• Each club to appoint a COVID-19 Officer/committee. Clubs must send the name, mobile & e mail of the COVID-19 Officer to Irish Squash on [email protected] by June 26th. This is mandatory for ALL CLUBS.
• Online court booking system mandatory, with intervals allowed for cleaning 
• Courts must be booked in advance of play – no turning up to play without a booking
• One or two players allowed on court – social distancing maintained with training routines advised by coaches
• No match play permitted
• Standard hygiene and social distancing measures for COVID-19 required off court

Irish Squash have established a working group to be led by Rosie Barry regarding the return to play guidelines for squash. A draft protocol has been prepared with reference to current government, HSE, HPSC and NSAI guidelines. Further work is required on our protocol and we will publish it following consultation with Sport Ireland.

In brief, we envisage that a return to ‘solo’ squash (one player only per court) is feasible in Phase 3 of the Irish Government’s ‘Roadmap to re-opening business & society’ (published May 1st). Updates from the UK Government with respect to easing of restrictions in Northern Ireland will guide re-opening of squash clubs there.

Irish Squash do NOT recommend any re-opening of squash courts before Phase 3 of the Roadmap has been reached.

Clubs are also advised to check out the newly-published “Return to Work Safely Protocol: COVID-19 Specific National Protocol for Employers and Workers”, where relevant, for guidance on managing the club environment.

Please check our website regularly for updates.

Rosie Barry

President, IRISH SQUASH

Notice of postponement of 15^th Annual General Meeting of Irish Squash Federation clg

Notice is hereby given that the 15th AGM of Irish Squash Federation clg., which was due to be held on 7^th June in Sport HQ Dublin, has been postponed until further notice due to the COVID19 pandemic.  We will confirm a new date and venue as soon as possible.

Anne Costello

Honorary Secretary

The following were the players selected to represent IRELAND at junior international championships in 2020. Unfortunately all these events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

It is a great achievement for these players to be selected to represent their country and congratulations to all the girls and boys after a season of hard word and great results. Thankfully the junior season was completed before the restrictions came into effect.

JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL TEAMS 2020

Please see below a letter from the European Squash Federation President, Hugo Hannes regarding ESF events at the end of the season, in light of COVID-19 and its effects on championships.

Also contained in the letter are the final European rankings for the Boys Under 19’s. Congratulations to Conor Moran who came 4th and won a PSA membership award.

ESF LETTER

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WSF Statement: COVID-19

Hadrian Stiff, Senior National Coach, has created daily zoom classes designed to help our young players keep fit, happy and healthy during this time. He is delighted to extend this opportunity to juniors (and seniors & Masters) to access the sessions.