Snippets 05/03/20
Well Spring has arrived! Just beautiful looking out the window seeing people playing tennis in sleeveless tops....never thought this weather would ever come again!
Winter League 1/4 Finals day this Sunday - the 8th - 1 Men’s team & 3 Ladies teams vying for a place in the Semis:
The Mens 1st team play Leopardstown 1st in Leopardstown @ 11am... best of luck to Stephen & the lads.
Ladies 1st play Carrickmines 1st in Carrickmines @ 2pm..best of luck to Anna & the girls.
Ladies 2nds play Shankill 1st in Shankill @ 2pm .. best of luck to Karen and the girls
Ladies 3rds play Carrickmines 2nds in Carrickmines @ 2pm....best of luck to Rachael and the girls.
A pity that all matches are Away...but the prize for winning on Sunday is a home match for each team in the Semis! Do try and support the teams...all playing quite local.
The Blue & Gold got off to a good start last week....Terri's team are at home tomorrow with Arlene travelling to Carrickmines. Carrickmines will be hosting quite a few Monkstown Ladies teams this weekend!
The Easter Cup is nearing its conclusion with Joe Byrne's team having just one match left & Gus Legge with two matches...best of luck lads this Saturday.
CLUB NIGHT: Our Lady Captain, Helen Ryan, is hosting Club Night tonight...thanks a mil Helen.. it'll be a beautiful calm evening so do make the effort to come down & enjoy the craic.
Ladies Charity league teams all had long matches this week - with many going to 3 sets. This week there are 2 matches on Monday & 2 Matches on Tuesday...all matches start @ 10am.
Ladies Morning continues on Wednesday with Coaching @ 9am.
JUNIORS: Our U/12 Stars n Stripes team were just pipped in their semi final last Saturday...but put up a great performance & showed excellent sportsmanship.
This week the U/12 league team have a match @ 4pm & the U/18 boys play @ 5.30. Best of luck to both teams.
With just three weeks to go for Group coaching there are still a few outstanding fees...you can pay by cheque - cash or online. Details for online payment:
AIB Dun Laoghaire IBAN: IE47 AIBK 9334 0619 4125 60 BIC: AIBKIE2D
Please note that this account is for Coaching fees ONLY....also identify your name clearly...thanks!
Full details of the Easter Camp will follow next week.
The Tennis Intervarsities were held in Cork last week and we had a fair representation from Monkstown with 5 members playing. Julie Ryan was on the winning Ladies UCD team with Kevin Wylde on the winning Men’s TCD team. Also playing for UCD were Alex Boyne & Gary Galvin with Harry Crossan representing TUD.
That's it for this week...keep smiling in the sunshine!