Dear Members,
Please see here a summary of events over the past month and some upcoming events to be aware of. Please contact me if you have any questions or want to know more about any of these events.
- Munster Senior Open
- Winter League Finals
- Spring League – Knockout Stage
- Summer Cup
- Social Tennis
- Tennis Ireland Referees Course
- 125 Event – 125 Masters Invitational 2024
- 125 Event – Vintage Tennis Day & Wimbledon Tea Party
- Members Achieving New Grades
- Junior Tennis Report
1. Munster Senior Open
Our annual Munster Senior Open was held from Wednesday, May 15th until Saturday, May 25th. We had over 700 players entering, and over 500 playing making it the largest Open in the country this year.
Well done to all our players and many members who won events across all the grades. Well done to you for battling the rain on finals day. Hopefully, everyone has seen all the winners on display on the TVs in the clubhouse. Please see the photo album here.
Thank you to our sponsor O’Connors Pharmacies, and our tournament directors Claire Fennell and Valerie Noonan. And our tournament referee Ger Flynn, and the many volunteers who gave their time. Thank you to all the Club staff in the office, the bar, and to Liam & Bernie in Brook for providing a fantastic service to the players.
We were also joined on finals day by the President of Tennis Ireland Letty Lucas, the CEO of Tennis Ireland Kevin Quinn, and the Vice Chair of Munster Tennis Aine Dunne.
2. Winter League Finals
We held the final of the Winter League Phase 2 in early May. Well done to our Grade 1 team captained by Matt Seifert, who beat Rushbrooke 4-1. The team who won on the day was Rebecca O’Mahony, Lisa Friess, Victor Sorth, and David Zarzuela.
3. Spring League – Knockout Stage
Spring League is into the knockouts, our Grade 4,5,6 Team were unfortunately narrowly beaten in the quarter-final last weekend away to Ballinlough.
Our Grade 1,2,3 team captained by Karen Barry are playing their semi-final away to Rushbrooke tonight at 7pm. All support would be appreciated.
4. Summer Cup
We have entered nine teams across all grades. The draw is expected to take place next week with matches happening in July and August. Good luck to all teams.
The event can be seen here on Tournament Software. The finals of the Summer Cup will be held in Sunday’s Well in early September.
5. Social Tennis
Social tennis will continue as normal for the following weeks, 21 June, 28 June, 12 July, and 19 July. Please sign up using this link.
6. Tennis Ireland Referees Course
Last Saturday Tennis Ireland held a referees course in Sunday’s Well for Tournament Referees in Munster. 30 were in attendance including five from Sunday’s Well.
Thank you to all our members who completed the course, Ger Flynn, Siobhan Riordan, Ron O’Mahoney, and Johnny O’Mahony. (I was the fifth in case anyone is wondering 
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7. 125 Event – 125 Masters Invitational 2024
On Friday and Saturday, June 21st and June 22nd an Invitational Event will be taking place in the Club as part of the 125 Anniversary Events. Teams from seven other clubs from around the country will be taking part.
The tennis will be on Saturday morning and afternoon and well worth coming to watch. Good luck to our Sunday’s Well Team taking part.
8. 125 Event – Vintage Tennis Day & Wimbledon Tea Party
On Saturday, July 13th as part of the 125 Anniversary Events we are hosting a Vintage Tennis Day & Wimbledon Tea Party. Tennis will be played in vintage white attire and with wooden rackets. If you have any wooden rackets do please bring them as we are in short supply. Please if you can bring some cakes and pastries to support.
The event will involve social tennis and a tea party for the Wimbledon Ladies Final at 2 pm. Anyone interested in taking part please sign up here.
9. Members Achieving New Grades
Congratulations to the following members who have successfully been upgraded to the following new grades.
- Kate Kenneally – Grade 2
- Lauren O’Sullivan – Grade 3
- Alex O’Grady – Grade 3
- Rory Kenneally – Grade 3
- Willie Carey – Grade 4
- Doris Murphy – Grade 4
- Karen Bradley – Grade 4
- Ciara Fry – Grade 4
- Karen Galvin – Grade 4
- Kevin O’Donovan – Grade 5
10. Junior Tennis Report
U14 T500 Open – was held last weekend, thank you to our sponsor Court Care, and to Marie Duffy and Ger Flynn for their help organising the event.
Junior Open – Our Junior Open will be held from June 29th – July 6th. Entry is currently open, here on Tournament Software. The deadline for entry is this Monday, June 17th.