MLTC Club Notices 11/09/2026
MLTC NEWSLETTER 11th September 2026
OFFICIAL COURT OPENING of ADVANTAGE CLAY COURTS
On Saturday, September 5th, we were delighted to host the official opening by Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill of our new advantage clay courts.
Thank you to all who participated and attended, including local TD, Barry Ward.
And of course, the new courts would not have happened without the trojan work of our Executive Committee and the Courts Committee (Declan Cotter chairperson, Jemma Houlihan, Kevin Polley, Fiona O'Sullivan and Helen Bunbury, to whom we extend our gratitude.
Margaret Quinn
MLTC President
SENIOR NEWS
Ladies Floodlight League
Entry Closes Monday 14th September
Teams to be nominated to DLTC by 22nd Sept
MLTC will be submitting three teams for the Floodlight League this year, Class 2, 3 and 5. The League starts on Tuesday 29th September with round robin fixtures on Tuesday evenings for five weeks.
If you were interested in playing in this league, please fill in the sign up sheet in the club. Similarly if you would like to sub only, please indicate this on the sheet.
Please contact Noreen if you have any queries or if you would like me to include your details.
Ladies Senior League/O60s
The Ladies Senior League continued on Sunday morning with our eight teams taking to the court and performing well again with many wins and very tight three set matches. One of the tie breaks went to 16/18, hard luck to Claire and Grace on that close one!!!
The ladies O60 league continued on Wednesday with a great win out in Celbridge!
All to play for as teams settle into these group stages.
Singles Box Match Competition
As part of our measures for preparing for Summer League 2027, we are planning to hold an Autumn internal Singles Box Match competition, starting in the next couple of weeks. Please keep an eye out for further announcements next week. This will be in addition to the autumn doubles box tournament which will run from mid October up to Christmas.
Mens Floodlight League
Bill is putting together floodlight league teams this week ,matches start on Monday nights from Sept 28th
Mens Senior League (O35s)
We have entered three teams in this DLTC Mens Senior League. Best of luck to the teams who will be playing week 3 this Sunday.
CARDIO TENNIS
Delighted to announce that Adrienne’s Cardio Classes resume on Thursday 1st October for a term of 6 weeks.
Cardio is a fun, fitness, tennis session / drills with music!
Classes will be at 12 noon for an hour.
Please text Adrienne if you wish to sign up - All standards welcome!
MEN’S EVENTS
MEN’S MORNING – Sunday Mornings
Unfortunately, due to Senior League matches taking place on Sunday mornings, we won’t be able to hold Men’s Morning over the next few weeks.
LADIES SECTION
LADIES MORNING
Ladies tennis will start at around 9.30am next Wednesday and run until 11am because of leagues.
Helen Melvin will be your host so do come along and enjoy tennis and chat.
CHARITY LEAGUE
Teams are now being selected. We will have one Monday League section and two Tuesday Advanced League sections.
Also on Noticeboard is sign up sheet for hosting a Wednesday morning. Volunteers very welcome.
LADIES CHRISTMAS PARTY
Save the Date: Friday 27th Nov
JUNIOR NEWS
Stars & Stripes League
U12 girls Stars and Stripes home at 5pm
DLTC Junior League
u14 girls away to sandycove on Sunday at 330
U14 boys home to clontarf Sunday at 330
U18 boys home to Brookfield Sunday at 5pm
U18 girls away to bray on Sunday at 5pm
We welcome the home support for our juniors !
CLUB NIGHT
Club Night every Thursday at 8pm. Open to all Senior members, all standards – everyone welcome.
Stephen will get things started with some games and coaching tips!
UPDATE FROM HEAD COACH STEPHEN
The big news this week is the selection of both Rosie and Richie Kennedy
to play for Ireland in the 4 Nations, versus England - Scotland and Wales. Rosie plays in the U/18 category and Richie in the U/12 category.
They travel to Nottingham on the 17th September.
Huge Congratulations
Rosie & Richie from all the members.
Pretty unique to have a brother and sister selected to play on the same 4 Nations team. Proud mum & dad ..... Ruth & Rob!
The very best of luck to you both for this great occasion.
The Junior League and Stars & Stripes get under way this weekend.
Keep the Monkstown flag flying!
The Senior League reaches the halfway stage this weekend - keep battling for those points!
A great occasion in the club last Saturday with the official opening of the new courts. The club looked at its best - with all who attended most impressed - particularly Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Barry Ward.
Well done to all who were involved in organising the event.
All the best Stephen
MEMBER SURVEY
As part of developing our plans for the club, it is important to us to seek your views. Please note, we will be sending out a member survey next week and we would greatly appreciate if you would take the time to complete same. It should only take 10/15 minutes and will provide valuable insights for the Strategy Committee in creating the MLTC 3-year Strategy Document for 2027 to 2030. We intend to present this at the AGM in February 2027 as part of continued efforts to improve the Governance of the Club and to keep looking to the future.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Strategy Committee for all their hard work on this project under the chairperson Julie Ryan.
Margaret Quinn, President
On behalf of the Executive Committee