Catholic Institute Athletic Club Tennis Section Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1		June/July 2003

Useful Info

Phoning the Club

You can phone the club at (061) 227549 or (061) 227974. Someone should be on duty in the bar each evening from 7pm, and also in the mornings.

Committee

Your hard-working reps are:

Name Email	Role
Sean Moran morans@eircom.ie	Chairperson
Noreen Scanlon	Vice-Chairperson
Pat Shanahan	Secretary
Marina Gallagher marina.gallagher@ie.pwcglobal.com	Treasurer
Sean Prior seanprior@eircom.net	Coaching Coordinator
Mary Murphy marymurphy@mwhb.ie	New Members
Liam Burke liam.burke@augh.com	Munster Branch competitions
Donal Creaton donal.creaton@homs.ie	Public Relations
Clare Carrigy	Public Relations
Chris Crosbie crosbie@wyeth.com	Ladder, Courts/Facilities
Mary O’Connor	Junior Committee representative
Pat Biggane	Social Committee representative

Coaching

Available on request from our two resident coaches:

Name	Telephone
Tommy Sweeney	087 2745766
Tony Kelleher	087 9020482

To arrange a session, please phone the coach to arrange your time, and book and pay for the court. Fees are payable directly to the coach.

CIAC Gear!

The committee is currently looking at buying special Catholic Institute training tops, these will probably be navy in colour, will have the CIAC logo and will cost in the region of €40. Anyone interested can contact Liam Burke.

Junior Tennis

Coaching for Junior Members is provided on Saturday mornings at the club. Please contact Mary O’Connor for more information.

Ripley’s Believe it or Not!
Did you know that your court fee is payable at all times, i.e. no exclusions for weekends, etc. … Believe it or not!

Upcoming Events

The following events are coming up in the next few weeks and months. The club notice board also has details of forthcoming events. Mark your diaries! Limerick Senior Open This competition will run from the 5^th to the 12^th of July, and is open to members and non-members over the age of 18. Entries by Sunday 29^th June. Entertainment will be laid on in the clubhouse on Thursday night, 10^thJuly. Summer American Doubles These will be held every Wednesday night from 16^th July to 27^th August. All are welcome! Summer Cup This year, we have three Catholic Institute teams playing four competitions in the Summer Cup. · Grade 4 Men’s – Ultan O’Nuallain (captain), Mike Galvin, Alan Kelly & Kevin O’Connor, with various substitutes used throughout the summer – are playing a last sixteen match against Mallow on Sunday 29^th June in Mallow. Final is on the 17^th of August.			· Grade 6 Men’s – Billy Hilliard (captain), Liam Burke, Sean Prior & Gordon Grace – are playing in a quarter-final on Wednesday 2^nd July in Carrigaline (Cork) against Carrigaline. Again, substitutes will be used as needed throughout the summer and the final is on the 17^th of August. · Grade 3 Mixed: This competition won’t start until mid August with the final being held in October. Team members aren’t fully finalised at this stage. This team will take part in two competitions, a knockout competition and a one-day tournament called the Larry Byrne memorial cup. Autumn Doubles Will run from 29^th September to 1^st December. Inter-Firm Will run from the 8^th to the 13^th of September.
		Winners’ Enclosure

Here are the results of some of the recent competitions held at the club or in which teams from the club participated. Congratulations to all our winners and runners up.

Club Championship

The Tennis Club Championships, sponsored by Halifax Insurance, took place from 12th May, with the finals taking place on Friday, May 16th. High quality tennis was the order of the night, with a number of the matches being decided by third set tie-breaks. The many first time winners reflect the current vibrancy in the Club. There were two double winners – Sharon Robertson and Gordon Grace. The Ladies’ “A” Singles title was retained by Deirdre Hogan, while the Men’s “A” final was a repeat of last years match between Paul Beary and Tony Kelleher, with Tony reversing last year’s result to take the title.

Full results are:

Competition	Winner(s)	Runner(s) Up
Men’s A Singles	Tony Kelleher	Paul Beary
Ladies A Singles	Deirdre Hogan	Ann Dwyer
Men’s B Singles	Gordon Grace	John Hickie
Ladies B Singles	Mary Murphy	Hedvig Coughlan
Men’s C Singles	Denis Carey	Billy Hilliard
Men’s A Doubles	Darragh Devanney, Denis Giltenane	John Lyons, Peter Lavelle
Ladies A Doubles	Sharon Robertson, Aelish McMahon	Liz Cooke, Mary Moran
Men’s B Doubles	Liam Burke, Martin Corcoran	M.J.Kehoe, Gordon Grace
Ladies B Doubles	Kate King, Mary O’Connor	Hedvig Coughlan, Majella Strinati
Mixed A Doubles	Sharon Robertson, Mike Galvin	Marie McMahon, Pat Biganne
Mixed B Doubles	Niamh Carroll, Gordon Grace	Hedvig Coughlan, Liam Burke
Mixed C Doubles	Majella Strinati, Dermot Noonan	Michelle O’Grady, M.J.Kehoe

Mortgage Search (Summer) Doubles

The finals of the Summer Tennis Doubles took place on 23^rd June. This was the culmination of a great competition, which had run in the club over the previous eight weeks. The prizes were presented to the winners by Ann and Ultan O’Nuallain, on behalf of sponsors Mortgage Search.

Full results are:

Group	Winners	Runners Up
Blue	Ann Walsh, Yvonne O’Neill	Colette Cotter, Justine O’Donohoe
Yellow	Amanda Long, Ellen Kennedy	Marina Gallagher, Margaret Ryan
Green	Aelish McMahon, Sharon Robertson	Liz Cooke, Mary Moran
Lavendar	Jeff De Freitas, Ray O’Donnchada	Donal Creaton, Dermot Noonan
Red	Liam Burke, Martin Corcoran	Gordon Grace, M.J.Kehoe
Gold	Darragh Devanney, Denis Giltenane	Mike Galvin, Ultan O’Nuallain

South of Ireland

This open competition was held in Limerick Lawn Tennis Club in mid-June, and many of our players did us proud. Among the CIAC members who were winners and/or runners up were:

Competition	CIAC members (placing)
A Singles	Tony O'Shea (runner-up)
A Doubles	Tony O'Shea, Paul Beary (winners)
B Doubles	Claire Carrigy, Majella O'Gorman (winners) Aelish McMahon, Sharon Robertson (runners-up)
C Singles	Brendan O'Donoghue (runner up)
D Singles	Liam Casey (winner) Brendan O'Donoghue (runner-up)
D Doubles	Liam Burke, Gordon Grace (winners) Liam Casey, Brendan O'Donoghue (runners up)
D Mixed	Liam Burke, Marina Gallagher (winners)