IRELAND U17 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ireland v Wales

The first match for David was his most difficult in the tournament so far. However once he cracked his opponent in the first match he won it well 3-0.

Nikita in a tough match won the first game convincingly. However the efforts of the week were beginning to show and his legs were showing his tiredness. In particular from his great match vs the Swiss lad on Saturday night. Unfortunatly he lost 3-1.

Griffin played a strong first game and was unlucky to lose it 10-12. After that the match slipped away and she lost it 3-0.

So Ireland secure 6th place, a good result.

Ireland[IRL] – [WAL] Wales: 1-2

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[WAL] Wales	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[WAL] Emyr Evans	11-9 11-4 11-5	1-0
2	MS2	Nikita Gilevskiy [IRL]	–	[WAL] Elliott Morris-Devred	11-6 5-11 8-11 3-11	0-1
3	WS	Griffin Gillanders [IRL]	–	[WAL] Elin Harlow	10-12 5-11 5-11	0-1

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5th – 8th place play off

Ireland 2 Switzerland 1 so Ireland play Wales for 5th place on Sunday at 12.30.

Ireland[IRL] – [SUI] Switzerland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[SUI] Switzerland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[SUI] Jan Kurzmeyer	11-3 11-5 11-3	1-0
2	WS	Griffin Gillanders [IRL]	–	[SUI] Cindy Merlo	2-11 6-11 4-11	0-1
3	MS2	Nikita Gilevskiy [IRL]	–	[SUI] Andreas Dietzsch	9-11 6-11 11-8 12-10 11-4	1-0

Quarter Final vs England

Ireland lost the third match to go down 2-1 in the tie.

David Ryan v Patrick Rooney

David took the first game with little bother 11-4.

Second game was a much tighter affair with David a couple of points behind at the mid way point. However he came back well and got to game ball at 10-8 and took it . So 2-0.

David reasserted his dominance in the third to win it 11-4. So 1-0 to Ireland.

Griffin next on court v Lily Taylor

Unfortunatly Griffin couldn’t sustain her good patches of play to bring the game to 4 or 5 games. A good performance in the 1st and 3rd games however she lost 0-3.

Ireland 1 England 1 – all down to the last match. Unfortunatly Philip McSweeney from Cork lost the match so Ireland lose 2-1.

England[ENG] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	England[ENG]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	Patrick Rooney [ENG]	–	[IRL] David Ryan	4-11 8-11 4-11	0-1
2	WS	Lily Taylor [ENG]	–	[IRL] Griffin Gillanders	11-7 11-4 11-8	1-0
3	MS2	James Peach [ENG]	–	[IRL] Philip Brien Mcsweeney	11-7 11-3 11-0	1-0

Ireland vs France

Griffin Gillanders v Laura Gamblin

Griffin played some great squash in patches but went down 0-3

David Ryan v Adrien Gronoin

David yet again proved his class by beating the French no. 1 in 3 games.

Nikita Gilevskiy v Enzo Corigliano

Nikita had game ball, after an excellent performance to go 1 up but couldn’t take it. After that the French no. 2 settled into his grove and took the next two to win 3-0.

Ireland 1 France 2

France[FRA] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	France[FRA]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Laura Gamblin [FRA]	–	[IRL] Griffin Gillanders	11-7 11-8 11-9	1-0
2	MS1	Adrien Grondin [FRA]	–	[IRL] David Ryan	6-11 5-11 3-11	0-1
3	MS2	Enzo Corigliano [FRA]	–	[IRL] Nikita Gilevskiy	12-10 11-4 11-0	1-0

Ireland go into the last 8 on Saturday.

