2003 Open - Preston Bowl

The Preston Bowl Competition was blessed by fine weather again this year. Two round-robins were played and the top two pairs in each half played the semi-finals and finals. After a close competition, Lucy Collinson and Alex Wingent emerged as the winners, with Jenny and Rob Tattersall taking the runners-up spot. The other two semi-finalists were Helen Asbury and Mike Morrell, and Annie and Charlie Lewis-Marffy. Congratulations to all of them.

Full draw and results for the Preston Bowl may be found at the bottom of this page.

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Preston Bowl Presentation	Preston Bowl Winners	Preston Bowl Runners-up
Preston Bowl Finalists	First Semi-finalists	Second Semi-finalists

The Preston Bowl Competition has nearly 70 years of history. The following information was extracted from the club minutes of 1934:

At the committee meeting on 23 Jan 1934 it was proposed and agreed that the Crescent Tennis Club be renamed the Abingdon Lawn Tennis Club.  At the same meeting Mr A E Preston was elected President of the Club. It was agreed that a competition open to residents in Berkshire within a 13 miles of Abingdon would be initiated.  The winner will be presented with a Challenge Cup to be given by Mr Preston. The competition is to be played on Whit Monday and to be an American Tournament.  Play to commence at 11am and the final to be of 3 sets.

(Note that in July 1933 the club applied for affiliation to the LTA.)