First Team make Mixed Summer Leaque Final

Congratulations to the Castleknock 1st team playing in the Mixed Summer League 2011 Class One event for making the final in Malahide at 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday, 12th August).

The team is:

1. Martin Mahon & Audrey Duffy
2. Greg Thompson & Suzie Kelly
3. Shay Dolan & Elizabeth Hunt　
The above were away to Glenalbyn last night (Wednesday, 10th August) in a tough semi-final.
The match was poised at 1 all with Greg and Suzie going into a third and deciding set.
They took an early break to lead 3 - 1 and then went on the win the set 6 - 3 and book their
place in the final in Malahide tomorrow.

So, if you can make it to Malahide tomorrow night your support would be greatly appreciated.

James McGee wins his first ITF Futures title.

Castlekknock LTC and Davis Cup player James McGee won his first ITF Futures title when he beat the No. 1 seed Charles-Antoine Brezac of France in the Men’s Irish Open Tennis Championship 2011 in Fitzwilliam LTC on last Saturday, 23^rd July.

To the delight of the huge home crowd James beat the No.1 seed and 2009 winner who is currently ranked 257th in the world  6-3 6-3.

James took an early lead in the first set and went on to win the  set 6-3. The Frenchman got an early break in the second set to lead 3-0, but James came storming back to win the next six games on the trot to seal the set and win his first Futures title.


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James McGee makes Irish Open Final

No. 7 seed James McGee beat the No. 2 seed Miloslav Mecir (SVK) in yesterday's Irish Open Semi- Final in Fitzwilliam LTC and faces the No. 1 seed Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA) in today's Final.

We wish James the best of luck today in the Final.

Mount Pleasant v Castleknock Cancer Charity Event

Dear Members,

Castleknock Tennis Club is hosting a one day Mount Pleasant v Castleknock Tennis Club Charity Event on Saturday 13 August 2011 from 3.30pm.

At this stage, we are seeking players for the Castleknock Team.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL STANDARDS OF TENNIS.

Matches will be organised in Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6 and Social.

Each team member will play two matches (unless they request otherwise), so please provide your contact number/email, your grade, and which two of singles, doubles and mixed you would like to play on the day, and each match won counts as a point for your team.

This event is a charity event in aid of the Irish Cancer Society and will cost €25, which includes a steak BBQ and musical entertainment afterwards in the bar.

I am organising this event as a member of both tennis clubs in memory of my mother, whose 10^th anniversary falls on the day in question.

The winning club will be presented with the Marie McGrath Memorial Dish on the day.

If you are interested in playing for Castleknock in this fun event, please contact ANTHONY McGRATH (087) 699 4787 or anthonywmcgrath@vodafone.ie

Regards,

Anthony McGrath

Men's Class One Summer League 2011 Final Result

History was made on Saturday, 25^th June with Castleknock winning the DLTC Summer League Class One event for the first time.

 

The team on the day was:

Singles

James Magee

Shane la Porte

John Rendina

Doubles

Liam Byrne & Fergus O’Connell

Neil Ryan & Connor Schelling-Tisza

Other members of the 1^st Team Squad are Fiachra Lennon, David Spollen, Laurence Doyle and Gavin GIlhawley who missed the final due to holidays.

Subs used were Richard Foley and Laurent la Forge.

It was a team effort and I would like to thank all the players who played their part in this historic event. The results show it was not a close match as Greystones were short one or two of their top players - but you can only beat what’s in front of you on the day.

Liam Byrne and Fergus O’Connell won the first doubles very comfortably 6/0 6/2 followed by Shane la Porte 6/2 6/0 and then John Rendina 6/0 6/2. So, the result was 3-0 for the history books.

I would like also to give a special thanks to James Magee for making the effort to make the long journey back from the ATP Tour in Morocco to play for his club. Thanks to David Spollen who was captain last year and got us out of Class 2 and into Class 1. However, the biggest thanks has to go to John Rendina the captain of the this year’s team  as he is the one who pushed the hardest this year to get the team ready to play in Class 1.

Next year we move into the Premier League and who knows what we might achieve with this squad of players captained by John Rendina.

Shay Dolan

Men’s Captain

Ladies Class Three Summer League 2011 Final Result

Our Ladies 2^nd Team went down to the wire in their Class 3 Summer League Final against Swords 1^st on Saturday, 25^th June in their attempt to bring the cup home, but sadly it wasn’t to be!

