MLTC Club Notices 30.03.23

Newsletter 30th   March 2023

5 MILE LEAGUE (Ladies)  - Class 7 standard and below.

The sign up sheet for this league is now on the board. The tournament is played at 7pm on Sunday evenings over 4 weeks with a final on Sunday 18th June (no matches on 4th June).
We would like to enter two teams (3 doubles pairings) and players should be Class 7 standard and below. 

SUMMER LEAGUE

Sign up sheets will be taken down form the board tomorrow, Friday 31st.  If you cant make it to the club please text Aoife Stokes or Aaron Duffy.

SENIOR COACHING

Next terms coaching is now available to book on Easy Payments and the schedule is attached.



CHARITY EVENT FOR GOAL

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to a very successful Supercoaching Event last Thursday evening. MLTCs coaches, along with Ronan Carney and Scott & Michael Barron, kept us moving around all 6 courts for two hours! The evening continued with drinks and nibbles and a draw for the ten raffle winners. Together with the proceeds from the St. Patrick's Day Ladies Tournament, MLTC has raised €2,450 for Goal.

Charity raffle prize-winners who were not in attendance on Thursday night can collect their prizes from the office.  Congratulations to Pat Cowley, Margaret Heagney, Alfie Smyth & Patricia Woods! 

MEN’S MORNING

Men’s morning on Sunday will be on at the usual time of 10am until 12 this week.

Do come to enjoy a game, all standards welcome.

 LADIES COMMITTEE NEWS 

Easter Tournament 

 The ladies committee were delighted to see a great turnout for the Easter tournament yesterday. It was a fun sociable morning enjoyed by all despite the wet weather. 

Ladies morning

There will be no ladies morning on Wednesday 5th and 12th April as it’s Easter holidays. We will be back again on Wednesday 19th and hope to see some of you then. 

 JUNIOR EASTER CAMPS

Hi Juniors!  If you haven't signed up for either of the Easter Camps (or both!)

please do so....should be a lot of fun - so don't miss out!

     Cheers Stephen

Easter camps are now open for booking on Easy Payments.

WEEK 1 :        Monday 3rd – Thursday 6th April

Group 1          5-6 year olds             9.00 - 10.00am     
Group 2          7-9 year olds             10.00 - 11.30am     
Group 3          10-12 year olds        11.30am - 1.00pm   


WEEK 2 :        Tuesday 11th – Friday 14th April

Group 1          5-6 year olds             9.00 - 10.00am     
Group 2          7-9 year olds             10.00 - 11.30am     
Group 3          10-12 year olds        11.30am - 1.00pm   

JUNIOR COACHING

 This coaching term is now finished and any coaching this week is to catch up on ‘rained off’ days!

 Next terms coaching schedule is now available and is attached.

This can be booked and paid for on Easy Payments.

Jennifer Crotty.  An appreciation by our Head Coach Stephen O'Shea

 Last Friday morning I arrived in the tennis club to be greeted with the smiling face of Jen Ben (Jennifer). She had a full bag of groceries by her feet packed with goodies , as that evening a posse of her pals were visiting and she was excited at the prospect of welcoming them and entertaining them. On the table there was another bag which contained my daily chicken sandwich and newspaper. Jen Ben had decided to collect them for me on her way to the club as a surprise!

We had a brief chat and arranged to hit a few balls the following afternoon with some of the Juniors.  I watched her as she slipped away with her bag of goodies to catch the bus to Deans Grange before boarding a second bus to Cherrywood. I paused for a few seconds to appreciate the feeling I had inside - as every time we met I felt the touch of an angel.

Jen Ben was one of the best players Monkstown ever produced. I always marvelled at her tenacity and fighting spirit on the many occasions I witnessed her in action - be it at the National Junior Championships in Fitzwilliam, playing for the Ladies 1st Team in all leagues or at the Club Championships, where she was twice Ladies Champion, in 2009 & 2011. (She also won the Mixed Doubles title in 2016 with yours truly - a treasured memory)

I'm so thankful to Jen Ben's parents, Tom and Paula, for allowing me the opportunity to play a small role in their daughter's development from a relatively young age. There is always a sense of fulfillment and pride when a 'pupil' tastes success on a tennis court - but real pride is only experienced through witnessing the development of somebody who blossoms into a caring human being.

Jen Ben cared for others like few that I've encountered and was a very special young lady.

Slán for now Jen Ben.  Ar dheis Dè go raibh a anam.  S O'S  x