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.

Men's Team Tennis 2011 Results

On Friday, 18^th February the Black and Green Teams met in the playoff to determine the overall winner of the team tennis. When they met earlier in the round robin stages the Greens comprehensively beat the Blacks by 127 games to 104 games and on points by 30 to 17. However, Friday’s encounter was much closer and only 3 games and 2 points separated the teams. The result was that the Green Team won by 117 games and 25 points to the Black Team’s 114 games and 23 points.

The prizes consisted of K Swiss tennis shoes, tennis tops and shorts and sweatshirts all provided by Cormac Dunne.

Special prizes were given to Martin Mahon for subbing in for Michael Sibert and to the father and son pairing of Thomas and Cormac Kelly for winning 20 games out of a possible 21 and to Philip Carey and Niall Dalton for winning 1 game thus preventing the Kellys from winning all 21 games.

The Men’s Team Tennis Predictions Competitions on the line winners aka “The Forecast” was again run by Ben Connellan. The cost of entering was €5 and the winner was our Captain Shay Dolan with 5 correct answers.

Winner takes all.

Showbiz

During February, 2 members of the club have been involved in the entertainment business. One for the first time on a TV show called Come Dine With Me and the other, who is a seasoned pro on the stage with a Celtic Rock Musical called Whiskey In The Jar. To find out more please read the 2 posts below....

Come Dine With Me

On Sunday, 13th February TV3 sent a camera crew to Castleknock LTC to film Aidan Creavin playing tennis with friends on the indoor courts to be used as a clip in the Come Dine With Me TV programme. Until Aidan received the phonecall that he had been chosen as a contestant on the show he was unaware that colleagues in work had put his name forward!
The format of the show is that 4 people prepare a meal for the other 3 contestants in their homes and they then vote for who they consider to have prepared the best meal. The filming in the club was to provide background on Aidan as part of the show. Aidan tells me that the projected broadcast date for the show is sometime in May. So keep an eye on the schedules in May and see if you can catch a glimpse of the club. Although TV3 spent 1 to 2 hours in the club this filming will be editeded down to 15-20 seconds on the show. We wish Aidan the best of luck.

Whiskey In The Jar

The World Premiere of the Celtic Rock Musical Whiskey In The Jar takes place in the RED COW Moran Hotel from 14th to 19th March. The book and lyrics are by our own Brian Rogers and the music is by Dave O'Connor.
Brian and Dave, inspired by the lyrics of Whiskey In The Jar have expanded them into a high energy Celtic Rock Musical. Ticket prices start at €20 for the show only, €40 for show plus dinner and €80 for show plus dinner, room and breakfast.
For more information call 01-459 3650 or visit http://www.whiskeyinthejarthemusical.com/.

Men's Spring Wednesday Nights 2011

Starts on Wednesday, 23 February
 · As there will be a total of 11 nights – 6 nights will be required for a participation prize.

 · The sign-on sheet will be posted on the CLTC website at 1pm on Fridays for the following Wednesday. Please use your login for booking a court to sign-on.

 · Up to 52 players in the both the 7.30pm and 9pm sessions can be accommodated.

 · Junior members over 14 years of age and under 18 years of age are eligible to play but only in the 7.30pm session.

 · 2 sessions will be run at 7.30pm and 9pm.

 · There will be a break for the Spring C'ships. 

First web sign-on opens on Fri, 18th February

Men's And Ladies Team Tennis 2011

With one week to go in Team Tennis Black would appear to be the colour to be seen in this Spring on a tennis court anyway! Read on....

The Ladies Team Tennis commenced on Thursday, 13th January and is being run by Deirdre Naughton, Grainne Doyle and Sue Spencer. 120 ladies with 6 teams of 10 levels are playing in this event.
Nothing separates the top 3 teams with the Black Team on 75 points and the Blue Team and the Orange Team on 74 points each.
The weather has proved to be a challenge and 4 nights so far have had disrupted play on the outdoor courts due to frost and galeforce winds. 17 matches have had to be re-arranged from last Thursday, 3rd February and Friday, 4th February.
Despite all this, lots of great tennis is being played and the team captains are very enthusiastic in their role of team encouragement and team colours are being worn with pride.

The Men's Team Tennis which commenced on Wednesday, 12th January and is being run by Adrian Brannigan, Peter Furlong and John Kilkenny is suffering from the same weather problems as the Ladies. The Black Team are on 86 points closely followed by the Green Team on 83 points and the Blue Team on 71 points. Currently there is a backlog of 20 matches and depending on the results of those matches the Black Team could find themselves being overhauled. The top 2 teams will playoff on Friday, 18th. February for first and second place.

Marjorie Flood, the Social Secretary has, with the help of her Social Committee organised a joint event on Friday, 18th February with the presentation of prizes to the Ladies Team Tennis winners followed by the presentation of prizes to the Men's Team Tennis winners. Hot food will be served and a live band will play from 10pm on.

CLTC Golf Society AGM

Please note that the CLTC Golf Society AGM will be held in the

Tennis Club Bar on Tuesday, 8th February 2011 at 8pm.

We look forward to seeing as many members as possible.

New members especially welcome.

Regards,

Ben Connellan

Honorary Secretary.

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Castleknock Lawn Tennis Club Golf Society AGM 2011 Agenda

Tuesday, 8^th February 2011

Outgoing President:  Tony Dorman

Outgoing Captain:  Pat Holmes

Hon Treasure: Kevin Fitzgerald

Vice Captain: Kevin Fitzgerald

Hon Secretary: Ben Connellan

Agenda

1.       Outgoing Captain’s Address

2.       Minutes 2010 AGM

3.       Treasurer’s Report 2010

4.       Secretary’s Report 2010

A] Competitions

B] Golfer of the Year

    5.    Election of Officers // Committee for 2011

  

A] Captain

B] Vice Captain

C] Treasurer

D] Secretary

E] President

6.   New Captain’s Address.

     7.   Any other Business.