Last weekend saw a padel team from Belfast Boat Club compete in the inaugural fixture with Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin. The event was an amazing success with great matches both across Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed events, 4 of the 6 matches decided on a tie-break. However, Boat Club eventually ran out winners 4-2, so congratulations to the team of Mark Nicholas, John Dullaghan, Ger Connery, Declan Magee, Damian Bannon, Katherine Bready, Joanne Corrigan, and Kristina Sinclair. The hosts provided excellent hospitality and We look forward to the return fixture later this year, which will no doubt be another fantastic event.
With the support of @fetherstonsestateagents we are pleased to announce the start of padel leagues within Belfast Boat Club.
We aim to run two men’s and two ladies’ leagues: Advanced and Intermediate level for each:
8 teams across 2 pools of 4 teams in Advanced level and 10 teams across 2 pools of 5 in Intermediate level
Entry fee is £20 per team and registration is through Playtomic.
Round Robin format so each team within the pool plays each other once.
Matches to be played at Belfast Boat Club and booked as competitive matches on Playtomic.
Matches are best of 3 tie-break sets with the 3rd set a match tie-break (first to 10). Please agree with each other before the match whether you will play normal long deuce games or use the “Star-point” system, introduced in 2026 in padel.
Each League is administered through the app EZAI leagues, created by a local company. Every player will receive an email invite (per Playtomic email address) to create an account and once logged in you can track progress of the league.
Players are responsible for uploading the scores to Playtomic and EZAI league.
Finals day 6th June: last day to play round robin matches: Sunday 31st May.
On Finals day we will play a semi-final and a final for each of the leagues. Pool A #1 versus Pool B #2 and Pool A #2 versus Pool B #1. Winners play the final.
Advanced Players:
Men: Team average of 3.5 and above according to Playtomic
Ladies: Team average of 2.5 and above according to Playtomic.
Intermediate Players:
Men: Team average between 1.5 and 3.5 according to Playtomic
Ladies: Team average between 1.0 and 2.5 according to Playtomic
The league committee will determine which pool each team is assigned to, with the aim to have both pools of an equal standard.
Registration for the leagues will open at 6pm on Monday the 30th of March.
Good luck all, and most importantly have fun!! Please address any queries to clubmanager@belfastboatclub.com
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🐣 Nearly time for our Junior Easter Tennis Camp from Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th April.
💻 Sign up now via our website for either a morning (9-11:30am) or afternoon session 12:30-3pm), or stay the whole day (9am to 3pm).
☀️ We held our annual Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday for all children who attend our regular morning coaching. Kids as young as 3 up to 11 years old searched high and low for some chocolate eggs to end their fun sessions. Thanks to all our volunteer teenagers for making it work so well.
🤩 Sport is truly about fun and friendship.
🎾 Meanwhile our U18 Juvenile League Teams are underway with their season and this year we are fielding a total of 10 teams. This gives many of our members a chance to represent the club and enjoy competing against others of a similar level.
👩 👨 We also have Adult Easter Camps for beginners and experienced players alike. Same dates as the junior camp but in evenings from 6-7:15pm, 7:15-8:30pm & 8:30-9:45.
❤️ Get involved in our multi-sports club, whether it’s for tennis, squash, padel, rowing or the gym.
😎Riverside relaxation for all.
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Oh what a night!!
Well done to Fantastic Mr Fox who finished on top of the Winter 2026 Internal League led by team captain Marcus Donnelly.🏆
A few thank yous…
Thanks to organisers Laura and Damian for hosting the awards ceremony last night and to Brenda McCleary and her @rock_choir who got the party started! Thanks also to head of tennis Jim who puts all the results onto Tennis Ireland.
Thank you to Roma and Jen for signing everyone in and collecting the scores last night ✍️. Thanks to all the volunteers who have done this over the last 9 weeks.
And thank you to YOU, the players, for turning up each week and enjoying the craic 🥂🍻.
We will return towards the end of April for the next instalment of the Internal League! 🎾
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New photographer required!
Why no heads 🤔
What’s wrong with head photos ?
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mums in our Club! 🌸
Today we celebrate the love, strength, patience and endless support that mothers bring to our families and lives every single day. Whether you’re a mum, step-mum, grandmother, mum-to-be, or someone who takes on a motherly role — today is for you. 💐
Thank you for everything you do, often behind the scenes and without recognition. We hope you feel appreciated, celebrated and loved today.
Wishing all our members a wonderful Mother’s Day! 💗
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Ever wondered where our old Tennis balls go?
We at the Belfast Boat Club are always trying to find new ways of getting our used tennis balls reused. Your suggestions are always welcome to us.
We hand tennis balls to the Coffee Box for dog walkers, we have given them to local schools and most recently our tennis conveyor Susan, delivered a quantity of tennis balls to Belfast Zoo.
We are looking forward to getting photos from the Zoo, using our tennis balls in interesting ways with the animals.
🦁🐘🦒🐒🎾
#tennis #reuseable #recycle #belfastzoo
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Padel balls too……🎾
brilliant 🤩
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