The finals were held on Friday 7th November. Thank you goes to Brendan Egan for stepping into cover for the absent organiser, to Karen MacKenna and Kevin Polley for helping to organise the night. Also thanks need to go to Siobhan Coburn, Anne Noonan and Suzanne Broughan for helping the event run smoothly.

The 3rd place playoff was won by Sandycove Blue, well done to you and hard luck to Glenageary Gold. I understand the match was a good one to watch. The final was between Glenageary Blue and Railway Union Gold, the final result of the matches was an even 2 matches each so the decider was a tie break and Glenageary won this to retain the title! Congratulation to them the result- very close!

The next round of blue and gold will be held in the spring and Monkstown will pace the organising on to the next club in the next few weeks.

Well it is that time of year again the Autumn Sunday Brunch start last Sunday and I have to say it was a perfect day weather wise, the sun shone and the rain stayed away.

The second week was a looking a little dodgy, but cleared to allow play to happen. The breakfast staying on the healthy option seems to have gone down a treat. More fun next week!

The Tonic Tournament is in full swing and nice to see the courts in full use, hope everyone is enjoying their games and remember to put up your scores on the board.

Sorry for the format change but it does work with the 13 games. Remember the 13th game is a normal tie breaker!

We have 5 teams through to the R16 or ¼ finals which are being held on Mondays for the men, and Tuesday for the ladies.

We had two teams playing yesterday we won one the match against Templeogue, but sadly lost the other against Trinity College.

Our 3rd men's team is through to the ¼ finals next Monday at 7.30 supporters are welcome. The same applies to the ladies teams who will be playing tonight 11th Nov 08) one team in Mount Pleasant and the other in Celbridge. Good luck to all involved! It has been a superb tournament, well done!

There will be a sign up sheet for the ladies Turkey tournament on the notice board in the next few days.

The ladies will be held on the 29th of November to be followed on the 6th of December by the Men's and on the 13th of December by the Mixed. Keep an eye out for the notices!!s

Acknowledgment for the teams that made it through to the finals of the senior league needs to be made. So a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the teams that made it through to the Senior league finals - it was a horrific day to play wind gusting and sprinkles of rain- we came second in both the men's over 35 class 2 and the ladies 045 class 2- good job by the teams and their captains for getting so far.

The team photo's are below.