Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament

The Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament was a late Victorian era men's and women's grass court tennis tournament established in October 1880.[1] The first edition was organised by the Dirleton Castle Lawn Tennis Club and played on its grounds close to Dirleton Castle, in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian Scotland and ran until at least 1885.[2]

Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1880 (1880)
Abolished1885 (1885)
LocationDirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian Scotland
VenueDirleton Castle Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

The Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis event first staged in October 1880. The first edition was played at the Dirleton Castle Lawn Tennis Club grounds, Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian Scotland. In 1884 the club held another lawn tennis tournament.[3]

A description of the venue that appeared in Pastimes 27 February 1884:

Dirleton LTC boasted it's grounds 'as one of the most romantically situated in Scotland, being surrounded by yew trees, of great antiquity, and close to the old Norman castle of Dirleton.

— Pre-war lawn tennis clubs and tournaments, Lake, Robert. J. A Social History of Tennis in Britain (2014). p. 46.

In July 1885 the club held another tournament as part of a Grand Fancy Bazaar held in the Castle Gardens and Castle Park, Dirleton.[4]

References
  1. Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Dirleton Castle". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. "A GRAND FANCY BAZAAR will be held in the Castle Gardens and Castle Park, Dirleton, Thursday, July 30. and the Two Following Days. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: a Grand Assault-at-Arms, a Tennis Tournament by the Dirleton LTC, a Bee keeping Exhibition, and a Daily Band". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh, Scotland: British Newspaper Archives. 15 July 1885. p. 1.
  3. Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
  4. Edinburgh Evening News (15 July 1885) p.1
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