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Aurea Edgington
Aurea Edgington (21 February 1878 – 27 April 1967) (née Aurea Farrington) was a British tennis player originally from Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. She was active from 1900 to 1930. She was a semi finalist in the women's singles at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships as well as a four time quarter finalist in 1910, 1911, 1919 and 1922. She won 43 career singles titles most of which were on clay courts playing on the British and European circuit in France and Switzerland. Career Aurea was born on 21 February 1878 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. In major tournaments she competed at Wimbledon 18 times between 1904 and 1929. At the 1909 Wimbledon Championships she reached the semi-finals before losing to Agnes Morton in straight sets. She then reached the quarter-finals of the 1910 Wimbledon Championships where she lost to Winifred McNair in three sets, then 1911 Wimbledon Championships where she was beaten by Dora Boothby by two sets to love, the 1919 Wimbledon Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottery St Mary
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St John, Wiggaton, and (until 2017) West Hill, had a population of 7,692. The population of the urban area alone at the 2011 census was 4,898. There are two electoral wards in Ottery (Rural and Town). The total population of both wards, including the adjacent civil parish of Aylesbeare, at the 2011 census was 9,022. The town as it now stands has several independent shops, mainly in Mill Street, Silver Street and Yonder Street. An area known as 'The Square', is the heart of Ottery St Mary. There are pubs, restaurants, and coffee and tea rooms. Ottery provides services, employment, and a wide range of shopping for local residents and visitors from nearby villages and towns. History Ottery is first attested in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Avants Championship
The Les Avants Championship or Championnat des Avants also known as the Les Avants International was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament staged at the Tennis Club des Avants, Les Avants, Montreux, Switzerland from 1902 until 1938. History The Championship of Les Evants was established in September 1902 and was held at the Tennis Club des Avants, Les Avants, Montreux, Switzerland. The tournament was usually held in August sometimes in September. In 1904 the edition was held jointly as the Swiss International Championships. The championship continued to be held through til 1938 when it was discontinued due to World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... The tennis club is still operating today. References {{Reflist, 2 Clay court t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drive Club Open Tournament
The Drive Club Open Tournament and informally known as the Fulham Hard Courts was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played at the Drive Club, Fulham, London, originally on hard cement courts, or sometimes clay courts and ran until 1928. In 1931 the Drive Club was closed. History The Drive Club Tournament was founded in 1908 and were played on the Drive Mansions tennis courts at Fulham, London, England. They consisted of cement (concrete) courts, the first hard courts in London. The drive club also had clay courts constructed that had to resurfaced in 1926 with en tout cas red clay. In 1931 the drive club closed over the years the courts and grounds were not maintained, and eventually became abandoned. The land was sold to developers in the 1970s.Drive Mansions Notable winners of the men's singles championship title included Charles Percy Dixon (1908-1910) and Gordon Lowe (1920-1922). Former women's singles winners included Dorothy Holman, (1912, 1920, 1922–1923), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exmouth Open
The Exmouth Open originally called the Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament or simply Exmouth Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1880. From 1890 the event was known as the Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament. It was hosted by the Exmouth Archery, Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, Exmouth, Devon, Great Britain until 1927. It was then hosted by the newly founded Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club until it was abolished as a senior tour event in 1975. History The Exmouth Archery, Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1879. In 1880 the club hosted the first Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament for men only. In 1881 the tournament became an open event for both men and women as well. The first winner of the open men's singles was England's Ernest Maconchy (later Brigadier General), and first winner of the women's open singles was Ireland's Lilian Cole. The event was one of the earliest English tournaments that featured a women's singles event. In 1880s follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reigate Open
Reigate ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'' and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earliest archaeological evidence for human activity is from the Paleolithic and Neolithic, and during the Roman period, tile making took place to the north east of the modern centre. A motte-and-bailey castle was erected in Reigate in the late 11th or early 12th century. It was originally constructed of timber, but the curtain walls were rebuilt in stone about a century later. In the first half of the 13th century, an Augustinian priory was founded to the south of the modern town centre. The priory was closed during the Reformation and was rebuilt as a private residence for William Howard, the 1st Baron Howard of Effingham. The castle was abandoned around the same time and fell into disrepair. During the medieval and early modern periods, Reigate was primarily an agric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurlingham Grass Courts
Hurlingham may refer to: Places *Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina * Hurlingham Partido, a department of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Hurlingham, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa * Hurlingham, a suburb of Nairobi, Kenya *Hurlingham Gardens, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B * Hurlingham the south part of Fulham, London, United Kingdom Sports * The Hurlingham Club, a sports club in the southwest of London, England, world headquarters of polo *The Hurlingham Club (Argentina), a sports and polo club in Argentina *Hurlingham Open, a polo competition in Argentina * Hurlingham Park, a multi-use stadium in Fulham, England *The Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA), the governing body for polo in the United Kingdom and Ireland *Hurlingham Club Ground, a cricket ground in Buenos Aires, Argentina *Hurlingham Trieste Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trieste. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Switzerland Championships
The French Switzerland Championships or Championnats de Suisse romande was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905. It was first staged at the Le Montreux Palace Lawn Tennis Club, Le Montreux Palace Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland. The championships ran until 1948. History The French Switzerland Championships were established in September 1905 and first played at the Tennis Club du Montreux Palace. In 1908 the event was moved to the Tennis Club de Montreux. During World War I the tournament was only held two times, then resuming fully in 1920. During World War II it was not held from 1939 to 1941, but resumed thereafter. Hosting of this event was shared between both venues, but the majority of time was played at the Montreux Lawn Tennis Club. The championships were discontinued in 1948. Former winners of the men's singles title included; Robert Wallet, Roy Allen, Max Decugis, Anthony Wilding, Norman Brookes, Uberto De Morpurgo, Otto Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North London Hard Courts Championships
The North London Hard Courts Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1920. The tournament was jointly held at the Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club, Stamford Hill, and the North London Hard Courts Tennis Club, Highbury London, England It ran until 1939. History The North London Hard Courts Championships were established in 1920. The championships were usually held in September each year. However there were two events of the women's championships in 1922 and 1923: the first in May, and the second in September. The tournament was jointly held at the Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club, Stamford Hill and North London Hard Courts Tennis Club, Highbury London, England. It ran until 193 when it was abolished. Notable winners of the men's singles title included: Athar-Ali Fyzee, Athar Ali Fyzee, Nicolae Mishu, Antoine Gentien, Major Ritchie, Pat Spence, René Lacoste, Gordon Lowe, and Henry Mayes. Winners of the women's singles championship included: Ermyntrude Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva Championships
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 93 Swiss communes and 158 French communesFederal Statistical O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
