November 2016

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THOSE WHO FAIL TO PLAN ARE PLANNING TO FAIL Congratulations to St Anne's LTC in Waterford who have put in tremendous work in preparation for the club's future plans. The Project spearheaded by Denis Breen and Pat Wallace commenced some months back with a survey of the...

Congratulations have been paid to Ulster Tennis Academy (UTA) Coach, Ben Neal, who has been named Children’s Coach of the Year at the 2016 Sport Northern Ireland Coaching Awards. Ben is the first tennis coach to win the award, and was nominated by Ulster Branch...

Donato Campagnoli Technical Advisor from the Italian Tennis Federation was special guest presenter  at a Tennis Ireland High Performance Coaching workshop at the weekend in Westwood Clontarf.  Thanks to Garry Cahill, Tennis Ireland Performance Director for organising Donato's visit, attendance included coaches from the high performance squads nationwide. National Tennis Academy players...

A selection of National Tennis Academy players visited Shankill Tennis Club on Saturday 29th October for an open training session at the club. It was a well attended event with many club members taking the opportunity to come out and see Ireland's elite athletes in action....

Daniel Glancy announced his retirement from the professional tour this week after a career which saw him win seven doubles titles on the ITF pro-circuit and reach eleven more finals. The first win in 2010 was in Herkalion in a championship tie-break, when partnering the...

U12s Venue: Connacht Regional Tennis Centre,  Castlebar Tennis Club Date: 9th,10th,11th December Girls start times: Fri 9th Dec 12.30pm & 1.45pm (a second round may be played starting at approx 5.30pm) Boys start times: Fri 9th Dec 3pm & 4.15pm Accommodation: Lough Lannagh Holiday village ph: 094-9027111 Email:info@loughlannagh.ie or Harlequin...

Simon Carr reaches 78 in ITF Junior ranking & just turned 17! Carr can relax in the knowledge that his new ITF ranking of 78 will be enough to see him through to the main draw of the Australian Open in January, the new season will...

Every player should have an International Tennis Number.  This is a number from one to ten that equates to a players level of ability.  The ITN is an ITF worldwide initiative, fully adopted and supported by Tennis Ireland.  Further details of this programme are available...

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CLUBS! Clubs intending to host Open tournaments in 2017 must return their application documents to their provincial secretaries this week in order to be considered for the 2017 calendar. Club secretaries can contact maria.kilkelly@tennisireland.ie with any queries. The calendar will be drafted on Nov 5th and...