July 2014 Newsletter

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Welcome to this month’s eZine

July 2014 – We catch up on what has been a very busy month in the Tennis World, with the Men’s Irish Open last week and the Donnybrook ITF. This week we look forward to the Dublin Week 1 Tennis Europe event in the National Tennis Centre and in action too this week is the Belfast ITF hosted in Windsor LTC. We review the Academy team trip to the U14s European Championships and invite clubs to enter our competition following their National Tennis Day. AIG offer up their monthly discounts to tennis members and we provide a menu of links to some useful resources!

Men’s Irish Open

The FBD’s Men’s Irish Open took place during Dublin’s hottest week of sunshine in the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club last week.

Frederik Nielson (DEN) and Edward Corrie (GBR) defeated Ireland’s Peter Bothwell and David O’Hare in the Men’s Double’s final event.

Nielson who is a Wimbledon doubles champion from 2012 and held an ATP doubles ranking of 17 in 2013 together with his partner Edward Corrie proved to have all the answers for the Irish pair of Bothwell/O’Hare. Having lost the first set 6-2, the Irish duo managed to exert some pressure in the second set but eventually lost out in straight sets 6-2, 7-5.

Ireland’s Sam Barry went out on a scoreline of 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-final to Joshua Milton (GBR), the no 3 seed; Milton went on to win the Men’s singles title.

The Irish tennis community got to see some great tennis talent from home and abroad. A big thank you to all the officials, volunteers, Ballkids and supporters who contributed to the weeks success.

More details can be found here.

Donnybrook LTC host ITF week 1

The Donnybrook Lawn Tennis Club staged the first week of the Irish ITFs last week.

Irish number 3 seed, Osgar O’Hoisin displayed some great tennis to reach the semifinal of the boys event, but lost out to eventual singles title winner, Ewan Moore of Great Britain, 6-4 6-4.

Similarly, Irish player Jennifer Timotin played a convincing final against third seed, Emily Appleton (GBR), bringing the match to a three set battle, to take the runner up position, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

In the boy’s doubles event, doubles partners Ewan Moore and Lawrence Perren (GBR) won the title, whilst the girls doubles title was won by Alexandre De Rosa (Bra) and Sina Zuger (Sui).

Congratulations to all the players that competed in this event.

Further details can be found here.

The Belfast ITF is now well under way in Windsor LTC and tennis fans can follow all the action here.

AIG Competitive Insurance Products

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To get a quote today, please go to www.aigdirect.ie/tennis or alternatively call our Tennis Ireland team on 1890 68 27 27 and say you are a Tennis Ireland member to avail of your discount! Alternatively email directcarinsurance.ie@aig.com and a member of our team will contact you.

*For Example – *€260 is a premium for comprehensive cover for a 45 year old person whose occupation is an accountant and has a 6 year no claims bonus, cover is for the insured and spouse, driving a 2007 registered or 7 year old vehicle, petrol 1.4 litre with a value of €6,000 living in the Dublin 6W area and for social domestic and pleasure use. Price correct May 14

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	Tennis Europe Dublin Week 1 The Tennis Ireland National Tennis Centre is host this week to the Tennis Europe Dublin week 1 event with main draw kicking off yesterday and the doubles main draw due to commence this afternoon. All main draws can be viewed here. This is a great opportunity for Irish talented players to get a taste of an international tennis circuit event on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour. Such events have long been the platform of choice for the launch of a successful tennis career, and in recent years has heralded the arrival of such top players as Justine Henin, Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki, Andy Murray, Victoria Azarenka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Maria Sharapova, to name but a few. In many ways the Tennis Europe Junior Tour is a dress rehearsal for life on the professional circuit. We wish all the competitors the very best of luck and welcome this event to showcase the best of Irish Tennis. Tennis Europe Dublin week 2 will be hot on its heels with full details on the draws coming here soon. Keep watching!


	National Tennis Day National Tennis Day took place on 5^th July this year with many clubs around the country opened their doors to welcome visitors to their courts and test run this great sport. If your club intends to hold an Open Day anytime during the year, please get in touch to let us know about it so we can post it to our website. Above all do not forget to submit a photo of your Open Day and you could be in with a chance to win a prize. One photo per club can be submitted with or without a caption to intern@tennisireland.ie We ask that you list the number of participants that attended your Open Day and let us know how many new members your club gained as a result of hosting the day. For those clubs that have had their Open Day and attracted new members, that’s only the start! Now you need to integrate the new members, encourage them to play on the courts and maintain their membership. A successful tennis club is a club that can satisfy the needs of all its members of all ages, at all levels of ability. Part of the development teams role is to assist, advise and support affiliated tennis clubs so that they can provide on and off court activities to their members. Check out a number of resources below and contact details of our Development Officers, ready to help. Club Development Manual – HERE Sample Three year Strategy for clubs – HERE Tennis Xpress for Beginner Adults – HERE Check out the following link for some great ideas on Competition Formats – HERE ITF Play and Stay – HERE Tennis Ireland Development Team – HERE



	European Junior Championships u14s Girls Zara Ryan and Georgia Drummy represented the u14s category at the European Junior Championships recently in Pilzen, Czech Republic. The events remain amongst the most popular and prestigious on the calendar, for players and national federations alike. Ten former world number 1s feature amongst the previous champions of the competition. It is an exceptional opportunity for Irish players to meet and compete against top players from other countries. For full details on draws and results please click – HERE