Ireland[IRL] – [POR] Portugal: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[POR] Portugal	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Fiona Power [IRL]	–	[POR] Catarina Nunes	5-11 11-6 11-5 6-11 11-8	1-0
2	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[POR] Tomas Silva	11-1 11-4 11-0	1-0
3	MS2	Philip Brien Mcsweeney [IRL]	–	[POR] Alfonso Silva	9-11 11-8 11-6 11-7	1-0

Ireland[IRL] – [SCO] Scotland

Ireland 2 Scotland 1
Nikita Gilveskiy v Ewan Hearns
Game 1
Nikita’s is continuing his impressive form from this morning against tougher opposition in the very sizable Scottish no2
Nikita wins the first 11-9

Game 2
A couple of points into the second match and the Scottish player takes a blood injury time-out with a gash to his knee. Nobody saw how he sustained the injury. 3-2
He has as long as he wants to stem the flow of blood, however he will be heavily penalised if, when he returns, it starts to bleed again.

10mins later back on court with a massive gauze dressing on his left knee

The Scot wins the next 6 points Nikita seems to have lost is ability to move, definite loss of concentration …………At last normal service resumed Nikita wins next 2 points 5-8

A great retrieval of a lost cause out of the back left corner gets Nikita back into the game a succession of points and ‘in the zone’ play gets Nikita to 10-10

One tin from Nikita and a good drive wins the game for Ewan

Game 3
Superb cross court nick 1-0 blistering pace in this phase of the match, very even at this stage.

Nikita starting to take control working his opponent all over the court and out of position.
Tiredness creeping in to the Scott’s play
Easy finish for Nikita 11-3

Game 4

Nikita looking very composed and fit going into the fourth. The Scott taking an extra few minutes
Referee’s watch must have stopped.

Ewan Starts with a dead nick to the back wall.

Game swinging back and forth, Nikita looking for his last run of points to get to the finish line.
Looks like he getting them however a fall puts a stop to the run. No damage done,

Nikita playing some great lengths and winners with drives to the back right side also using the tight back hand drop very well to stretch Ewan

Edge of the seat stuff ….match ball to Nikita and he finishes with a superb reverse boast to seal it. One very tired and bloody Scott
11-8

Ireland 3-Scotland 1

David Ryan v Rory Stewart

David cruised to a 3-0 win. Score speaks for itself!!
11-1
11-2
11-0

Griffin Gillanders v Kirsty Loban

With the match won Griffin must concentrate first and foremost on getting as many points as possible from this match. This will be the hardest match for the team so far.

Game 1
Griffin starts with a great drive and a tight lob 2-0
Kirsty gets 3 back
Two good shots boast and drop get griffin back
Game swings back and forth but Kirsty gets a run going, and game finishes with a tin from griffin.
7 – 11

Game 2
Griffin totally stood back and lets Kirsty dominate the second game. She needs to take the ball much earlier.
1-11

Game 3
Some bright moments in the third but not nearly enough. Griffin didn’t test Kirsty at all, allowing Kirsty to control the third and the match
6-11

Ireland 0 – Scotland 3

Matches 2-1
Games 6-4
Points 91 – 69

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IRELAND U15 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ireland v Denmark

Oisin Dunne had a tough opponent , both players losing their composure over the course of the match. But Oisin prevailed 3-2.

Luke Logan had a difficult opponent also but playing some superb squash Luke won 3-2.

So Ireland win 5th place in the 2013 U15 European Championships, a very good result.

Denmark[DEN] – [IRL] Ireland: 1-2

Match overview

Order	Event	Denmark[DEN]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	Magnus Laursen [DEN]	–	[IRL] Oisin Dunne	9-11 11-7 12-10 10-12 6-11	0-1
2	MS2	Jacob Björn Söndergård Jensen [DEN]	–	[IRL] Luke Logan	11-7 3-11 9-11 11-7 6-11	0-1
3	WS	Caroline Lynd Christiansen [DEN]	–	[IRL] Stephanie Ryan	11-7 11-2	1-0

Match for 5th or 6th place v Denmark on Sunday morning.

Ireland v Germany

Oisnin Dunne wins the first match 3-0 even though the German no. 1 was 10-6 in the third.

