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Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club

BLTC Senior Awards Presentation & Christmas Dinner 2023

11th Dec 2023

On Friday evening we held our annual senior club awards dinner at the Leighinmohr House Hotel.

It was a terrific evening had by all, with 45 of our club members in attendance.

The hotel provided us with a terrific room, and was accompanied by superb food.

Our BLTC Family had a wonderful time, socialising with friends, interacting with members they hadn’t seen in some time, while celebrating the wonderful achievements of our players over the last 12 months.

We didn’t only enjoy the distribution of awards, we took park in a tennis specific quiz, which caused some drama of its own. It brought out the best (and in some cases the worst) in our competitive spirit. Well done to Michael Allen’s team in winning this.

Director of Coaching Barry Clarke, did his now yearly funny certificate distribution to members. Certificates given out included- Tube of the Year, Hibernator of the Year, BLTC Trash Talker, Maria Sharapova grunter of the year and many more. The room was certainly roaring with some of these.

The club also presented Mary Goodwin with a special gift for all her continued work she does within the club. Mary is amazing and without her voluntary contribution to the club we wouldn’t be where we are today. Thanks also to Jim Smith for writing a little poem in Mary’s honour, it was a beautiful touch.

Club Chairman Nick Cummings presented the remaining Serving Aces Project winners with their prizes, which they won throughout our various events we held this year. Some of the prizes included a signed Sue Barker autobiography, lovely gift vouchers for restaurants and Wimbledon memorabilia.  Well done to all the winners.

We must thank club member Myron Evan’s who came along and took pictures of the entire evening! Thank you for taking your time to do this.

Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club Club Champions 2023

Mens Singles – Pol McAleese

Ladies Singles – Sarah Goodrich

Mens Doubles Championships – Peter McCrum and Pol McAleese

Ladies Doubles Champions – Sharon Moore and Paula McMillan

Mixed Doubles Champs – Pol McAleese and Judith Weir

Mens Evergreen Singles Sponsored by Eurospar Cullybackey – Alan Kennedy

Ladies Evergreen Singles Sponsored by Wilkinson Aesthetics  – Sarah Goodrich

Mens Evergreen Doubles sponsored by Sanjha Indian Restaurant  – Alan Kennedy and Peter Dickey

Ladies Evergreen Doubles sponsored by Jayne Harkness Photography  – Sarah Goodrich and Valerie Alexander

Mixed Evergreen Doubles sponsored by Tommy Crooks – Paula McMillan and Csaba Mezei

Special Recognition Awards

BLTC Team Shield (Best League Performance in the Belfast and District Leagues) Sponsored by the Clarke Family- John, Heather and Barry- Knockout Cup - Men’s Intermediate Team - Barry Clarke (C) Pol McAleese, Alan Kennedy, Csaba Mezei, Nick Cumming

The League Endeavour Cup (Best contribution to the club external leagues) Sponsored by Ahoghill Post Office (Henderson Spar) Alan Kennedy

The George McDowell Cup (Most Improved Senior Player) Sponsored by George McDowell - Sarah Goodrich

The Burgess Cup (Long Term Service to Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club/Outstanding Achievement) Sponsored by Wilson Burgess - Ian McClean

Fergus Barklie Cup (Newcomer of the year Award) Sponsored by Fergus Barklie – Stephanie Shaw and Charlotte Wright

Well done to all our award winners!