Twenty-seven Irish players – including our three defending champions – now know who they will face in opening round matches of the 2025 European Masters Individual Squash Championships.
It follows the publication on Tuesday morning of the draws for the 20-category Wroclaw tournament, which runs from Wednesday to Saturday.
The event has attracted a massive entry list of 604 two years after the Championships were last held in Hamburg in 2023.
Ireland finished with three first places in Germany – Neil Macarron in the M45+, Rob Staunton in the M50+ and Kyran Hurley in the M70+ – and all three have now travelled to Poland to begin their respective title defences.
Macarron, a No.2 seed, will face Tomas Havlik of the Czech Republic in a round of 64 fixture. Staunton, a 3/4 seed, has been drawn against Robert Stastny, another Czech, or Poland’s Marceli Cziba, also in a round of 64 match.
Meanwhile, second seed Hurley will begin his campaign with a round of 16 clash with Rene Nuessli of Switzerland or France’s Jaime Antonio Gregoire.
European Masters Individual Squash Championships
MEN 40+: Round of 64
Cian Peyton v Przemyslaw Burda [17/32, Poland] – Wednesday, 10am local (9am Irish)
Przemyslaw Hofman [17/32] v Grzegorz Adach [Poland] – Wednesday, 10:40am local
WOMEN 40+: Round of 16
Siobhan Parker [5/8] v Joanna Wilinska [9/16, Poland] – Wednesday, 10:40am local
MEN 45+: Round of 64
Nigel Peyton [5/8] v Dimitrios Skarakis [Greece] – Wednesday, 11:20am local
Brian Butler [17/32] v Jarolav Skoriak [Slovakia] – Wednesday, 12pm local
Ronan Peyton [9/16] v Tino Orescanin [Croatia] – Wednesday, 12:30pm local
Karl Gillis [17/32] v Michal Jonczyk [Poland] – Wednesday, 12:30pm local
Neil Macarron [2] v Tomas Havlik [Czech] – Wednesday, 1pm local
MEN 50+: Round of 64
David Ayerst [5/8] v Tiger Sowa [Poland] – Wednesday, 2pm local
Rob Staunton [3/4] v Robert Stastny [Czech] or Marceli Cziba [Poland] – Wednesday, 2pm local
Nick Staunton [3/4] v Slawomir Olkuski [Poland] – Wednesday, 2:30pm local
Philip Coleman [17/32] v Tobias Kamperin [Sweden] – Wednesday, 3pm local
MEN 55+: Round of 64
Brian Lalor [5/8] v Kari Hiltunen [Finland] or Oliver Lobisch [Germany] – Wednesday, 3pm local
Tom Crowe [17/32] v Martin Augst [Germany] – Wednesday, 3:30pm local
MEN 60+: Round of 64
Timmy McCarthy v John Marsden [17/32 – Germany] – Wednesday, 12pm local
Gerry Callanan v Steven Couper [England] – Wednesday, 12pm local
Teddy Reinecke v Norbert Suttner [9/16, Germany] – Wednesday, 12:30pm local
WOMEN 60+: Pool A round 1
Rosie Barry [5/8] v Catherine Ezvan [France, 9/16] – Wednesday, 6pm local
MEN 65+: Round of 64
John Dineen [5/8] v Ari Tanskanen [Finland] – Wednesday, 1:30pm local
Gerry Delaney v Peter Hoefling [17/32, Germany] – Wednesday, 1:30pm local
David Lalor [17/32] v Gunter Simon [Germany] – Wednesday, 1:30pm local
WOMEN 65+
Pool A round 4: Rose Hynes [5/8] v Wendy Norris [3/4, Wales] – Wednesday, 4pm local
Pool B round 5: Maureen Duke [3/4] v Iris Hoefling [5/8, Germany] – Wednesday, 12:30pm local; round 4: v Irene Gardette [5/8, France] – Wednesday, 4:40pm local
MEN 70+: Round of 16
Peter Stephens [3/4] v Pekka Riikonen [9/16, Finland] or Patrick Perebosch [France] – Wednesday, 4pm local
Michael Conlon [3/4] v Rainer Stich [Germany] or Joe McAuley [9/16] – Wednesday, 4.40pm local
Kyran Hurley [2] v Rene Nuessli [9/16, Switzerland] or Jaime Antonio Gregoire [France] – Wednesday, 4:40pm local
MEN 75+: Round of 16
Paddy Butler v Esa Touminen [3/4, Finland] – Wednesday, 3:30pm local
