Geelong Easter Tournament Explained

Geelong Easter Tournament
Type:defunct
Tour:LTA Circuit (1888-1912) ILTF Circuit (1913-67)
Location:Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Venue:Geelong Lawn Tennis Club
Surface:Hard

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 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. . 18 August 2023 . . Tove: National Library of Australia . 21 March 1905 . 8.
  2. The Argus
  3. Web site: Tournaments: Geelong Easter Tournament. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 18 August 2023. subscription.
  4. Book: Nadel . Dave . Ryan . Graeme . Sport in Victoria: A History . 1 August 2015 . Ryan Publishing . Melbourne, Victoria, Australia . 978-1-876498-53-5 . https://books.google.com/books?id=PbnRDwAAQBAJ&dq=Geelong+Easter+Tournament,&pg=PT229 . en . Geelong Lawn Tennis Club.
  5. Web site: Tournaments: Geelong Easter Handicap Tournament. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 18 August 2023. subscription.
  6. Web site: Tournaments: Geelong Christmas Tournament. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 18 August 2023. subscription.
  7. The British Australasian . The British Australasian . 1919 . 39 . 14 . British Australian . London . en.

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