Tivyside LTC Tournament

The Tivyside LTC Tournament was a grass court tennis tournament established in 1881 and continued to be held until at least the 1893.[1] The tournament was played at Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Tivyside LTC Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1881 (1881)
Abolished1893 (1893)
LocationNewcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
VenueTivyside LTC
SurfaceGrass

History

The Tivyside Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1878.[2] There were four grass courts and two croquet lawns.[3] The grass courts were located in the meadows downstream of the river Teifi in Adpar, with a small pavilion and refreshments marquee (Emlyn Arms supplied). The first champion in 1881 was George Bowen of Llwyngwair.[4] Bowen was also Master of the Tivyside Hunt, 1893–97 and High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1914.[5]

In 1908 the earliest records of the existence of a Tivyside Lawn Tennis & Croquet & Bowls Club in Newcastle Emlyn, was listed in the Tivyside Advertiser Newspaper.[6] The Tivyside Lawn Tennis Club shared the Teifiside LTC facilities.[7] The Tivyside Lawn Tennis Club also staged its own tournaments.[8] In 1956 the grounds were sold and the club became non-existent.[9]

Finals

Mens Singles

(incoplete roll)

  • 1881—Wales George Bevan Bowen d. ?
  • 1882—Wales George Bevan Bowen d. ?
  • 1883—Wales George Bevan Bowen d. England J. Brenchley, 6-5 (only one set played)
  • 1885—United Kingdom H.S. Brenchley. d. England Wilfrid Edward Sturges-Jones, 6-4 2-6 6–2.

Womens Singles

(incoplete roll)

  • 1893—Wales Miss Jones (Penylan) won.[10]

See also

References

  1. TIVYSIDE TENNIS CLUB. The annual tournament of the Tivyside Tennis Club took place on Tuesday, 19th September. In spite of unfavourable weather there was good attendance on the ground. In the women's finale Miss Jones (Penylan) won the singles title. Carmarthen Journal. (Friday 29 September 1893). The British Newspaper Archive. Carmarthenshire, Wales. page.7.
  2. Jones, Ken (2014). Newcastle-Emlyn more miscellany: more local facts that you might not have known about : until now!!. Toronto, Canada: Summerhill Press. pp. 303–318. ISBN 978-0-9556625-4-6.
  3. Jones
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  10. Carmarthen Journal. (Friday 29 September 1893).
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