September 27, 2017
The Slattery Tiles Nenagh LTC Senior Club Championships took place last week. A fine entry spread over 22 events meant a busy week for organisers and players alike, with a lot of members playing 3 events. Fortunately the wet weather of mid-week and on part of finals day didn’t dampen proceedings and overall it was yet another successful tournament.
There were many outstanding performers across all grades. Matthew Ryan was an impressive winner of the Gr 1/2 singles title against the always difficult to beat Aussie James Morris. Brian McGahey won Gr 1/2 doubles (with Eamonn Murtagh) and mixed doubles (with Anne-Marie Darcy) while Sinead O’Meara won Gr 1/2 doubles (with Deirdre McSherry) and Gr 3 doubles (with Tara Spain).
Ciara Cairns won singles and mixed (with Conor O’Meara) and the ever consistent Mary Minogue won ladies doubles (with equally consistent Doireann Kennedy) and mixed (with Padraig Hickey) in their respective grades. Kieran Grace was also in top form, winning both singles and doubles (with Catriona Cleary) in their category.
Meanwhile in the H’cap mixed, veteran Eamon Dillon teamed up with Anne-Marie Darcy to win an exciting 3 set encounter against the formidable combination of Eamonn Murtagh and Kate Heduan.
Following the finals David Hackett (Joint Club Capt) and Margaret Folan (Pres) thanked Conor and Loreto Slattery for their generous sponsorship of the tournament. Matthew Ryan and Eamon Dillon, on behalf of the players, expressed similar sentiments to the Slatterys as well as complimenting tournament organisers David Hackett and Pauline Ryan and the many back-up personnel whose work meant a most enjoyable week for all.
Photos from finals night presentation can be viewed on the club’s Facebook page.
Results:
There’s 2 Open Nights in the club, on this Thurs 28th Sept and on Tues 3rd Oct. Open to anyone who might like to try the game, or former players coming back. Come at 7 pm. See club’s Facebook page.
The next event will be the annual ‘Tadhg O’Flynn Classic’ starting mid-October and there’s a Car Treasure Hunt coming up. Details on these are on club’s Facebook page.
