Junior Section

Junior News January 2012

Well done to the Under 8 and Under 9 Team which won the "Joe McGrath Invitational Tournament" which was held in Douglas before Christmas.
The Carrigaline team of Paul Harding, Philip Dorney, Danny Kelly, Mathias Kampus and Mikolai Kolodziejczyk overcame teams from Ballinlough and Douglas Lawn to capture the Trophy.
All games were played in a very sporting and fun manner.

The Wilson Cup and KBS Cup teams also had matches recently, playing Bishopstown and Whitechurch respectively.  Unfortunately both teams were second best on the day, with the Wilson Cup team particularly having some closed matches with Bishopstown.

Matchplay
In the New Year more emphasis will be put on Matchplay, trying to encourage the kids to take part in more club arranged matchplay outside of their coaching.  Currently Eoin runs matchplay on Wednesday evenings and occasional, more age specific matchplay on Saturday evenings.

Junior Club Hooded tops are now available, details on this website.
Looking forward to seeing you all in the New Year, coaching returns week of January 9th, with times as before unless otherwise advised.

Winter Matchplays

Well done to our Juniors who played in the recent Cork Regional Under14 Matchplay's held in Sundays Well Tennis Club recently.  These matchplays are a great way to gain match experience and play kids from different clubs.
Notable results were:
Matthew Scallen Cotter - Finished 6th
Sophie O'Sullivan - Finish 7th, and qualified for the Provincial Matchplays.

Wilson Cup

The Wilson Cup is a team event hosted by Carrigaline Tennis Club and is open to teams from all over Cork.  Each team consists of two Under12 Girls; two Under12 Boys; two Under14 Girls and two Under14 Boys.
For the past number of years the event has been generously sponsored by - Wilson Lock and Safe, Old Mill, Old Waterpark, Carrigaline.
Carrigaline played their first match last week against Rushbrooke, and unfortunately despite good tennis played all round, the tie resulted in a 3-1 win for Rushbrooke.  Our Under14 Girls pair of Sophie O'Sullivan and Hannah Shalloo taking the point for Carrigaline.

Junior Club Hooded Tops

Junior Hooded Tops are now available. The cost is €20 for junior sizes and €25 for small adult sizes.
Colours available are, Navy for Boys and Hot Pink for Girls - Contact Mark 087-9852247 to order.
Additional colours are available if you call to 4orm, Carrigaline Industrial Park, Crosshaven Road, Carrigaline.

Junior NewsTalk
By Mark Cunningham

Our aim going forward is to keep parents more informed as to what is going on with the Juniors in our club and also what is going on in other clubs with regards to Opens and Matchplays.

Friendly Matches
We have recently played two friendly matches.  The first friendly was played with Rathbarry/Ardfield. We had nearly twenty of our full courters playing on a sunny day in late August.  Our kids had very enjoyable matches and came out on top against the visitors.  We are looking forward to welcoming Ardfield back next year for a return visit.

Earlier this month eight of our Under 12's and Under 14's played a friendly in Ballinlough Tennis Club. Again, our kids played some very competitive matches with the final result being a tie at 6 matches a piece.

Under 8 Matchplay in Douglas LTC
Douglas Lawn Tennis Club recently held an Open Matchplay for Under8's. Seven of our Under 8's took part, great to see the interest in an event held outside the club.

Going Forward
In the coming weeks we hope to start organising more Matchplays and Blitzs for our kids in the club.  We will keep you informed about any updates. If you have any suggestions on the running of the Junior Section of the club, please let us know.  Alternatively, if you would like to volunteer to help with the Juniors feel free to let us know.

KBS Cup 2011/12

The KBS Cup Draw is on-line on the Tennis Ireland Tournament Website.   There are two groups in the competition.  Each team will play each other at home and away.  The top 2 teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals with the group winners having home advantage.
The finals will be played before Easter.

Wilson Cup 2011/12

The Wilson Cup Draw is on-line on the Tennis Ireland Tournament Website. There are two groups; each team will have two home and two away matches in the group stages.   The top two teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals.  The remaining 6 teams will play in the consolation event -  the Wilson Shield.

KBS Cup Final 2010/11

Whitechurch beat Ballinlough 2-1 in the Final of the KBS Cup.

Whitechurch

Ballinlough

Wilson Cup Finalists 2010/11

St Michaels & Sunday's Well

GlaxoSmithKline May Weekend Junior Tournament

 Parent & Child Tournament

Participants in the Second Annual Parent & Child Tournament