Competitions

Invitation to the 3rd International Lawn Tennis Doubles Championships in Forest Hills :

The week-end of Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October 2012 saw the above championship being hosted at the Wanderers Tennis Club for the second time. Even more so than the 1st “pilot project” played on 18 and 19 August 2011, it was enjoyed by all who are already looking forward to next year’s championship.

The CTC flag, donated to us by CTC through its sponsor EFG International, was flying high side by side with the Wanderers flag at the entrance to the tennis courts. All starting 24 players were present at the opening breakfast enjoying the menu on offer which included orange juice, yogurt and fruit, bacon & eggs, toast and jam, tea and coffee. Many players knew each other from the previous year and also from other tennis events making the atmosphere immediately friendly and competitive.

After Friday night’s rain and some tennis court sweeping by the Wanderers players early on Saturday morning, we were blessed with wonderful weather on both days which allowed for non-stop play throughout.

The participating teams were Bedfordview Country Club (2011 winners), Old Edwardians (Old Eds) who also took part last year, Marks Park, first time participants and Wanderers, the hosts and second time participants. The strengths and weaknesses were pretty evenly matched with the result that there was exciting competition and not too many 11-0 games.

The winner for a second year was Bedfordview Country Club who finished with 2 more games than Old Eds. Bedfordview now have both the engraved winners shields on the      base of the beautiful floating trophy of these championships, which trophy was also donated by CTC with the compliments of their sponsor EFG in 2011.

This year’s contribution by CTC and their sponsors EFG were 30 beautiful medals, one for each participant, which were very much appreciated and treasured by every player receiving them.

The winner’s trophy and all the player’s medals were presented by Mr John Galatis, the Wanderers Tennis Chairman, at the prize-giving pizza dinner held from 6pm till late on Sunday evening.

On behalf of the Wanderers Club and all the participants in South Africa, I thank the CTC Association and their sponsors, EFG International for their contributions and back up in motivating and getting this event going in our part of the world.

JOHN N GALATIS

Wanderers Tennis Club - Chairman

Photos (from top): Bedfordview, Marks Park, Old Eds, Wanderers.

Six teams participated in the fifth I.CLTK Praha Cup - CTC Junior Competition U-14 which was held in Prague from Oct 25-27.

Results

Group I:

1. Kungliga LTK,

2. I.ČLTK,

3. Cumberland

(CLTC-KLTK 1/5, CLTC-I.ČLTK 2/4, KLTK-I.ČLTK 3/3)

Group II:

1. Carrickmines,

2. Polo,

3. RCTB

(CCLTC-RCTB 6/0, CCLTC-Polo 6/0, RCTB-Polo 3/3)

Final matches

Final: Kungliga - Carrickmines 5/1

3rd place match: I.ČLTK - Polo 6/0

5th place match: Cumberland - RCTB 6/0

The prize giving ceremony was held during the official dinner on Saturday night, and was hosted by the vice president of I.CLTK Praha, Mr. Stejskal.

The 2012 Fitzwilliam Cup for players aged Under 16 was hosted by Kungliga LTK in Stockholm (SWE) from 5-6 October. Unfortunately, two of the four teams scheduled to compete withdrew from the event at short notice, leaving the host club to face the team from Fitzwilliam.

Despite the setback, the fixture between Fitzwilliam u16s and Kungliga u16s was both competitive and enjoyable with the hosts coming out as winners by a score of 11 matches to 6 in a format that was expanded so as to give all players plenty of match practice over the two days of competition.

The visiting team was delighted with the hospitality and organisation of the hosts, and the strong club culture that enabled them to run shoulders with tennis legends like Robin Söderling (pictured), Jonas Bjorkman and Thomas Johansson.

Last weekend saw the Centenary Tennis Clubs (CTC) come to Dublin. Following on two recent high profile tennis visits by the All-England Club and the US’s University of Notre Dame, Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club hosted an event over two days (21-22 September) which included teams from two other Centenary Club members, Stockholm’s Kungliga Club and Leimonias from the Hague.

The Centenary Tennis Clubs, as its name suggests, is made up of tennis clubs worldwide in existence for over a hundred years. The Club’s founding members are all European clubs, but membership has been extended over the years to include a worldwide grouping. It includes clubs from Britain, Ireland, Continental Europe, North America, South America, Australia, South Africa and Asia – a truly global outreach, with household names such as London’s Queen’s Club, Melbourne’s Kooyong and the Westside Club in Forest Hills, New York (former home of the US Open).

