MLTC Club Notices 14/08/2025
MLTC NEWSLETTER 14th August 2025
SAD NEWS
We would like to express our profound sympathies to the family and friends of Ógie Mehigan who passed away last Friday. Beloved eldest son of Emily and Brian and big brother to Michael, Claire, Helen and Florence. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this sad time.
LAUNCH OF THE 2025 SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS TOURNAMENT - the very best of luck to everyone involved
The draws for the Senior Championships have been published. Please review review the website regularly as the schedule can change
Matches will start this Friday 15th August at 6pm. The schedule for Saturday and Sunday will start at 11am not 10.30 as on the website (apologies for this)
Match Format - Doubles
A Championship Tie Break will be played instead of a 3rd Set (first to 10 points, with an advantage of 2 or more points)
Note: In the first two sets, if the score reaches six games all, a Set Tie Break will be played (first to 7 points, with an advantage of 2 or more points)
Match Format - Singles
Three full sets will be played.
In any of the three sets, if the score reaches six games all, a Set Tie Break will be played (first to 7 points, with an advantage of 2 or more points)
This format applies to the main singles draw, u21s and o40s.
Format for Plates/Bowls to be confirmed.
Please Note:
There will be 280 games played over the next 2 weeks with a very tight schedule, our ask is
Keep your unavailability to a minimum,
Arrive 15 minutes before your allocated time
Keep it to a limited warm-up ( start your warm up at home to avoid injuries)
**The championship Café will not open on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th. On Friday 15th beer and wine will be available for your post- match social drink.
**We continue to look for VOLUNTEERS for the cafe, for sign-in and lock-up, your help is needed and greatly appreciated.
**If there are any amateur photographers who are looking to make a few bob, we would love someone to take photos of the championships finals day and early evening (what Eric has so fantastically done over many years), and make a photo album for the club.
The weather is fab, the tennis will be fab, Colette and Dermot are looking forward to seeing many of you over the coming few weeks in what has always been a fantastic event for the club
LADIES SECTION
Senior League and the Over 60s league
The teams will be on the notice board early next week.
SENIOR LEAGUE - Men
We have three over 35 teams registered for the DLTC Senior League this year (classes 1,2 and 5). Three doubles pairings in each team. Group matches start on Sunday 31st August through to 28th Sept at 1.30pm. Play-offs in early October with finals on 18th Oct. Please respond to the Men’s League WhatsApp poll or contact me directly if you are not in the WhatsApp group and interested in playing. Dermot
MEN’S MORNING – Sunday Mornings
Mens morning will be a little shorter this Sunday, 10am – 11am due to some championship matches being played over the weekend. Come for a game and stay watch some exciting matches!
JUNIOR COACHING – SEPTEMBER TERM
A reminder that booking will open on Easy Payments tomorrow 15th August at 10am
Schedule attached
All classes will commence the week of 8th September (12 week term)
Please note: there will be no coaching during mid-term - Saturday 25th October (Bank Holiday weekend) – Friday 31st October 2025
JUNIOR SUMMER CAMPS - Sign up now- next camp at end of August
ADRIENNE’S CAMP : 25th – 27th August : Monday – Wednesday : 3 days
(Just a few places left in both morning and afternoon camps)
Further details of camps can be found under Easy Payments on our website.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 18th TO 23rd AUGUST
Schedule now available for Monday and Tuesday.
Any queries, please contact Karen MacKenna.
Please use the link:
https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/0fe5fde0-8fd8-4ef1-b81c-35178939e218
JUNIOR SUMMER SUPERVISION
Please note: This is the last week of Summer Supervision as Junior Championships will be taking place next week.
UPDATE FROM STEPHEN
It was great to see Conor Gannon down in the club this week as he prepares to head back out on the road again.
He flies to Sweden this weekend where he will play in an ITF tournament in Bastad.
He then goes to Poland for two tournaments before returning to Ireland to represent Ireland in the Davis Cup tie against China in Dublin (13th & 14th September)
Best of luck in the weeks ahead Conor. 👍
The Junior Tour 1000 event being played in Donnybrook this week is at the semi final stage. Rosie Kennedy has reached the semis of the U/16 singles and Richie has reached the semis of the U/12 singles. Both matches are being played later today....very best of luck to you both.
The summer tournament season comes to an end with the Junior Lawn Tennis Championships of Ireland being held next week in Fitzwilliam.
No less than 16 of our Juniors will do battle in Fitz - with a few playing in the qualies tomorrow & Sat.
Very best of luck to Rosie, Robyn & Richie Kennedy & Zoe & Harry Craig - Daniel, Sam & Sean Carney, Milo Leyden, Mary, Grace, Sarah & Luke O'Callaghan, Darragh O'Sullivan, Toby Sheridan & Beyene Madani.
If you're near Fitz anytime next week you should pop in to have a look at the super standard of the top Juniors in the country.
We have our own Senior & Junior Championships this coming week - with the Seniors starting this weekend.
Do pop down & watch what will be a great feast of tennis...the competitiveness is always great - and the sportsmanship also shines!
Make the most of the last week or two of summer!
All the best Stephen
SENIOR HANDICAPS PHOTO ALBUM
The photo album for the Senior handicap is in the Club House kitchen for your perusal. Thanks so much to Eric for doing such an amazing job capturing the Finals day and the BBQ. And our thanks to Denise for volunteering Eric. For those who would like their own copy of the photos, Eric has kindly passed on the link to photobox. Happy scrolling