On Tuesday December 5th the club will be hosting a drinks and nibbles reception to launch our 125th Anniversary year. The reception is at 7pm and details of the events planned for the year will be shared and the new calendar will be available to purchase.
On behalf of Sundays Well Boating & Tennis Club, a Charity Table Quiz event night was held last night in the club. This has become an annual event in the clubs social calendar & has always been well supported & successful. Last nights event was teamed up with the charity partner of the social committees choice of ARC House. This was in memory of a very dear, loved & respected past Club Captain Emma Crowley, who passed away recently, all too soon. With this charity partner & in memory of…
As we enter a busy summer season for our club, please find below a summary of recent and forthcoming events: Winter League Phase II Sunday’s Well hosted a very exciting and enjoyable finale for Phase II of the Winter League on Sunday May 15th. We can be particularly proud to have three of our own teams participate in the finals – Marc’s Grade 5 team lost out in a very close super doubles; Emily’s Grade 3 team won in super doubles and Tara’s Grade 2 team came from 2-0 down…
Here is a brief update on what has been happening at our club…. Ladder Cup & Fionnuala Quigley Internal Winter League The Ladder Cup and Fionnuala Quigley Internal Winter League finals took place on Saturday, the 23rd April, followed by a presentation of prizes to the winners and runners up and a dinner catered by Brook Catering. Well done to all of the winners and runners up! Ladder Cup:- Ed Donovan – Mardyke Cup Deirdre Swinburne – Normandy Cup Richael O’ Driscoll – Lee Cup Fionnuala Quigley Internal Winter League:-…
Here’s a brief update on what has been a few very busy weeks at our club…. Munster Vets A big thanks to Stephen McCarthy who delivered yet another successful Vets event. We had 198 participants in 44 events, and there were several Sundays Well winners. Well done to everyone involved! Civil Service Cup Well done to Tom Reidy, Ed Donovan, Emily O’Donoghue and Anna Clancy who represented Sundays Well in the Civil Service Cup in Douglas which was held on the 3rd April. They were narrowly defeated by Kinsale…
We had a lot going on in the club in recent weeks and the following is a brief update on the happenings…. Munster Veterans Open: 25th – 27th March The Munster Veterans’ Open will be held in Sunday’s Well Boating & Tennis Club from Friday, 25th March until Sunday, 27th March. Entry is now open for all over the age of 30. You can sign up here. Winter League (External) – Phase II Phase II of the Winter League commenced on the 6th of February 2022. Sunday’s Well is off…
Looking ahead to 2022 it is very much our intention to continue to develop and improve our club, we are very much committed to ensuring that your club experience always meets your expectations. For this reason, the General Committee has created a short survey which you can find at this link. We are very keen to hear your feedback about the club and what you think should be the priorities for future developments. The survey is anonymous and should take no more than 10 minutes. Your responses will help steer and prioritise…
We had a special visitor to the club today, and it was absolutely great, a huge thank you to Mags & Fiona and all their team who did a wonderful job preparing for the visit. Of course, a giant thank you to Santa himself for taking the time to come to the club, we know he is a very busy man at the moment! Photos of the event are available at this link on facebook, individual family photos will be emailed in the coming days.
This week, Club Chairman, Mr John O’ Sullivan accompanied by the Club Trustees and staff made a presentation to Mr Michael Spillane who recently retired. Michael was Club Steward for Sunday’s Well for 29 years from 1991 – 2020. Michael arrived at Sunday’s Well with considerable experience as was outlined in this Irish Examiner profile in 2016. Since his arrival, he has been a fantastic servant of the club and always provided the warmest of welcomes to members and visitors alike. He was an intricate part of raising…
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 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.