Hannag Craig was slow to get going in her last match and the same happened here . Unfortunatly she didn’t get going and lost 3-0. Ireland won the last match to win the tie 2-1.

Ireland[IRL] – [GER] Germany: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[GER] Germany	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	Oisin Dunne [IRL]	–	[GER] Tobias Weggen	11-5 11-2 12-10	1-0
2	WS	Hannah Craig [IRL]	–	[GER] Saskia Beinhard	8-11 5-11 7-11	0-1
3	MS2	Luke Logan [IRL]	–	[GER] Robin Ebert	11-5 11-2 11-7	1-0

Quarter Final

Ireland v Czech Rep.

Match 2

Stephanie lost the first 2 games but fought back well to tie the match 2 all. It was a tight 5th game but Stephanie just lost it 7-11.

So Ireland lose the tie 0-2 and go into 5-8th place play off.

Match 1

Oisin played well in the first game but just lost. He lost concentration in the 2nd and lost it heavily. Oisin played some super squash in the third and won it well. The fourth was even however a poor no stroke decision at 10-10 gave the Czech match ball and he finished with a crosscourt volley nick to win the match 3-1.

Czech Republic[CZE] – [IRL] Ireland: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Czech Republic[CZE]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	David Zeman [CZE]	–	[IRL] Oisin Dunne	11-9 11-3 5-11 12-10	1-0
2	WS	Kristýna Fialová [CZE]	–	[IRL] Stephanie Ryan	11-7 11-6 10-12 8-11 11-7	1-0
3	MS2	Viktor Byrtus [CZE]	–	[IRL] Sean Michael Dineen	11-3 4-11 11-5 11-6	1-0

Ireland v Israel – Top of the table clash.

Stephanie Ryan v Sahir Keidar

Stephanie loses the first game but takes the initiative from the second to win 3-1 in a tight final game.

Oisin Dunne v Ido Byrstein

This match was full of controversy and sportsmanship boardering on the unacceptable. The Israeli won in a tense affair 3-1.

All down to Luke Logan but unfortunatly he lost it 3-1.

So Israel win it 2-1 and 7-5 in games very tight. Ireland actually won more points.

Israel[ISR] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Israel[ISR]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Sahar Keidar [ISR]	–	[IRL] Stephanie Ryan	11-9 6-11 5-11 9-11	0-1
2	MS1	Ido Burstein [ISR]	–	[IRL] Oisin Dunne	13-11 11-4 1-11 11-9	1-0
3	MS2	Yali Shass [ISR]	–	[IRL] Luke Logan	7-11 11-7 11-8 11-7	1-0

Ireland[IRL] – [ESP] Spain: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[ESP] Spain	Score	Points
1	MS1	Oisin Dunne [IRL]	–	[ESP] Sergio Garcia Pollan	11-5 11-7 11-5	1-0
2	MS2	Luke Logan [IRL]	–	[ESP] Cio Garcia Barderas	11-5 6-11 11-13 11-9 11-8	1-0
3	WS	Hannah Craig [IRL]	–	[ESP] Maria Gonzalez Velazquez	1-11 8-11 11-7 11-8 11-7	1-0

Ireland[IRL] – [FIN] Finland

Now it is the turn of the u15 to get their European campaign under way

They have Finland, Spain and Israel in their group

Match 1

Luke Logan v Mika Laakonen

Game 1

Finland to serve

Two shots down Luke forehand side and a super winner 1-0

A very accurate forehand drop and crosscourt from Luke  3-1

Luke is very accurate on his forehand being a left hander the Finn for some reason is playing everything to Luke’s forehand 10-4

The penny has dropped and Mika has changed tack switching the play more to the right side and picking up 3 consecutive points by doing so.

