Bolger Tennis are running a 3-day Easter Camp from Wed 3rd to Fri 5th April, 10am to 1pm daily. Coaching, drills, match play, fun games and a tournament with prizes on last day. Please contact Gary on 0857030430 to secure a place on this very popular Camp.

We have 5 junior league teams playing at the moment, all with just the first match played in the group stage. An U18 boys and U18 girls team, 2 x U15 boys teams and 1 x U12 boys team. Best of luck with the rest of your matches.

Spring Round Robin for juniors is in full swing. All group stage matches need to be completed by May 13th. Lots of time to get matches played over the Easter holidays. RR finals day will be held on Saturday May 25th so make sure to save the date.

Great that Leinster tennis are hosting another Green ball (U10s) & Orange ball (U9s) event in Glasnevin. It will be on 21 st April from 2-4pm. These are a great opportunity for our junior members age 10 and under to get some match play against players from other clubs. These are regularly on in a variety of clubs. If you are interested in playing in this event you can register once it goes live on tournament software. Also keep an eye out for other dates on Tennis Ireland (tournamentsoftware.com)

The U12s group stages are now complete with the finals day on Saturday 6 th April in Malahide. Well done to all who played; Jake Hogan, Cian Cullivan, Ciaran Flood, Harry O Connell, Felix Toolan, Lauren Fox, Ella Mc Munn, Grace Dooley, Elizabeth Kelleher, Meskerem Hehir, Saoirse Mc Donagh. Best of luck to the team in the finals. Big thanks to Ciara Keating for looking after this S&S campaign.

The U14s start their campaign shortly. If there is anyone age 14 or under who would like to be included in the team, just let me know, as everyone who puts their name down, will get to play some weeks.

The Spring championships in our own club are coming up on April 10 th -19 th and anyone age 14+ is eligible. This is a great opportunity to incorporate your doubles/singles with the adults of our club. Entry is open until Tuesday 2nd April and you can register HERE. Best of luck to all our intermediates who are playing in it.

Well done to all our junior players who took part in other club junior opens over the Easter holidays in Brookfield, Lisburn, Templeogue. Big Congrats to John Sheridan who won the T200 junior open in Templeogue this week.

Last year we set up a ‘paired tennis’ system, where we paired an intermediate player with an adult member. We are hoping to do the same again over this year’s summer months.

The plan would be that the pairing arrange a time to play that suits both, where the adult would mentor the junior player and give tips etc. that may help bring them on. The intention is to make the intermediates feel more comfortable playing with adults. We will also hold a monthly event where all pairs meet up together to play social tennis. If you are age 14+ and interested in participating in ‘paired tennis’ this summer, register via the form emailed to members by April 26th.

• April 2nd -4th – Kilkenny LTC 200 – U12s & U14s

• April 13th – Lakespur TC U8s Red ball event

• April 26th - 28th – Lakespur TC 500 Junior Open

• April 26th -May 6th – Castleknock T1000 & 200 Junior Open

• May 3rd -6th – Claremorris T500 Junior Open

• May 10th -19th – East Cork T200 & T500 Junior Open

• May 11th – 19th – Mullingar T500 & T100 Junior Open

• May 24th – June 3rd – St. Anne’s Waterford T1000 Junior Open

Full information and entry details are available on the Tennis Ireland website.