MLTC Club Notices 27/04/23

Newsletter 27th April 2023

What a great event we had last Sunday for Captains Day. From a beautiful sunny afternoon to great tennis, a fabulously decorated club house to a Wimbledon draw – the afternoon was enjoyed by all who attended.

Betty Rafferty’s son David donated the Wimbledon tickets to the club in memory of his mom and his brothers all came down for the draw. We are delighted to announce that Aoife Collier was the Monday winner while Susie Kennelly was the Tuesday winner. The club raised €10,000 from the draw of which €5000 was raised for the Beaufort Day service and presented to Sr Nora who also attended the draw. Betty also wanted the club to have her lovely garden statue which has been in place in the club for some months and is frequently admired.

A special thanks to our super captains Aoife and Aaron (the A Team!) for organising a great day and to Carole and Mary for their wonderful Italian themed clubhouse and meal. It was a super success.

WIMBLEDON TICKETS - CONGRATULATIONS

Many congratulations to Aoife Collier and Susie Kennelly on winning the Wimbledon Centre Court Debenture Tickets donated to MLTC by the family of the late Betty Rafferty. Wishing them both a fantastic trip to London in July!

THANK YOU

Aoife and Aaron would like to thank everyone who supported this year's Captains Day and helped to make it such a success. Thankfully the sun shone and 48 members participated in a mixed doubles tennis event, which included a fast paced doubles game with Stephen and Mickey Mac. Carole and Mary arranged a fantastic lemon-themed event and the clubhouse was beautifully decorated in yellow and blue. 64 people sat down to a delicious Italian meal provided by Jason Jensen and his team, while Bogdan Rusin serenaded us on the violin. There was even a bit of dancing!

COURT BOOKINGS AND CANCELLATIONS
Several members have remarked that courts are being booked, but are unused and not cancelled.
Please be mindful of other members, particularly as court availability is further limited over the coming months (such as summer league campaigns).
If you are unsure of the court booking rules please refer to the club website (club rules<https://www.monkstownltc.com/club-rules>), consult the office team or a committee member.
Court bookings for coaching should be booked by the coaches or through the office.
Cancellations should be made at the earliest possible time so other member can avail of the courts.

Handbags and Glad Rags Ladies Doubles Tournament

We are delighted to be hosting a Tennis for Cancer event in the club on Sunday 21st May. The event is a “Handbags and Glad Rags” ladies doubles tournament followed by lunch.

The format for the tennis competition is that there will be 8 teams of 6 players. Each team will consist of 1 pair of class 2/3 standard, 1 pair of class 4/5 standard and 1 pair of Class 6/7 standard, so we are hoping for wide participation. There will be two groups and initial stages will be timed round robin matches (20 minutes) followed by semi-finals and a final. Tennis will start at 10 am sharp with lunch at 1pm

We are also asking you to donate “pre loved” clothing and handbags in good condition which we will display and sell on the day - so you can browse the rails when you are off court or at lunch. Jewellery and scarves are also welcome. We will be collecting these donations on Saturday 20th so we can have them ready to display on the following morning

Entry fee is 30 euro for tennis plus lunch or 20 euro for lunch only. You can also pop up anytime if you just want to browse the rails!

All proceeds will go to Tennis for Cancer charity which was set up by long time Monkstown member Grace Owens

For further information contact Catherine Keane, Carole Curtin or Aoife Stokes

LADIES CHARITY LEAGUE

A shout out to Sarah Robson's team who made it to the playoffs of the Tuesday Advanced Charity League. Unfortunately they met a very strong Newtown Park team on the day but well done to get so far.

On the team were Carmel Buckley, Elaine Hartnett, Fionnuala Duddy, Sarah Robson, Sara Jane Kerr and Fiona O'Sullivan.

5 MILE LEAGUE
Teams have been selected for the Ladies 5 Mile league which starts on Sunday 7th May and will run for 5 weeks. MLTC are entering two teams which will be captained by Semin Soher and Yvonne Sutton.

LADIES MORNING

Ladies morning will take place next Wednesday 3rd May from 10am to 12pm and will be hosted by Breege Clancy. All levels welcome for a fun morning of tennis and a catch up over tea/coffee so please do come along.

Thank you to all the volunteers who have hosted ladies morning and to everyone who has supported it so far this year!

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.

CLUB NITE TONIGHT

Do come down for a game tonight, any time between 8 – 10pm. We will start with some coaching fun with Stephen – all levels welcome !

SPEED DATING EVENT LANSDOWNE TENNIS CLUB

Lansdowne Tennis Club have 10 lucky (single!) Men spots left for Singles Speed Dating Event for the 13th May. This is our last call, closing date this Friday 28th April!

Unfortunately you will be unable to buy tickets after this time.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-dating-tennis-event-tickets-611072082047

JUNIOR INFO

COACHING

Please note there is no coaching this bank holiday weekend.

UPCOMING JUNIOR MATCHPLAYS

Fri 28th April - U15, yellow ball, 6-7pm

Fri 5th May - U10 Orange ball 5-6pm

Fri 12th May - U10 Green ball 5-6pm

Fri 19th May - U12 yellow ball 5-6pm

Fri 26th May - U15 yellow ball 6-7pm

Fri 2nd June - U10 Orange ball 5-6pm