MLTC Club Notices 21/06/2024
Newsletter 20th June 2023
JUNIOR SUMMER – CAMPS AND SUPERVISION – Book in now
Please be advised that Summer Supervision is now available to book.
It will run from 1st July to 24th August, 11am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm Mondays to Fridays (excl Bank Holiday)
The cost is €50 per child for the whole summer, or €10 per child per week.
Payment is are available on Easy Payments and apply to all children from 7 to 15 years of age.
Many fun Camps available throughout the summer for Juniors – Booking now open on Easy Payments!
Junior Handicaps will run from 8th – 12th July and a newsflash with all details will be sent out separately tomorrow.
SENIOR HANDICAPS AND BBQ
A final reminder to enter the MLTC Senior Handicaps - Entry closes TOMORROW Friday (21st June) so get your entry in now!
Please note that you must complete your registration with payment on tournament software otherwise the system will not show up your entry.!
You can enter via this link:
https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/1C3003F5-0993-4758-9D2F-686EE7B6F9AD
A few members have entered without payment with entries not fully registering.
Please note only 2 unavailabilities can be acaccommodated.
As this is a handicap event you must be available on finals day 13th July.....unless you have, unfortunately, been knocked out of the tournament at an earlier stage
Save the date !
Handicap finals BBQ Sat 13th july
If you enjoyed Captains Day , you'll enjoy this !
Details to follow next week .
LADIES SUMMER LEAGUE
Continued success for the ladies summer league teams .Having entered 8 teams , 5 teams reached the playoffs offs this week.
Congratulations to 3 teams who are now playing in quarter finals on Saturday 22nd June
Despite hard fought matches ,team 4 captained by Catherine Keane and team 5 captained by Clodagh Murray , have finished their summer league campaigns .
Well done to everyone involved in reaching the playoffs .
Details of quarter finals on Saturdsy 22nd June are :
Team 1 away to Portmarnock at 11am , captain Nicky Kinsella
Team 2 at home to Donnybrook at 11am ,captain Jana Langford
Team 3 at home to North Kildare at 9 30 am , captain Lorraine Ryan
Having reached the quarterfinals in class 6 , special congratulations to Lorraine and her team for achieving promotion to class 5
All teams would welcome any support at the club on Saturday morning or for the away matches .
We wish the 3 teams the very best of luck on Saturday Go Monkstown !!
5 MILE LEAGUE FINAL!
Monkstown is through to the final of the 5 Mile League which will take place at 6pm next Sunday 23rd June at Glenageary LTC.
Congratulations to captain Genevieve Conway and her team - Evana Boyle, Elaine O’Toole, Sinead Moriarty, Carole Curtin & Semin Soher, as well as squad players Sarah Bean, Sylvie Ryan & Sarah Woodcock. Wishing you all the very best of luck on Sunday. Supporters are welcome. Go Monkstown!!
UPDATE FROM THE MEN’S CAPTAIN: Men's Summer League
During the last week, our men's Team 3 (class 4) and Team 4 (class 6) progressed into the summer league playoffs - a great achievement. Unfortunately, the playoff matches against Lansdowne and Fitzwilliam, respectively, did not go our way on the night - such is sport. Many thanks to the members of Team 3 and Team 4 for doing MLTC proud - more to come from these players later in the year and into 2025. In addition, many thanks to the subs who supported our teams (across all grades) during the summer leagues.
Team 3 (class 4):
Hugo Faughnan (captain), Jack Stokes, Philip Bolger, Alex Boyne, Gary Galvin, Eoin Langford, Dermot Hayes, Charlie McMorrow, Greg Ryan, Theo Claffey, and Brian Crowe.
Team 4 (class 6):
Ciaran Bolger (joint captain), Aaron Duffy (joint captain), Richard Kinsella, Ronan Bolger, Robert Ryan, Neil Redmond, Caoimhghin O'Donnell, Patrick Byrne, Conor Blake, Mark Walsh, Craig Olliver, Bill Condon, and Cian Byrne.
Men's Coaching
A reminder that coaching for class 4 to class 7 players runs every Monday evening at 9pm. Next session will be on Monday June 24th - to be followed by a break for the senior handicaps. All members are welcome. Any questions - please contact men's captain Declan at 0876305450 or sign up using the WhatsApp link below.
Open this link to join my WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J1H7NCqpew7HlceFsYBUvq
SUMMER CAMPS – Last chance to sign up!
Summer Camps for our Juniors are now live on Easy Payments.
Please note, members can bring a friend to these camps. When bringing a friend the member must book and pay for the friend on Easy Payment (under Bring a Friend)
CLOSING DATE for sign up is tomorrow - Friday 21st June.
THURSDAY - CLUB NIGHT
Club night will take place this evening, so pop down any time between 8pm to 10pm. Stephen will be in attendance to get the evening started - Everybody and all standards are very welcome!
MEN’S MORNING – Sunday Mornings
Men’s morning will take place this week from 10am to 12. Do come down for a hit and a cuppa and chat after!
UPDATE FROM STEPHEN
Great results from the Playoffs of the Summer League , with 3 of the Ladies teams qualifying for the 1/4 Finals to be played next Saturday..
1st Team v Portmarnock 1st AWAY (11am)
2nd Team v Donnybrook 3rd AWAY (11am)
6th Team v Nrth Kildare 1st AT HOME (9.30am)
Very best of luck to Captains Nicky (1st) - Jana (2nd) - & Lorraine (6th) and their teams for Saturday.
Tough luck to the Ladies 4th & 5th Teams - and the Mens 3rd & 4th Teams who were just pipped in the 1st round playoffs.
Popped into Carrickmines yesterday to their Open Week - loads of activity with lots of Monkstown Juniors battling away.
Next week the venue is Lansdowne for the Leinster Junior Open 500 event.
Good luck to all participants!
Just one day left to sign up for the Summer Camps...
Camp 1 1st - 4th July
Camp 2 22nd - 25th July
Camp 3 6th - 9th August
Camp 4 26th – 28th August
Don't forget you can bring a friend who is a non member...should be great fun!
Just a reminder that our treasured local shop Hewetts is pulling down the shutters for good - after 75 years - on Sunday next.
Hewetts have been very much part of the club - whatwith always keeping a supply of flood light cards for us, to the kids going down during their lunch break throughout the summer.
Thelma & David, we wish you a long healthy retirement - you will be hugely missed by all in the village.
Do pop in & wish them well if you're passing over the next few days.
All the best Stephen
LADIES COMMITTEE UPDATE
The sun shone on a very successful 'Ladies Summer Tournament' yesterday, with great tennis, tasty food and lots of fun. Ladies Morning will now take a break for the summer and will resume on Wednesday 4th September.
We've also planned a Ladies Evening Tournament for Friday 27th September (from 7pm) so save the date!