The recent Christmas Tournament at the Tennis Village on Model Farm Road brought together many of the guys and women from OUT4TENNIS based in and around Cork.
The Christmas Tournament comprised two sections:
Women’s and Men’s Doubles.
In the Women’s Doubles, random pairings were put together:
Helena & Mary
Janet and Val
Caroline and Nicky and
Olivia and Annelise making up the round robin.
Joint runners up were Helena & Mary as well as Caroline & Nicky (8 games) though Olivia’s experience coupled with the hot shots from Annelise secured them victory with 10 games.
Meanwhile, the Men’s Doubles combined random pairings:
Dermot & Keith
Ted and Kevin
John and Thomas
with Dónal paired with Mark O’Donovan visiting from Dublin.
Likewise, a round –robin format was played with Mark and Dónal (7 games) as runners up to Dermot and Keith (11 Games)
Then, onto mixed doubles:
Kevin & Olivia
Ted & Caroline
Mark & Nicky
Dónal & Annelise
Helena & Thomas
Keith & Janet
Dermot & Val
Mary & Damien
A quick round-robin format saw Dermot and Val emerge as runners up with Helena and Thomas winning the section.
The day finished off with drinks in McCarthys where Janet won the best-dressed award. The evening continued with dinner at Wagamama, onto Loafers, and finally for the diehards, Instinct!
Regular ‘meets’ return in the New Year.