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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.

Winter League Finals

Well done to Abby Hayes’s Grade 1 team made up of Abby, Sean and Fiona O’Callaghan and Mick Hurley, who won the winter league finals held in Limerick Lawn recently. Also well done to Eileen Daly’s Grade 4 team who also reached the final and put up a tough fight against a very strong Nenagh team. A very big thank you to the supporters who travelled to Limerick.

Squash Irish Open 2018

Squash Irish Open 2018

What a Squash Irish Open we had this weekend. John Rooney former Irish Professional player from Galway won the men’s over 35 beating defending champion Keith Moran from Sligo, both pictured below. Neal Murphy from Nass successfully defended his over 40 title beating Dara O’Flynn from Fitzwilliam in Dublin 3-1 in the final. Well done to Sundays Well for hosting this prestigious Tournament and to Johnny Hurley as Tournament Director.  

Table Quiz 2018

Table Quiz 2018

On February 22nd a table quiz was held in the club, half the proceeds of the quiz went to Marymount Hospice, while the other half went to the Club Social Fund. The table quiz was fully booked and was won by Kevin McCarthy’s team alpha. A huge thank you to the Social Committee for their organisation and John Coulter who was an excellent quizmaster on the night.

Junior Tennis Information Evening 2018

Junior Tennis Information Evening 2018

The junior tennis information night that was held at the beginning of January was very well attended. We had over 40 parents attend on the night and it was great to see such enthusiasm. The evening gave an overview of the club’s junior tennis offerings, the agenda covered items such as who is who in Junior tennis, what activities are available and how to join, how parents can get involved. It finished with the coaches giving a demo of various drills that parents can do with kids. A handout summarising…

Canadian Christmas Cracker

The annual Christmas tournament was oversubscribed this year, we had 36 people taking part in the fun mixed doubles event, which was followed by some mulled wine and mince pies. Well done to Debbie Dunlea and Deirdre Swinburne who were tied first for the ladies with 19 points each and to Derry MacCarthy who won the event overall with an excellent 21 points.  

Christmas Nights 2017

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!  

Santa Party 2017

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.