Category: Tennis

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.

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.  

American Tournament Finals

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.

Insight Senior Close

Insight Senior Close week took place between 24th-30th September 2017. Approximately, 90 members took part in 13 events over the 5 day period.  The weather was testing at times during the week cause some matches to be rescheduled but the week finished on Saturday despite the changes. Winners and runners-up were given Club gear as prizes for the first time.

Ballinlough Friendly

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.

Summer Cup Finals

 Sunday’s Well was asked to host these at relatively short notice when St Anne’s was unable to do so. I am very happy to say that we were able to oblige and that we also had two teams playing on the day. Congratulations go to our Grade 4 mens’ team and our Grade 6 ladies who both won their respective events in a nail-biting superdoubles.