Senior Tennis
We offer a range of competitions and tournaments throughout the calendar year to cater for all standards of play.
Competitive Tennis
Internal
We offer a range of competitions and tournaments throughout the calendar year to cater for all standards of play.
- Our annual Club Championships, which usually take place the last two weeks in August, date back more than 100 years with the Club honours board listing all the men and lady champions since inception. The Championships are truly the highlight of the competitive year at Sandycove, offering a fantastic range of events championship singles, doubles, mixed, and even “lucky dip” mixed, alongside other graded categories.
- Another Club highlight, the STC Handicaps, are held during the year. Giving a level playing ground for all competitors no matter what their skill level. Both events wrap up with a final’s night, with prize giving, great food and dancing.
- We also operate a Ladies Singles and doubles ladder hosted online on the Club Manager 365 website. The Ladder is a great way to challenge and meet other club members and improve match-playing skills. (Please contact your captains for more information on how to join)
Internal Box Leagues:
The Sandycove internal box league is an opportunity for adult members to play fun yet competitive matches throughout the year with opponents of a similar standard.
All new members are welcome – it’s a Round Robin event with players of similar ability – Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Prizes are awarded at the end of the series for the person or pair that has accumulated the most points.
They are open to players of every standard from experienced league campaigners right through to beginners. For the stronger players it’s an opportunity to state your case for league team selection and for the rest of us, it’s a great way to meet other club members and improve your game.
External
- Our men’s and ladies’ teams are well represented in all four of the main Dublin Lawn Tennis Council (DLTC) Leagues – Summer, Floodlit, Senior and Winter. The pennants on display in the Clubhouse bear witness to the successes of the various teams in these leagues over the years.
- Winter League takes place on Sundays (men play in morning, ladies in afternoon) in Jan/Feb and is a doubles event with three pairings per team.
- Summer League takes place May/June, and the format is three singles and two doubles. Men play Fri nights or Sat mornings; ladies play either Mon/Tues/Wed.
- Senior League takes place on Sundays in Sept/Oct and consists of three doubles pairings. For all seniors aged over 35 years. The time played is rotates each year in 2025 the ladies play in the morning and the men in the afternoon.
- Floodlight League takes place on Mondays (men), Tuesdays (ladies) in Oct/Nov and this league is a little different in that there are only four on each team and each week names are pulled out to decide who plays singles and who plays doubles. The format is 2 singles, and one doubles.
- Mixed league – A great social DLTC run league consisting of 3 mixed doubles pairs played on a Friday night in July and August.
- Sandycove Men are very active (and successful!) in the Masters Tennis leagues. Proving that tennis is a ‘Sport for Life’ Sandycove have teams entered in the O70’s, O75’s and O80’s age categories. Sandycove currently holds the trophies across all these categories along with the All-Ireland title for 2025
- The Club has entered teams in a number of local tournaments that provide a more regular flow of organised competitive play between clubs locally. These tournaments include the Blue & Gold (Mixed), Five Mile League (Ladies), Ladies Charity League and the Easter Cup (Men).