Dear Members, The Tennis Committee is pleased to inform you that sign up for Spring Team Tennis is now open on Smart Club and will run over a three week period starting week commencing February 21. Team Tennis is an event for all levels and abilities in the club. We would especially encourage new members to join in as it is a great way to get some games and meet new people. Players are matched with a partner, put on a team and play at least four matches over three weeks. Pairings will always play other players of a similar level. We have players from all…

Dear Members, The Easter Cup returns this year and is open to men aged 35 and over, who are class 8 or non-league players. This is a long running social and fun competition played between clubs in / around south county Dublin.  Matches are played at 11am on a Saturday morning, either home or away.  The competition will run for 7 weeks and is starting on February 12.  Each team consists of 6 players and the doubles pairings are drawn on the day of the match. If you are interested in being included in our Easter Cup team, sign up is open…

Dear Members, We are delighted to let you know that, following the easing of restrictions, the Club Bar will be reopening tomorrow evening and will be open each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening as normal. We also hope to have the bar open for the Irish 6 Nations Rugby matches, with the first match kicking off at 2.15pm on Saturday February 5. In order to be able to open our Club Bar, we rely on the goodwill of our members. This year we are looking for some new volunteers to help with this.  It involves just one night per month, and it is a brilliant way…

Dear Members, Well done to everyone who played their challenge matches and hopefully we are all match fit and ready to start our Winter League campaign this Sunday, January 30.  Fixture lists will be up on the noticeboard in the Clubhouse this evening. As per the last round of leagues, all teams will receive an email from Smart Club with their team details. This year, to avoid handling cash all team players will receive an invoice through Smart Club for their €10.00 league entry fee, so captains do not have to collect money from players. To pay the fee to other clubs, captains of teams who…

Dear Members, We are delighted to announce that 2022 will see the return of our Social Committee with the goal of engaging all members in social activities at the club, both tennis and non-tennis related. In order to help us plan a calendar of events for the year we would love to get your input on the type and frequency of events, and tap into any great ideas you may have for activities. We would appreciate if you could take 30 seconds to complete the survey below, your feedback will be very beneficial. Please click HERE to proceed. Many thanks, The Social…

Dear Members, We have received a number of queries asking how junior members can to use the court floodlights. As you know, the floodlights can only be operated using the Club Smart Cards, which must be topped up with credit. We suggest the following solution, those parents/guardians who are members, please give your child the use of your card. For those parents/guardians who are NOT members a card can be printed for your child. The cost to print the card is €5 and to request a card please reply to this email. Kind regards CWLTC https://www.cowicklowltc.com/2022-general-committee/

Dear Members, Further to our email last week, unfortunately we need to move the deadline for completion of the second round of challenges to Sunday January 23 instead of January 31.  Please prioritise matches against pairings in your group that you have not already played. Please click here to see the groupings. Same match rules apply All matches take place within the 1 hour time slot The score should be recorded as it stands at the end of the hour even if the match is not finished All games are short games ie first point after deuce wins the game All sets are short sets ie first…

Dear Members,   Zac Naughton won the Boys U14 National Indoor Championship Singles in David Lloyd Riverview last Monday beating the No.1 seed in a third set Championship tie-break 2/6 7/5 10/7. Well done Zac you are amazing ! Two years ago Zac won the same title U12. At the time Paddy Hickey wrote a brilliant written article  about Zac's win and his tennis journey to that point. We thought you'd enjoy reading it again. The whole club congratulates you Zac Naughton U14 Boys National Indoor Champion 2021! Well Done CWLTC Junior Committee

Dear Members, Happy New Year to you all. Well done to everyone who played their doubles challenge matches before Christmas, there were almost 70 matches played during December which is an amazing number. We have rearranged the groups for a second round of challenges, please click here to see the groupings. Same match rules apply All matches should be played before January 31 All matches take place within the 1 hour time slot The score should be recorded as it stands at the end of the hour even if the match is not finished All games are short games ie first point…

Dear Members, As a mark of respect to Paddy Hickey the Christmas doubles tournament will now take place on Thursday 30th & Friday 31st. The tournament link is below, please check the schedule and arrive in plenty of time for our match. https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=58E677F0-2F7A-4001-9A1F-50F71D8C737F Should you have any queries please text Ciara Baguley Kind Regards The Tennis Committee