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- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS. FYLDE TOURNAMENT: The 14th annual tournament of the Fylde Lawn Tennis Club was opened yesterday morning. entry was not as large as last year, but the opening rounds occupied the whole day, resuits were follow" . Preston Herald. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "Tournaments:Fylde LTC Tournament" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ Preston Herald
- ↑ Easdown, Martin (1 November 2009). "6: St. Annes-on-Sea Pier". Lancashire's Seaside Piers: Also Featuring the Piers of the River Mersey, Cumbria and the Isle of Man. Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84563-093-5.
- ↑ "FYLDE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. fashionable gathering attended the opening of the Fylde Lawn Tennis Club Tournament at Lythham Cricket Ground on Thursday" . Lancashire Evening Post. Lanashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "FYLDE TOURNAMENT" . Lancashire Evening Post. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2023.