Sutton LTC Senior Open 2023 sponsored by Adrian Dunne Pharmacy

Saturday 19th August - Saturday 26th August inclusive

We are delighted to announce that our flagship senior event, the Sutton LTC Senior Open 2023, will return to SLTC from Saturday 19th August - Saturday 26th August (inclusive), sponsored by Adrian Dunne Pharmacy. This is T1000 Tennis Ireland licenced tournament and has events for all levels from Championship Class 1 to Class 7 & non league with cash prizes in all events

Don't miss out on playing in your home senior open - some events are filling up fast in particular the Men's Class 5 and Class 7 singles.   

Entry is now open  online via the following link

https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/3342679D-5900-4DC6-B7E9-00C8331C13B5

Get your entry in early and spread the word among your tennis friends in other clubs.

We look forward to a week of excellent tennis at all levels in SLTC

Summer Handicaps - Online entry extended

Online entry for the Summer Handicaps has been extended until next Tuesday 8th  August.

Full details below

For intermediate, senior intermediate & senior sports members

https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/B28C629B-CB81-4DD6-BB4F-B8BCBC4B3362

There are 5 events:
Men's Handicap Singles, Ladies Handicap Singles, Men's Handicap Doubles, Ladies Handicap Doubles and Mixed Handicap Doubles.

If you are a new member and do not have a doubles or mixed partner we will help you source one.

Closing date for entry is extended until Tuesday 8th August.

Finals take place on Saturday 16th September during our At Home weekend when the finals of the Senior Club Championships will also take place. Finals will be scheduled by the Tennis Committee and a final may be scheduled for Friday 15th if required by the Committee. Players should be available on both dates
 and partnerships in doubles and mixed.

New to handicap tennis or unsure how to work out a handicap? - our Tennis Administrator, Orna Morrissey, will help you with your handicap format in advance of your matches.

This tournament is for all standards due to the handicapping system.

For new members entering you need to register for a Tennis Ireland pin no. This registration and pin no will set you up to enter all our internal events, and external tournaments, on the online system ti.tournamentsoftware.com

Link for registering for a Tennis Ireland Pin no

https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/user/login?ReturnUrl=%2findividual-entry%2fb28c629b-cb81-4dd6-bb4f-b8bcbc4b3362

Sutton  LTC Junior Championships 14th - 18th August

CONGRATULATIONS to Lauren McKay who is the winner of the spot  prize in the draw held for the first 50 entries of this year’s SLTC Junior Championships

Not too late to enter. Entry is open online  until Friday 11th August on ti.tournamentsoftware.com  via the following link

https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/22764F4B-0E58-42B8-8298-2211B7B168EF

Events for all standard of junior players 

Goody bags, t-shirts for all who enter and a fantastic week of tennis and fun is guaranteed.

To enter, our junior members need a Tennis Ireland Pin Number.

If your child is not already registered for this TI Pin No. click on the following link.

https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/user?returnUrl=%2F

It is a once-off free of charge registration and this will enable your child/children to enter all our internal tennis events and open tournaments in any club

Generation Game -  Sunday 13th August 

We begin our Junior Club Championship week with the popular Generation Game on Sunday 13th August from 2pm-4pm.

What is the Generation Game?   A junior social tennis event where a junior member of SLTC plays with an adult 

All age groups and abilities catered for.   Great fun afternoon for all the juniors and adults alike.  Any adult over 18 can play with a junior - just add the name of the partner when entering the junior member.

Adult player  does not have to be a member of SLTC but the Child playing MUST be a member.

BBQ, treats and prizes at the end of the afternoon

Cost 10 euro per pair

Sign up on smartcloud.com via the following link

https://www.smartclubcloud.com/

Sutton LTC Senior Championships 2023  sponsored by O Hare O Dwyer Solicitors

6th September - Saturday 15th September (inclusive)

Our flagship SLTC Senior Club Championships will be online for entry this weekend. 

The championships  are taking place from 6th  September with the  At Home weekend on Saturday 16th September.  Events for all standards and matches will be scheduled by the Tennis Committee

More details to follow

DLTC Men's O.65yrs Senior League

DLTC O.65yrs Men's senior league starts on Thursday 7th September .and the round robin matches will be played over 5 weeks. 

This is a doubles league with each team consisting of 3 men's doubles pairings.  

 Matches are played either At Home in Sutton LTC at 11am on Thursdays or away in other competing clubs.   

Players should be aged  65yrs or older by 31 December 2023 to play in this league

If you are interested in playing in this league email  your availability to tennis@suttonltc.com by Friday 7th August.  

Summer Programme

Our summer programme has been buzzing all week with kids aged 5 to 15 all having the craic on court and playing loads of tennis. More to come next week so make sure to get down!

Ciaran McCarthy is our junior steward this summer and he'll be getting everything going on the courts. We also have a junior whatsapp group where we send out info about what's going on. 

If you want to be added text Rob, Helen Holden or Ciaran and we'll add you in

You can still sign up for our summer programme at www.smartclubcloud.com Fantastic value for €20 per child.

If your child’s smartclub account has not been activated please contact Andrea Moore Office Administrator at info@suttonltc.com or on 01 8323035 and she will be able to assist you

The summer fun has begun!!

