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Congratulations to Shelley and Derek Ryan on the birth of their new daughter this week. Born on Sunday 18th May both baby and mother are doing well. This is Shelley’s & Derek’s first child and all in Irish Squash look forward to a future women’s champion in about 20 years or less!!

Great news – Congratulations once again!

The team for the 2014 World Junior Championships has been selected. The event takes place in Namibia from the 16th to the 21st of August. The individual event takes place from the 10th to the 15th of August.

The team is:

Michael Craig (Ulster)

David Ryan (Leinster)

Oisin Logan (Leinster)

Nikita Gilevskiy (Leinster)

Paul Bell – Coach

We wish all the players and officials all the best of luck in this important World event.

 

The Under 15/17 team championships take place in Prague from the 8th May to the 11th.

The Irish teams are as follows:

Under 15

Scott Gillanders (Leinster)

Stephen Hearst (Ulster)

Scott Dineen (Leinster)

Ellie McVeigh (Ulster)

Sophie O’Rourke (Munster)

James Doherty (Munster) – Reserve

Victoria White (Ulster) – Reserve

 

Under 17

Philip McSweeney (Munster)

Paul O’Mahony (Munster)

Morgan Kelly (Leinster)

Hannah Craig (Ulster)

Stephanie Ryan (Leinster)

Thomas Abraham (Ulster) – Reserve

Casey Luther (Leinster) – Reserve

 

LIVE STREAMING – Court 1 & 2 see HEREhttp://www.playo.tv/online/online-2.aspx


When you need some details regarding EJTC U15/17 2014 you can find them here:

WEB SITE

http://www.cz-squash.net/ejtc-15-17-2014/info_en.aspx

 

FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/ejtc2014

 

SEEDING, DRAWS AND RESULTS

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SUNDAY 11th MAY

The U15s played Wales in a play off for 9/10th place but unfortunately lost 2-1 so finished in 10th place overall. Scott Gillanders had a good victory at number 1 winning 3-1 but both Stephen Hearst & Sophie O’Rourke lost their matches.

The U17s also had a tough match vs. Germany and also lost 2-1. Philip McSweeney had a great win at 1 winning 3-1. After a tough week and after some great wins especially vs. France Hannah Craig lost her match as did Paul O’Mahony. So a final placing of 14th place for Ireland

 

Wales U15WAL – IRLIreland U15: 2-1

Time: Sun 11/05/2014 09:00
Draw: Under 15 Team – Under 15 Team 9-16
Score: 2-1

 

 

Match overview
Order Event Wales U15WAL IRLIreland U15 Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Hari Major Wales
Ireland Scott Gillanders
9-11 11-8 3-11 6-11 0-1
2 MS2
Jordan Williams Wales
Ireland Stephen Hearst
12-14 11-8 11-3 11-7 1-0
3 WS
Ciara Richards Wales
Ireland Sophie Orourke
11-1 11-2 11-8 1-0

 

 

Germany u17GER – IRLIreland U17: 2-1

Time: Sun 11/05/2014 13:00
Draw: Under 17 Team – Under 17 Team 9-16
Score: 2-1

 

 

Match overview
Order Event Germany u17GER IRLIreland U17 Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Tobias Weggen Germany
Ireland Philip Mc Sweeney
17-15 7-11 7-11 6-11 0-1
2 MS2
Yannis Senkel Germany
Ireland Paul O’Mahony
11-7 11-4 11-3 1-0
3 WS
Saskia Beinhard Germany
Ireland Hannah Craig
11-3 11-5 11-8 1-0

 

SATURDAY – 9-16 PLAY OFF

The Under 15s played Finland in the play offs and beat them 3-0 with Scott Gillanders, Stephen Hearst & Ellie McVeigh all winning 3-0. A super result from the team after the disappointment of not getting into the 1-8 play offs. Then in the 9-13th play off Ireland beat Sweden 3-0 with Scott Gillanders, Sean Dineen and Ellie McVeigh winning their matches. Ireland now play Wales on Sunday for 9th place overall.

