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.