A Club Social took place on Thursday the 29th August. 

The Olympic Tennis Event took place on Thursday 29th August.
Members were selected to play in teams representing different Countries. The winning team being Portugal!

There was also Boules on the night. Simon and Breeda were available to introduce members to this new offering. 
Some members also familiarised themselves with the new Pickle Tennis Court.
Thanks to Club Captain Donal for organising a very successful event.

What A Night……. 

A Few sore heads I’d imagine, we had a great turnout for our tournament that started the celebrations.
We had 3 teams finish up with less that 2 points between them. Unfortunately, there can only be one winner on the day and it was Liz Christy and her team that took home first place.
Well done to Liz and her teammates - Cheryl Casey,  Joy Keefe, Don Coughlan, Derval Walsh, Richard Walsh and Emily Lennon.
Thanks to everyone that made the effort to join in the celebrations and it was great to see everyone enjoying themselves so much.

A Big Thank You to Donal, Louise and their teams who did trojan work in organising this very successful event. Not forgetting Maria who made a very special Celebration Cake.

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The proposed schedule of events for the day would be to run a 10-year Anniversary Team Challenge Tournament from 1 to 4pm. 
Celebrations will kick off in the club house with Food served 5.30pm to 6.30pm. (€20 per ticket for food and will be available to purchase on easy payments)

Some members might not be aware, but the club is nearly 40 years in existence. A long history relates to the club from founding it to where we are now.
The 10-year event is marking the move from the old playing courts on the Carrigaline Gaa Grounds to the new facilities that we have now.
If any members would have any photographs that they could share we’d love to scan and upload to a create a slide show in the club house during the celebrations.
If you have any digital photos, please send to social@carrigalinetennisclub.com.
It would be great to share these memories on the night.

Honesty bar on the night
Prize giving for 10-year team challenge event 7.15pm 
Talk from members involved in founding the new club 7.45pm 
DJ 9pm to 11pm

Thanks to all who competed in the Corner House Cup over the past three weeks.
Finals Night is this Thursday, 23^rd February 2023.
Team standings after last Thursday’s matches are as follows-
Team Serves You Right 156
Team Good Vibrations 142
Team Double Trouble 140
Team Ace of Base 135
Team Double the Fun 125
Team All About the Baseline 108

Two Players have been eliminated from each team (1 man and 1 lady who had the least amount of points in their team)
The remaining 4 members from Team Serves you Right and Team Good Vibrations will progress to the finals at 8pm as they came first and second in the overall standings.
The remaining 4 members from the Teams Double Trouble, Ace of Base, Double the Fun and All About the Baseline will play the semi-finals at 7pm.
The 2 teams with the most points from the semi-finals will progress to the Finals at 8 o’clock.

Semi- Final Matches
7 pm games 
Match 1 
David O’Sullivan /Majella Daly v Alan Kelly/Paula O’Donovan
Match 2 
Louise Cogan/Cathal McGrath v Victor Goncalves /Mary Good
Match 3 
Keelin Tobin/Silvio Santos v Alan Cogan/Amy Meehan
Match 4 
Myriam Cotter/Jarbas Pinheiro v Finbarr Crowley/Deirdre Stuart

Finals Matches
8 pm Games 
Match 1 
Ken Molloy/Aoife Ni Cheallachain v Team Double Trouble or Team Ace of Base
Match 2 
Ger O’Sullivan/Mellissa Walsh v Team Double Trouble or Team Ace of Base
Match 3 
Donal Lennon/Fiona Geary v Team Double the Fun or Team All about the Baseline.
Match 4 
Ruben Lopez/Joy Keefe v Team Double the Fun or Team All about the Baseline

Sorry to anyone that missed out and best of luck to all of the remaining players.
We would encourage anyone that missed out to come up and support their teams. Prize giving will be at 9pm and afterwards we will be meeting in the Corner House for a sociable drink and all are welcome to attend .

Club Captain Alan organised a very enjoyable Poker Doubles Event on Friday 28th January.
This was a completely new format and Twenty members turned up to test it out.
Pizza and Chat followed Tennis - a great night was had by all!
Winners were Steph, Ann, Eimhin and Louise.
Thanks Alan.

On Friday Night the 6th Aug at 7.15pm, the settlers on the Northside of Carrigaline will take on the Southside in the Annual unique Team Challenge. It is basically a bit of fun Doubles between those living in the North and those in South of the town. The Northsider’s are looking to win the Rosies Cup for the first time and the bragging rights.

This year’s captains will be Tom Noonan for the South and Louise Cogan for the North.
Louise has confirmed in a recent interview that her North team are in great shape and can't wait to bring the famous Rosie's cup North of the Owenabue this year.
Tom will be issuing a media briefing in the coming days to respond to these comments.

It promises to be a great night and to add to the mild rivalry. The winning team on the night will receive a free drink as well as bragging rights for 12 months.

To enter, login to Ebooking and book. Cost is 5 Euro.

Refreshments available on the night weather permitting.

Draw will be made Wednesday the 5th of August so please make sure to confirm entry before this date.