In its mission statement, CTC’s aim is to uphold the traditions of tennis, as well as the spirit of fair play in the sport. It seeks to achieve this through organising competitions and other sporting and cultural events; arranging tennis workshops and seminars; and generally supporting the activities of member clubs around the world. It also strongly encourages the development of young talent through its support of a range of junior events, seeking to foster the future stars of the sport. Matches (friendly yet competitive) are organised under the CTC umbrella in different club locations.

The hosts of the September 2012 event, Fitzwilliam LTC, are one of the oldest clubs in the world, founded in 1877 (in the same year as the first Wimbledon Championships were held). Kungliga LTK was founded in 1896 by the then Crown Prince Gustav (later to become King Gustav V), himself a tennis enthusiast who initiated the development of the game in Sweden. The former king’s legacy has clearly been a fruitful one for Swedish tennis as the careers of Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg and many others have borne out. Speaking to Kungliga’s Team Manager/Captain, Stefan Soderstrom, the club has been at the centre of development of the game in Sweden over the years. Lennart Bergelin, former Swedish Davis Cup player and coach/mentor of Borg during his career, for example, was a member of the club for many years.

The visiting Dutch club, Leimonias of the Hague, founded in 1888, has also played a prominent role in Dutch society and in the development of the game in Holland. Located just outside the Hague at Scheveningen, it boasts a wide membership which includes many diplomats posted to the Dutch capital (tennis being the main sport of choice of the diplomatic circle!).

Two teams from Fitzwilliam, one team from Kungliga and one from Leimonias competed in a semi-final, final and third-place play-off format. While competitive, the spirit of matches remain decidedly friendly (no recourse to Hawkeye being provided for disputed line calls!). Teams were mixed with six singles and three doubles matches per team match. To accommodate as wide a spread of playing standards as possible, teams comprised Men’s 35’s and 45’s and Women’s 30’s and 40’s. Matches were played on Fitzwilliam’s fast, sandy Astroturf surface and one clay court (indoor courts placed in reserve in case of rain – a constant threat in Ireland). Team selections (some of which were subject to variation over the two days) were as follows:

Fitzwilliam 1

1. Niall Murphy
2. Connor Smith
3. Conor McCullough
4. Pat Guiry
5. Anne Fleming
6. Bernie Griffith

Kungliga

1. Anders Lindgren
2. Marcus Mirahmandi
3. Henrik Bergman
4. Lars Svenson
5. Lina Westberg
6. Anna-Carin Mansson

Leimonias

1. Olli Eklund
2. Erik Jan Uleman
3. Anti Tallgren
4. Albert Holtslag
5. Perlita Hoff
6. Fieke Uleman

Fitzwilliam 2

1. Garbhann O Nuallain
2. Justin Purcell
3. Richard Collins
4. Noel Sheridan
5. Dearbhla Kelly
6. Patricia Lord

Friday’s proceedings opened at about 10 am on a typically grey and overcast Dublin morning. Rain always threatened but managed to hold off as the sun came out in the afternoon. Fitzwilliam 1 were pitted against Kungliga in the first semi-final. Conor McCullough and Pat Guiry won their singles for Fitzwilliam, while Lindgren, Mirahmandi, Westberg and Mansson won theirs’ for the Swedes, leaving the score 4-2 in Kungliga’s favour going into lunch. After lunch, Guiry and Griffith won their doubles while Lindgren/Bergman and Mirahmandi/Westberg secured an overall victory for Kungliga 6-3 by winning theirs.

Fitzwilliam 2 managed a clean sweep of 9-0 in their semi-final against Leimonias, the court surface seeming to pose big challenges to the visitors. In Saturday’s final, Kungliga proved too strong for Fitzwilliam 2, defeating the home side by 8-1, Richard Collins being the sole victor for Fitzwilliam in his single’s match against Bergman. In the singles’ before lunch, there were two very tightly-fought matches which went to tie-breaks and eventually sealed the match in Kungliga’s favour. The match result thus having been decided, some of the competitive pressure eased after lunch as players relaxed for their doubles in the afternoon sun.

