Cromer Covered Courts Championships

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Cromer Covered Courts Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameCromer Covered Courts Tournament
Founded1925;98 years ago (1925)
Abolished1965;58 years ago (1965)
Location Cromer, Norfolk, England
VenueNewhaven Court
Surface Clay – indoors

The Cromer Covered Courts Championships or formally the Cromer Covered Courts Tournament or simply the Cromer Covered Courts was an open men's and women's international indoor Clay tennis tournament founded in 1925. [1] The tournament featured two editions of the event, one was held in the autumn known, and was known as the Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting [2] and the other in the spring. The tournaments were organised by the Cromer Covered Courts Club and held at the indoor courts at Newhaven Court, Cromer, Norfolk, England. The event ran until 1965.

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History

The Cromer Covered Courts was an open men's and women's international indoor clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925. [3] The tournament featured two editions of the event the first was held in the autumn usually in October or November, this event being the oldest of the two was known as the Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting. [4]

The second edition was started in 1934 and was held usually in the spring in April. In January 1963 the Newhaven Court Hotel was destroyed by a fire. Two years later in 1965 after a blaze destroyed the hotel, another fire destroyed covered tennis courts in the grounds.

Previous winners of the men's singles of the spring meeting included; Mohammed Sleem, Murray Deloford, Ignacy Tłoczyński, Eric Filby and Dieter Schultheiss Former winners of the autumn meeting included; Henry Mayes, Fred Perry, Ted Avory, Don Butler, Jack Harper, George Godsell and Władysław Skonecki.

Venue

The Cromer Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1907 and twelve grass courts were laid down on land adjacent to Norwich Road, Cromer. [5] In 1908 the club staged its first open tournament. [6] In August 1919 the club became the venue for the resumed Norfolk Championships. In 1925 the club had constructed two indoor courts built at Newhaven Court at a cost of £10,000 (or £777,823.40 today). [7] [8] In 1926 some events of the Norfolk championships were transferred indoors due to severe rain delays. [9] The club is still operating today. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "LENGLEN AND BOROTRA: LENGLEN AND BOROTRA To Be Partners In the Cromer Lawn Tennis Tournament The open events of the first Cromer Covered Courts lawn tennis tournament were begun yesterday". Daily Mirror. London, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 27 October 1925. p. 23.
  2. ↑ "CROMER TENNIS TOURNAMENT: The organisers announce that entries are being received for the autumn tennis meeting of Cromer Covered Courts Club which starts on Monday, October 30th". Yarmouth Independent. Norfolk, England. 22 October 1938. p. 18 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "THE En-Tout-Cas HARD LAWN TENNIS COURT Pat. No. 18734: The Cromer Covered Courts Tournament. The surface of the two Courts used for this important meeting is EN-TOUT-CAS". Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. London, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 28 November 1925. p. 10.
  4. ↑ Yarmouth Independent. 22 October 1938. The British Newspaper Archive. p.18.
  5. ↑ "Historical Timeline". www.cromertennisclub.co.uk. Cromer Tennis & Squash Club.
  6. ↑ Cromer Tennis & Squash Club
  7. ↑ Cromer Tennis & Squash Club
  8. ↑ "£10,000 in 1925 → 2023 UK Inflation Calculator". www.in2013dollars.com. 2013dollars.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Cromer Tennis & Squash Club
  10. ↑ Cromer Tennis & Squash Club
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