The Droitwich Open Hard Courts also known as the Bio-Strath Droitwich Open Hard Courts or Bio-Strath Droitwich for sponsorship reasons was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1968. The tournament was organised by the Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club (now called the Droitwich Tennis Club), and played at the Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa , Worcestershire , England . The tournament ran until 1974 then was discontinued.
7-602: In 1928 as the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament was founded. This tournament was played on grass courts and staged annually through till 1939 when it was discontinued. In October 1967 Droitwich Tennis Club applied to the Lawn Tennis Association to restart a new open tennis hard court tournament that was to begin in 1968. In May 1968 the first Droitwich Open Hard Courts tournament was held. In 1971 that event became part of
14-643: The Bio-Strath Circuit under the brand name the Bio-Starth Droitwich Open Hard Courts. Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1920. It staged the first Droitwich Open in 1928. The club was located in what was then called Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa, Worcesteshire. The original club had 4 grass courts and 4 hard courts (clay). In 1975 Droitwich Tennis Club moved to its current location at St Peters Church Lane. The club still has
21-709: The circuit was extended to include two new North West England tournaments at Lytham St Annes , and The Bio-Strath Northern at Manchester, one new tournament in South Yorkshire the Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament at Sheffield , another new event Another new tournament was added for London the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Courts, In South Wales the Bio-Strath Cardiff tournament was added to
28-702: The circuit, and another new event for North East England , the Bio-Strath Sunderland and Durham tournament The same year the Edgbaston tournament in the West Midlands was withdrawn, and replaced by the Bio-Strath Stourbridge tournament. In October 1971 Bio-Strath AG decided not to renew its sponsorship agreement with tournaments, due to disagreements of prize money and the circuit was discontinued. The Bio-Strath Circuit
35-640: The eight courts, they no longer have the original grass or clay courts, instead they are a combination of hard cement and artificial grass courts. (Incomplete list) (Incomplete list) Bio-Strath Circuit The Bio-Strath Circuit was a series tour of British tennis tournaments sponsored by the Swiss company Bio-Strath AG, a producer natural food supplements for sports people from 1970 to 1971. The circuit usually began in mid spring in April and ended in late summer in early August. The Bio-Strath tennis circuit
42-459: Was a series tour of British tennis tournaments that was sponsored by the Swiss company Bio-Strath AG. the circuit was inaugurated in May 1970 with six Midland tournaments, and one South East tournament. Each tournament being a particular leg on the circuit beginning with the 1st leg, that usually started around early April, and ending with the 10th and final leg around the first week of August. In 1971
49-674: Was part of the 1970 British Tournament Season. It began on 4 May in Birmingham , West Midlands , England with the first leg being the Bio-Strath Tally Ho event, and ended on 8 August with the tenth and final being the Bio-Strath West Warwickshire Open at Solihull . The Bio-Strath Circuit was part of the 1971 British Tournament Season. The first leg of the circuit began on 9 April with the Bio-Strath Tally Ho event, and ended on 7 August with
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