Two Irish players who recently played at the World Squash Junior Championships – Aaron Knox and Frank O’Flynn – are on the start list of 16 looking to win this weekend’s PSA Satellite men’s event in Dublin.
Celtic club member Knox was a main title round of 128 winner in Cairo, going on to reach the Special Plate round of 16 and then assisting the Irish men’s team to its 20th place finish in the 22-team junior competition.
O’Flynn, meanwhile, progressed to the Consolation Plate round of 16 in Egypt, and he now returns to his home club, Fitzwilliam LTC, to face Dean Dromgoole in the IACT-sponsored tournament that will be played over two days, starting this Saturday.
Knox will feature in the bottom half of the draw fixture against Robert Thirst, the England player who achieved a PSA ranking high of 426 in June last year.
In the top half of the draw, Sutton’s Michael Creavan, the current 352 PSA rank from Ireland, has been drawn against Matthew Lai, the Mount Pleasant youngster.
The final of the invitational event, which has a first prize of €400, is timed for 5:15pm on Sunday.
