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Charles Gladstone Allen
Charles Gladstone Allen (1868 – 1924) was a British tennis player in the early years of Wimbledon. He was an all comers finalist at 1896 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles event partnering with his brother Roy Allen, where the lost to Reginald Doherty and Harold Nisbet. He was active from 1887 to 1914 and contested 17 career finals in singles and won 8 titles. Career Charles played his first event at the 1887 Stevenage LTC Tournament where he reached the quarter-finals. In 1890 he won his first singles title in Saxmundham LTC Tournament (later known as the Suffolk Championships) against his brother Roy Allen. He was a semi finalist at the Northern Championships in 1893, then considered the third most important tournament in the world at that time, and a quarter finalist at the Irish Championships in 1895. At the 1896 Wimbledon Championships he reached the all comers final of the men's doubles event partnered with his brother Roy Allen, but were defeated by Reginald D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Neots
St NeotsPronunciation of the town name: Most commonly, but variations that ''saint'' is said as in most English non-georeferencing speech, the ''t'' is by a small minority of the British pronounced and higher traces of in the final syllable of the town's name are common. is a town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about north of London and about west of Cambridge. The districts of Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire, Eynesbury, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon were formerly independent but nowadays are considered merged into St Neots. The town is close to the intersection of the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road (north-south) the A421 / A428 roads which link Cambridge to Bedford and Milton Keynes on an east to west axis. St Neots has a railway station on the East Coast Main Line with typically half-hourly services to Peterborough, Stevenage and London. The River Great Ouse runs through the town. St Neots is estimated to have a population of 36,110 (foreca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a touristic stretch of French coast on the English Channel between Calais and Normandy, and the most visited location in the region after the Lille conurbation. Boulogne is its department's second-largest city after Calais, and the 183rd-largest in France.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colmworth
Colmworth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England about north-east of Bedford. The parish, including the hamlet of Duck's Cross, had a population of 393 at the 2011 census. Geography Colmworth is west of St Neots, west of Cambridge and north of central London. The village is separated by Colmworth Brook into two areas. To the north is the larger Church End and to the south is Chapel End. Area The civil parish covers an area of . Elevation The village is about above sea level. The land slopes down to in the southeast of the parish. Landscape The village lies within the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands as designated by Natural England. Bedford Borough Council classifies the local landscape as Thurleigh Clay Farmland with large and open arable fields. Roads are mainly lined with hedges and trees interspersed with open stretches. Geology and soil type The parish lies on Oadby till above Oxford clay and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss International Championships
The Swiss International Championships also called the International Swiss Championships or Championship of Switzerland or simply Swiss Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established by the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, and first played at Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland in 1897. The championships were then held annually and alternated between different venues until 1967. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships and were then staged permanently at Gstaad. From 1977 the women's tournament was staged at Lausanne and was called the WTA Swiss Open, today that event is branded as the Ladies Open Lausanne. History The first early edition of the Championship of Switzerland, was played at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, the winner of the men's event was presented with a cup valued at 500 francs. In 1898 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicestershire Championships
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street, the modern A5 road. Leicestershire takes its name from the city of Leicester located at its centre and administered separately from the rest of the county. The ceremonial county – the non-metropolitan county plus the city of Leicester – has a total population of just over 1 million (2016 estimate), more than half of which lives in the Leicester Urban Area. History Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book in four wapentakes: Guthlaxton, Framland, Goscote, and Gartree. These later became hundreds, with the division of Goscote into West Goscote and East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Championships
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographic territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are large stretches of countryside, including the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and Peak District national parks. Yorkshire has been nicknamed "God's Own Country" or "God's Own County" by its in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviera Championships
The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera and informally known as the French Riviera Championships was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,Town and Country (1937) Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976. History The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled. The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera The French Riviera (known in French as the ; oc, Còsta d'Azur ; literal translation " Azure Coast") is the Mediterranean coastline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwickshire Championships
The Warwickshire Championships also known as the Warwickshire County Championships founded on 1 August 1882 was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England from 1882 to 1938 as part of the pre-open era tennis tour. The tournament is still being staged to today as a local county championship. History The Warwickshire Championships were established on 1 August 1882, and first staged at Jephson Gardens. At the same meeting held in August 1882 a dual tournament was stage called the Leamington Open Tournament (1882-1931). At the inaugural Warwickshire Championships, the Warwickshire men's singles was won by Mr. Erskine Gerald Watson (brother of Maud Watson), the Warwickshire men's doubles was won by Mr. G.S. Raynor and Mr. Edward Lake Williams, the Warwickshire women's doubles was won by Miss. J.C. Kay and Miss. W.E. Graham, and the Warwickshire pairs was won by Erskine Gerald Watson and Maud Watson Maud Edith Eleanor Watson, MBE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield And Hallamshire Championships
The Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships was an open men's and women's international grass court tennis tournament founded in 1888 as the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament. The tournament was played at the Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England until 1976 when it was discontinued. History The Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club was founded in November 1885. In 1888 it inaugurated the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament played on grass courts in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. In 1897 the ''Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament'' was elevated to a county level event and renamed as the Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships. In April 1971 it was added to the new Bio-Strath Circuit of events, and rebranded as the Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament for that year only. The winner of the first men's singles champion was British player Mr. G. E. Lowe. The winner of the first women's singles champion was British player Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Of England Championships
The North of England Championships and later known as the Rothmans Open North of England Championships (for sponsorship reasons), was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884 as the North Yorkshire Tournament. It was mainly held at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Great Britain from (1884–91, 1893–1903, 1905–1966, 1968). The tournament was discontinued in 1974 when it was staged at Hoylake. History The North Yorkshire Tournament was first staged in 1884 at the South Cliff Lawn Tennis Club at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. In 1886 its name was changed to the North of England Championships. It was for a long period a popular summer tournament in the British lawn tennis calendar. In 1910 it changed venue to be played at the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club through until 1966. The only other places to host the North of England Championships was at Kingston-upon-Hull in 1892, then Harrogate in 1904. In 1967 the event temporarily moved to Hoylake in what was then Ches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Of England Championships
The East of England Championships also called the East of England Lawn Tennis Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1889 the event had by this time become a regional level tournament that ran until 1983 when it lost its status as a senior international tour level event. However the championships are still being staged today as the East of England and an LTA British Tour (Premier Event). History The Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament hosted by the Felixstowe Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club became a regional level tour event called the East of England Championships in 1889. It was located Felixstowe, Suffolk, South East England. The tournament was usually staged in mid-August, this later changed the middle or third week of July following the Wimbledon Championships. The East of England Championships ran for 98 years before it was discontinued in 1983 as a senior international tour lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
