Party Party Party!!!![02.02.2010]
If you haven't read your email, our first social night of the new year is taking place next week, Wednesday February 10th. Things will be getting started at 8pm in the Blue Room in the Student Centre. From there we'll be heading on into town for a night of fun and mayhem.
Even if you feel you dont know too many people, come along anyways. I only bite sometimes and what else would you be doing on a Wednesday night, studying.......Yeah right!!
See you all next week!
Welcome Back & Happy New Year[27.01.2010]
On behalf of the whole tennis committee I'd just like to welcome everyone back to college for another semester of fun and frollicks. Hope you all had a good Christmas/New Years, recharged the batteries for another semester of tennis and drunken fun.
As usual, our social tennis and coaching has resumed on Wednesday and Thursdays. Coaching is a bargain at only 2 euro and is a great way to shake off the cobwebs if you're just getting back into tennis or only a beginner looking to improve. Social tennis, as always, is a great place to have fun and meet your fellow members. If you're lucky, you might even catch a glimpse of me there making a fool of myself. So dont miss out.
Last weekend saw the return to competitive action for our mens/ladies teams in Winter League. The men's firsts started with a fantastic victory against a strong Fitzwilliam team, winning 2-1. The seconds, captained by the infamous Bobby Dwyer won 2-1 against Brookfield. While the thirds had a solid moral victory against Leopardstown. Afterall results dont matter. Having fun is what counts.
The ladies teams were all unfortunate, losing their matches. They just dont want to peak to early in the league. Firsts lost to 2-1 to Sandycove with two matches going to the wire, a third set. The seconds and third team both lost 3-0 to Rathgar and Fitzwilliam but I'm sure, like the men's third team, they had lots of fun. I think they are the big winners of the weekend.
Remember, this year is our year for hosting intervarsities. The website will be updated soon with a big section with all information regarding the event. So stay tuned. Also, the first social event of 2010 will be upon us soon. So start saving your drinking money now.
Floodlight League Week 2 Roundup[18.10.2009]
For all you tennis lovers, sorry for the delay in posting this news up. I'm not normally late with news and had heard there were some sleepless nights for you, worried for my well being. Right!?!?!?! I've convinced myself anyways of that anyways.
On to the results......I'm ashamed to say I neglected the ladies results last week but they're back with a bang this week. So they get priority in this report.
The ladies firsts, led by our very own Naoise Mac Eoin (Ladies Captain), were unfortunate losers in a 3-0 defeat. Its always tough for such a high class team where one little mistake could cost a point or even a match. So you can be sure that this match was much closer than the score suggests.
Happily, it was a different story for the seconds this week. They have a solid 2-1 victory. Katie O' Donnell, the teams captain and club secretary, battled back from illness the previous week and paired with Ciara Baragwaneth took the doubles match. Maeve Haran pitched in with a singles victory to take the team over the winning line.
Finally, the third and fourth teams were unlucky losers, both losing 2-1. It was a mixed bag of results for the ladies overall but you can be sure some positives will be taken from the performances of all the players.
The mens teams didn't fair too well this week, down to a variety of reasons from weakened teams to low flying airplanes. The seconds lost 2-1 with a weakened team but Grennan and Phil Dunne managed to pull out a victory in the doubles.
It was the third team this week to keep the crowds out late, under the lights in Ashbrook. Marcos Torres battled back after losing the first set 6-0 to take the second and third set. The first set was surely down to his shock of the cold weather and the fact that they weren't clay courts. He managed to overcome this and win his match. Sadly, this was the team's only victory of the night as they also lost 2-1.
The fourths, the real love of my life, lost 3-0 to a very strong Aer Lingus side. Abraham and Javier lost out in a tight doubles match. Our men's club captain, Brian Gibney lost his singles match 6-1 6-1 but he, like the rest of the team members were more worried about fulfilling their fascination of airplanes. There were many low flying ones for them to have a look at.
Thats it for this week. Remember coaching/social tennis takes place as usual. Floodlight matches take place for team members again on Monday and Tuesday. So best of luck again.
