West Wales Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1876 (1876)
Abolished1939 (1939)
LocationTenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
VenueTenby Lawn Lennis Club
SurfaceGrass

The West Wales Championships originally founded as the Tenby Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first held the Tenby Lawn Tennis Club, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales in 1876.[1] In 1881 it was renamed as the South Wales Championships[2] In 1900 it was renamed again to the West Wales Championships. The tournament was staged until the outbreak of World War Two in 1939.

History

In 1876 the Tenby Lawn Club Tennis Tournament was first staged at the Tenby Lawn Tennis Club, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.[3] In 1881 the tournament changed its name to the South Wales Championships, and play was open to all residents who had resided for three months in all six southern counties of Wales.[4] The first winner of the 1881 mens singles was Britain's L.G. Campbell. In 1885 the latter tournament was renamed as the South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships until 1900 when the Welsh Lawn Tennis Association moved the championships to Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales. This tournament at Tenby, Pembrokshire was then renamed as the West Wales Championships which ran until 1939. The men competed for the West Wales Challenge Cup.[3]

Venue

The original Tenby Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club was a former sports club situated on Heywood Lane, Tenby.[5] It opened in the late-nineteenth century.[6] The cricket club occupied land to the south side of Heywood Lane whilst the Tennis Club was located on the north side of Heywood Lane.[6] The Tennis club no longer exists and the land has been subsequently used for housing - this is the present Heywood Court. The cricket pitch still survives though.[6] In 2009 a new Tenby Tennis Club was reformed.[7]

Finals

Mens Singles

(incomplete roll) included:.[8]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Tenby Lawn Tennis Tournament
1879??
1880??
South Wales Championships
1881United Kingdom L.G. CampbellWales Grismond Saunders Davies6-2, 6–5, 9-7
1882United Kingdom P. J. AsheUnited Kingdom L.G. Campbell6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1883.[9]England Herbert WilberforceUnited Kingdom P.J. Ashe6-2, 6–1, 6-1[8]
1884.England Herbert Wilberforce (2)Wales William Sidney Nelson Heard6-4, 3–6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1[8]
South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships
1885Wales William Sidney Nelson HeardWales E.W. Evans5-6 6-0 6-0 6-3[8]
1886Wales William Sidney Nelson Heard (2)United Kingdom James Baldwin6-0, 6–1, 6-1[8]
1887Wales William Sidney Nelson Heard (3)Wales E.W. Davies6-2 6-4 6-1[8]
1894.[10]Wales F.D. MorrisWales E.W. Evans?
West Wales Championships
1909.[3]United Kingdom W.S. WarburghUnited Kingdom G. Kent6-3, 6–1, 6-3
1910United Kingdom Algernon KingscoteUnited Kingdom T.A.Gibson6-3, 6–3, 6–1.[8]
1915/1918Not held (due to World War One)
1919United Kingdom Ivor EvansUnited Kingdom G.R. Mellor6-4, 6–4, 8-6[8]
1920United Kingdom Peter B.W. FreemanUnited Kingdom H.R. Lymbery6-0, 6–3, 6-0[8]
1939United Kingdom Ted AvoryScotland B. Williams6-1, 6-0[8]
1940Tournament abolished (due to World War Two)

Womens Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Tenby Lawn Tennis Tournament
1879??
1880??
South Wales Championships
1882Wales G. MilmanUnited Kingdom Ruth Sparrow6-5, 6–5, 6-1
1883.[11]Wales C. JonesEngland E Fletcher6-2, 3–6, 6-4
South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships
1886United Kingdom Katherine HillUnited Kingdom Mary Agg6-4, 6-3
West Wales Championships
1909.[3]United Kingdom Miss DouglasUnited Kingdom Miss Wards6-4, 6-4
1915/1918Not held (due to World War One)
1920United Kingdom Gladys LamploughUnited Kingdom Kathleen Lidderdale6-2, 6-2
1924Republic of Ireland Mary McIlquhamWales Weeta Crawshay-Williams6-0, 6-4
1927United Kingdom Mrs BurdonUnited Kingdom Mrs Parke6-2, 7-5
1928United Kingdom Mrs DudleyUnited Kingdom Mrs Congreve6-2, 6-2
1930Wales M WynneEngland Mrs D M Gimson6-0, 6-2
1940Tournament abolished (due to World War Two)

References

  1. "THE TENBY TENNIS TOURNAMENT". The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter. Tenby, Pembrokshire, Wales: Welsh Newspapers. 20 August 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 24 February 2023 via newspapers.library.wales.
  2. "TENBY LAWN TENNIS CLUB ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. Aug. 13 and following days. The Open LADIES' SINGLES. LADIES' DOUBLES. LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES, AND GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES. THE SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE CUP will be played for on the usual days" (Subscription). The Field. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 4 August 1883. p. 1. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter
  4. "NOTES OF THE WEEK". The Cambrian. Aberystwyth, Wales: Welsh Newspapers: National Library of Wales. 15 July 1881. p. 8. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. "Coflein: Site Record: Tenby Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Heywood Lane, Tenby". coflein.gov.uk. National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 National Monuments Record of Wales
  7. "Home". www.tenbytennisclub.co.uk. Tenby Tennis Club. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Tournaments: Tenby - South Wales". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. "TENBY - LAWN TENNIS CLUB TOURNAMENT". The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory. Tenby, Pembrokshire, Wales: Welsh Newspapers: National Library of Wales. 23 August 1883. p. 6. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  10. "CRICKET AND GENERAL ATHLETIC NOTES". The Cambrian. Aberystwyth, Wales: Welsh Newspapers: National Library of Wales. 31 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  11. The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory
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