Geelong Easter Tournament

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Geelong Easter Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour LTA Circuit (1888-1912) ILTF Circuit (1913-67)
Founded1887;137 years ago (1887)
Abolished1967;57 years ago (1967)
Location Geelong, Victoria, Australia
VenueGeelong Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceHard

The Geelong Easter Tournament [1] also known as the Geelong Easter Championship was a combined men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1886 . [2] The tournament was organised by the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club and played at Geelong, Victoria, Australia annually until 1967 as part of the ILTF Circuit when it was discontinued. [3]

History

In 1887 the first Geelong Easter Tournament was held in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [4] The tournament featured two events the main Geelong Easter Tournament and the Geelong Easter Handicap Tournament. [5] The club also staged a Geelong Christmas Tournament at the end of the season. [6] The Easter tournament ran annually until 1967 as part of the ILTF Circuit when it was discontinued. [3] The Easter handicap tournament ran until the 1920s. [7]

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References

  1. "GEELONG EASTER TOURNAMENT.Details are now to hand of the 19th annual Easter tournament, which is to be held at Geelong on the 22nd, 24th, and 25th April next month". The Argus . Tove: National Library of Australia. 21 March 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. The Argus
  3. 1 2 "Tournaments: Geelong Easter Tournament" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. Nadel, Dave; Ryan, Graeme (1 August 2015). "Geelong Lawn Tennis Club". Sport in Victoria: A History. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Ryan Publishing. ISBN   978-1-876498-53-5.
  5. "Tournaments: Geelong Easter Handicap Tournament" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. "Tournaments: Geelong Christmas Tournament" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. "The British Australasian". The British Australasian. 39. London: British Australian: 14. 1919.