09-11-2015
Denis Johnston Memorial Cup
Athlone’s last match against Mullingar 2 was played last Wednesday and ended with a 2-2 draw which was sufficient for the Athlone team to compete in the final of the Denis Johnston Memorial Cup last Friday. The Athlone quartet travelled to play Mullingar 1and were very unlucky to lose by just the minimum.
Tomasz Koza and Dave Costello won their match 2-1 while Jacinta Digby and Sine Mac Farlane were beaten 0-2. Tomasz and Jacinta won their mixed doubles 2-0, Sine and Dave lost 0-2, the combined totals being 5-4 to the home team.
This competition has been organised for the past three years by David Cornally, Mullingar captain and the winning teams have been Longford, Athlone and Mullingar respectively.
Annual General Meeting
Our AGM will be held in the clubhouse on Thursday 12th November, nomination and motion forms are now available in the clubhouse for members who wish to nominate officers or committee members or indeed motions for 2015-16.
Social Tennis
Cathal Kenny and Tomasz Koza were the leading duo after Monday night’s series of games.
Marie Bouchard and Olivia Sumner were prominent players at Tuesday’s session.
Rose Costello and Marcus Rose had many winners at the mixed doubles last Thursday.
Autumn Leagues
The presentation of prizes to the autumn league winners and runners up in each group will be made this Thursday after the AGM. Paula Dowling has been the top performer in group 1 of the ladies league and will also be number one on the ladies pyramid. Sean Raftery ends 2015 on a very high note and will top the men’s pyramid for the first time. Among his collection of titles for the year are under 18 and senior club champion and Athlone, Longford and Castlebar open B winner.