The U17s play Sweden on Saturday in the 9-16s play offs. Unfortunately Philip McSweeney lost at number 1. But Hannah Craig came back with a super victory to win her  match 3-0. But Paul O’Mahony lost 3-1 having won the first match. Ireland then played Slovenia and won convincingly 3-0 with Philip McSweeney, Morgan Kelly & Stephanie Ryan all winning 3-0.

 

Slovakia U17SVK – IRLIreland U17: 0-3

Time: Sat 10/05/2014 17:00
Draw: Under 17 Team – Under 17 Team 9-16
Score: 0-3

 

 

Match overview
Order Event Slovakia U17SVK IRLIreland U17 Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Matej Hrnčiřík Slovakia
Ireland Philip Mc Sweeney
6-11 6-11 7-11 0-1
2 MS2
Simon Matas Slovakia
Ireland Morgan Kelly
11-1 8-11 9-11 0-1
3 WS
Karin Velická Slovakia
Ireland Stephanie Ryan
6-11 7-11 12-14 0-1

 

Ireland U15IRL – SWESweden U15: 3-0

Time: Sat 10/05/2014 14:30
Draw: Under 15 Team – Under 15 Team 9-16
Score: 3-0

 

 

Match overview
Order Event Ireland U15IRL SWESweden U15 Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Scott Gillanders Ireland
Sweden Christoffer Segerstedt
11-4 14-12 11-7 1-0
2 WS
Ellie Mcveigh Ireland
Sweden Anna Kaiding
11-7 11-6 11-4 1-0
3 MS2
Sean Dineen Ireland
Sweden Fritiof Jacobsson
11-2 11-3 11-6 1-0

Finland U15FIN – IRLIreland U15: 0-3

Time: Sat 10/05/2014 10:00
Draw: Under 15 Team – Under 15 Team 9-16
Score: 0-3

 

Match overview
Order Event Finland U15FIN IRLIreland U15 Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Samuli Niskala Finland
Ireland Scott Gillanders
3-11 5-11 11-13 0-1
2 WS
Milla Uusitalo Finland
Ireland Ellie Mcveigh
6-11 7-11 5-11 0-1
3 MS2
Ville Koskinen Finland
Ireland Stephen Hearst
5-11 1-11 6-11 0-1

Sweden U17SWE – IRLIreland U17: 2-1

Time: Sat 10/05/2014 12:00
Draw: Under 17 Team – Under 17 Team 9-16
Score: 2-1

 

 

Match overview
Order Event Sweden U17SWE IRLIreland U17 Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Filip Hultman Sweden
Ireland Philip Mc Sweeney
11-8 11-6 13-11 1-0
2 WS
Nanna Carleke Sweden
Ireland Hannah Craig
9-11 9-11 10-12 0-1
3 MS2
Nick Göth Errington Sweden
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Photos U17/U15 Prague 2014

The Masters Home International Masters Home Internationals – Ireland/Scotland/England/Wales Women Over 50. Men Over 50. Over 70 & Over 75 are being held in Fitzwilliam, Dublin 6 on Friday 2nd May from 4.30pm Saturday 3rd May from 10am.

For the first time ever in Ireland the matches from Court 1 are being Live Streamed on Irish Squash TV

Click HERE

RESULTS : –

DETAILED MATCHES : –

Mens O 75 Ireland v Scotland

Mens O 75 Ireland v England

Mens O 75 England v Scotland

Mens O 70 England v Wales

Mens O 70 Ireland v Scotland

Mens O 70 Scotland v Wales

Mens O 70 Ireland v England

Mens O 70 England v Scotland

Mens O 70 Ireland v Wales

Mens O 50 Ireland v England

Mens O 50 Ireland v Scotland

Mens O 50 England v Wales

Mens O 50 Scotland v Wales

Mens O 50 Ireland v Wales

Mens O 50 England v Scotland

Womens O 50 England v Wales

Womens O 50 Ireland v Scotland

Womens O 50 Scotland v Wales

Womens O 50 Ireland v England

Womens O 50 Ireland v Wales

Womens O 50 England v Scotland

SUMMARY RESULTS : –

Mens O 75

Mens O 70

Mens O 50

Womens O 50

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The 2014 European team Championships commenced on Wednesday 30th April in Riccione on the Italian east coast just south of Rimini. Ireland’s womens team are number 2 seeds  in Division 1 while our mens team are in Division 2 seeded number 4.

