There was plenty of competitive tennis on display and it was great to see some new faces amongst the regulars. Off the court players were treated to a seriously delicious Irish Stew which was expertly prepared by Karel and Marion and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone!!

Congratulations to all our finalists. Our well deserved runners up were Ali and Stuart who put up a good battle in the final against our overall winners Heather and Paul.

A special mention also goes to our birthday girl Patricia who generously shared her cake with Heather and Pamela who also celebrated their birthdays earlier in the week.

Thankyou to everyone who took part and made the day such fun. We’re already looking forward to seeing everyone again at the Captains Day Tournament and BBQ on Saturday 20th June – save the date!!

February was all systems go for the singles league, Mixed League and Ladies and Gents evergreen leagues. On the social side, VI@CI held a fundraiser table quiz which turned out to be the largest quiz night the club had ever seen!

We held our annual St Patricks Day event in March (obviously) and despite the rain showers we kept smiling and playing tennis! April saw our Mens B Team top Division 4 League table with our other teams all putting in very strong performances.

Captains Day was held in June and despite this being our summer the rain made it impossible to play but we still carried on, moved the BBQ indoors and partied the night away.

July saw us hold our annual Ballycastle tournament, an away day trip to the beach for some sun, sea and tennis and maybe a bit of food and drink thrown into the mix.

Captains day mark 2 was held in August and this time we did get the weather we were hoping for. The front picture is of our winners, runners up and our sponsor.

September and October saw more success for league teams, our brand new dome went up and our annual Prizegiving evening was held in the clubhouse in December.

2025 was a great year for the club and we head into 2026 with excitement for what’s ahead.

Its a great opportunity to get dolled up, dress in something sparkly and get together for some chat, some good food and some dancing plus a trophy or two to be awarded!

Thankyou to our wonderful lady Captain Dot who has been amazing this year and organised the perfect event.

We had over 40 members playing mixed doubles over 3 rounds, with a break for tea and scones! During our break we had the first ever CI ‘One Point Tournament’ which was gloriously won by Desie Parke.

After the tournament our wonderful social committee provided beautiful salads to accompany our BBQ of burgers and sausages. It was such a lovely evening that many of us sat on at the club and enjoyed the tunes from our in-house ‘band’ The Painkillers. A great day and evening was had by all.

Congratulations to everyone who entered and well done to the runners up Johnny & Muriel and our worthy winners Anna and Geoff.

This tournament was sponsored by Gary Dempster, who not only had the pleasure of sponsoring this event but got a masterclass in tennis when he played against our head coach!!

Special mention to Paddy Brockerton who won the Mens Doubles in the over 80s category with a convincing 6/2 6/4 win and to William Caldwell who lost in the semi finals of the over 70s singles in a very close encounter, losing 10/8 in a tie-break but was victorious in the Mens Doubles this time winning the tie-break 10/8.

Congratulations and what an inspiration to the club members!

Thankyou to our sponsor Phil Welsh from Flexform and to our head coach Johnny for running the tournament so smoothly. Thankyou to our fabulous social committee for putting together the fantastic spread in the clubhouse which we all enjoyed for the prize-giving.

Finally thankyou to everyone who entered and supported the club and congratulations to our winners Shavran and Helen.

Well done to the runners-up Alan and Liz and congratulations to the winners Phil and Pamela.

Thankyou to Shravan for sponsoring this event and to Johnny for running it and finally a big thankyou to Dot who for organising the teas and coffee.

This tournament is open to members of all abilities as there will be an A, B and C category for singles and doubles.

The tournament will run from 22/4 to 27/4 with a social night out on Saturday night (finals day) so just let Johnny know you are interested in going to that.

Register today for the tournament via Tennis Ireland software or click the link below

https://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/individual-entry/FBCC036B-AD05-4908-B9DF-567D1C49C864