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 Roehampton CTC

The joint Carrickmines and Fitzwilliam team were runners up in the UK and Ireland CTC Day hosted by The Roehampton Club on the 3^rd of September.

The  team have returned following a very successful campaign at the Centenary Tennis Clubs (CTC) tournament in Roehampton over the weekend. Six CTC teams (84 players) from Winchester, Roehampton, The Queens Club, Edgbaston Priory, Cumberland and ourselves competed. The overall winners were Roehampton (167 points/games) followed closely by Carrickmines/Fitzwilliam (163 points). Nicky Malone and Gary kilduff won the first team players men’s doubles category , Many thanks to Sharon Barry, Eavan Diamond, Moira Byrne, Beattie Coleman, Ben Cranwell, David Murphy, Neil Buckley from Carrickmines and Suzanne Perkins, Alexia Tierney, Nicky Malone and Gary Kilduff from Fitzwilliam. Pictures of the event are available in the Gallery.

Many thanks to Mark Staniszewski for making the event and our visit such a success.

 

Sinead Lohan wins the U18 Girls Singles Irish Championships at Fitzwilliam. She also won U18 Girls Doubles with Siobhan Ryan Bovey and U18 Mixed with Harry Walshe.

Sinead became the first player to win National Singles Titles in Fitzwilliam at U10, U12, U14, U16 & U18 categories since Laura Roche McCarthy.

This caps a fantastic year for Sinead winning three International Tennis Federation U18 World Ranking Tournaments (ITFs -Latvia, Donnybrook & Rushbrooke) and being selected for the Ireland Fed Cup in Cairo last May.   

 

 

Summer Tennis Update

  Summer League

  American Tournaments

  EBS Senior Open

  Junior Open

  U17 Junior League

  Achievements

  Upcoming Diary Dates

 

Summer League

 Fourteen teams, (8 Ladies & 6 Men) represented the club in this year’s campaign.

2011, celebrated the centenary of the first Carrickmines win in the in the DLTC league (Ladies Class 1 in 1911). Fittingly, our ladies 1^st team returned to the top tier competing in the Premier league for this year’s campaign. They won three of their five matches.

The Men’s 1^st and Ladies 2^nd teams were unlucky to narrowly miss out on promotion to Class 1. Both teams lost in the semi finals to Templeogue and Claremont Railway Union respectfully. Well done to the teams, captained by Paddy McCooey and Cinty Broadhead.

Thanks to all the players and subs that represented the Club in the campaigns and it is also encouraging seeing the new generation of players coming through.

 

American Tournaments

There were two Senior Bank Holiday American tournament & BBQs, A Parent &Child and a Couple’s tournament. All were well supported.

The inaugural “couples night” of mixed doubles followed by Karaoke in aid of the Sunshine Home was held on Saturday 11^th of June.  A great night of fun and tennis was had by members and visitors alike and the tournament was won by Dermot & Kay Kelly. Thanks to Ciaran & Oonagh Corr for sponsoring the event.

Club Night continues to run on Tuesday evenings throughout the Summer months and Ladies Morning will recommence in September after a break for the Summer.

 

EBS Senior Open

The EBS Senior Open was held in perhaps the best week of sunshine over the Summer.

Many changes were initiated this year, the Marquee was reintroduced and top quality BBQs were available each evening.

 The entry was up on previous years and the good weather added to the carnival spirit.  New events were added and there was excellent entertainment each evening.

Thanks to all the members who helped, played and socialised in a truly memorable Open Week. 

The Men’ Championship Singles was won by Daniel Glancy and Grainne O Neill won the Ladies Championship Singles.

Well done to the following Senior members who contested finals - 

Winners – Conor McCooey (Handicap Singles & Family Doubles), Kerry Mark McCarthy (O35s), Paddy McCooey (Family Doubles), Pat Crowe (Vets Doubles), Ben Cranwell & Helen Johnstone (Vets Mixed)

Finalists- Mark Walker & Carol Beamish (Graded Mixed), Paddy McCooey (O35s), Conor Linehan & June Ann Byrne (Vets Mixed), Owen Kirk (Graded singles), Brigid Coffey & Breda Linehan (Handicap Doubles),

A special award was made at the finals day lunch to Joe Hackett, in recognition of theoutstanding contribution he has made to Irish tennis.

We would like to thank all of our members who gave up their time and helped to make the tournament so successful.

 

Junior Open

 A huge entry of nearly 700 played in this year‘s Junior Open. The week, unfortunately, was played in poor weather conditions with heavy rainfalls making conditions very difficult for competitor’s parents and organisers alike. This did not dampen the spirits. The Junior Open is the largest Tennis Tournament in Ireland and continues to go from strength to strength!

 Carrickmines Juniors were well represented in the tournament and well done to the following who made the finals: - James Fennelly (U14 Singles & Doubles Champion), James Brazil (U18 Doubles Champion), Sam O’Kelly (U14 Doubles Champion), Robyn Johnston (U14 Girls Doubles finalist), Siobhan Ryanbovey (finalist U18 Singles  & Doubles).