Fitzwilliam 1 secured a comfortable 9-0 victory in the 3rd place match against Leimonias. Drawing together players of varying standards and age groups from each club helped add to the ‘social’ aspect of the fixture. As is the tradition, hospitality was laid on by the Fitzwilliam hosts for the visiting teams on the Friday and Saturday nights at which the obligatory speeches were delivered and awards made. On the Saturday night, players were also able to mingle with visiting US squash team, the Jesters, who were playing a match against Fitzwilliam that afternoon, adding to the international flavour of the day. All credit must go again to Fitzwilliam Director of Tennis and Squash, Jimmy McDonagh in staging such a successful event.

Both visiting teams departed the following day glad to have participated in the CTC event. Despite current tensions at an economic and political level in Europe, the CTC events show clearly how positive relations remain between the nations of Europe at a sporting and social level. Long may such events continue in their role in helping to cement sporting and social contacts between tennis clubs across the world.

- Paul McElhinney

Athens Lawn Tennis Club hosted a CTC Seniors Competition from 21-22 September.

Two teams from the host club took part, and were joined by tournament favourites TC Parioli (ITA) and Wiener Park Club (AUT).

The first day's action saw Athens LTC Team A beat Wiener Park Club 5-3, while TC Parioli beat the host club's B-Team 7-0.

Parioli then went on the beat Athens A 5-3 in the final, while Wiener Park ousted Athens B 5-3 to clinch third place overall.

An official dinner was held at the club following the conclusion of the event, during which medals and awards were handed out.

The first edition of the RCTB1899 CTC Cup was held at the Real Club de TenisBarcelona-1899 on September 4th.

Teams of players aged 14 & Under from three CTC member clubs – the hosts, plus Cesky Lawn Tennis Klub (CZE), and Carrickmines Lawn Tennis Club (IRL). After three days of fierce but friendly competition, the club from Prague was proclaimed as the champion of the inaugural competition.

Centenary Tennis Clubs Association President Juan Maria Tintoré presented the prizes to the participants alongside RCTB-1899 Vice-President Juan Ignacio Soler Cabot.

Winchester Racquets and Fitness hosted the second Centenary Tennis Clubs of UK & Ireland tournament on Saturday 8th September. The event was a great success with the excellent weather making it a particularly enjoyable day for everyone who took part.

There were 4 teams participating; Winchester, Roehampton, Edgbaston Priory, and a combined team comprised of players from two Dublin clubs, Carrickmines and Fitzwilliam. Each team had 16 players - made up of men’s and ladies pairs in 1st team category, 3rd team category, 45+ vets category and 55+ vets category.

Each team played against each other in their respective categories in a round robin format, with the winners as follows:

Mens 1st Team - Carrickmines and Fitzwilliam

Ladies 1st Team - Edgbaston

Mens 3rd - Carrickmines and Fitzwilliam

Ladies 3rd - Edgbaston

Mens 45s - Winchester

Ladies 45s - Winchester

Mens 55s - Winchester

Ladies 55s - Roehampton

Overall winners based on finishing positions across all categories were Roehampton.

Following the day’s play, participants and their partners enjoyed a celebration evening dinner with special guests Mr. Juan M. Tintoré, President of the CTC together with CTC secretary Berta Tintoré. Also present were representatives of event sponsors EFG International and also the chosen charity for the event - the Jubilee Sailing Trust. A contribution from the day was also presented to the charity.

A total of 34 players and guests from TC Geneve, Villa Primrose and Real Sociedad Tenis de la Magdalena travelled to Prague recently, to compete in the CTC Senior Competition that was hosted by I.CLTK Praha on 08-09 September.

In the semifinal matches TC Geneve beat RST de la Magdalena 7-2 and I.CLTK Praha beat Villa Primrose 8-1. The home team went on to win the final 5-1, while Villa Primrose took third place after beating RST de la Magdalena 5-4.

Amongst the players we could find former professionals such as Iva Budarova-Simunkova (I.CLTK), who reached a career high WTA ranking of 24th, Cathy Caverzasio-Feldbausch (TC Geneve) (ex-world #34), Milan Srejber (I.CLTK) (career high ATP #23), Jan Vacek (I.CLTK) (career high ATP #61) and  Jean-Baptiste Perlan (Villa Primrose), who reached a career high ATP ranking of #136.

