Sutton LTC Masters
Draws now live for all events.
https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/6CE83EEE-9D88-4E50-AEAB-52E9B2665B24
Matches to be arranged between players themselves.
Round Deadlines
Round 1 - Sunday June 9th
Quarter Finals - Thursday June 13th
Semi Finals - Wednesday June 19th
Finals - Thursday June 20th & Friday June 21st - Finals scheduled by the tennis committee
Format
Championship events
2 regular sets with full advantage, 3rd set is a Championship Tiebreak to 10 points
Handicap events
Best of 3 sets. Each set is first to 6 games. First to 6 win in each set
Senior Social Night
Friday 5th July from 7pm
Wimbledon Tennis & Live Music with Pimms, Prosecco, Strawberries & Cream
Tennis followed by live music in the bar
White tennis clothing only to embrace the Wimbledon theme
Help us celebrate the start of Wimbledon 2024
Cost €20 per player
Sign up now under the Events section on our smartclub app or via the following link
https://www.smartclubcloud.com/
No tennis option also available for members who do not wish to play tennis
Senior Tennis Whatsapp group
Keep up to date with all things senior tennis by adding yourself to the group.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/FfpoZJ0gl7p1lS5cOslJRF
Junior Team Tennis
Teams and groups are now up in the Junior Room! Fill in scores on round robin sheets. 90 players signed up!
Our coaches are going to be the team managers! They'll be encouraging all their team to get their matches played and the losing coaches get soaked by the other teams on finals day!
Matches are arranged in your time. Players will get 5 matches along with a Pizza party and prizes for the winning team on June 28th.
Matches to be played by June 28th.
Junior Tennis WhatsApp group
Join here to keep up to date with all the news on junior tennis
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdXo1zLbXSRLhL3WXIsJ98
Senior Opens
Well done to Tanya Murtagh who won the Tour 1000 doubles event at the Naas Senior Open. Tanya teamed up with Naas player Grainne O’ Neill to take the title. Great win!
ITF MT 200 Masters Irish Open 2024
Congratulations to Tom Barry, Carmel O Hare and Una McEntee who won Irish Open titles in the Irish Masters Open which was played over the bank holiday weekend in Elm Park LTC
Tom won the O.65yrs Mens Singles & Mens Doubles events and Carmel & Una won the O.55yrs Ladies Doubles events
DLTC Summer League Round Up
Week 4 of summer league for Classes 2 - 7 has finished with our mens and ladies teams still in contention to reach the play-off stages.
The Ladies 2nd Team in Class 2 (Captain Barbara Reamsbottom) and the Ladies 3rd Team in Class 3 (Captain Lorraine Wormald) are currently in 2nd position in their respective groups.
The Mens teams are also performing strongly with the Mens 4th Team in Class 5 (Captain Bruno Haas) in 1st position in their group. The Mens 2nd Team in Class 3 (Captain Ray Conboy), Mens 3rd Team in Class 4 (Captain Dave Roche) are in 2nd position in their groups.
Best of luck to all team captains and their teams in their remaining matches.
Court Requirements for DLTC League
Friday 7 June 10 Courts from 7.30pm
Tuesday 11 June 10 Courts from 7.30pm
Wednesday 12 June 10 Courts from 7.30pm
Tennis Camps
Week 1 from July 1st to 5th starting to fill up. Our last week of Aug 19th - 23rd is nearly full already!
Our tennis camps are now live on smartclubcloud.com The Camps are open to members and non members aged 5 to 12. All levels can join. Non members can try tennis for the week and see if they like it.
Camps run 9am - 1pm each day and are led by our professional coaches from Sutton LTC.
Members must sign up online but non members need to contact the office on 01 832 3035 or email info@suttonltc.com
Plenty of tennis and plenty of fun guaranteed!
We will also have plenty on for our tournament players including our pre east of Ireland camp before our Junior Open in July. Rob will be in touch soon with more info
Junior Summer Programme 2024
We are really pleased to announce our Junior Summer Tennis programme is live and ready to sign up for on SmartClub Cloud now!!
Ciaran McCarthy is our Junior Steward for the summer and the programme will start on 24th June and will run every afternoon for the whole Summer
Cost €25 for the whole summer - great value!!