For live streamed on the Glass/Gallery Court – CLICK HERE

reland’s womens team played in the 3/4th place play off this morning v. Czech Republic. Ireland were short their number i and world number 9 Madeline Perry who got injured in the semi final vs. England on Friday. This meant that the inexperienced Ciara Moloney was in at number 3 for only her 2nd cap at senior level.

Ciara played first and while up against a professional player Anna Klimundova played really well. She lost the first 2 games but won the 3rd well but went down 3-1.
Next up for Ireland was the experienced Aisling Blake from Sligo playing Olga Ertlova. Aisling playing very controlled squash won well 3-1 to level the match.
Now all down to Laura Mylotte an experienced player but not a full time player. She was playing Lucie Fialova who played in last weeks IRISH OPEN in Dublin. Laura a tough player played well but unfortunatly went down 3-0.
So 4th place for Ireland’s womens team and but for the injury to Madeline Perry it surely  would have been a bronze medal after 2 silver medals over the past 2 years.
For the 4th time in these Championships ireland drew 2 all. and for the 2 nd time won the tie on countback. At 1 and 2 Carlow’s Arthur Gaskin & Brian Byrne lost. Byrne lost a tight match 3-2, 11-9 in the 5th. 19yr old Michael Craig won at 3 in a great match 3-0 after a 18-16 first game.  All down to the 42 yr old Steve Richardson from Ballymena who won in 4 games to give Ireland victory and 13th place overall in the championships.
Match overview
Order Event Italy MITA IRLIreland M Score Points Duration
1 MS2
Josè FACCHINI Italy
Ireland Brian O’BRION
8-11 11-5 11-9 8-11 11-9 1-0
2 MS1
Marcus BERRETT Italy
Ireland Arthur GASKIN
11-9 13-11 11-6 1-0
3 MS3
Andrea TORRICINI Italy
Ireland Michael CRAIG
16-18 5-11 8-11 0-1
4 MS4
Michelangelo BERTOCCHI Italy
Ireland Steve RICHARDSON
8-11 4-11 11-7 9-11 0-1

In the semi final played on Friday morning Ireland lost to tournament favourites England 3-0. Madeline Perry had just won the 3rd game and was 2-1 down to Laura Massaro when she got injured and had to retire.  Aisling Blake played Alison Waters who she beat in the final last year but lost on this occasion 3-0 as did Ciara Moloney who was making her debut in the championships but Sarah Jane Perry was too much for her and she lost 3-0.

So if the seeding goes as expected Ireland will play the Czech Republic for the bronze medal tomorrow. Good luck to them.

Also on Friday morning Ireland played Austria in 5-8 place play off. Arthur Gaskin had a 3-1 loss in a tight match with 3 games going to 12-10.  Brian Byrne had a super 3-0 victory as did Michael Craig. Unfortunately Conor O’Hare lost 3-0 but on this occasion Ireland won the countback after twice losing on countback to Sweden & Wales.

So last day tomorrow with Ireland’s ladies going for bronze.

On Thursday, the 2nd day Ireland’s women team lost the pivotal fixture in Group B to 3rd seeds France 2-1. Aisling Blake won 3-1 but madeline lost a tight match to world number 5 Camille Serme and Laura Mylotte lost 3-1. A semi final now with number 1 seeds England. The Czech Republic fill the other Semi final spot and will play France.

