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Despite the current poor weather there are 100 entrants for this year’s Frostbite League which will take place over the next five weeks.

Over 100 players took part in the recent junior open week. Players were drawn from many other clubs including Carlow, Naas, Waterford, Tramore, Wexford and Castleknock.

Digital viewers in the city got a new sports news and betting channel last week, just in time for the Premiership.

Last Friday night, the weekly American tournament took place in the tennis club in Archersfield, under the watchful eye of Brian Doyle. 22 players took to the courts in a competitive evening’s tennis.

A sportsperson’s life comes with few guarantees. Toil and taxing tests are inevitable so now as Beijing edges closer all the diligent preparation will finally be afforded a thrilling reward. Regardless of how the Irish heavyweight crew fare for the rest of Cormac Folan’s days the sense of achievement that participating at the Olympics brings will provide a chunk of comfort.

Over the past number of months, many people have been wondering what exactly has been happening adjacent to Lough Lannagh Holiday Village, with sights of heavy machinery taking away mounds and mounds of earth. The big hill, which once graced the area there, is no longer to be seen, but in its place the brand new Connacht Regional Tennis Centre is being constructed. This is just phase One of a multi million-euro project for Castlebar Tennis Club. Castlebar firm of David O’Malley and Associates has designed the complete project.

Tennis - Kilkenny member Eoin McGovern, (son of Rory and Mary McGovern), was involved in a home nations tournament that took place in the tennis arena in Roehampton, England last weekend. 16 players travelled in the team to represent Ireland in the home nation’s tournament. Age groups represented were under 12, 14, 18 and senior.

Carlow Lawn Tennis Club have an exciting new coaching programme in place for this autumn and winter. The programme will be spearheaded by the arrival of Tennis Ireland level 1 coach Ashley Wynne. Ashley has a fantastic junior playing pedigree having won national titles at U14s, U16s and U18s and has represented Ireland at junior level on numerous occasions.

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The Keenan Sports/Bank of Ireland senior club championship matches were played over the past two weeks at Athlone Tennis Club, in unseasonable weather.