BREAKING NEWS!!

But in our quest to entertain Irish Squash enthusiasts during these strange times, World No.3 Camille Serme will be dropping in for a chat with Aisling Blake. The French No.1 has been on the PSA World Tour since 2005 racking up 13 PSA wins including British Open and Tournament of Champions titles. Tune in to hear about her life on the tour and her quest to become World Champion and attain the elusive No.1 spot.  

Online Friday 19th February 7:30pm

A reminder of the next event in our Squash Webinar Series.  The 4th in our series of 6, featuring some of the World’s best players and coaches.

Register HERE 

The second part of our series features ‘A Conversation with Ali Farag, World No. 1 and former Irish Open champion, hosted by Ireland’s & Sligo’s very own Aisling Blake, former World No.21 and Irish Champion.

Irish Squash are focussed on encouraging as many clubs as possible to apply for the open round of Sports Capital Funding. The closing date for completion of the application is March 1^st. Expression of interest/registration on the official on-line system, called OSCAR must be made by February 15th here – https://www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie/ 

The fund also facilitates equipment only applications up to €30,000. Groups only applying for sports equipment do not need to fill in all the application form. Instead, the system will guide you to the pages you need to fill in. The only supporting documents that you must supply are a bank statement or loan offer showing that you have a minimum of 5% of the total project cost in savings and a quotation(s) for the works being applied for. 

This is a great opportunity to upgrade your club facilities, for example install energy efficient LED lighting, which a number of clubs have done in recent years. If it is only equipment you are applying for, there are some good suggestions in the this document.

See a Sports Capital Overview document along with a more detailed Guide to making an application and sample application form to assist with an application.

Please let us know to [email protected] if you are submitting an application, whether it is for capital, equipment or both and the approximate value.

If there is anything we can do to help, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by e mail or if you have any questions on the application, email [email protected] 

All information including a video guide to the application form can be viewed here – https://www.gov.ie/en/service/d13385-sports-capital-programme/#how-to-make-an-application 

Squash Webinar Series – Exclusive Coaching & Conversations

A reminder for the second event of our Squash Webinar Series. ‘Move Like A Champion’ delivered by Haitham Effat, Former Egyptian National Coach

Wednesday 27th January at 7.30pm Register here: http://bit.ly/3a5cJLI

N.B. Please register for tickets and activate your Eventbrite account using the same email as you registered with, to enable a flawless login.

Irish Squash in association with Squash Fitness presents:

Squash Webinar Series – Exclusive Coaching and Conversations

A six-event series of High-Performance presentations delivered by world renowned coaches and exclusive conversations with the world’s leading players.

20th January – The Art of Deception by David Evans

27th January – Move like a Champion with Haitham Effat

10th February – A Conversation with World No. 1, Ali Farag

17th February – A Conversation with World No. 2, Nouran Gohar

3rd March – A Conversation with World No. 12 & former World Junior Champion, Mostafa Asal

10th March – A Conversation with World No. 14, Mazen Hesham 

For more information and FREE TICKETS check out the link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/irish-squash-in-association-with-squash-fitness-32199613481

Irish Squash held a Christmas raffle for junior players with 10 prizes. Each prize is a voucher for a 2-hour coaching session.

The draw has taken place for the raffle. See the 10 winners of the raffle below.

Congratulations to the winners.

Thank you to all for entering the raffle. 195 players were entered into the draw.

Following the government announement of the introduction of a full Level 5 lockdown, all squash clubs must close from from tonight – December 31st. This is disappointing news, but due to the escalating number of infections and in particular hospital admissions, this action is understandable and necessary for the whole health of the nation.

Level 5 Restrictions