Angmering-on-Sea Open
The Angmering-on-Sea Open was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England that ran until 1938. History The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England. The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on clay courts. The tournament ended in 1938 due the outbreak of World War II the following year. Finals Men's Singles (incomplete roll) included: Women's Singles (incomplete roll) References

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Angmering
Angmering is a village and civil parish between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex on the southern edge of the South Downs National Park, England; about two-thirds of the parish (mostly north of the A27 road) fall within the Park. It is north of the English Channel; Worthing and Littlehampton are to the east and west respectively. It has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and there are the remains of a Roman Villa and bath house. In 1976, Angmering was twinned with the Normandy town of Ouistreham on the "Riva-Bella", the location of the World War II Normandy Landings' Sword Beach. Angmering railway station is mile from the village centre straddling the boundaries of Angmering and East Preston. In the "Dad's Army" episode, "Turkey Dinner" (S7, Ep. 6), Lance Corporal Jones, in reference to his mother, says that she's "gone to a another place. Angmering!" Etymology The name "Angmering" probably derives from a Saxon farming settlement of about 650AD. It is thought that ...
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