With the matches poised at 2-all, the last match on court went to a nail-biting tie-break in the 3^rd set. Unfortunately, for Castleknock we lost the tie-break and the final. By such tight margins are winners and runners-up defined.

It is a great achievement to get to a final. In this case it took 8 matches to reach it. So, the team are winners in the club’s eyes and have brought another pennant back to be hung with pride.

The team on the day was:

Singles:

Audrey Duffy

Elizabeth Hunt (Capt) 

Sorcha Raoof

Doubles:

Susie Kelly & Mary Mulherin

Deirdre Bennett & Lana Rosenberha

And a special thanks to the 3 Subs - Ciara Quinn, Deirdre Gogan and Claudie Fitzgerald who helped the team on the road to the final.

Also, a most sincere thanks to the supporters the team had from the quarterfinals in Templeogue, to the semis at home, and to the finals in Clontarf, Thanks so much, it means a lot!

Deirdre Bennett

Ladies Captain

Ladies Class Three Summer League 2011 Final

The Class Three Summer League Final between
Castleknock LTC and Swords LTC
will take place on next Saturday, 25th June.
The time is 3:00pm and the venue is Clontarf LTC.

The Castleknock team will feature
Deirdre Bennett, Audrey Duffy, Elizabeth Hunt (Captain), Susie Kelly, Mary Mulherin, Sorcha Raoof and Lana Rosenberha.

COME, SUPPORT AND WATCH GREAT TENNIS!

Men's Class One Summer League 2011 Final

The Class One Summer League Final between
Castleknock LTC and Greystones LTC
will take place on next Saturday, 25th June.
The time is 1:30pm and the venue is Clontarf LTC.

The Castleknock team will feature current Davis Cup player James Magee and International players such as John Rendina (Captain) and Shane la Porte.

Other squad members include Liam Byrne, Laurence Doyle, Gavin Gilhawley, Fiachra Lennon, Fergus O'Connell, Neil Ryan and David Spollen.

COME, SUPPORT AND WATCH GREAT TENNIS!

Mens' Summer Wednesday Nights

Owing to popular demand, Mens Wednesday Night Tennis will continue in a limited capacity throughout the Summer.

John Naughton, aided and abetted by the Mens Summer Wednesday Night Tennis Organising Committee, will be organising.

Please note: the size of this title in no way represents the size of the Organising Committee!!!

There will be one session at 8pm (20.00hrs).

The Number of Places will vary each week as they will be limited to court capacity because of Leagues, New Lights on Court 1,2,3 etc.

A Sign-On Sheet (Mens Summer Wednesday Nights) can be found under the section on the right-hand-side of the web-page, entitled Sign-On Sheets.

Sign-On will take place between Saturday and Tuesday each week.

Use John’s mobile number 087-259 3066 for emergencies.

Men's Class 1 - Summer League

MENS CLASS 1 - SUMMER LEAGUE

Castleknock LTC v Monkstown LTC

Date:                  Wednesday, 8^th June

Venue:                Castleknock LTC

Time:                  7:30pm

Ø  Important Match for Admission to Class 1 Final

Ø  Features Top 600 ATP Ranked and Current and Past Davis Cup Players

“PLEASE COME, SUPPORT AND WATCH SOME TOP TENNIS”

Team Captain                                             Club Captain

John Rendina                              Shay Dolan

Men's Spring Wednesday Night 2011 Results

Men’s Spring Wednesday Nights 2011 Results

The Top Three

Winner         Declan O’Brien

Runner-Up    Des Moore

Third Place

    David King

• 46 Players got 6 nights in to entitle them to a participation prize.
• Most Improved Player went to Dermot Kavanagh for his run-in results.
• Gentleman of the Court was won by Seamus Tutty.
• 3 players – Adrian Brannigan, Brendan O’Brien and Don Wrafter played all 11 nights.

Some Statistics

• An average of 52 players played each night.
• 112 different players played a total of 571 times between them and each player played an average of 5 nights.

Well done to Declan, Des and David and thanks to everyone who took part from Denis Bannon, Adrian Brannigan, Billy King and Peter Furlong.

See you in September!!