Colm Dawson's Family Magic Show Friday 1st September

Colm returns to SLTC with his family style show for all ages.

4pm - 5.30pm Kids Tennis & Pizza

6pm Colm Dawson will be on stage with his Magic Show

After the Show Colm will do some close up magic in the bar

€10 per child and parents go free. Members only

Adults invited to enjoy the show from the bar.

On sale now on smartclub via the following link

https://www.smartclubcloud.com/

Unfortunately due to high demand from our junior members it is not possible to facilitate younger non-member siblings

Junior Opens

A massive congratulations to Emma Hickey last week at the Junior Close Championships of Ireland in Rushbrooke LTC. Emma came runner up in the girl’s u12 singles and won the u12 mixed doubles final with her partner Matthew Thompson. As well as this, Emma and her partner Juliane Keogh won the final of the girl’s u12 championship doubles. What a week! Well done 

Well done to Eoin Quinn who won the u18 event in the Leopardstown Junior Open and to Jennifer O’Connor who made the semis of the u14 event. Congratulations to Sally Flynn who won the consolation draw of the u16 event 

https://www.tennisireland.ie/competitions/national-player-database/

Tennis Europe Summer Cup

Well done to Rob Turpin who travelled to Brescia, Italy to captained the U12 girls Irish squad who are competed at the Tennis Europe Summer Cup last week. The Irish team took on the best players in Europe in their age group 

Summer Tennis Camps

Next tennis camp!

August 8th - 11th

10am to 2pm every day 

Open to members or any non members looking to try tennis for the week

Sign up is open on www.smartclubcloud.com

Non members contact Andrea in office this week

Junior Dates for the Diary

Summer Programme - every afternoon Monday - Friday 

Generation Game

August 13th

Summer Club Champs

August 14th - August 18th

Courts & equipment on court

If any member notices any issues with the courts ie broken net bands etc please report the fault to the office and it will be repaired.

Ladies Wednesday Morning Time Tennis

Ladies Time Tennis will be taking a break for August and will resume in September.

Sincere thanks to Carmel Gillespie for running this club activity each week.  

Share your Tennis achievements

If you are competing in ranking National events and tournaments or are selected for interprovincial or national representation please let us know and we will  share your achievements with your fellow members.  Email tennis@suttonltc.com

Coaches Corner

https://youtu.be/Bcqi_M9aPmg

SENIOR SQUASH

SENIOR SQUASH ROUND ROBINS - AUGUST

We are taking names now for the Senior Squash Round Robins starting 3rd August. Email to squash@suttonltc.com if you are interested.

SQUASH BALL MACHINE

Have you tried the Squash Ball Machine? It is a great way to practice your shots and better your game. Talk to Eoin Ryan for details on how to register.

SATURDAY SOCIAL SQUASH

Open to all members, drop down from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. to hit with others every Saturday. Meet new people to play Squash.

CONSIDERING SENIOR SQUASH LEAGUE

Each year we enter Senior Squash League Teams in the Leinster Squash Leagues Competition. Sutton pride themselves in the fact that we have committed and strong league teams and featured for many years in the winning circle.

Covid played a part in a fall off but we hope to return to our strength and plan to enter teams in the League for September/October. 

Men's Teams are made up of 5 players and Ladies 4 players. It is a great opportunity to compete as a team in such an individual sport. Matches are Home and Away throughout Leinster and run until approximately March/April and it is followed by Cup Competition, which is a knockout system. 

It is important to get commitments from players who will make themselves available for the matches each week both home and away. There are many divisions of different standards from Premier to Division 6.

I will be sending out an email soon to gauge interest and I hope we get lots. Keep an eye out and if you have any questions drop in and chat to me.

SQUASH WEBSITES FOR YOUR INTEREST

Squash Site: http://thesquashsite.com

World Squash Federation: https://www.worldsquash.org

European Squash Federation: https://www.europeansquash.com

PSA Professional Squash Association: https://psaworldtour.com

Irish Squash: https://www.irishsquash.com

JUNIOR SQUASH

IRISH SQUASH CALENDAR

Prepare for your tournaments. Irish Squash have published the calendar and is available at link below.

https://www.irishsquash.com/calendar/

JUNIOR SQUASH COACHING – STARTS 4th SEPTEMBER

I am taking bookings now and you can contact us directly on 086 8182466 / 086 8433289

OR: squash@suttonltc.com ONLY

Forms in Club Now.

Yours in Sport

Eoin Ryan

Fees are payable when booking the classes. Please pay when booking.

Classes are graded and they are on 

Monday           …         3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Tuesday           …         3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Wednesday     …         3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday         …         3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday              …         3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

SQUASH SUMMER TRAINING

Week 1: 1st – 4th August (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri) - FULL

Week 2: 7th – 11th August (Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri) - FEW PLACES

Week 3: 14th – 18th August (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri) 

4 Days

9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. – Cost: €100

11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. & 2.00 P.m. – 4.00 p.m. – Cost: €1.65

Email squash@suttonltc.com if you wish to book

Monday Evening Classes Update

From 14th August, Circuits will be on at 5:15pm. Yoga is now on at 6pm on Mondays.

Class Numbers

We have increased all the capacity numbers in our classes where possible from next week onwards to try and match the demand for places in the classes.