Later on Thursday evening Ireland’s men were unlucky to lose on countback to Wales. This was the second time after also drawing with Sweden 2-2 on Wednesdayevening. Number 1 Arthur Gaskin had a super 3-0 win Peter Creed 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.  Steve Richardson had another great win 3-1. Unfortunately both Brian Byrne and Michael Craig lost. So it is on to 5-8 place play off with a match vs. Austria.

After 2 great victories Ireland’s men and women had contrasting fortunes on Wednesday evening with the women’s team having a 2-1 win over Wales with a great 5 set victory for Laura Mylotte

On Wednesday morning both Irish teams had comprehensive victories over Denmark 3-0 for the women and the men beat another Scandinavian country, Norway 4-0. See full results below.

 

The womens team is:

1 Perry Madeleine
2 Blake Aisling
3 Mylotte Laura
4 Moloney Ciara

The men are in a group with Norway (Wed 9.00) and Sweden (Wed 17.00) and are number 1 seeds in group 4. The team members are:

1 Gaskin Arthur
2 O’Brion Brian
3 Craig Michael
4 Richardson Steve
5 O’Hare Conor
6 Conroy Sean

 

 SATURDAY 3rd MAY

 

Match overview
Order Event Italy MITA IRLIreland M Score Points Duration
1 MS2
Josè FACCHINI Italy
Ireland Brian O’BRION
8-11 11-5 11-9 8-11 11-9 1-0
2 MS1
Marcus BERRETT Italy
Ireland Arthur GASKIN
11-9 13-11 11-6 1-0
3 MS3
Andrea TORRICINI Italy
Ireland Michael CRAIG
16-18 5-11 8-11 0-1
4 MS4
Michelangelo BERTOCCHI Italy
Ireland Steve RICHARDSON
8-11 4-11 11-7 9-11 0-1

FRIDAY 2nd MAY

Match overview
Order Event Ireland MIRL AUTAustria M Score Points Duration
1 MS4
Conor O’HARE Ireland
Austria Daniel HAIDER
6-11 6-11 9-11 0-1
2 MS1
Arthur GASKIN Ireland
Austria Aqeel REHMAN
10-12 12-10 10-12 3-11 0-1
3 MS2
Brian O’BRION Ireland
Austria Jakob DIRNBERGER
11-8 11-8 11-3 1-0
4 MS3
Michael CRAIG Ireland
Austria Markus GRESLEHNER
11-5 11-8 11-7 1-0

 

THURSDAY 1ST MAY

Match overview
Order Event Wales MWAL IRLIreland M Score Points Duration
1 MS2
Joel MAKIN Wales
Ireland Brian O’BRION
11-5 11-5 11-2 1-0
2 MS1
Peter CREED Wales
Ireland Arthur GASKIN
7-11 9-11 9-11 0-1
3 MS4
David HALEY Wales
Ireland Steve RICHARDSON
7-11 7-11 11-9 0-11 0-1
4 MS3
Scott FITZGERALD Wales
Ireland Michael CRAIG
11-8 6-11 11-5 11-5 1-0

 

Standings of Men – Division 2 – Pool D
Points Played Won Draws Lost Matches Games Points
1 SWE[SWE] Sweden M 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 22 7 298 229
2 IRL[IRL] Ireland M 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 19 11 305 248
3 NOR[NOR] Norway M 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 24 153 279

Show draw…

Pool Matches of Men – Division 2 – Pool D
Time Home Away Score Court
Wed 30/04/2014 10:00 Ireland M [4]Ireland NorwayNorway M [12] 4-0 Figs National Centre – 4/5
Wed 30/04/2014 18:00 Ireland M [4]Ireland SwedenSweden M [5] 1-3 Figs National Centre – 1
Thu 01/05/2014 12:00 Sweden M [5]Sweden NorwayNorway M [12] Figs National Centre – 1/2

WEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL

Unfortunately Ireland lost out to 5th seeds Sweden 3-1 with the experienced Steve Richardson the lone victor @ no. 4

Match overview
Order Event Ireland MIRL[IRL] SWE[SWE] Sweden M Score Points Duration
1 MS3
Michael CRAIG <a href="http://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=8

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The 2014 European team Championships commenced on Wednesday 30th April in Riccione on the Italian east coast just south of Rimini. Ireland’s womens team are number 2 seeds  in Division 1 while our mens team are in Division 2 seeded number 4.