Mixed Team Tennis 2011 Results

Mixed Team Tennis 2011 Results from Friday, 27^th May, 2011

The Yellow Team beat the Orange Team in the Play-Off by 28 points to 20 points to be the overall winners.

Line   Yellow Team                                              Orange Team

01 Elizabeth Hunt & Michael Sibert                      Deirdre Gogan & Kevin Fitzgerald

02 Claudie Fitzgerald & Keith MacDonald              Emer & Ciaran MacDiarmada

03 Lana & Aigars Rosenberha                             Bridie & Tony Keegan

04 Madeline Morgan & Kevin Houston                  Ann Finnegan & Alex Kitching

05 Miriam Rogers & Declan O’Sullivan                 Bernie Doherty & Brian O’Sullivan

06 Paula Walsh & Rob O’Gorman                        Karen & Alex Toland

07 Laoise & Philip Byrne                                     Mary & John Kilkenny

08 Fiona & Patrick Gleeson                                 Dolores & Arthur Coldrick

09 Siobhan & Peter Doyle                                   Noelle O’Shea & Malcolm Brady

10 Mary Barrett & Liam Power                            Ann Fitzgerald & John Naughton

11 Judy Smyth & Adrian Brannigan                     Jane & Declan O’Brien

The Line Winners were:

Line   Name                                      Points              Team

01 Audrey Duffy & Martin Mahon                15                Blue

02 Ciara Quinn & Brendan Quinn                17                Black

03 Deirdre Naughton & Phelim Kelly            15                Red

04 Ann Finnegan & Alex Kitching                12                Orange

05 Bernie Doherty & Brian O’Sullivan           16                Orange

06 Cliona Fitzsimons & John Donnelly         18                Green

07 Mary Kilkenny & John Kilkenny               15                Orange

08 Fiona Gleeson & Patrick Gleeson             15                Yellow

09 Siobhan Doyle & Peter Doyle                  18                Yellow

10 Aisling O’Neill & Colm O’Neill                 16                Black

11 Jane O’Brien & Declan O’Brien                18                Orange

Interestingly, although the Orange Team had 4 line winners they were the runner-up team and the Yellow Team with 2 line winners were the overall team winners.

Newtown Park Junior Open

Well done to Caragh Courtney

On reaching the Girls U12 Singles Final

in the 2011 Newtown Park Junior Open

Junior Coaching Survey

Thank you  everyone who responded and took the time to fill in and submit our Junior Coaching Survey.  It has been really great to get such a good response and the results have been really useful.

We look forward to planning our junior coaching programme for 2011-2012.

We would also like to congratulate Eva Cunningham who is the winner for our draw for an 80.00 euro voucher for Martyn Evan Sports Shop. 

Well done Eva, please collect your voucher from Gay in the office.

  

Junior Committee 

Under 12 League Finals

U12 League Finals

Good Luck to Castleknock 1

The U12 Team has also reached the semi-finals stage.

It’s great to see our juniors doing so well.

Congratulations to:

Daniel Barisnikovs, Caragh Courtney, Janis Kalejs, Nina Peters,

Maria Filippova, Louis Hemeryck, Ella Hemeryck, Matthew Cleere,
Mikaela Griffin and Hugh Chambers

The semi final match is this Sunday, 22^nd May against Naas.

Finals will be played on Sunday 29^th May.

Nickie Coffey

U17 League Finals

Best of Luck to Castleknock 1

Castleknock's Under 17 team has reached the Semi-Final stages of the Under 17 League.

Well done to our U17s, who beat Templeogue 3 - 0 to qualify. 

The team consists of Jill O'Farrell (Captain), Richard Foley, Sorcha Raoof,

Nikita Barisnikovs,  Danielle Palmer, Matt Coffey, Eoin Cleere and Tara McElroy.

Matches for this Sunday, 22nd May are as follows:

Location	Round	Team 1	Team 2
Donnybrook	SF	Donnybrook 1	Monkstown 1
Carrickmines	SF	Castleknock 1	Carrickmines 1
Donnybrook	SF	Donnybrook 2	Greystones 2
Shankill	SF	Deerpark 1	Shankill 2

The Finals will take place on Sunday, 29th May in Templeogue LTC.

There will also be a play-off for 3rd and 4th place.

Nickie Coffey 

Matthew Cleere does it again!

