The annual Spring Clean took place on Sunday 28th April, a huge thank you must go to all the members who volunteered their time to help. The club is looking super as a result. Thanks also to Liam Murphy and Brooke Catering for providing lunch for the volunteers. A number of photos are now available on Facebook at this link.
This weekend we welcomed 12 visitors from Pewsey LTC, Wiltshire, UK. The Tennis & Social Committees organised events to coincide with this visit over the weekend, starting with a ‘Meet & Greet’ on Friday night in the River Lee hotel. Tennis matches were organised for Saturday & Sunday mornings and the visitors were guests at the presentation dinner for the Internal Winter League & Ladder Cup finals on Saturday night. The visit finished on Sunday afternoon with a presentation to our Pewsey visitors by our Chairman, John O’Sullivan and Tennis…
The finals of the Internal Winter League and Ladder Cup took place last weekend (Saturday 13th April). This was followed by the Ladder Cup dinner at which the prizes were presented and was attended by over 80 members and guests. Internal League Results Congratulations to the winning Winter League Poachers team (captained by Clare Duggan), who overcame the Tramliners (captained by Kevin McCarthy) Ladder Cup Results Congratulations also to all participants, winners and runners up in the Ladder Cup finals. MARDYKE CUP: Glyn Exshaw(w) Paul Barry (r/u) Shane McCarthy (3/4)…
Sundays Well Squash Club Championship commenced on Monday 25th March and finished on April 13. 20 players competed across 3 sections and there were social drinks held on the club on Finals Night. Well done to all who entered and to Johnny Hurley who beat Mike Howard in the final. The full draw can be viewed at this link and there are some photos available at this link on Facebook.
Last weekend (29th-31st March) saw the completion of the Club’s first major event for 2019, the Munster Open Veterans Tournament.Over 165 players from all over the country participated in 28 events from over 35 to over 70 age categories. This was a bigger entry than in 2018. We saw some fantastic tennis from some of the county’s top Veteran tennis players and which was aided in no small part by brilliant sunshine throughout the weekend. Several Sundays Well players took top honours in the following events O50 Doubles: Marie Duffy …
On Sunday 31st of March, Sunday’s Well had two teams playing in the Civil Service Cup, an annual interclub event which is held in Douglas Tennis Club. The teams were made up of Robert Murphy, Dermot Carbery, Ann Humphries and Emma Crowley Claire Fennell, Maria Crowley, Hugh Nagle and Ed Donovan Claire’s team reached the semis but were unfortunately beaten by the eventual winners Monkstown. Congratulations need to go to Monkstown on their win and well done to Douglas on hosting a very enjoyable event. A number of photos are…
Two of our Winter League teams represented the club on Finals day in Limerick Lawn on March 24th. Mag’s grade 5 team, made up of Mags, Gillian, Peter, Ciaran and Donal’s G3 team made up of Donal, Niall, Jeroen and Brian were unfortunately beaten in two tight matches. Both teams lost 3-1 to Nenagh and Limerick Lawn respectively. Getting to the final is a fantastic achievement so well done to all and thank you to all the supporters who travelled up for the day. Photos are available on Facebook at…
Another great weekend with the Squash Irish Open over 35/40 hosted in the club. Well done to all players with some fantastic games on show. Congratulations to Neil Murphy who beat Johnny Hurley 3-2 in the final. Some photos of the event are now available at this link. Looking forward to next year already.
Following some pretty tough weather conditions which resulted in 3 out of 4 semis being postponed for a week, all 4 semifinals have now been played. Donal’s G3 team and Mag’s Grade 5 team have now qualified for the Winter League Finals which are due to be held March 24th in Limerick Lawn. Unfortunately, Sunday’ Well had a tough weekend for the quarters with 4 teams being knocked out. This now leaves Sunday’s Well with 4 teams in the semis and these will take place this Sunday (3rd March). Donal’s G3…
On February 15th a table quiz was held in the club, the proceeds of the quiz will go to the Simon Community. The table quiz was well attended and was won by Joe O’Mahony’s team. A huge thank you to the Social Committee for their organisation and John Coulter who was an excellent quizmaster on the night. A number of photos from the evening are now available at this link on Facebook.
A calendar of junior friendlies has now been organised for the upcoming months. The days that there are no friendlies, there will still be club matchplay. All of the friendlies and match play will take place in Sunday’s Well and we would strongly encourage our juniors to play as it is an excellent way to get practice, meet other players while having some fun. Ger Flynn has sent the upcoming calendar of friendlies to parents and the details are listed again below. You can also find a list of all upcoming…