Specific timetable of fun activities for every afternoon is to follow and Ciaran will be in touch soon with more details
MEMBERS only
All welcome and Ciaran will be in touch himself very soon with more details.
Sign up for the programme by clicking on the link below
https://www.smartclubcloud.com/
Looking forward to a great summer of tennis
Summer Training for Tournament level players
We will also be offering training for players who are competing in Junior opens this summer.
Our Pre East of Ireland Camp is now open to sign up on www.smartclubcloud.com
It runs from July 8th - 12th. 2pm - 5pm each day. You will need to add you name to the waiting list for camp and then Rob will add you if you are of the appropriate level. Players in camp must be competing in the East of Ireland or in similar events outside the club.
O80 Super Masters team event
A Super Masters team event for O80yrs Men took place in Glenageary LTC last week and Sutton LTC were represented by Terry Donaghue, Sean O Dwyer and Joe Walsh
This is event was part of a series of events for Veterans organised by Michael Butler, Sandycove LTC
Junior Opens
Great weekend for our Juniors again. Two titles for the Sutton girls! Mia Maselsky won the Girls U12 Tour 200 event at the Rathgar Junior Open. Mae Murphy was the champion of the Tour 100 also in Rathgar.
Jacques McHugh was 3rd in the U14 Tour 200 with Lucy Cahir also 3rd in the girls U14s. Conor Reamsbottom was 5th in the Boys 12s.
Emma Hickey had a quarter final at the St. Annes Tour 1000 event in the U14s.
Junior Tennis Coaching Programme
We are well into our April term. If you have not completed payment please do as soon as possible. The invoice will be on your smartclub account.
Round Robins
New Round Robins are now live for Ladies singles, doubles and Men's singles. Matches to be completed by July 7th
Senior Tennis Calendar 2024
We have some changes to our senior competition calendar this year. All your favorite comps are still there but note the dates now of the handicaps and the masters. In particular we are bringing the masters events into the warmer part of the year so all that great tennis will be played in warm sunshine now!
Masters June 4th - 21st
Handicaps July 1st - 27th
Senior Open August 17th - 24th
Senior Club Champs Aug 31st - September 14th
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3A9vRpMC6L/?igsh=MTJ4OHZwaXZhMHBuNw==
Update your Tournament Software Account
As our busy tennis calendar gets underway we are asking players and parents/guardians of our junior players to log into their ti.tournament software accounts and check that all details ie Club, email address and mobile numbers are up-to-date.
In particular, please ensure that your mobile number is in the mobile number field in your account. This will ensure that you will receive text updates during tournaments when necessary.
To change Club on your account please email info@tennisireland.ie to request a change to Sutton LTC from your previous club
Ladies Wednesday Morning Time Tennis
Ladies Time Tennis resumes next Wednesday 10th April and is moving back to its original time of 10am -12noon
All ladies welcome and we hope to see lots of new faces, especially new members during February
Sign in up in the Lounge with Carmel Gillespie and matches will be organized. Cost €2
Tournament Calendar
Tennis Ireland have brought out the 2024 calendar. This is great to have this in advance. You can now filter to the level of event you only wish to see and add it to your calendar on your mobile. Start planning for 2024.
https://www.tennisireland.ie/competitions/tournaments
Private Coaching
If you are interested in booking a private session with any of our coaches you can text them directly to arrange.
If you don't know our coaches you can meet some of them here!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz1EQ2zMjm_/?igshid=N2ViNmM2MDRjNw==
Carlos Herrero - 087 317 9653
Victoria Gaidau - 085 163 2069
Tanya Murtagh - 087 126 7250
Brendan Mulligan - 087 655 8520
Ali O'Dea - 086 663 9600
Lara Collier - 086 199 8436
Courts & equipment on court
Please see the hooks now provided for our clay court drag mats. Please leave them on the hooks after use to protect the bristles.
If any member notices any issues with the courts ie broken net bands etc please report the fault to the office and it will be repaired.
Share your Tennis achievements
If you are competing in ranking National events and tournaments or are selected for interprovincial or national representation please let us know and we will share your achievements with your fellow members. Email tennis@suttonltc.com