Little did we know that when we wished Matthew Cleere after winning the Brookfield Open that we hoped it would be the first of many that he would repeat his success within a week by winning the Templeogue Junior Open at under 10!

A delighted Matthew

Here are the full results of our Juniors in the Templeogue LTC  2011 Junior Open

Boys U10 Singles Winner                       Matthew Cleere

Boys U10 Singles Semi Finalist              Hugh Chambers

Girls U16 Singles Runner Up                   Tara M^cElroy

Boys U18 Consolation Winner                 Richard Foley

Congratulation to all.

Nickie Coffey

Junior Spring Championships 2011

Junior Spring Championship
117 junior members participated in the 2011 Junior Spring Championships.

The players and parents were lucky enough to get to enjoy six days of great
tennis in fantastic sunshine.

Thanks to Clare Bannon (Tournament Referee), all the Parents, those who
umpired the matches, Gay O'Hea, Marion & Trish, the Junior Committee and a
special thanks to all the juniors.

Nickie Coffey

Castleknock LTC has a new Junior Champion

Congratulations to Matthew Cleere

who won the Boys Singles U10 Event

in the Brookfield 2011 Junior Open
on Thursday, 21st April.
Hopefully, the first of many.

Pot Black

Members can now enter a Doubles Snooker Competition on the club website under Quick Links – Sign-on Sheets.

This is your opportunity to display the skills acquired in a misspent youth.

Entries close on Wednesday, 13th April.

• No entry fee.
• Draw will be made for partners.
• Prizes for first and second place.
• There will be one frame of snooker per knock-out round.
• Entry to the competition is limited to male and female members aged 16 or over who have paid their subscription to the club for the current year.
• If players fail to play by their due date the competition organiser reserves the right to remove them from the competition. The competition organiser’s decision is final.

I Heard It Through The Grapevine....

Out with the old, IN WITH THE NEW!
New Wine Policy With Immediate Effect

The pricing of the new wine stock is

€4 per glass and €15 per bottle.

The new wine stock will initially consist of:

White

Bend In The River Pinot Grigio

Casillero Del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc

Torres Vina Sol

Red

Santa Rita 120 Cabernet Sauvignon

Wolf Blass Eaglehawk Cabernet Sauvignon

Torres Sangre De Toro

Rose

Sutter Home Zinfandel

Clearance of Old Wine Stock

All old stock is to be heavily discounted and sold off in job lots.

Contact Marion Hogan for details.

Please Note: Small wine bottles will not be stocked in future.

Feedback

I welcome feedback (both positive and negative) on all areas concerning the Bar and Catering.

It is your bar and every effort will be made to make improvements for our valued customers.

Members are encouraged to generate their own suggestions for additional ideas of improvement

and forward them to me.

Queries about the Bar or Catering?

Then contact Joe Shortall directly.

Ladies Winter League 2011 Final

 

The Ladies 4th team travelled to Greystones last Sunday, 27th March 2011 to play in the Winter League 2011 Final knowing they were up against it playing Clontarf 3. However, they went out with a steely determination to do well, played some great tennis and were very narrowly beaten 2-0. Mary Hughes and Susan Ward went down to the wire in their match and lost in a tie-break in the 3rd set just as Roisin Wallace and Ger Ryan had matchpoint at 5/4 in their 3rd set!

 

Well done Ladies you did your club proud and, hopefully what is just the first league pennant of 2011 is now hanging proudly behind the bar!!

The team on the day were:

Susan Ward and Mary Hughes, Marj Flood and Rita Hayes and Ger Ryan and Roisin Wallace (Captain).

Throughout the campaign the ladies were very ably assisted by some great subs in their run to the final so a big thank you to Sorcha Raoof, Mairead Corcoran, Sinead Horan, Jill O'Farrell and Marie McGee for their contribution.

Thanks also to those who travelled to Greystones to support the team. Your presence was greatly appreciated.

 

Ladies Winter League 2011 Semi-Finals

Firstly, congratulations to our 4th Team who won their semi-final in Glenalbyn last Sunday.