The social programme included a welcome drink on Friday evening, which was hosted by Mr. Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, and also President of I. CLTK Praha. A gala dinner was held on Saturday evening. Medals and trophies were awarded on Sunday afternoon, with the ceremony attended by tennis legend  Jan Kodes, 1973 Wimbledon Champion and the most celebrated player in the history of the I-CLTK), who gave signed copies of his biography to the captains of all teams.

All hosting players and guests also enjoyed a special boat trip on Moldau river on the sunlit Saturday late afternoon.

 The host club and defending champions were joined by the other group winners from the previous year – TC Kungliga (Sweden), TC Geneva (Switzerland) and LTC Fitzwilliam (Ireland).

The semi final matches saw LTC Fitzwilliam beat TC Kungliga 9-0 and the host club survived a tougher match with TC Geneve, 6-3.

The defending champions were in much more dominant form on the final day however, conceding just one set in nine matches as they secured the title for a second consecutive year. The full team, under the careful guidance of captain Edoardo Mazza, consisted of Paolo Agnesi, Ugo Biagianti, Federico Castelnuovo, Daniela Cigna, Sergio De Bac, Marco Mencaglia, Elisabetta Morici, Fabrizio Pennacchioli, Massimo Ribechi and three champions of the tennis world that have contributed greatly to the history of the Club; Stefano Pescosolido, Francesca Romano and Sandrine Testud.

The social programme included a gala dinner, which was held on the Saturday evening and was attended by the President of CONI, Gianni Petrucci, the Vice President of CIO, Mario Pescante, the President of the Italian Tennis Federation Angelo Binaghi and the Italian tennis legend Nicola Pietrangeli. They were joined by the Board of Directors of the Club, as well as many past presidents.

The RC Polo hosted an area group of the Centenary Tennis Clubs Association Senior Competition during the days of September 16, 17 and 18.  The teams of Carrickmines from Dublin, Villa Primrose from Bordeaux and Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 took part on the Competition alongside a team from the host Club.

The whole event became a festival of tennis in which a high standard of play was evident from all teams.  The tournament was eventually won by the French team of Villa Primrose, who accumulated an impressive final tally of 24 wins and 3 losses during the event.

The participants were also able to take part in some other social activities, which included a bike tour around Barcelona, some paddle tennis and they were also able to get a taste of the Mediterranean menus offered by the club’s restaurant.

Full results can be found below.

Results of the 2011 CTC European Zone at Cumberland LTC

1. Cumberland   14 points

2. La Magdalena  10 points

3.  Leimoinias   0 points

The seventh edition of the Fitzwilliam Cup, the CTC’s international team event for players aged Under 17, was held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin and came to a conclusion on the 1^st October.

Each tie featured six matches, with two singles and one doubles match for both boys and girls.

The eventual winners were 1^st Cesky of Prague (CZE), who overcame TK Kungliga (SWE) by the slimmest of margins. The team, which featured European 14 & Under semi finalist Miriam Kolodziejova, was held to a 3-3 final score but edged to the trophy thanks to have won just more game than their rivals during the tie. Villa Primrose (FRA) beat the host club 4-2 to claim third place overall.

The I. Cesky Lawn Tennis Klub in Prague hosted the Under 14 CTC Junior Competition at the end of October.

Six teams travelled to the Czech capital from across Europe in order to take part in the competition, which was eventually won by the host club, thanks to a 6-0 final victory over Ireland’s Carrickmines.

2010 champions Kungliga Lawn Tennis Klubben beat Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899 to claim third place.

In addition to the high quality tennis, the players had the chance to see Prague from the river Moldau during a boat trip on Friday evening. The next night featured an official dinner, hosted by CLTK Vice-President Mr. Frantisek Stejskal.

As every year, a sightseeing tour of Prague was organized for the morning of the final.

Final standings:

1. I. Cesky Lawn Tennis Klub (CZE)

2. Carrickmines Crocket and Lawn Tennis Club (IRL)

3. Kungliga Lawn Tennis Klubben (SWE)

4. Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899 (ESP)

5. Cumberland Lawn Tennis Club (GBR)

6. Real Club Polo Barcelona (ESP)

ORGANIZER

Royal Leopold Club

PARTICIPANTS

ICLTK Prague

Primrose Bordeaux

Fitzwilliam

WINNER: Fitzwilliam

To view detailed results of the CTC Tournament at the Royal Leopold Club, click here.

