Author: Claire Fennell

National Veterans Close for 2018

National Veterans Close for 2018

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…

Our Munster Coach of the Year!

Our Munster Coach of the Year!

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…

Insight Senior Close Week

Insight Senior Close Week

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.

Gin and Beer Tasting Evening

Gin and Beer Tasting Evening

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…

New Super Seniors American Tournament Gets Underway

New Super Seniors American Tournament Gets Underway

The first round 1 of the new Super Seniors American Tournament took place on September 11th. The event is a new event which was organised by Vice Captain Donal Johnson and a subcommittee. The event is due to take place every second Tuesday of the month at 10:15-12:00. It consists of short competitive tennis games followed by morning coffee. The event is open to all over 55 and players should sign up for each round individually. The sign up for a round is usually made available on this website about…

Our Summer Cup Finalists

Our Summer Cup Finalists

Well done to Donal Johnson, Stuart Ahern, Niall O’Sullivan and Chris McCusker who reached the Summer Cup Finals in Nenagh on September 8th.  Unfortunately, they were beaten 3-1 by a very strong Larkspur team in the finals but there is no doubt they did amazingly well to get to the finals and have done the club very proud.

Members Represent Munster

Members Represent Munster

A massive congratulations to all our members who have recently been selected to play for Munster in the Senior and Junior Interprovincial Championships. We are delighted to say that Sunday’s Well was represented at both Junior and Senior level as follows: David Hannam and Sean O’Callaghan recently played on the winning Munster Team in the Senior Interprovincial Championships in Windsor Tennis Club in Belfast. Fiona O’Callaghan is currently playing on the U18 team in the Junior Interprovincial Championships in Claremorris Jessie Fitzgerald, Susie Nolan, Louise O’Callaghan, Reem Gafurov and James…

Wimbledon Tea Party

Wimbledon Tea Party

In conjunction with Wimbledon’s mens’ finals day, the social committee organised a Wimbledon Tea Party. The tennis was old style with some superb traditional outfits and the tea and cakes were delicious! Well done to all who took part and congratulations to the Social Committee on yet another successful event. The photos are available at this link on facebook.

Davy Munster Junior Open

Davy Munster Junior Open

The Davy Munster Junior Open was held last week and it was another busy week with over 260 kids taking part in 38 events! Well done to all our junior players who took part and congratulations in particular to our finalists and winners. The results are available here Also, a very big thank you to our tournament committee Emma Crowley, Mags Kelleher and Ger Flynn and the junior committee for all their hard work over the last few weeks and also thank you to our sponsors Davy and Fyffes and all…

Munster Senior Open

Munster Senior Open

As many of you know the Munster Senior Open was held at the beginning of June. It was a busy week with 30 events, 484 players, 401 matches but it all went very smoothly! Well done to all our players who took part and congratulations to our finalists and winners. The results are available here A very big thank you to Dara Carberry, the tournament director and the tournament committee, all our sponsors particularly Brook Inn and all the volunteers (over 65 of you!) who contributed time to help in the office, umpire matches, be ball boys/girls.