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Canterbury Championships
The Canterbury Championships was a regional grass court tennis tournament. Founded in 1882 as the Canterbury Championship, it was first formally staged in 1885. The tournament was played at the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Club (founded 1881), at Christchurch, New Zealand. The championships were staged annually until 2014. History The Canterbury Lawn Tennis Club was first established in 1881. In 1882 the club staged the first Canterbury Championship that was won by Frederick Wilding the father of Anthony Wilding. In 1885 following the creation of New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association and its associated regional LTA's including the Canterbury Region, Canterbury LTA it became an officially sanctioned tournament. Although an open event for all comers the championships mainly featured players from within New Zealand, but also from Australia. It became more internationalised following the World War II and in part due to commercial airline, commercial jet Airliner, airliners making the time to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