Winner: Kungliga Stockholm

Photos:  click here

Winner: TC Parioli

TEAM COMPOSITION

REAL SOCIEDAD DE TENIS DE LA MAGDALENA

REAL CLUB DE TENIS BARCELONA-1899

CUMBERLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB

TENNIS CLUB PARIOLI

The Tennis Club Parioli has classified for the World Finals of the Centenary Tennis Clubs Association 2010 Senior Tournament.  On the weekend of October 23-24, the TC Parioli has hosted the three teams of  RCTB-1899, Tennis Magdalena from Santander, and Cumberland Tennis Club. 

The weather forecast of heavy rain for Sunday 24, 2010 pushed the organizers to change the format of the Competition in order to fit two rounds of play in one day.  The RCTB-1899 played a semi-finals against the English team of  Cumberland LTC and reached the finals where they played against the host team.  The TC Parioli had a very close round against the representatives of Santander TC, La Magdalena and made it into the finals. The Competition had a very high level with players such as  Stefano Pescosolido and Sandrine Testud. 

On 2011, on  the finals group TC Parioli will meet  the winners of three other groups: Fitzwilliam from Dublin, TC Genève from Switzerland  and Kungliga from Stockholm.

The Competition had its closing with a price giving ceremony with a gala dinner in which all participants could share their friendship.   The President of TC Parioli, Maurizio Romeo had as a special guest the  President of the Centenary Tennis Clubs Association, Mr. Juan Mª Tintoré.

FINAL RESULTS:

 over 35 Stefano Pescosolido won against M. Becker 9 -3

over 35 Fabrizio Pennacchioli lost against S. Tintorè 8 -9

over 45 Edoardo Mazza won against F. Castella 9 - 6

over 45 Paolo Agnesi won against P.Boveda 9 - 8

w over 30 Sandrine Testud won against G. Balil 9 - 4

w over 40 Elisabetta Morici won against N. Alasia 9 - 5

double w 30 m 35   V.Balzotti M. Mencaglia lost against   G Balil - M. Becker   5 - 9

double m35 m45     P.Spezzi  E.Mazza won against S.Tintorè  P.Boveda  9 - 7

one double not played.

6-3 was the final score

ORGANIZER

WINNER: I Cesky Lawn Tennis Klub-Prague

All teams played each other in a Round Robin format and Carrickmines played I.Cesky in a tense final. The matches were 4 all after the singles only for I.Cesky to edge out in the doubles for their 4^th successive victory. 

Carrickmines were delighted and honoured to have the President of Tennis Ireland, Letty Lucas as the special guest for finals day.

The Tournament was sponsored by Dolmen Stockbrokers and the Club Junior Draw Fund. Ronan Reid of Dolman Stockbrokers is pictured above at the presentation of prizes to the I.Cesky team.

Organizer: RST La Magdalena (A)
Participants: ICLTK Prague
Carrickmines CLTC
RC Polo de Barcelona
Rochusclub Düsseldorfer TC
Real Sociedad de Tenis la Magdalena (B)
Real Sociedad de Tenis La Magdalena (A)
Winner: RST La Magdalena (A)

The first weekend of October, our Club, Real Sociedad de Tenis La Magdalena, hosted  one of the groups of the Centenary Tenis Clubs Competition for  this year , 2009.

Since we joined this exclusive Association (CTC), we were expecting the opportunity to be able to organize one of the groups of the CTC Competition.  Last year we had a first step in the Association, by participating in the group that the Carrickmines Club of Dublin kindly organized.  We carefully took note of all the details they prepared for the organization and their warm reception and we tried to be as good as them this year.

We were lucky enough to have four teams from abroad from the following Clubs:  Rochusclub Dusseldorf, Carrickmines Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin Chelsky Lawn Tennis Club, Real Club de Polo de Barcelona.  In order to improve the organization of the Competition and give opportunity to more of our senior members we decided to have a second team from our Club join in the Competition.  Therefore we had an “A team” and a “B team “from La Magdalena, which ended up being really successful for everyone.  As expected, our second team proved to be weaker than any other team but they made it up with their enthusiasm and enjoyment of the sport.
Right after drawing the teams, the Competition started Friday afternoon, the teams were divided in two groups: Carrickmines, CLTK, La Magdalena A, and on the other group RC Polo and Rochusclub and La Magdalena B.  A total of six ties were played Friday afternoon with a great level of tennis and sportsmanship.  Some of the teams wished at some point to have some extra players on the teams stating “we are seniors”.  We should take advantage of the total amount of players allowed to participate in the Competition, ten, when we sign in for this kind of Competition.