Luke closes out at 11-7

Game 2

Great opening  rally but the Finn reverting to pushing ball to left side 1-0

Crosscourt nick from Luke 3-1

Another nick 5-1

A superb left side drop from the Finn  8-4

All one way traffic now Luke takes game ball 11-4

Game 3

5 shots to Luke’s forehand in first rally ! 1-0

A tight ball gets the Finn to 2-1

Luke has too much in his game for the one dimensional Finn who’s best and most played shot is a backhand drive !

Luke has him covering a lot of court playing a much more varied game

A tight forehand drop from Luke gets  him 8-4

Luke closes the game and match 11-5

Ireland 3 – Finland 0

Oisin Dunne v Sebastian Lilja

Game 1

Oisin has a wicked racquet head speed which I am sure will be employed to good effect against his opponent

First few exchanges all Oisin’s way, forcing errors from his opponent with the intensity of his play. Races to a 7- 0  lead

The Finn gets his first point with a tight forehand drop 7-1 and then normal service is resumed

Super trickle boast gets Oisin to game ball 10-1

Finishes with a tin from the Finn who leaves the court shaking his head! 11-1

Game 2

I can’t see other than a 3-0 score for this match. Oisin is just too accurate with his placings and too powerful

Tight, tight, tight………..

11-1

Game 3

Exhibition stuff!  11-1

No bagel this time!

Ireland 3 – Finland 0

Stephanie Ryan v  Herrietta  Huutka

Game 1

Stephanie’s opponent looks quite light in stature. From the warm up I think Stephanie will be much too powerful

Lots of errors on both sides but Stephanie playing the better squash, but certainly not playing her best squash.

The Finn has very little by way of power but is making a good job of getting the ball back

Stephanie closes at 11-7

Game 2

Stephanie much brighter at the beginning of the second however the Finn sticking to her 5-5

6-5 to Stephanie

7-5

7-6

8-6

9-6

9-7

10-7

11-7

Game 3

Stephanie starting to play solid lengths and moving to a 5 -0

A nice drop,  double bounce and an accurate drive gets the Finn to 5-3

Stephanie takes control again to bring the score to match ball 10-3

Henrietta  returns service into tin

11-3

Matches 3-0

Games 9-0

Points 99-36

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Ireland’s bright young stars of the future are in action this week starting on Thusday 16th May in the U15/17 European Championships in Girona, near Barcelona in Spain.

The Irish team is

U15’s – Stephanie Ryan, Hannag Craig, Oisin Dunne, Sean Dineen & Luke Logan

U17’s – Griffin Gillanders, Fiona Power, David Ryan, Nikita Gilevskiy & Philip McSweeney

Table of Final Seedings of U15/17 teams – http://www.worldenjoyer.com/images/Final%20Seeding%20European%20Junior%20Team%20Championships%20U15-U17.pdf

The U 15’s are in a pool with Spain, Israel & Finland while the U17’s are playing in a round robin series of matches – France, Scotland, Israel & Portugal. There are some interesting matches there but certainly both Irish teams will be confident of progressing from their groups. The teams are being coached by the national coach hadrian Stiff and Paul Bell and being managed by Helen Reapy from Connacht and Leinster’s Henry Gillanders.

Come back to www.irishsquash.com over the next 4 days, Finals are on Sunday 19th May to get all the match reports and scores as they happen.

UNDER 15 DRAW

Match overview of Under 15 Team Championships – Under 15 Pool D

	Time	Home	–	Away	Score	Court
	Thu 16/05/2013 14:00	Israel[ISR]	–	[ESP] Spain	2-1	Tipi Park – court 3
	Thu 16/05/2013 14:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[FIN] Finland	3-0	Tipi Park – court 1
	Thu 16/05/2013 20:00	Israel[ISR]	–	[FIN] Finland		Tipi Park – court 8
	Thu 16/05/2013 20:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[ESP] Spain		Tipi Park – court 3
	Fri 17/05/2013 17:30	Israel[ISR]	–	[IRL] Ireland		Tipi Park – court 2
	Fri 17/05/2013 17:30	Spain[ESP]	–	[FIN] Finland		Tipi Park – court 3

