North Wales Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNorth Wales Counties Challenge Cup (1883)
North Wales Challenge Cup (1884-86)
North Wales Championships (1891-1939)
Founded1881
Abolished1939
LocationCriccieth
Denbigh
Trefriw
SurfaceGrass / outdoor

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.

History

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.

Finals

Incomplete Roll

Mens Singles

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1881England Percy John Frederick LushUnited Kingdom M. Lush5–2, 5–4
1882England Arthur Bennett MeshamWales H. Lloyd Williams3–6, 6–2, 6–4
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883England Arthur Bennett Mesham (2)United Kingdom Major Mesham6-0, 6-3
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884 [8]Wales G. EgertonEngland Arthur Bennett Meshamw.o.
1885 [9]Wales G. Egerton (2)United Kingdom Captain H.T. Ravenhill6–4, 6–4
1886 [10]Wales G. Egerton (3)Wales J. E. Morris3–6, 6–3, 6–5
1887England Henry James Wilson FosberyEngland D.F. Pennant6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1888England George Whitely HayesEngland Henry James Wilson Fosbery6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1891[11]Ireland Manliffe Goodbody??
North Wales Championships
1892[12]Ireland Manliffe Goodbody (2)??
1894 [13]England Edward CareyWales Dylan Rhys Griffiths7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1895 [14]England Edward Carey (2)England Arthur Carey6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4

Mens Doubles

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1882England Hugh Francis Birley
Wales H. Lloyd Williams
United Kingdom Major Mesham
United Kingdom W.P. Rigby
6-2, 6–1
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883United Kingdom J.P. Lewis
England Arthur Bennett Mesham
Wales Mr. Morgan
Wales Mr. Morgan
6–2, 6–4
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884England Mr. Kersey
Wales G. Egerton
Wales H. Lloyd Williams
WalesR. Lloyd Williams
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1885United Kingdom Captain H.T. Ravenhill
United Kingdom Mr. Hutton
United Kingdom A. Evill
United Kingdom Mr. Kettlewell
6–5, 6–5
North Wales Championships


Incomplete Roll

Women's Singles

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1881Wales Miss L WilliamsEngland Miss Proctor5–3, 5–3
North Wales Championships
1892United Kingdom Helen JacksonUnited Kingdom Miss Moore?
1895United Kingdom Miss TurnerUnited Kingdom E. Moorhousew.o.
1896United Kingdom Mary PickUnited Kingdom Mrs Coxon6-3, 6-3
1897United Kingdom Miss MakinsonUnited Kingdom Mary Pick6-3, 6-3
1899United Kingdom E. MakinsonUnited Kingdom N. Forster6-3, 6-1
1900England Ellen EveredUnited Kingdom C. Maw6-2, 6-1
1901England Maude GarfitEngland Ellen Evered6-4, 6-2
1902England Maude Garfit (2)England Ellen Evered6-2, 6-4
1903England Maude Garfit (3)England Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon6-1, 3-6, 6-3
1904England Maude Garfit (4)Wales Miss Russell Davies9-7, 6-3
1906United Kingdom Mabel Hurlbatt DudgeonUnited Kingdom Hilda Hitchings6-4, 6-4
1907United Kingdom Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon (2)United Kingdom Agnes Daniell Tuckey6-2, 4-6, 6-1
1908United Kingdom Mrs WaltonUnited Kingdom Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon6-1, 2-6, 7-5
1909Wales C.M. JonesUnited Kingdom Mrs Macaulay10-8, 8-6
1910United Kingdom Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon (3)Wales C. M. Jones6-2, 6-2
1913Wales A.M. DaviesUnited Kingdom C. Hollins6-4, 6-3
1914/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919United Kingdom M. PlattUnited Kingdom Miss Staffurth6-3, 7-5
1920Argentina Dorothy BoadleUnited Kingdom Mrs E.H. Harris6-0, 6-4
1921United Kingdom Camilla RimingtonUnited Kingdom Edith Willock6-1, 9-7
1922United Kingdom Camilla Rimington (2)United Kingdom Edith Willock6-3, 6-3
1923United Kingdom Camilla Rimington (3)??
1924United Kingdom Joan Reid-ThomasUnited Kingdom Mrs Benham6-1, 6-1
1925United Kingdom Joan Reid-Thomas (2)United Kingdom Evelyn Goldsworth6-2, 8-6
1926United Kingdom Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson (3)United Kingdom Miss Lindsay4-6, 6-1, 6-3
1927United Kingdom K.M. MarriottUnited Kingdom Thelma Cazalet6-8, 7-5, 6-2
1928United Kingdom Thelma CazaletUnited Kingdom Lesley Cadle9-7, 6-3
1929United Kingdom K.M. MarriottUnited Kingdom Thelma Cazalet6-3, 7-5
1930United Kingdom C.F. SutherlandUnited Kingdom P. Padmore6-2, 6-3
1931United Kingdom Dora BeazleyUnited Kingdom Eileen Connell Antrobus4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1932United Kingdom E.M. GunsonUnited Kingdom Eileen Connell Antrobus6-2, 1-6, 6-2
1933United Kingdom Thelma Cazalet (2)United Kingdom P. Hollinsw.o.
1934United Kingdom Mildred Nonweiler FreemanUnited Kingdom I. Robinson6-4, 7-5
1935United Kingdom Mildred Nonweiler Freeman (2)Wales Patricia Owen1-6, 6-2, 6-1
1936United Kingdom Dora Beazley (2)United Kingdom Manon Hargreaves6-3, 7-5
1938United Kingdom Dora Beazley (3)United Kingdom Mrs E. Allen6-1, 6-2
1939United Kingdom Denise HuntbachUnited Kingdom M. Watson6-4, 6-3

Mix Doubles

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1882United Kingdom J.P. Lewis
Wales Miss. Royds
United Kingdom Major Mesham
Wales Mrs. Lloyd Williams
6–0, 6–3
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883England Arthur Bennett Mesham
England Miss. Mainwaring
Wales Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards
Wales Miss. Royds
6–3, 6–5
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884United Kingdom Mr. A. MacBean
England Miss. Mainwaring (2)
England Arthur Bennett Mesham
Wales Mrs. Lloyd Williams
6-4, 6-4
1885United Kingdom Captain H.T. Ravenhill
United Kingdom Mrs. Ravenhill
United Kingdom P. Ormrod
Wales Miss. Tuke
6-2, 6-1
North Wales Championships

References

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. page.1.
  4. North Wales Chronicle (1883)
  5. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  6. "History of Criccieth Tennis club revealed". Cambrian News. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. "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.
  8. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  9. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  10. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  11. "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.
  12. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893 . Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 6.
  13. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 24 August 1894. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 18.
  14. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 19 August 1895. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 24.
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