The finals of the American Tournament took place on Saturday 16th November. Congratulations to the overall winner Cathy Walsh and winners on the evening Catherine O’Riordan and Brian Twomey, a huge thank you must also go to Maria Crowley and her committee for organising the tournament during the year. Photos of the event are available on Facebook at this link.
The Induchem Club Championships took place between September 22nd – 27th and had a record entry of over 150 entries. This year the format changed significantly and the presentation was done in tandem with the dinner on the Friday night. A massive thank you to our sponsors Induchem and also to Emma Crowley & Claire Fennell, tournament directors and all the committees which helped with the organisation to the event. The lists of winners is available at this link and there are also a number of photos available from Facebook.
A massive well done must go to Ron O’Mahony, Shane McCarthy, Grace Reidy and Sandra Higgins who are competed in the Grade 2 Summer Cup finals in Rushbrooke. The team were facing off against Rushbrooke and after 4 matches it was 2-2 all. The Mens Doubles was the decider and Ron and Shane came back from 5-2 in the third to win the tournament. Well done to all !
On September 6th and 7th, Sunday’s Well was delighted to host the Junior Veteran’s Interprovincial Event. The level of tennis throughout the weekend was outstanding and Sunday’s Well was well represented on all teams. Leinster won the title overall but Munster did have wins in the Ladies 35+ 40+ and Men’s 45+events, in particular well done to Abby Hayes, Mary Claire McCarthy, Deirdre Swinburne who were all part of these winning teams.
The finals of the Davy Munster Junior open championships were concluded in superb conditions at the Sundays Well Boating and Tennis Club, Cork on Saturday 6th July. Over 7 days over 310 boys and girls in age groups from as young as under 8 right through to under 18 competed in this Category 1 Irish Junior Tennis tournament and many of the country’s top juniors from all four provinces and further afar battled in blistering sunshine for the main titles. The tournament was a big success with entry being much…
As many of you know the Insight Insurance Munster Senior Open was held at the beginning of June. It was a busy week with 30 events, 481 players 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 the tournament committee, all our sponsors particularly Insight Insurance and all the volunteers (over 60 of you!) who contributed time to help in the office, umpire matches, be ball boys/girls.
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…
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…