This year we’re not going to hold Round Robin competitions, instead we’ll be organising ladies and gents tournaments, formats still to be finalised.
These will be added to Competitions section and enrolling soon, the current enrollments for Round Robins will be cancelled.

Well done Balrothery Ladies on retaining the Fingal Tennis League Trophy against Sutton Ladies yesterday at Skerries Tennis Courts. It was an epic final on a beautiful sunny afternoon at the Costa Del Skerries. At first Sutton won their opening two singles games, but then the Balrothery Ladies dug deep and fought back to win the remaining single and two doubles games which all went to three sets and a tie-break in the final set. Well done to the Balrothery Ladies tennis team of Sinead Cody, Sally Donnelly, Anne Barrett who played singles and Rosie Duffy/Lisa McGrane and Noelle Rooney/Lynn Stenson who played doubles.

At our AGM yesterday evening we wish to thank both Rosie Duffy and Nuala O’Donnell who stepped down as Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer respectively for all the good accounts management they did for the Club over the last two years. In their place has stepped up two ladies Anne Barrett and Lisa McGrane and we would like to welcome them to the committee. Barry Dean has also stepped down and we would also like to thank him for all his contribution to the Club. Paul Andrews has assumed the full mens captaincy with the assistance of David Meskell. We are currently looking for two persons within the Club who would be interested in being junior co-ordinators. The Club will send the junior co-ordinators on appropriate courses re:child protection and safety and appropriate child tennis training courses for this purpose. The rest of the committee have agreed to stay on for another year.

Membership Fees of €50 Adult, €70 Family and €15 Child now due for yearly membership from April 2013 - end March 2014.
Its very important we receive membership fees as these are the source of income that allows the Club to pay for day to day operational and maintenance costs. Many Thanks BBTC.

Article in Fingal Independent 15 September 2000

The boys and girls of Balrothery swept the boards in the Kit Kat Parks Tennis League this summer, with both teams winning their Division 1 leagues outright. The girls team have won the event on several occasions in the past but this was a first for the boys and the double made for some very special celebrations.

‘Dedication, hard work and pracitice have paid off handsomely again.’ is how team coach Evelyn Hanrahan put it after the great wins as she paid tribute to all those who made the great wins possible.

The girls team beat Balbriggan, Baltray and Skerries in their section to make it to the semi-finals where they really upped a gear to outclass a talented Albrt College side. In the finals in St Annes Park, Raheny, they were faced by a gritty North Kildare outfit but edged them out well on a comfortable 6-3 margin.

The hot-shot Balrothery girls who took the title in such style were: Lorna Sweetman, Maebh Moloney, Audrey McDonnell, Susan Miller, Ashling Cox, Susan Rock, Bronagh McCoy, Caroline Miller, Anna Sweetman, and team captain Kate Lynch.

The boys team pushed their way past Donaghmede, Baltray and Skerries in their opening rounds before they dispatched Poppintree in the semis. Ballyfermot were their victims in the final, with the Balrothery squad charging home on an impressive 8-1 scoreline.

The squad were: Conor Shiel, Harry Kennedy, Tomas Shiel, Conor Moloney, Karl Dickson, Gordon Sambrooks, Ian Bertram, Kevin Heffernan, Garreth Allen, and team captain Alan Kelly.

The brains behind the operation were the top class coaches Evelyn Hanrahan and Heather Kennedy.

Competition Format 3 Singles and 2 Doubles Teams. All matches best of 3 sets.
(H) = Home Game (A) = Away Game.
Game Dates:
Balrothery (H) V Portmarnock Sun 14th April 2pm Singles/3.30pm Doubles.
Balrothery (A) V Carpenterstown Sun 21st April Singles 2pm/Doubles 3.30pm.
Balrothery (H) V Skerries Sun 28th April Singles 2pm/Doubles 3.30pm.
Balrothery (A) V Swords Sun 5th May 2pm
Balrothery (H) V Sutton Sun 12th May Singles 2pm/Doubles 3.30pm.
***Winner of Group V Runner-up in group in finals on Sunday 19th May 2pm at Skerries Lawn Tennis Club***

Competition Format 3 Singles / 2 Doubles Teams. best of 3 Sets.
(H) = Home. (A) = Away.
Game Dates:
Balrothery (H) V Portmarnock Sat 13th April 2pm Singles/ 3.30pm Doubles.
Balrothery (A) V Sutton Sat 20th April 12 Noon.
Balrothery (A) V Castleknock Sat 27th 2pm.
Balrothery (H) V Castleknock Sat 4th May 2pm Singles/ 3.30pm Doubles.
Balrothery (A) V Portmarnock Sat 11th May 2pm.
Balrothery (H) V Sutton Sat 18th May 2pm Singles/ 3.30pm Doubles.
***Winning Team in group takes all***

You may have noticed the Tennis World magazine link on our web site recently, the publishers contacted us recently with a deal to give our members and visitors free access in exchange for promoting it on our site. Access is subscription only usually.
Worth checking, content and images are very good. You won’t be hassled to subscribe or hit with advertising - if that starts to happen we’ll remove it.

