42 people took part in this year’s Christmas Cracker event which was held in the club on the morning of the 27th of December. It was great to see the club buzzing during the holiday season. A huge thank you must go to Vice Captain, Donal Johnson and to Paul O’Callaghan for doing all the organising while the captain skipped off on holidays! Photos of the event are available at this link on Facebook. =
The finals of our new Super Seniors event took place on December 11th, there was some superb tennis and followed by festive lunch. A massive well done to Mags Cronin and Noel Murphy who were the overall winners also a huge thank you needs to go to our sponsor Stephen McCarthy, to Liz Brosnan for donating some of the spot prizes, to Liam Murphy of Brook Inn for his delicious lunch and also to Donal Murray, Paul O’Callaghan, Mary Jane Kenefick and Donal Johnson who have been the ones doing…
Over the next few days, Sunday’s Well will play host to some of the World’s top Squash players The excitement is building to this weekend’s Neilly Sull Squash Open. Derval O’ Rourke was delighted to visit the Club recently for a photo shoot to launch this year’s tournament. The Club is very excited to welcome Joel Makin, new world No.24, Josh Masters, world No. 50, Miles Jenkins, world No. 178 and Irish International Brian Byrne, world No. 158. Members are welcome to come and watch. Relevant Links Irish Examiner Article…
The annual ladies Christmas lunch took place yesterday December 5th, approximately 40 members attended to celebrate the festive season in the company of their tennis friends. Brook Inn provided a delicious Christmas Dinner and a presentation was made to Greg Morris as a thank you for all his work during the year. A number of photos are now available at this link on Facebook.
This was an organized free fun night for members & guests. Great fun was had by all that attended the event with some very surprising & unexpected talent surfacing on the night with renditions of well-known artists songs. Everybody made a great effort with their themed costumes that added to the occasion. Social Committee will be developing this themed fun night in next years Social calendar watch this space! Photos of the evening are currently available at this link on the Facebook page
Time to get practising… 2018/2019 Handicap singles & doubles tournament sign up sheet is up in the snooker room. Add your name & number and select which event(s) you want to enter.
Yesterday, we had a visit from the Rafa Nadal Academy who came to the Club to give a few coaching sessions to members of all ages. We wish to thank the Academy for their visit, a massive thank you also to Ger, all the parents and players of all ages for their help and support of the event. Thanks must also go the members playing their regular games who were very patient when their courts were handed over a little later than normal. A few photos are now available on Facebook…
Well done to our U14 team who won the Junior Cup Final yesterday in St Anne’s, beating Killaloe 5-0. The team was made up of – Louise O’Callaghan – Ellie Purrmann – James Wixted – Reem Gafurov A big thank you also to non-playing captain Paul O’Callaghan, all the parents and coaches for their support. ????????????????
From October 12th-14th Sunday’s Well was delighted to host the 34th William Bradley & Co National (Veterans) Close. The competition was run by Munster Branch was a success despite some pretty nasty weather on Saturday, thankfully the finals day on Sunday proved to be a much sunnier day. Sunday’s Well was very well represented on finals day and congratulations are due to the following players who won events outright Abby Hayes Mary Claire McCarthy Deirdre McSherry Deirdre Swinburne The full results are available at this link and there are also a number…
Huge congratulations to our Coaching Coordinator Ger Flynn who today was named Munster Coach of the Year. Ger is a level 3 coach and a Tennis Ireland Tutor with over 30 years coaching experience. As a player, she represented Munster at all levels and was also part of an Irish Veterans team. She has been coach and non-playing captain to numerous Munster and Irish Junior teams, travelling around Europe with the National Junior squads over a 10-year period. She currently manages the Junior Tennis Development Programme. To get this award is a…
The Insight Senior Close Week took place between September 23rd – 29th and was again well attended with over 100 entries. The Close Week Barbecue was well supported with over 80 people in attendence. A massive thank you to our sponsors Insight Investment and also to Emma Crowley, our tournament director. The lists of winners is available at this link and there are also a number of photos available from Facebook.
Well done to all on the Social Committee who recently organised a Gin and Craft Beer Tasting Evening. The evening was a big success with over 70 people attending. A huge thank you must also go to Ballyvolane House Spirits and Rising Sons Brewery for sponsoring the occasion. Rising Sons Brewery Coal Quay Cork fully sponsored craft beer on draught of 3 x selection of award-winning local craft beers. Ballyvolane House Spirits Co Ltd part sponsored Berthas Revenge (small batch) Irish Milk Gin. The money raised amounted to €69.26. The…