Twenty-one Irish players – including recent BU13 Spanish Junior Open champion Harry Knox and GU13 Finnish Junior Open winner Aurora McDonnell – will play at this week’s Danish Junior Open.
The four-day tournament, which starts in Copenhagen on Thursday, is the next step along the newly resourced Squash Ireland Junior Performance Academy pathway involving coaches David Noone and Michael Conroy.
It was August 31st when Knox clinched his title in Girona, and that success now sees him seeded 5/8 in Denmark. Ailong Chen also has the same seeding.
Meanwhile, McDonnell’s August 10th win in Helsinki has also influenced her status, as she is seeded No.2 in her event this week.
Her event has the largest Irish representation as five players are entered, including No.3/4 seed Esme Ring.
Four players who represented Ireland at the World Squash Junior Championships in Cairo in July are also travelling to Copenhagen, with Aaron Knox and Frank O’Flynn entered in the BU19, Riley Slade in the GU19 and Zoe Yeomans in the GU17.
Ireland’s Danish Junior Open entries
BU13 (3): Josh Archer (17/32), Ailong Chen (5/8), Harry Knox (5/8)
BU15 (4): Alec Gissing, Danny Jones (17/32), John Quigley (17/32), Harry Yeomans (17/32)
BU17 (1): Carl Crowe (33/64)
BU19 (2): Aaron Knox (9/16), Frank O’Flynn (17/32)
GU13 (5): Raghad Aboelela (5/8), Aurora McDonnell (2), Esme Ring (3/4), Faye Ring (9/16), Bridget Whitcomb (5/8)
GU15 (1): Gabby Curran (9/16)
GU17 (3): Shriya Drawid, Rebecca Jackson, Zoe Yeomans (5/8)
GU19 (2): Isabel Fallon (9/16), Riley Slade (5/8)
