Mens Autumn Competition 2022

The men’s autumn tennis competition will follow a league and knockout format.

Teams will be split into two groups, A & B. 

Group A	Group B
Cathal McInerney and Mikey Hawes	Rian Considine and Shane Byrne
Tom Costigan and Adam Blake	Gert van derDussen and Eoin Hoctor
Jack Danaher and Emmett Costigan	Conor Hallissey and Jack McInerney
Podge Collins and Paul Kennerk	David Collins and Tommy Rooney
Sean Gallagher and Jack Manley	Ray Kiely and Pat O’Donoghue
Jan Janotta and Joe Quain	Barry Dwane and Bomber Hickey
Kevin Danaher and Jamie Costigan	Jerome de Loughrey and Eddy Neville
Sean Ryan and Mark Crehan	Arthur Nwarie and Noel Blake
Brian McInerney and Johnny Gorman	Killian Phair and Kevin Hartnett

Telephone Numbers – CLICK HERE – password is – upcratloe

Capt. Group A is Tom Costigan

Capt. Group B is Arthur Nwarie

Pay your fiver to the captains on the night you play them.        

During the league you will play the teams in your group.

League Stage

Scoring will be; 

First to 10 games
2 points for a win 

1 bonus point for the losing team if they score 7 games or more

0 points if a team is beaten 10-6 or worse.

CLICK HERE to see the league table with up to date results.

Knockout Stage – Cup Competition

The top two teams in each group will qualify for the Cup knockout stage.  If teams finish tied on the same points in their group, the winner will be decided by who won the head-to-head match between the tied teams.

The winner of group A will play the runner up of group B and vice versa.   Essentially, a semi-final and final.

Knockout Stage – Plate Competition

The third and fourth placed teams in the groups will go into a Plate knockout competition.

The third place in group A will play fourth place in group B and vice versa.

Prizes

The winners and runners up in both Cup and Plate competitions will receive prizes.

Rules

The deadline for the league stage matches is the 21st November.  The knockout stage must be completed by the 30th November.  The prize giving is on the 1st December. Please get your matches played early!  YOU NEED TO BE PLAYING TWO GAMES A WEEK FROM THE GET GO.

During the league stage, if a player has to drop out, a substitute is allowable (if a suitable one can be found). However, during the knockout stage, no substitutes will be allowed and a walk-over must be given to the opponents.

Booking: Don’t book unless you have a match organised. When you book, please include details of the match (all the players) under “Description”.

Start your matches on time and please take no more than 5 minutes to warm up.

WhatsApp

In this Group you can request a match but please organise that match PRIVATELY to avoid clogging up the chat. Once you have a match organised, you can post your organised match details to the group.

For those who don’t know how to do that directly from within the group chat, here’s what you do.

1. Long press on the chat from the person you want to reply to
2. On the menu that appears, click “More”
3. On the next menu, click “Reply Privately”

Match Results

Send match results directly to Michael Kearney.  It is the responsibility of the winning team to forward the result.  Please do this directly after the match.