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UNDER 17 DRAW

 

Match overview of Under 17 Team Championships – Under 17 Pool B

	Time	Home	–	Away	Score	Court
	Thu 16/05/2013 10:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[ISR] Israel	3-0	Tipi Park – court 5
	Thu 16/05/2013 10:00	France[FRA]	–	[POR] Portugal	3-0	Tipi Park – court 2
	Thu 16/05/2013 16:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[SCO] Scotland	2-1	Tipi Park – court 3
	Thu 16/05/2013 16:00	Israel[ISR]	–	[POR] Portugal	1-2	Tipi Park – court 2
	Thu 16/05/2013 20:00	France[FRA]	–	[SCO] Scotland		Tipi Park – court 5
	Fri 17/05/2013 09:30	France[FRA]	–	[ISR] Israel		Tipi Park – court 3
	Fri 17/05/2013 09:30	Scotland[SCO]	–	[POR] Portugal		Tipi Park – court 4
	Fri 17/05/2013 13:30	Scotland[SCO]	–	[ISR] Israel		Tipi Park – court 2
	Fri 17/05/2013 13:30	Ireland[IRL]	–	[POR] Portugal		Tipi Park – court 3
	Fri 17/05/2013 19:30	France[FRA]	–	[IRL] Ireland		Tipi Park – court 5

 

Ireland’s bright young stars of the future are in action this week starting on Thusday 16th May in the U15/17 European Championships in Girona, near Barcelona in Spain.

The Irish team is

U15’s – Stephanie Ryan, Hannag Craig, Oisin Dunne, Sean Dineen & Luke Logan

U17’s – Griffin Gillanders, Fiona Power, David Ryan, Nikita Gilevskiy & Philip McSweeney

Table of Final Seedings of U15/17 teams – http://www.worldenjoyer.com/images/Final%20Seeding%20European%20Junior%20Team%20Championships%20U15-U17.pdf

The U 15’s are in a pool with Spain, Israel & Finland while the U17’s are playing in a round robin series of matches – France, Scotland, Israel & Portugal. There are some interesting matches there but certainly both Irish teams will be confident of progressing from their groups. The teams are being coached by the national coach hadrian Stiff and Paul Bell and being managed by Helen Reapy from Connacht and Leinster’s Henry Gillanders.

Come back to irishsquash.staging.wpengine.com over the next 4 days, Finals are on Sunday 19th May to get all the match reports and scores as they happen.

UNDER 15 DRAW

Match overview of Under 15 Team Championships – Under 15 Pool D

	Time	Home	–	Away	Score	Court
	Thu 16/05/2013 14:00	Israel[ISR]	–	[ESP] Spain	2-1	Tipi Park – court 3
	Thu 16/05/2013 14:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[FIN] Finland	3-0	Tipi Park – court 1
	Thu 16/05/2013 20:00	Israel[ISR]	–	[FIN] Finland		Tipi Park – court 8
	Thu 16/05/2013 20:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[ESP] Spain		Tipi Park – court 3
	Fri 17/05/2013 17:30	Israel[ISR]	–	[IRL] Ireland		Tipi Park – court 2
	Fri 17/05/2013 17:30	Spain[ESP]	–	[FIN] Finland		Tipi Park – court 3

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UNDER 17 DRAW

 

