THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

The Fryup Classic was a lawn tennis tournament staged by Fryup Rackets Club for four years in the early 1980s, attracting international stars including Vitas Gerulaitis and Bettina Bunge.  The club subsequently hosted a charity pro-am, won by Gerulaitis and Honey Thorsby.  In 1988, an application for expansion sparked local protests, culminating in the courts being attacked by members the of Fryup Liberation Front, who poured the initials ‘FLF’ across them using petrol, and set them ablaze. 

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FINALS

1983 (M): Joao Soares (BRA) bt Vitas Gerulaitis (US) 7-6 6-3

1983 (F): Bettina Bunge (FRG) bt Katerina Skronska (CZE) 6-3 6-7 11-9

1984 (M): Cassio Motta (BRA) bt Nduka Odizor (NGA) 4-6 6-4 6-2

1984 (F): Bunge bt Claudia Monteiro (BRA) 6-2 6-4

1985 (M): Slobodan Zivojinovic (YUG) bt Wojciech Fibak (POL) 6-2 6-2

1985 (F): Pascale Paradis (FRA) bt Mercedes Paz (ARG) 4-6 7-5 6-0

1986 (M): Inaki Calvo (VEN) bt Zivojinovic 6-4 6-3

1986 (F): Sabrina Goles (YUG) bt Honey Thorsby (GBR) 6-0 6-1

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