Tennis

TENNIS was first played in Cowichan and VICTORIA on grass courts around 1885. The Victoria Lawn Tennis Club was formed in 1886 and the COWICHAN BAY Lawn Tennis Club came into being in 1888, holding its first S Cowichan Open in 1912, a summer tournament that continued through the 20th century as the VANCOUVER ISLAND championships. The Cowichan club, the longest-lasting club in BC, still has Canada's only lawn courts. VANCOUVER's first tennis court, circa 1888, belonged to the SALMON CANNING...

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