Captained by Roisin Wallace the pairings of Mary Hughes and Susan Ward, Roisin Wallace and Mairead Corcoran (subbing in) had finished their matches with the score at one apiece. It now all hinged on the pairing of Rita Hayes and Marj Flood. They had come back from 2–5 down in the 2nd set to win in a tie-break and take their match into a 3rd set. Everyone held their breath in the 3rd set as they once again fought back from 2-5 down to win, clinch the match and earn their team a well-deserved place in the final on next Sunday, 27th March in Greystones.

Well done ladies!

Commiserations to our 1st Team whose great run to the semi-finals came to an end last Sunday in a closely fought contest against Greystones.

Despite the unavailability of their two No 1 players, the team fought valiantly with the pairing of Sarah McIntyre and Vanessa Newman recording a super win 6/1 6/2. Super subs Deirdre Gogan and Bernadette Hearns stepped up to play the No 3 doubles and lost in a tight 2 sets 4/6 3/6.

With the match finely balanced at one all Emma Ryan and Christine Duffy held out to a 3rd set - but it unfortunately got away from them.

Congratulations to the team and all the subs that played with them over the eight weeks.

So near and yet so far...................... but there's always next year!

Table Quiz in aid of the TWP House Building Project

On next Thursday, 24th March, 2011 your support is asked for in the form of a table quiz in aid of the TWP House Building Project. The quiz starts at 8pm. and it's €40 for a table of 4 people or €10 per head.

For further information you can contact John on 086 2552 769.

St. Patrick's Eve

Fun, Ceol, Craic

On next Wednesday, 16th March the Social Committee are running a Mixed Social Tennis event at 7.30pm and an evening of Song, Recitation, Dance and Finger Food starting at 9.30pm.

Ladies Winter League 2011 Quarter Finals Update

Congratulations to our 1^st and 4^th teams on reaching the semi-finals of the Winter League.

The semi-finals take place next Sunday, 13^th March, 2011.

Our 1^st team have a home match against Greystones 1 and our 4^th team have an away to Glenalbyn 4.

If you can, please come out and support your teams in their effort to reach the finals. No doubt some great tennis will be played, and it is very encouraging to have the support of your club behind you.

Congratulations also to our 3^rd team, and hard luck in their away quarter-final against Clontarf 2 last Sunday, 6^th March, 2011. The match was delicately poised at 1 match all with the deciding match at 1 set all – but unfortunately the 3^rd set got away.

NB. REMEMBER YOUR SUPPORT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY OUR TEAMS!

Mid-term Tennis Camps

Neil and Shane with the Happy Campers!

The children had so much fun and were exhausted by the end of the week.
They all showed lots of enthusiasm and really enjoyed themselves.
Feedback from the camp was very positive, and we look forward to organising more tennis camps over the coming months.

Many thanks to Cormac Dunne of Dunboyne Sports & Leisure who kindly donated prizes for the children who attended the morning camp.

Nickie Coffey

Ladies Winter League 2011 Play-Offs

It was a good day for the Ladies 1^st, 3^rd and 4^th teams yesterday (27^th February) in the play-offs. They all won their respective matches and now advance into the Quarterfinals next Sunday, 6^th March.

The 1^st team is away to Aer Lingus 1

  

The 3^rd team is away to Clontarf 2

The 4^th team is away to Co. Wicklow 3

Congratulations Ladies and the best of luck from your club in your matches next Sunday!

Ladies Winter League 2011

Congratulations to our 1st, 3rd and 4th Ladies Winter League Teams who all won their first round sections to get through to the playoffs this Sunday,

27^th February. The three playoffs are all home ties, which is very unusual, so everyone is welcome to come down and support your Ladies Teams in their quest to advance to the quarterfinals.

All matches are to be played at 2pm. on Sunday, 27^th February.

Ladies Team Tennis 2011 Results

The Orange and Blue Teams were locked on 131 points each last Wednesday, 16^th February with one line match left to be played.

This match took place on Thursday, 17^th  with an Orange pairing against a Black pairing which the Orange pairing won and got 3 points to give the Orange Team 134 points and win outright. Down to the wire!!

The prizes were luggage and Molton Brown beauty products.

Men's Winter League 2011

Congratulations to our 2^nd team in the Class 3 Men’s Winter League who were runners-up in their section to get through to the playoffs this Sunday, 27^th February and will be away to possibly UCD. They lost out by one game to Skerries to top their section who they had beaten 2 - 1 the previous week.

All matches are to be played at 11am. on Sunday, 27^th February.