Match overview of Under 17 Team Championships – Under 17 Pool B

	Time	Home	–	Away	Score	Court
	Thu 16/05/2013 10:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[ISR] Israel	3-0	Tipi Park – court 5
	Thu 16/05/2013 10:00	France[FRA]	–	[POR] Portugal	3-0	Tipi Park – court 2
	Thu 16/05/2013 16:00	Ireland[IRL]	–	[SCO] Scotland	2-1	Tipi Park – court 3
	Thu 16/05/2013 16:00	Israel[ISR]	–	[POR] Portugal	1-2	Tipi Park – court 2
	Thu 16/05/2013 20:00	France[FRA]	–	[SCO] Scotland		Tipi Park – court 5
	Fri 17/05/2013 09:30	France[FRA]	–	[ISR] Israel		Tipi Park – court 3
	Fri 17/05/2013 09:30	Scotland[SCO]	–	[POR] Portugal		Tipi Park – court 4
	Fri 17/05/2013 13:30	Scotland[SCO]	–	[ISR] Israel		Tipi Park – court 2
	Fri 17/05/2013 13:30	Ireland[IRL]	–	[POR] Portugal		Tipi Park – court 3
	Fri 17/05/2013 19:30	France[FRA]	–	[IRL] Ireland		Tipi Park – court 5

 

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8^th  Annual General Meeting of Irish Squash Federation Ltd 

This year’s AGM will commence at 2.00pm on Sunday, 9^th June 2013

in Irish Sport HQ, National Sports Campus, Blanchardstown Dublin 15

(Please note our new address)

• Agenda 2013
• Nomination for Board of Irish Squash Fed Ltd 2013
• Provincial Rep Nomination 2013
• Minutes 2011-2012 AGM
• Club Rep Nomination

Any individual wishing to serve on the Board (and to be able to serve or act in any other capacity)  must be a paid up Individual Member or Honorary Member of Irish Squash.

It would be important to note –

• The Agenda for the AGM provides for the transaction of any business of which 21 days notice has been given to the Hon. Secretary.  Such notice should be submitted in writing to the Irish Squash Office not later than 9.30a.m. on Monday 20th May

and

• Similarly, the Nomination of Club Representative and Alternative Representative; the Nomination of Representatives designated by a Provincial Association and the Nomination for Election to Position on the Board of Irish Squash Forms should be submitted to the Irish Squash Office not later than 5.00pm on Friday 31^st May, 2010.   The forms enclosed herewith can be used, although more are available from the Irish Squash Office on request.

At the AGM the Report of the Board, the Reports of the Provincial Associations (if available) will be distributed.

We look forward to as many members as possible participating in the interests of the game of Squash in Ireland. 

Ed Dunne

President

 

Perry’s Experience Shines On In Texas

 

Madeline Perry has become the latest WSA World Tour player to win back-to-back titles in 2013 following a successful Texas Open campaign and following from her win in her home ‘Irish Open’  2 weeks ago.

Madeline has a good win in 4 games vs Latasha Khan, the world number 30 from the USA. For Aisling Blake following her very successful European Team Championships, where in the final she beat world number 4 Alison Waters, unfortunatly she lost in the 1st round to World number 8 England’s Jenny Duncalf in 4 games.

Forth seeded Madeline then beat sixth seeded and world number 17 Rachael Grinham from Australia very convincingly 11-7, 11-5, 11-2.

Just one seeded player failed to make it past the opening round of the well attended WSA Silver 35 event, as Misaki Kobayashi beat Samantha Teran to the quarter-final spot after a lengthy five games.
The Japanese qualifier didn’t fare as well against second seed Jenny Duncalf in the quarters, with the Englishwoman demonstrating her experience and quality to reach the semi-final round.  Duncalf was joined by the rest of the top four seeds in the semis, as Natalie Grinham saw off a commendable challenge from Sarah-Jane Perry in five-games, along with victories for top seed Joelle King.

Grinham’s long quarter-final match did nothing to impact her longevity against Duncalf in a cat-and-mouse semi-final battle.  The Dutch representative came from a game down against the higher seed and was pegged back again in the fourth before clinching the deciding fifth game to reach her 44th WSA career final.

