRICKET CLUB THE THIRD ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT will be held at DENBIGH on August 30th and following days GENTLEMEN S SINGLES EVENT to be called the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup the value not less that 10 guineas to be given by the Vale of Clwyd Club North Wales Chronicle Caernarfon Caernarfonshire Wales The British Newspaper Archive 11 August 1883 p 1 VALE OF CLWYD CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB The annual meeting of this club was held at Denbigh on July 27th and following days The North Wales Challenge Cup was won for third time by Mr G Egerton of Gresford Denbighshire Free Press The British Newspaper Archive 7 August 1886 pp 4 5 North Wales Chronicle The British Newspaper Archive 11 August 1883 page 1 North Wales Chronicle 1883 Denbighshire Free Press The British Newspaper Archive 7 August 1886 pages 4 5 History of Criccieth Tennis club revealed Cambrian News 16 August 2022 Retrieved 27 February 2023 LAWN TENNIS NORTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS The 38th annual tournament at Criccieth the North Wales Championships ended on Sunday last week Results as follows Formby Times Formby Lancashire England The British Newspaper Archive 25 August 1934 p 4 Denbighshire Free Press The British Newspaper Archive 7 August 1886 pages 4 5 Denbighshire Free Press The British Newspaper Archive 7 August 1886 pages 4 5 Denbighshire Free Press The British Newspaper Archive 7 August 1886 pages 4 5 LLANDUDNO LAWN TENNIS Entries for this year s Championship of North Wales promise to be even better and with fine weather there should be some of the highest class of tennis ever seen in Wales The North Wales Challenge Cup value 50 guineas has been won for two years by Irishman M F Goodbody Esq and should he succeed will set a new record North Wales Chronicle Bangor Caernarfonshire The British Newspaper Archive 1 July 1893 p 6 North Wales Chronicle The British Newspaper Archive 1 July 1893 Bangor Caernarfonshire page 6 North Wales Chronicle The British Newspaper Archive 24 August 1894 Bangor Caernarfonshire page 18 North Wales Chronicle The British Newspaper Archive 19 August 1895 Bangor Caernarfonshire page 24 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North Wales Championships amp oldid 1170699091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
