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.
The finals of the ladder cup took place on April 21st. The finals were followed by a dinner, which as always was very enjoyable and well attended.
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.
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.
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!
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.
The annual ladies Christmas lunch took place on December 8th, approximately 50 members attended to celebrate the festive season. A delicious lunch was provided by Brook Inn and a presentation was made to Greg Morris as a thank you for all his work during the year.
The American Tournament which ran monthly from April – October was again a big success, we had 82 people take part over the 6 months and every month bar one was fully booked. The finals of the American Tournament took place on October 27th, Joe O’Mahony and Alex Daly were the overall winners. The tournament was backed with sponsorship from Cantor Fitzgerald and Human+Kind and the good news is that Human+Kind have already agreed to sponsor it again next year.
Another successful Family Fun Day was held on the 1st October. We had over 180 members take part in lots of fun activities and games. There was also a BBQ and even some yummy pancakes!
On September 8th, a group from Ballinlough Tennis Club visited Sunday’s Well for some friendly tennis and food. It was lots of fun and we look forward to another visit in due course. Thanks to Martin Hurley, Jean Downeyand Jacqui O’Mahony of Ballinlough for organising the event.
We recently hosted a visiting tennis team from Barbados Yacht Club, the event was very well attended and thankfully on this occasion the weather behaved! The day was a made up of mixed friendly games and afternoon tea and it was very enjoyable.
The Munster Senior Open was held in June. With 30 events and 420 entries it was a yet again a big undertaking. Dara Carberry again did a wonderful job as tournament director. In 2016, Dara Carberry & Trish Murphy did a considerable amount of work collecting and analysing data about the open. They looked at court time, number of players etc.. This year we were able to apply the lessons learnt from the data analysis and it made for a very smooth open with very few players playing late and…