Congratulations to the Men’s Floodlit League Class One Team on winning the title.
The much postponed Final took place on Monday, 17th January, 2011 against Templeogue in Mount Pleasant.
Our team comprised of Fiachra Lennon (Captain), Simon Wrafter, Liam Byrne and Shane La Porte.
Simon Wrafter lost his singles match to Justin Smyth 2/6 1/6
Shane La Porte & Liam Byrne won their doubles match against Peter Fleming & Fred Raffo 6/4 4/6 6/4
That levelled the final at one all.
Everything now came down to Fiachra’s match against Robert Shulver.
Fiachra took the first set 6/2.
Robert Shulver took the second set 6/3.
Fiachra then went a break down in the third set but broke back to level the set. Fiachra held his nerve in the inevitable tie-break to win it 7-5 and seal the victory. At the finish there were a lot of shredded nerves, relief and finally euphoria amongst the Castleknock supporters.
Special thanks also to Fergus O’Connell and Ray McGinley who subbed during the campaign.
Congratulations to the Men's First Team on winning Class I of the Floodlight League for the first time since 2005. In that year, the men and ladies of Castleknock LTC did us proud by winning the Men's and Ladies Class I Floodlight League titles on consecutive days at Lansdowne and Donnybrook. And the heroes were.....Simon Wrafter and Sarah McIntyre who both clinched nail-biting final matches to bring the titles to Castleknock. Of course the ladies went on to do the three in a row. Let's hope the men can do the same!
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