North of Scotland Championships

The North of Scotland Championships and later known as the Gleaner Oils North of Scotland Championships for sponsorship reasons was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament first established by the Broughty Ferry Lawn Tennis Club, Broughty Ferry, Dundee in 1889 as Championship of the North Scotland. From 1905 it was then held at Elgin Lawn Tennis Club, Elgin, Moray, Scotland until 1989.[1]

North of Scotland Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1889 (1889)
Abolished1989 (1989)
LocationBroughty Ferry, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
VenueBroughty Ferry Lawn Tennis Club
Elgin Lawn Tennis Club
Kirkcaldy Tennis Club
Magdalen Yard Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay

History

The Championship of the North Scotland were established in 1889 at the Broughty Ferry Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885),[2] Broughty Ferry, Dundee Scotland.[3] The tournament ran under that name until 1891. In 1892 it was branded as the North of Scotland Championships and was at this time staged at the Magdalen Yard Lawn Tennis Club.[4][5]

The Championships were not held during World War I. In 1919 the tournament was abandoned again,[6] then reinstated at Elgin in 1920 as the North of Scotland Championships until 1969 .

In 1970 the tournament was renamed as the North of Scotland Open Championships. In 1973 the oil company Esso took over sponsorship of the event and was called the Esso North of Scotland Championships until 1979.[7] The event returned to its original name as no sponsors were found until 1988, when the company Gleaner Oils took over sponsorship until 1989.[8]

Event name
  • Championship of the North Scotland (1889-1891)
  • North of Scotland Championships (1892-1969)
  • North of Scotland Open Championships (1970-1972)
  • Esso North of Scotland Championships (1973-1979)
  • North of Scotland Championships (1980-1987)
  • Gleaner Oils North of Scotland Championships (1988-1989)

References
  1. "Sponsors back tennis again Elgin Lawn Tennis Club's annual North of Scotland Championships are being sponsored in the club's centenary year by North-East oil and gas distributors. Gleaner Oils, for the second year running". Aberdeen Press and Journal. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 June 1989. p. 29.
  2. The Dundee Directory. Dundee: James P. Mathew & Co. 1885. p. 592.
  3. "BROUGHTY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: The event of the meeting will be the Championship of the North Scotland,The following list of the prizes: 1. Gentlemen Singles Challenge cup and solid silver cup; 2, cigarette case's. 2. Gent.'s Doubles —1, Ivory carvers, 1, pair of cruets". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 27 June 1889. p. 4.
  4. "Public Notices. TENNIS. TOURNAMENT. NORTH OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING ON THE COURTS THE MAGDALEN YARD LAWN TENNIS CLUB. Play will Commence today, at 12 o'clock Noon, with the following Events : LADIES' SINGLES (HANDICAP)". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 24 June 1892. p. 8.
  5. "(101) - Towns > Dundee > 1809-1912 - Dundee directory > 1891-1892 - Scottish Directories - TENNIS CLUBS". digital.nls.uk. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. "BIG TENNIS BOOM IN SCOTLAND: Number of Scottish Championships Off. It has been definitely decided that the North of Scotland championships meeting, so long associated with Elgin, should again be abandoned for another season until next year". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 29 May 1919.
  7. "SPORT TENNIS: The Esso North of Scotland Championships were held at Elgin last week". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 8 August 1979. p. 11.
  8. Aberdeen Press and Journal, 7 June 1989, p.29.
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