Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club

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This organization was founded at Winnipeg in 1882.

Presidents

Term

President

1882-1883

James Andrew Miller (1839-1886)

1883-1892

?

1892-1893

John Stanley Hough (1856-1928)

1893-1894

John Galt (1856-1933)

1894-1895

James Rawlinson Waghorn (1859-1942)

1895-1896

?

1896-1897

Heber Archibald (1846-1941)

1897-1899

Llewelyn Arthur Nares (1860-1939)

1899-1900

?

1900-1901

William Bain

1901-1902

Llewelyn Arthur Nares (1860-1939)

1902-1908

?

1908-1909

William Bain

1909-1911

?

1911-1912

E. S. Read

1912-1915

?

1915-1935

William Donald Love (1877-1956)

1935-1936

?

1936-1938

Dr. C. O. Wood

1938-1948

?

1948-1950

Reg Hugo

1950-1954

?

1954-1955

James Taylor

1955-1956

Grant Wilcock Dominy (1928-2008)

?

Herbert H. Pigott (1857-1927)

Sources:

“Sporting notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1893, page 5.

“Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 May 1894, page 5.

“Sporting notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 April 1896, page 4.

“Cricket and lawn tennis,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 April 1897, page 3.

“Tom Sharkey and Russell,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 May 1901, page 3.

“Tennis club annual,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 April 1908, page 9.

“Tennis players to meet U.S. experts,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 May 1911, page 7.

“Love president net club again,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 March 1927, page 18.

“Clubs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1929, page 7.

“Winnipeg club elects Love,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 March 1931, page 15.

“Love to head Winnipeg club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 March 1933, page 22.

“W. D. Love is tennis chief,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 March 1934, page 14.

“Winnipeg club may apply for hard courts tourney,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 March 1936, page 31.

“Dr. Wood Winnipeg net club leader,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 April 1937, page 14.

“Winnipeg Tennis Club to entertain guests at opening tea,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 May 1955, page 24.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 May 2017