Preston
Bowl Winners and fellow competitors 2013
The Preston Bowl Competition is an Open mixed doubles competition for players of all ages that has been contested annually since 1934. This year there were only four pairs entered, but there was a high standard of play. Alice and Matt prevailed over Kathryn and Alex in the final, Pam and Craig came through a closely fought 3 place playoff.
The Preston Bowl Competition has over 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 radius 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.)