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- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS. FITZWILLIAM CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. Yesterday the final rounds of the Fitzwilliam Club Championship Singles, the Club Championship Doubles, and the Ladies' Handicap Singles were played". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 18 May 1888. p. 5.
- ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Fitzwilliam Club Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ↑ "LAWN The Fitzwilliam Club Tourney —The Open Club Championships to concluded today, play starts at 2pm". Sport (Dublin). Dublin, Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 28 June 1924. p. 14.
- ↑ Tennis Archives
- ↑ "Players – James Pringle". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ↑ "James Pringle, Dundalk Tennis Club, was presented with the Fitzwilliam Club Championship trophy, winning it for the third time in a row". Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal. Louth, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 28 August 1998. p. 58.
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