Junior Nationals champions Aaron Knox and Shriya Drawid have finished as the highest-placed Irish players at the four-day U19 European Championships Individuals in Krakow.
Celtic stalwart Knox [17/24] clinched 27th place in the 64-player BU19 with a 3-1 win on Tuesday over Poland’s Karol Krzywina [25/32].
The next-best of the Irish boys was Sutton’s Christian Dromgoole [17/24] in 37th. He beat his brother Tyler 3-1 on Tuesday morning before getting a walkover against Vince Czako [25/32].
Tyler, meanwhile, went on to pip Fitzwilliam’s Frank O’Flynn to 39th, winning their campaign-ending play-off 3-1.
In the 53-player GU19, Belfast’s Drawid [25/32] finished her tournament with a 3-2 win over Spain’s Olivia Mon Real to secure 21st.
Next best was Mount Pleasant’s Riley Slade [25/32] in 26th. The American-based Ella Erickson came 34th, with Sutton’s Zoe Yeomans [17/24] one place behind in 35th after her closing 3-2 win over England’s Eve Parkins.
Excluding the two all-Irish fixtures in the BU19, Ireland’s overall match record at the Championship was W23 L19.
With the Individuals now over, attention turns to the Mixed Team event. Seeded No.11, Ireland are drawn in Pool B and will play England [2] on Thursday followed by Belgium [7] on Friday.