We’re now accepting entries into this years Men’s & Women’s singles Robin Robin competitions. To enter go to the Challenges & Games page and click the Enter button.

Start date is flexible, we’ll start when we have enough players signed up. The match format will be to play one set, each game won will count as points for the final result of all matches played.
Players arrange games when it suits though should be played promptly once the competition begins.

The final results will have an effect on club ladder positions and possibly Tennis Ireland grades for players that are registered.

Adult Club Night social tennis back in full swing from 7.30-9pm every wednesday night weather permitting. Brighter evenings and weather with us now, so shake-off the winter dust and cob-webs off your rackets and get fit and enjoy a good social night of tennis at Balrothery Tennis Club every wednesday night. New members very welcome and looking forward to seeing all current members BTC.

As a tie break doesn’t happen too often and sometimes players can end up scratching their heads trying to remember how to proceed, here’s how...

The player who would normally be serving after 6-6 is the one to serve first in the tie break, and the tie break is considered a service game for this player.
The server begins his service from the deuce court and serves one point. After the first point, the serve changes to the first server’s opponent. Each player then serves two consecutive points for the remainder of the tiebreak. The first of each two-point sequence starts from the server’s advantage court and the second starts from the deuce court. In this way, the sum of the scores is even when the server serves from the deuce court. After every six points, the players switch ends of the court; it can occur in the middle of a server’s two-point sequence.

The tie break winner is the first person to reach 7 points or above with a 2 point lead on their opponent.

Adult Membership €50
Family Membership €70
Child €15
Membership runs from 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 and includes access to all club activities and tournaments and precedence of use of courts outside of club activites,shreddies tennis or our club coach Ciaran’s lessons. It entitles you to access to club facilities and insurance cover during club tennis.
The membership pays the overheads of operating the Club from utility bills to Tennis Ireland membership. It pays for the upgrading, maintenance and enhancement of facilities at the courts.

*Membership Fees can be paid directly by cheque/postal order made out to Balrothery Tennis Club and posted to our Treasurer Rosie Duffy, 62 Ardgillen Lawn, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin or payment presented to any committee member at any Club event.

Shreddies Parks Tennis is running coaching over eight weeks commencing with enrolement on Thursday 9th February at 3.30pm at Balrothery Tennis Courts for girls and boys aged 6-17 years of age. Classes will be divided into one hour sessions every Thursday based on age and standard. The price is €25 for eight one hour lessons and all equipment will be supplied including rackets and balls as required. This coaching is subsidised by Shreddies & Fingal Council to keep costs reasonable for parents. Any enquiries can be made to 01-8338711 for further information.

Members can now post ladder challenges online on our site and should now see the option to do this in the options after logging in and also on the ’Challenges & Games’ page (top right in the navigation area).
In addition to this there is the facility to find players for times members are available to play with the ’Post a Game Request’ option, this has been around for a while but maybe not everyone is aware of it.

You can now find out more information on our new Facebook page under Balrothery tennis. Please request us a friend.

Tennis Courts not available during the following:
Children Coaching - Mon - Fri Afternoons 1.30pm-6.45pm
Adult Coaching - Tues Evenings & Friday Mornings
Adult Club Night - Wednesday Evening 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Ladies Club Morning - Monday Morning 10.00am-12.00noon
Ladies Club Night - Every 1st & 3rd Thursday 7.30pm-9.00pm
every month.
Men’s Club Night - Every 2nd & 4th Thursday 7.30pm-9.00pm every month.
Children Tennis Camps (During Holiday Periods)
Balrothery Tennis Club Events

Tokens are available to buy on Wednesday Clubnights from Rosaleen Duffy to operate the floodlights. These cost €1 each for 30 minutes and are available to members only. Contact committee members or club mobile 086-3953759 for further information.

Ciaran Cunningham, our Club coach, coaches Adults and Juniors. Ciaran also coaches Balrothery NS teams and carries out the Shreddies programme for Fingal Council. If you are thinking of starting, why not call/text Ciaran(087 6725493) and get some professional coaching to start you off. Ciaran is Balrothery Tennis Club ONLY Coach at present, sanctioned by ourselves and Fingal County Council to use the courts.