Lower Aghada Tennis Club Lower Aghada East Cork Open now up online, check here for draws, results and schedules of play when entries close on monday the 16th.ti.tournamentsoftware.com www.tournamentsoftware.com: Online Entry and tournament publication with the Tournament Planner of Visual Reality. For Tennis, Squash and Badminton Tournaments Any club memebers willing to give an hour or two over the tournament to help in the tournament office or kitchen, please contact either James Cooney, 087-2438390 or Declan Whelan Curtin 085-1432064. The Lower Aghada East Cork Open begins on the 22nd to the 28th of August, entry forms can be found in most clubs, and email entries can be sent to
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Well done to Jason O'Brien and Paul Kelleher who won the delayed final of the grade 3 mens doubles event in Carrigaline, beating the in form team of William Howie and Eddie Ronayne on the way to the final. Congratulations to Tricia O'Leary and James Cooney who reached the Final of the Grade 5 mixed doubles in Rushbrooke last week, also congratulations to James who won the Final of the Grade 5 mens singles. Well done to everyone else from aghada that participated, and a big thanks to Rushbrooke Tennis Club and the Tournam...ent Director Rob Leahy for hosting such a well run and enjoyable tournament. Competition Results
Saturday June 19th marked the end of another successful week
for Lower Aghada tennis. Brian and Mary Barnes, Tricia
O’Leary and Kevin Day competed in the final of the Grade 5
Mixed Doubles event in the Munster Senior Open held in
...Sundays Well. Played under brilliant sunshine Mary and Brian
made the quicker start, and with some excellent attacking
net play took the first set 6-0. Their form carried on into
the second set moving to a 5-1 lead. However, as all tennis
players know getting that last game is always difficult.
Kevin and Tricia who had been battling hard throughout
managed to stave off two match points to break Brian’s
serve, before winning the next game to move to 5-3. Mary
and Brian’s attacking style reasserted itself to finally
close out the match against their good friends and doubles
partners 6-0, 6-3. With the tennis season in full swing
Lower Aghada is in good shape, Saturday marked the 6th final
appearance for Lower Aghada players with other wins coming
for Brian and Mary in Bishopstown and James Cooney and
Tricia in Causeway.
Congratulations to all those who made the finals, and took part in the East Cork Junior Open this Sunday in Aghada. Thanks again to our Tournament Directors Jo-Anne Williamson and Cian Blake. Also a big thanks to everyone else that helped out during the event. To see the results click here. Congratulations to Mary and Brian Barnes who captured the Grade 5 mixed doubles title today in the Bishopstown Senior Open. The pair recovered from the loss of the second set to there well known opponents, to clinch the match in a third set tie-break, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6. Congratulations also to Kevin Day who along with Brian reached the final of the Grade 5 mens doubles, where they were unfortunately beaten by the 4th seed's from Rushbrooke. Finally well done to all the Lower Aghada players that took part. Click Here to see Mary and Brian's route to the title. |
