Like other years a number of Christmas parties were held in the club for members to book into. Like other years, they were a busy few nights for the club and as usual Brook Inn presented some really delicious food. Well done to all who helped with the organising and decorating, as you will see from the pictures on facebook the club was looking very festive indeed!
On the afternoon of December 18th, the club welcomed a very special visitor. Over 65 of our younger members came to the club to welcome Santa and his elves had setup a beautiful grotto for him in the Snooker Room. Here are a handful of photos of the day, specific photos of individual families can be collected at the club office.
The Sunday’s Well Squash Open took place on the 9th December 2017. Well done to all who took part, some photos of the prizegiving are given on facebook at this link
The annual ladies Christmas lunch took place on December 8th, approximately 50 members attended to celebrate the festive season. A delicious lunch was provided by Brook Inn and a presentation was made to Greg Morris as a thank you for all his work during the year.
At the end of October, the club held the Junior Close, approximately 60 kids took part over the few days and while the weather was mixed we saw some excellent tennis. Well done to all who took part!
The American Tournament which ran monthly from April – October was again a big success, we had 82 people take part over the 6 months and every month bar one was fully booked. The finals of the American Tournament took place on October 27th, Joe O’Mahony and Alex Daly were the overall winners. The tournament was backed with sponsorship from Cantor Fitzgerald and Human+Kind and the good news is that Human+Kind have already agreed to sponsor it again next year.
Congratulations to Marie Duffy and Anne McCarthy who were recently selected to represent Ireland at the World Supersenior Championships in Miami. A fundraiser was held in the club for their trip and it proved to be a very popular night.
On October 15th, three Sunday’s Well Junior teams travelled to the Catholic Institute to play in the Junior Cup Finals. The U12, U14 and U16 teams all played in the finals of their respective groups. It was great to see Sunday’s Well so well represented at this level. The U12 and U16 teams both went on to win the competitions outright. Well done to all who took part!
Another successful Family Fun Day was held on the 1st October. We had over 180 members take part in lots of fun activities and games. There was also a BBQ and even some yummy pancakes!
Insight Senior Close week took place between 24th-30th September 2017. Approximately, 90 members took part in 13 events over the 5 day period. The weather was testing at times during the week cause some matches to be rescheduled but the week finished on Saturday despite the changes. Winners and runners-up were given Club gear as prizes for the first time.
On September 8th, a group from Ballinlough Tennis Club visited Sunday’s Well for some friendly tennis and food. It was lots of fun and we look forward to another visit in due course. Thanks to Martin Hurley, Jean Downeyand Jacqui O’Mahony of Ballinlough for organising the event.
Sunday’s Well was asked to host these at relatively short notice when St Anne’s was unable to do so. I am very happy to say that we were able to oblige and that we also had two teams playing on the day. Congratulations go to our Grade 4 mens’ team and our Grade 6 ladies who both won their respective events in a nail-biting superdoubles.