Annual Tennis Events
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| DLTC Winter League | End of Jan – End of Mar |
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| Doubles league with 6 players on a team (3 doubles) Men play at 11am and Ladies 2pm. There are 5 round-robin home or away matches followed by 4 rounds of playoffs to the finals. Lansdowne has entered 7 Ladies and 6 Men’s Team from Class 1-7 | ||
| Frostbite | March / April | |
| Doubles/Mixed Doubles social tournament which runs for 5 weeks and is played on Thursday evenings in teams of 6 to 8 players divided into 2 sections. Matches are the best of 16 short games and a tie-break. Final round is finishes with a closing party. Open to all members. | ||
| Spring Challenge Round Robin | March / April |
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| Singles and doubles round robin box league providing players with competitive match practice before league and helping the Tennis Committee determine the order of merit for summer league. All matches are scheduled between Wednesday and Sunday each week with playoffs/finals in the last week followed by BBQ and prizes. |
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| DLTC Summer League | May / June | |
| Singles and doubles league with 7 players per team (3 singles and 3 doubles) played mainly on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesday for ladies and Friday/Saturday afternoons for men. There are 5 round-robin home or away matches followed by 4 rounds of playoffs if teams qualify. Lansdowne will enter a number of teams across all classes |
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| DLTC Mixed League | July / August | |
| Mixed doubles league with 6 players per team (3 doubles) played on Friday evenings. There are 5 round-robin home or away matches followed by 4 rounds of playoffs if teams qualify. Lansdowne has entered 4 teams ranging from Class 1 to 3 (equivalent to winter/summer league class 3/4, 5/6 and 7) |
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| East of Ireland Open Week | August | |
| Our Senior Open Tournament runs for 8 days in August and is open to everyone from championship level to class 7/non-league. Matches are played in the evenings from 6pm onwards and all day during weekends. ENTER HERE | ||
| DLTC Senior League | September / October | |
| Doubles league with 6 players per team (3 doubles) reserved for players over 35 and played on Sundays in the morning for men and afternoon for ladies. There are 5 round-robin home and away matches followed by 4 rounds of playoffs if teams qualify. Lansdowne has 7 teams ranging from Class 1 to 6 |
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| DLTC Over 65s league | September / October | |
| Teams consist of 6 players and play 3 doubles | ||
| Senior Club Championships | September | |
| Our internal Senior Championships open to all members of the club runs over 2 weeks in September and ends with finals and prize-giving on the last date. Enter HERE |
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| Captain’s Ball | September | |
| Annual Black Tie event held in honour of our Men’s and Lady Captains which takes place in the club | ||
| DLTC Floodlight League | September - November | |
| Singles and doubles league with 4 players per team (2 singles and 1 doubles drawn each week) played on Monday evenings for men and Tuesday evenings for ladies. There are 5 round robin home or away matches followed by 4 rounds of playoffs it teams qualify. Lansdowne has teams ranging from class 1 to 7 |
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| Turkeys and Plumbers | November | |
| Doubles/Mixed Doubles social tournament which runs for 5 weeks and is played on Thursday evenings in teams of 6 to 8 players divided into 2 sections. Matches are the best of 16 short games and a tie-break. Final round finishes with a party. Open to all members. |
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| Christmas Party | December | |
| The club's annual Christmas party! | ||
Club Ladder
For members interested in playing regular competitive singles matches the Club Ladder is an online singles challenge for Men and Women suitable for all levels. To find out more about how it works or to get started log into your smartcloud account here and on your dashboard click on Bookings, this will bring you to the Ladder Challenge on the Clubmanager 365 site
DLTC League
To help you schedule your training and tournament preparation the schedule for the Dublin Lawn Tennis Council leagues can be found HERE