Organizer: Athens LTC
Participants: Villa Primrose Bordeaux
RCT Barcelona-1899
Haagsche LTC Leimoinias
Athens LTC
Winner: Athens LTC

Our club hosted its first CTC Competition on October 2-4 in Athens.
We were joined by Barcelona, Bordeaux and the Hague. The teams came on Thursday afternoon and the matches started on Friday afternoon. Athens was paired against Barcelona and Bordeaux against Leimonias. The hosts prevailed after a tight match by 4-3 while Hague lost by 0-7 to Bordeaux. Hague proved to be weaker than the other three teams and went on to lose all its matches. However, what it lacked in tennis experience it made up with its enthusiasm, humor and pure enjoyment of the sport.

On the second day Athens played Bordeaux and again prevailed by the slight margin of 4-3. The outcome was decided by the mens’ doubles, played well into the night. The last encounters took place on Sunday morning with, Barcelona  prevailing over Bordeaux with again a tight margin of 4-3.
A welcome dinner was organized at the premises of the club on Saturday night for the benefit of the visiting teams. We were lucky in that the weather was very mild for an October night in Athens and we were able to sit outdoors. This permitted our guests to have a view of the Parthenon at the Acropolis of Athens and the Temple of Olympian Zeus closer to the Club. The President of the CTC Competition, Juan Maria Tintore, had arrived in the meantime, and we felt that his presence gave a new meaning of international camaraderie through the love of tennis to our gathering.
The President of Villa Primrose, Bernard Dupouy was also there to accompany his team and even participated in a doubles match.

The results of the Competition were announced in a short ceremony on Sunday after the matches. The Athens Lawn Tennis Club won and took the cup, Real Club de Tennis Club Barcelona came second, Villa Primrose Bordeaux third and Haagsche Lawn Tennis Club Leimonias fourth. Mementos were exchanged and our friends flattered us with compliments about the Club and the Competition. Our players enjoyed playing and meeting their counterparts and look forward to renew these contacts at another Competition next year.

The President of Athens Lawn Tennis Club

Organizer: I CLTK Prague (A)
Participants: RCTBarcelona-1899
Carrickmines CLTC
ICLTK Prague (B)
ICLTK Prague (A)
Winner: I CLTK Prague (A)

Four teams took part : Villa Primrose, Bordeaux who will host next years competition, Kungliga LTK, Stockholm who hosted last year and 1st Cesky , Prague who hosted in 2007.

A very high standard of play was on view for the weekend with Ireland’s top u-17’s representing Fitzwilliam and several highly ranked Juniors visiting for the event including Petra Rohanova of the Czech republic who currently enjoys a European Junior ranking of Number 1 under 14.
Fitzwilliam defeated  Villa Primrose 5 matches to 1 in the opening semi final.
1st Cesky and Kungliga were level at 3 matches each after their semifinal. Competition rules usually separate the teams by margin of sets and then margin of games but for the first time in the competition to date both of these were also equal. As a result a champions tie break in mixed doubles was played to determine the outcome and Cesky emerged as 10-7 winners.
On Saturday , Kungliga beat Villa Primrose in the 3rd place play off and Fitzwilliam beat Cesky 4 matches to 2 in the Final.

The Fitzwilliam team of Amy Bowtell , HannahMay Morrissey, Susan McRann , John Morrissey , Sam Barry and Ciaran Fitzgerald represented the Club with distinction both on court and when acting as hosts off the court.
Fitzwilliam win overall 4-2 and Win the Fitzwilliam Cup 2009

Carrickmines were privileged to host the CTC U12 Carrickmines Cup for the 3rd year.

