Progressive Doubles / Singles Round Robins

Progressive Doubles was a huge success last year particularly with the ladies. It will be on Wednesday nights for the ladies and Thursday nights for the men, starting on Wednesday & Thursday, April 14th & 15th. Entry forms available by the Notice Board.
Singles Round Robins will also start that week and matches are played by agreement within set timeframe. Sign up sheet is on Notice Board.

Social Tennis

Social Tennis will commence on Wednesday, April 14th. Play starts at 10am and all are welcome - just show up. Mary Poland and Lisa Matthews will be there to meet you and there will be complimentary tea / coffee afterwards for the first three weeks.

Serve In - Change of Date

The Tennis Captains' Serve In will now take place on May 2nd. Sorry for change of date but it's unavoidable. More details to follow soon.

Coffee Morning & Fashion Show

Our inaugural Coffee morning and Fashion Show was a big hit with the Ladies last year. The 2010 event takes place on Saturday, April 24th at 11am and doubtless will be another success. All members of Elm Park are welcome.

Ladies Summer League

Calling all Ladies. Summer League kicks off in May and there are 3 singles and 2 doubles on a team. Sign up on the Noticeboard if interested in playing.
Singles Round Robins and Progressive Doubles will also be starting immediately after Team Tennis so there is no time to waste - sign up today!

Looking for a Regular Game?

Are you looking for a regular game? We know lots of members play team tennis, progressive doubles or whatever but don't actually have a regular game. Judy Matthews has agreed to act as a contact for anyone who wishes to play more tennis - singles or doubles, any standard. Call her today!

Junior Tennis

Yvonne Sheedy has made a great start to the Junior Tennis year. Activities including friendly tournaments, U12 & U17 leagues, Team Tennis and the Hardcourt Championships are all taking place between now and the end of April.
It has also been agreed that some parents should be enlisted to help Yvonne and Lisa with Junior activities. A meeting took place on Saturday last with this in mind - we'll let you know the outcome soon.

Winter League

The men entered 3 teams in the DLTC Winter League and the ladies 2 teams. Suffice it to say this was not our best campaign and hopefully we will do better in the Summer League.

Team Tennis

Spring Team Tennis is currently under way. We had a big entry again - 96 players plus subs. We have 8 teams playing on Thursday nights which has necessitated a change in the date of the Finals Night. Finals will now take place on April 1st!
Wednesday night is a much more intimate affair which just 4 teams playing. These teams are playing each other 3 times so as to finish at the same time as the Thursday teams.
The introduction this year of the 10 minute rule (thanks Leo Mangan) has definitely helped with puntuality on the night. Late starts had become a huge bone of contention with players as it meant teams playing the last matches were often starting long after scheduled time. Hopefully the improved time-keeping will continue.
Updates on scores to follow shortly.

AGM

The Agm was held on Jan 13th and heralded in some new faces on the Committee. Mark Sobczyk has created a poster which is displayed on the notice board with photos of the committee so you can put a face on the following names.

Tennis Captain Linda Clarke
Mens Captain Mark Sobczyk
Hon Secretary Brian Maye
Hon Treasurer Jack O'Keeffe
Alan Barrett
Sally de Foubert
Dave Glynn
Judy Matthews
Cyril Maybury
Carolyn McArdle
Mary Poland
Yvonne Sheedy

Christmas Party

The annual Tennis Christmas party took place on December 5th. As ever it was a great night with good food, lots of wine and late night dancing to Frankie's Swing Band. Photos of Jim Murphy in the Captain's blazer suggest that he has set his sights on the role - and it was a great fit! Later, when all should have gone home a session started in the Bar with Mary Grier accompanying a motley bunch on the piano.