Carrickmines joined up with the Real Club de Tennis-1899 from Barcelona again this year for another successful and enjoyable junior exchange.
Twenty two juniors from both clubs participated. The players stayed with host families, in Carrickmines for the first two weeks in July and trained and played matches in the club every day. Many of the juniors had visited Carrickmines previously having played in the annual CTC U12 tournament.
All the juniors then returned to Barcelona for the last two weeks in July on the second part of the exchange and were looked after superbly!
Thanks to the organisers from both clubs and the host families for giving the juniors a great cultural and tennis experience.
Pictured right are the exchange players on court, and some of the Carrickmines boys with French Open quarterfinalist Tommy Robredo (left to right: Carrickmines players – Morgan Lohan, Justin Dwyer Griffin, Conor Hurley, Ronan Miyachi and Sam O’Kelly with Tommy Robredo).
