Newry closed competition for 2006
	Is this the last ever Newry Tennis Tournament?
	The answer is yes, on the present courts at least. The present surface is so poor that no open tounament or league games could be played this year as the risk of injury in tough competition was felt to be high particularly for strangers unfamiliar with t
	However the brave members of the Tennis Club decided to proceed with their closed Tournament since the Junior tournament had been such a success. The singles were open to Adults and all Juniors of secondary school age. The doubles were teams of mixed ab
	The tournament ran over 2 weeks and were played in mostly very favourable weather condidtions which was fortunate given the state of the courts - particularly courts 3 and 4 which are more dangerous because of the poor lights.
	In the singles competition the number 1 and 2 seeds predictably made it through to the final. The men's tournament saw 17 year old Tim Smith opposite his usual doubles partner Gibby Vettiankal. The long arduous rallies eventually led to the youngster suc
	Most of the men would have trembled at the thought of playing in the Ladie's final against former Ireland International Catriona Ruanne, but our Dorothy Blair stepped up to the challenge and faced her opponent with only a small measure of trepidation and
	The fun doubles pairing resulted in Gibby Vettiankal once again in a men's doubles final but this time with Junior Jamie Campbell who had played a stormer against John Ricmond and Timmy Smith in a tight 3 set semi-final. In the men's final Jamie found hi
	John Jones had to dry his eyes and step up to the mark again in the final of the mixed doubles with Roisin Connell who had proved themselves a wiining combination thus far in some tough competiteve matches but they had to bow to defeat at the hands of Po
	Competition	Winner	Runner up
	Mens singles	Gibby Vettiankai	Tim Smith
	Women's singles	Catriona Ruanne	Dorothy Blair
	Men's doubles	Gibby Vettiankai & Jamie Campbell	Kieran Campbell & John Jones
		Carmel Richmond & Eimear Ruanne-McAteer	Dorothy Blair & Imelda McCoy
	Mixed Doubles	Posey Gilsenan & Dave Furness	Roisin Connell & John Jones
		Gibby Vetiankai wins mens singles
		Ready for friends finals fight
		Sun shines on ladies singles winner
		Smiles before the smashing final
		Tough competitition in Mens Doubles Final
		Pleased as punch - Ladies doubles winners
		Windswept ladies Doubles Finalists
		Mixed doubles finalists