Madeline Perry - through to another final

Meanwhile No.1 seed Joelle King saw a good start against Perry quickly levelled by the experienced Irishwoman, who launched an excellent display of cool-headed, strategic squash to beat the New Zealander, ranked five places higher, in four games.
It was world No.10 Grinham who started better in the final by clinching the narrowest of opening games against Perry, ranked just one place behind her. The high level of experience from both players was evident to the crowds as Perry countered in the second, drawing level after another closely fought game.  Grinham responded in kind to take the lead again, but was beginning to show signs of fatigue in the fourth game, which Perry closed out by the largest margin of the match so far.  A third five-game encounter proved too much for the Dutchwoman, and Perry closed out the fifth and final game to win her eleventh WSA World Tour title, her second in succession.

Final: [4] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [3] Natalie Grinham (NED)  9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6
Semi-finals: [4] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [1] Joelle King (NZL)  9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 [3] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 2-11, 11-4, 11-9, 5-11, 11-0
Quarter-finals: [1] Joelle King (NZL) bt [5] Kasey Brown (AUS) 14-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3 [4] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [6] Rachael Grinham (AUS)  11-7, 11-5, 11-2 [3] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt [8] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 4-11, 11-9 [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Misaki Kobayashi (JAP)  11-7, 11-4, 11-2

1st round: [1] Joelle King (NZL) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9 [5] Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Sarah Kippax (ENG) 11-8, 13-11, 12-14, 11-4 [4] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Latasha Khan (USA) 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7 [6] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Nouran Gohar (EGY) 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 [8] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Line Hansen (DEN) 11-3, 12-10, 11-9 [3] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt Emily Whitlock (ENG) 8-11, 12-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-3 Misaki Kobayashi (JAP) bt [7] Samantha Teran (MEX) 13-11, 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 11-3 [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Aisling Blake (IRL) 11-2, 11-7, 4-11, 11-2

On Friday 3^rd May in Fitzwilliam seventy two players from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales started out to compete in the Masters Home Internationals Men Over 45 & over 65 and Women Over 45. By Saturday afternoon bodies were struggling with lactic acid overdoses and games of squash were terminating.

Ireland got off to a great start in the Over 45s as David Borton, egged on by his flag waving groupies (his wife and children) who created a great atmosphere, won a titanic fifth set 9/7.
Wales were strong and England even stronger. David Young was probably the stand out player in the tournament, but finally Scotland were beaten 5.0 by Ireland.

The over 65s beat Wales 12-9 thanks to an extraordinary performance from Tom Cantwell, who repeated it against Scotland on Saturday to bring Ireland into second place behind England. Captain Arthur Adair who was injured while winning his first game led the team to a very creditable second place.

The Over 45 women finished in third place behind two strong countries England and Scotland. Dympna Riordan won a very tough match, but Joan Gorham’s performance against a very good Welsh lady was probably the stand out performance. Rosie Barry should be very pleased with her team’s efforts.

David Flynn’s team won the sartorial best dressed award, while the poorer pensioners eclipsed them in the real test- winning squash matches!

TEAMS – IRELAND

Women O45

Caroline Coyle, Sheryrl Abernethy, Rosie Barry, Claire Jones, Joan Gorman, Dympna Reardon

Men O45

David Flynn, Tony Maher, Kevin O’Rourke, Kevin Ronan, Jonathan Simpson, Michael Cowhie, David Burton

Men O65

Seamus Daly, Arthur Adair, Tom Cantwell, John mc Bride, Brian ferris, Ciaran Roche, Harry Cullen

Ciarán Roche

 

Masters – Women O40/Men O40/O60

The above teams are playing vs Scotland, Wales & England in Nottingham the weekend of 10th/11th May.

TEAMS – IRELAND

Women O40

Jenny Dillon, Eleanor Lapthorne, Rosie Barry, Michelle Jackson, Joan Gorman

Men O40

Philip Coleman, Jonathan Simpson, David Ayerst, Ciaran McCoy, John Dillon, Adrian Lesson

Men O60

David Gotto, Martin Maher, Alf Kavanagh, John Kielty, Robert Peel, John Young

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On Friday 3^rd May in Fitzwilliam seventy two players from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales started out to compete in the Masters Home Internationals Men Over 45 & over 65 and Women Over 45. By Saturday afternoon bodies were struggling with lactic acid overdoses and games of squash were terminating.

