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- ↑ "Sponsors back tennis again Elgin Lawn Tennis Club's annual North of Scotland Championships are being sponsored in the club's centenary year by North-East oil and gas distributors. Gleaner Oils, for the second year running". Aberdeen Press and Journal. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 June 1989. p. 29.
- ↑ The Dundee Directory. Dundee: James P. Mathew & Co. 1885. p. 592.
- ↑ "BROUGHTY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: The event of the meeting will be the Championship of the North Scotland,The following list of the prizes: 1. Gentlemen Singles Challenge cup and solid silver cup; 2, cigarette case's. 2. Gent.'s Doubles —1, Ivory carvers, 1, pair of cruets". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 27 June 1889. p. 4.
- ↑ "Public Notices. TENNIS. TOURNAMENT. NORTH OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING ON THE COURTS THE MAGDALEN YARD LAWN TENNIS CLUB. Play will Commence today, at 12 o'clock Noon, with the following Events : LADIES' SINGLES (HANDICAP)". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 24 June 1892. p. 8.
- ↑ "(101) – Towns > Dundee > 1809–1912 – Dundee directory > 1891–1892 – Scottish Directories – TENNIS CLUBS". digital.nls.uk. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "BIG TENNIS BOOM IN SCOTLAND: Number of Scottish Championships Off. It has been definitely decided that the North of Scotland championships meeting, so long associated with Elgin, should again be abandoned for another season until next year". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 29 May 1919.
- ↑ "SPORT TENNIS: The Esso North of Scotland Championships were held at Elgin last week". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 8 August 1979. p. 11.
- ↑ Aberdeen Press and Journal, 7 June 1989, p.29.