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…
The annual ladies Christmas lunch took place yesterday December 5th, approximately 40 members attended to celebrate the festive season in the company of their tennis friends. Brook Inn provided a delicious Christmas Dinner and a presentation was made to Greg Morris as a thank you for all his work during the year. A number of photos are now available at this link on Facebook.
Yesterday, we had a visit from the Rafa Nadal Academy who came to the Club to give a few coaching sessions to members of all ages. We wish to thank the Academy for their visit, a massive thank you also to Ger, all the parents and players of all ages for their help and support of the event. Thanks must also go the members playing their regular games who were very patient when their courts were handed over a little later than normal. A few photos are now available on Facebook…
Well done to our U14 team who won the Junior Cup Final yesterday in St Anne’s, beating Killaloe 5-0. The team was made up of – Louise O’Callaghan – Ellie Purrmann – James Wixted – Reem Gafurov A big thank you also to non-playing captain Paul O’Callaghan, all the parents and coaches for their support. ????????????????
From October 12th-14th Sunday’s Well was delighted to host the 34th William Bradley & Co National (Veterans) Close. The competition was run by Munster Branch was a success despite some pretty nasty weather on Saturday, thankfully the finals day on Sunday proved to be a much sunnier day. Sunday’s Well was very well represented on finals day and congratulations are due to the following players who won events outright Abby Hayes Mary Claire McCarthy Deirdre McSherry Deirdre Swinburne The full results are available at this link and there are also a number…
Huge congratulations to our Coaching Coordinator Ger Flynn who today was named Munster Coach of the Year. Ger is a level 3 coach and a Tennis Ireland Tutor with over 30 years coaching experience. As a player, she represented Munster at all levels and was also part of an Irish Veterans team. She has been coach and non-playing captain to numerous Munster and Irish Junior teams, travelling around Europe with the National Junior squads over a 10-year period. She currently manages the Junior Tennis Development Programme. To get this award is a…
The Insight Senior Close Week took place between September 23rd – 29th and was again well attended with over 100 entries. The Close Week Barbecue was well supported with over 80 people in attendence. A massive thank you to our sponsors Insight Investment and also to Emma Crowley, our tournament director. The lists of winners is available at this link and there are also a number of photos available from Facebook.
The first round 1 of the new Super Seniors American Tournament took place on September 11th. The event is a new event which was organised by Vice Captain Donal Johnson and a subcommittee. The event is due to take place every second Tuesday of the month at 10:15-12:00. It consists of short competitive tennis games followed by morning coffee. The event is open to all over 55 and players should sign up for each round individually. The sign up for a round is usually made available on this website about…
Well done to Donal Johnson, Stuart Ahern, Niall O’Sullivan and Chris McCusker who reached the Summer Cup Finals in Nenagh on September 8th. Unfortunately, they were beaten 3-1 by a very strong Larkspur team in the finals but there is no doubt they did amazingly well to get to the finals and have done the club very proud.
A massive congratulations to all our members who have recently been selected to play for Munster in the Senior and Junior Interprovincial Championships. We are delighted to say that Sunday’s Well was represented at both Junior and Senior level as follows: David Hannam and Sean O’Callaghan recently played on the winning Munster Team in the Senior Interprovincial Championships in Windsor Tennis Club in Belfast. Fiona O’Callaghan is currently playing on the U18 team in the Junior Interprovincial Championships in Claremorris Jessie Fitzgerald, Susie Nolan, Louise O’Callaghan, Reem Gafurov and James…
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 Davy Munster Junior Open was held last week and it was another busy week with over 260 kids taking part in 38 events! Well done to all our junior players who took part and congratulations in particular to our finalists and winners. The results are available here Also, a very big thank you to our tournament committee Emma Crowley, Mags Kelleher and Ger Flynn and the junior committee for all their hard work over the last few weeks and also thank you to our sponsors Davy and Fyffes and all…