Thank You to all the members who gave their time and helped out with the Catering, Tournament Desk, Shop, Umpiring etc.

 

Junior Leagues

Junior Leinster Mixed League U17 - WINNERS!!

In a tense final played at Templeogue, Carrickmines upset the favourites, Donnybrook with a narrow 2-1 win.

Owen Kirk , Niall Tracey, Conor McCooey, Robyn Johnston, Holly Monaghan & Rachel Daly all represented the Club with distinction in the final.

 

Junior Supervised Tennis

Supervision for the juniors has been ongoing throughout the summer months from 12-5pm on weekdays. Increased numbers on previous years have attended and the highlight is the “American Pizza Tournament” every Friday. This has been supplemented with subsidised Recreational Coaching, Box Tournaments and Camps. It has been a great summer of tennis for the participating juniors.

 

Achievements

Well done to June Ann Byrne who won the singles title in the ITF Senior’s event at the “Primose Open” in France. June Ann and Mary Bryan were defeated in the final of the doubles event.

Congratulations to Sinead Lohan, Carrickmines No 1 Senior player, who won three International Tennis Federation World Ranking Junior Tournaments over the summer.

These victories were in Latvia, Donnybrook and Rushbrooke.

Sinead becomes the first Irish player to complete this fantastic achievement!

Robert McCollum won the U11 singles in “Player Plus Championships in Nottingham”, becoming the first Irish player to do so. World No.4, Andy Murray was a previous winner of this tournament.  Robert was well supported by Emily Daly who was narrowly defeated by the eventual champion.

Well done to Oisin Shaffrey who represented Ireland on a Tennis Ireland trip to France.

Congrats to Emily Daly (U14) and Owen Kirk (U16) who won Singles titles in the Leinster Championships. Robert Doyle (U14), Rachel Daly (U16) and Siobhan RyanBovey (U18) were all finalists and Sam O’ Kelly and Hannah Judge also reached the finals in Doubles events.

Carrickmines Juniors, Robyn Johnston (U14 Girls), Owen Kirk (U16 Boys) and Andrew Doyle (U10 Boys) were all winners in the Donnybrook Open in August. It was Andrew’s first Open final.  Kim Bennett won the Girls Plate (U14) and Conor Hurley was Runner- Up in the boys plate (U12).  Owen won three tournaments in a row (Lansdowne, Shankill and Donnybrook) having previously reached the final in both Greystones and Carrickmines Senior Open (Class 2 Singles).

 

National Championships – Fitzwilliam

30 Junior members entered the National Junior Championships in Fitzwilliam with 23 players qualifying for the main Single’s Draws in August. This is the largest entry of any club in Ireland and the most ever from Carrickmines.

Junior Members who reached the finals:-

Singles

Robert McCollum (R/U U12), Emily Daly (R/U U14), Sinead Lohan (Winner U/18)

Doubles

Robert McCollum (R/U -U12), Rachel Daly (R/U-U16), Emily Daly (R/U-U14), Siobhan Ryan Bovey and Sinead Lohan (Winners U18)

Mixed Doubles

Sinead Lohan (U18) Winner, Holly Monaghan (R/U U16)

Sinead has now won the U10, U12, U14, U16 & U18 singles titles. The only other player in Ireland to achieve this is Laura McCarthy (Roche) who still represents Carrickmines with distinction in League tennis.

Upcoming Diary Dates

·         Senior Club Championships, 4-10^th September

·         Junior Club Championships 23^rd August – 2^nd September

·         Team Tennis – 26^th September – 21^st October

·         CTC - U12s International Club 2-3^rd Sept

·         Roehampton – Senior Fixture – September 3^rd

·         Polo Club – CTC Senior Tournament – September 16^th- 18^th

·         Senior Leagues – (Vets) -28^th August – 16^th October

·         Junior Leagues  - 11^th September – 6^th November

·         Floodlight leagues – 3^rd October – 28^th November

·         O65 Men’s League – Sept / Oct

·         Ladies Charity League - Oct

For information required on  tennis matters contact Pat Crowe at  tennis@carrickmines.com , Sean Buggy at seanbuggy@eircom.net Mens Captain , Gillian Walker Ladies Captain at gillian@courtclinic.ie

 

The Marquee Restaurant will be be open for the Open!

Bookings can be made by phoning/texting 0865 886 5847 and leaving a message. Space is limited to 80 persons per night for the five nights from 11th - 15th July and early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment. More information is available within the Tennis section.

The Carrickmines Open 2011

 

The Championships of County Dublin 2011, known locally as the Carrickmines Open, starts on Saturday 9th July and concludes the following Saturday, 15th July 2011. Use the Tennis link above for full details of the events and accompanying notes. The major addition to this year's events is Event 20 Family Handicap/Graded Doubles and we hope to have a large entry in this inaugural year. The EBS has graciously agreed to sponsor the event again this year.