In advance of the club re-opening a members’ webinar was held on Sunday 17th May. At the webinar Club Chairman, John O’Sullivan and Club Captain, David Carroll outlined the work done by the club in advance of its re-opening. They also explained some of the guidelines that will be in place in order to protect members and staff during the Covid-19 Pandemic. A full recording of the webinar is available below.
May 17th A member’s webinar was held this evening and the full recording is available at this link. In addition to this, below is a short video created to give a summary of the restrictions in place. May 10th The club has developed a set of guidelines that outline the restrictions that will be in place in the Club once it re-opens on the 18th May. These guidelines are based on the recommendations made by Tennis Ireland. The documents are available at the links below. Player Guidelines Flyer Detailed Club…
In recent months, we have been working to make our club a more environmentally friendly club. LEDs have been put in place in a number of areas around the club and compostable cups and paper straws are have been in the use in the bar for some time. From April, the club will also be removing the use of single-use plastic cups and so it will no longer be providing the plastic cups by the water fountain so members are asked to bring their own reusable bottles and cups going…
The Social Committee is now organising a number of new group activities, in particular, the following activities are proposed and expressions of interest are now being sought. Book Club Walking Group Pewsey Trip – Interested Members (of all tennis ability) are invited to take part in a return invitation trip to Pewsey LTC in UK late April/early May 2020. Contact has been made with the UK club with suggested dates. This will be a weekend trip-Friday to Monday. More details will be communicated on a reply from Pewsey. If you…
The Annual General Meeting of the Munster Branch of Tennis Ireland will take place in The Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork on Wednesday 11th March 2020 at 8 pm. ALL CLUB MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND Nomination Form for the election of Members to the Munster Branch of Tennis Ireland for the year 2020/2021 can be obtained from the Club Office and need to be returned to Munster Branch by 17th February 2020 Forms for Notice of Motion to the AGM : To be returned by 10th February 2020 THESE…
The annual Christmas Cracker competition took place on December 27th. The event was again very well attended and players enjoyed some mulled wine and mince pies after their tennis. A number of photos are available on Facebook at this link.
On Sunday 16th of December, over 70 of our junior members welcome Santa. Obviously, a very big thanks should go to Santa for popping into us and thanks also to all the to all our helpers who helped us to get ready for the special visit. Individual photos have been sent out so if you did not receive these please contact Ger.
Congratulation to all our prize winners in the Home Instead Supersenior finals today. In particular, overall winners Billy Barrett and Geraldine Buckley and Runners up Joe Devitt and Marie Duffy. Despite the weather, the participants demonstrated their considerable brainpower in the table quiz and enjoyed an excellent lunch afterwards. A number of photos are available at this link
An amazing weekend with over 40 players plus 4 professionals competing for honours in the Neilly Sull Open 2019. This has become one of the dates in the squash calendar that everyone looks forward to. Not only to watch the likes of Joel Makin, the world no.12 showcase his effortless skills but to remember our friend and former club member Neil O Sullivan. Thanks to everyone who supported, played, watched and to Sundays Well for everything they did to make the event run so smoothly. Looking forward to next year…
Congratulations to club members, Fiona and Sean O’Callaghan on their huge achievement playing for the Irish team who took bronze in the World University Championships in Grenoble last weekend. Some photos are available on Facebook at this link.
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.