Eight teams representing some of Europe’s largest and most famous clubs participated. Sixty young players, their coaches and some parents travelled to Dublin to play against some of Irelands top juniors.
The teams were divided in two sections of four with the teams playing off against one another. The four teams that won through to the semi finals were Carrickmines 1 ,Carrickmines 2, Edgbaston Priory and I.Cesky.
The other teams competing were Real Barcelona 1899, RC de Polo Barcelona and RC Tennis de la Magdelana.
I.Cesky won the cup outright in a tightly contested final against Edgbaston Priory.

Organizer: I CLTK Prague
Visitor: Haagshe LTC Leimoinias
Friendly match 17 players

We would like to inform you that we have hosted 17 members from H. L. T. C.

Leimoinias in Prague, the weekend 12-14 June.  We started with Prague sightseeing tour on Friday afternoon.  We played a lot of matches on Saturday and Sunday morning and had and official dinner on Saturday evening.  During the speeches after dinner both Clubs said that matches like this one are the events why CTC was formed.  It means events where sport and social activity are combined and that allow as much members from the Clubs to participate in to get some merit of Club membership in CTC.  Both Clubs also agreed that CTC shall talk with those European Clubs which never participated in any event and ask them what do they expect form their membership in CTC.

Petr Simunek
i.CLTK Prague

Organizer: I.Cesky L.T.K.

Participants:
I.Cesky L.T.K.
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899
Tenis Club de Gèneve
Royal Leopold Club

Winner: I.Cesky L.T.K.

Dates: 19th – 21st September 2008

Organizer: Kungl. L.T.K.

Participants:
Kungl. L.T.K.
Fitzwilliam L.T.C.
I.Cesky L.T.K.
Villa Primrose Bordeaux

Winner: I.Cesky L.T.K.

On the 13th and 14th of September the T.C. de Geneva held a quadrangular tournament in which the hosting club, the Villa Primrose de Bordeaux, the Real Club de Polo of Barcelona and the I.Cesky L.T.K. of Prague participated. The Geneva Club won in the final over the Czech team, with the R.C.Polo taking third position.
We wish to express our gratitude to the Geneva Club for their interest in having organized the tournament in which members of four clubs of the CTC had the opportunity to get together for these two days.

El Real Club de Polo de Barcelona organized a competition with the participation, in addition to the teams of the hosting club, of the Carrickmines LTC of Dublin, the Blau Weiss of Berlin, the Fitzwilliam LTC of Dublin and two other teams from Barcelona, the CT La Salut and the RCT Barcelona-1899.

After the three days of competition, the German team from the Blau Weiss won in the final over the RCT Barcelona-1899 by 5 wins to 4.
During the presentation of trophies all of the participating clubs expressed their gratitude for the effort that had been realized by the organizing club.

At the end of August 2007, the Philadelphia Cricket Club organized for the second consecutive year a competition for clubs belonging to the CTC. Eleven players from the Mount Royal Club of Montreal, Canada, the HLTC Leimonias of The Hague, The Netherlands, and the organizing club participated in the competition. The winning team was the Canadian, and the “amity” award went to the Dutch player Albert Holstag.

All of the visitors expressed their thanks for the warm hospitality of the host club and the magnificent Organization under the direction of Ian Crookenden.

Carrickmines CLTC hosted the inaugural CTC U712 International Tournament from the 30th August to 2nd September 2007.

Four clubs belonging to the CTC (Carrickmines C.L.T.C. of Dublin, Edgbaston Priory of Birminghan, I.Cesky LTK from Prague and RCT Barcelona-1899) took part in the competition.

The teams were made up of 4 boys and 4 girls, playing a round-robin format. The winner was the Czech team from the I.Cesky LTK, with 26 points, followed by Carrickmines (20), RCTB Barcelona (16) and Edgbaston Priory (10).

Group 3 -Played 16-17 September 2006
Organizer: HLTC Leimonias The Hague
Royal Leopold Club Bruxells
Le Touquet TC

Group 4 -Played 8-10 September 2006
Organizer: Cumberland LTC
CT La Salut
Fitzwilliam LTC

Group 5 -Played 22-24 September 2006
Organizer: CT Firenze
TC Genève – winner

Group 6 -Played 1-3 September 2006
Organizer: WienerPark Club
TC Milano Bonacossa – winner
Spartak Moscow

The CTC is most appreciative of the effort carried out by the organizing clubs, without whose cooperation it would not have been possible to hold the competition. We also wish to thank all of the players who have participated, having served to consolidate the friendship between the members of the clubs of the Association.