Ireland got off to a great start in the Over 45s as David Borton, egged on by his flag waving groupies (his wife and children) who created a great atmosphere, won a titanic fifth set 9/7.
Wales were strong and England even stronger. David Young was probably the stand out player in the tournament, but finally Scotland were beaten 5.0 by Ireland.

The over 65s beat Wales 12-9 thanks to an extraordinary performance from Tom Cantwell, who repeated it against Scotland on Saturday to bring Ireland into second place behind England. Captain Arthur Adair who was injured while winning his first game led the team to a very creditable second place.

The Over 45 women finished in third place behind two strong countries England and Scotland. Dympna Riordan won a very tough match, but Joan Gorham’s performance against a very good Welsh lady was probably the stand out performance. Rosie Barry should be very pleased with her team’s efforts.

David Flynn’s team won the sartorial best dressed award, while the poorer pensioners eclipsed them in the real test- winning squash matches!

TEAMS – IRELAND

Women O45

Caroline Coyle, Sheryrl Abernethy, Rosie Barry, Claire Jones, Joan Gorman, Dympna Reardon

Men O45

David Flynn, Tony Maher, Kevin O’Rourke, Kevin Ronan, Jonathan Simpson, Michael Cowhie, David Burton

Men O65

Seamus Daly, Arthur Adair, Tom Cantwell, John mc Bride, Brian ferris, Ciaran Roche, Harry Cullen

Ciarán Roche

 

Masters – Women O40/Men O40/O60

The above teams are playing vs Scotland, Wales & England in Nottingham the weekend of 10th/11th May.

TEAMS – IRELAND

Women O40

Jenny Dillon, Eleanor Lapthorne, Rosie Barry, Michelle Jackson, Joan Gorman

Men O40

Philip Coleman, Jonathan Simpson, David Ayerst, Ciaran McCoy, John Dillon, Adrian Lesson

Men O60

David Gotto, Martin Maher, Alf Kavanagh, John Kielty, Robert Peel, John Young

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Ireland M[IRL] – [WAL] Wales M

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland M[IRL]	–	[WAL] Wales M	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	Arthur Gaskin [IRL]	–	[WAL] Peter Creed	6-11 9-11 3-11	0-1			0:46
2	MS2	Brian Byrne [IRL]	–	[WAL] Scott Fitzgerald	11-9 10-12 9-11 4-11	0-1			0:49
3	MS3	Steve Richardson [IRL]	–	[WAL] David Haley	12-10 10-12 Retired	0-1			0:39
4	MS4	Michael Craig [IRL]	–	[WAL] Joel Makin	14-12 5-11 5-11 4-11	0-0			0:54

Battle for 11th place between Ireland & Wales. These teams met in the pool games where it was 2-2 with Wales winning on the countback. Arthur first up vs Creed who he lost to 3-0 in the pool match and I am afraid it was the same again Arthur going down 3-0, 6,9 & 3. Next up Brian Byrne playing at no. 2 as Derek ryan is not playing thereby giving 17 year old Michael Craig his 1st senior cap. Brian won the first 11-9 but lost 3-1in a close game 12-10,11-9 11-4 in 49 min.

Steve Richardson next up, won the first in a tight set 12-10, lost the 2nd by the same score and because Ireland could not win on countback retired.

Michael Craig making his senior debut won a cracking first game 14-12 showing some great touches against his much more experienced opponnent. Michael is a great natural talent andit showed however Makin made it more difficult for him over the rest of the match winning out 3-1 in the end. Michael was selected for this event to develope him as a future Irish international and this exposure will certainly have achieved that.

So a 12th place finish for Ireland which was satisfactory and close to seeding.

Next up for the men is the World  team Championships in Mulhouse, France in mid June. Good luck guys.

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