Norfolk Championships

Norfolk Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1906; 119 years ago (1906)
Abolished1971; 54 years ago (1971)
LocationNorwich (1906-10, 1912, 1914-15)
Great Yarmouth (1911, 1913)
Cromer (1919-71)
SurfaceGrass

The Norfolk Championships also known as the Norfolk County Lawn Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tournament originally founded in 1906.[1] It was held in multiple locations such as Norwich, Great Yarmouth, and Cromer, England until 1971.

History

The Norfolk County Lawn Tennis Championships were established in 1906.[2] The tournament was staged continuously until 1915 just after the start of World War I. The tournament resumed in 1919 that was staged by the Cromer Lawn Tennis Club,[3] until 1939 when it ceased for seven years until after World War II. It resumed in 1947 and continued for another 24 years until 1971 when it was abolished.[2]

Previous winners of the men's singles title included; Nigel Sharpe and Tony Pickard.[4] Previous winners of the women's singles championship included; Hilda Lane, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Evelyn Attwood and Anne Haydon.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tournament – Norfolk". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tennis Archives
  3. ^ "CLTSA History". clubspark.lta.org.uk. Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Club. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Club
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