For live streamed on the Glass/Gallery Court – CLICK HERE

reland’s womens team played in the 3/4th place play off this morning v. Czech Republic. Ireland were short their number i and world number 9 Madeline Perry who got injured in the semi final vs. England on Friday. This meant that the inexperienced Ciara Moloney was in at number 3 for only her 2nd cap at senior level.

Ciara played first and while up against a professional player Anna Klimundova played really well. She lost the first 2 games but won the 3rd well but went down 3-1.
Next up for Ireland was the experienced Aisling Blake from Sligo playing Olga Ertlova. Aisling playing very controlled squash won well 3-1 to level the match.
Now all down to Laura Mylotte an experienced player but not a full time player. She was playing Lucie Fialova who played in last weeks IRISH OPEN in Dublin. Laura a tough player played well but unfortunatly went down 3-0.
So 4th place for Ireland’s womens team and but for the injury to Madeline Perry it surely  would have been a bronze medal after 2 silver medals over the past 2 years.
For the 4th time in these Championships ireland drew 2 all. and for the 2 nd time won the tie on countback. At 1 and 2 Carlow’s Arthur Gaskin & Brian Byrne lost. Byrne lost a tight match 3-2, 11-9 in the 5th. 19yr old Michael Craig won at 3 in a great match 3-0 after a 18-16 first game.  All down to the 42 yr old Steve Richardson from Ballymena who won in 4 games to give Ireland victory and 13th place overall in the championships.
Match overview
Order Event Italy MITA IRLIreland M Score Points Duration
1 MS2
Josè FACCHINI Italy
Ireland Brian O’BRION
8-11 11-5 11-9 8-11 11-9 1-0
2 MS1
Marcus BERRETT Italy
Ireland Arthur GASKIN
11-9 13-11 11-6 1-0
3 MS3
Andrea TORRICINI Italy
Ireland Michael CRAIG
16-18 5-11 8-11 0-1
4 MS4
Michelangelo BERTOCCHI Italy
Ireland Steve RICHARDSON
8-11 4-11 11-7 9-11 0-1

In the semi final played on Friday morning Ireland lost to tournament favourites England 3-0. Madeline Perry had just won the 3rd game and was 2-1 down to Laura Massaro when she got injured and had to retire.  Aisling Blake played Alison Waters who she beat in the final last year but lost on this occasion 3-0 as did Ciara Moloney who was making her debut in the championships but Sarah Jane Perry was too much for her and she lost 3-0.

So if the seeding goes as expected Ireland will play the Czech Republic for the bronze medal tomorrow. Good luck to them.

Also on Friday morning Ireland played Austria in 5-8 place play off. Arthur Gaskin had a 3-1 loss in a tight match with 3 games going to 12-10.  Brian Byrne had a super 3-0 victory as did Michael Craig. Unfortunately Conor O’Hare lost 3-0 but on this occasion Ireland won the countback after twice losing on countback to Sweden & Wales.

So last day tomorrow with Ireland’s ladies going for bronze.

On Thursday, the 2nd day Ireland’s women team lost the pivotal fixture in Group B to 3rd seeds France 2-1. Aisling Blake won 3-1 but madeline lost a tight match to world number 5 Camille Serme and Laura Mylotte lost 3-1. A semi final now with number 1 seeds England. The Czech Republic fill the other Semi final spot and will play France.

Later on Thursday evening Ireland’s men were unlucky to lose on countback to Wales. This was the second time after also drawing with Sweden 2-2 on Wednesdayevening. Number 1 Arthur Gaskin had a super 3-0 win Peter Creed 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.  Steve Richardson had another great win 3-1. Unfortunately both Brian Byrne and Michael Craig lost. So it is on to 5-8 place play off with a match vs. Austria.

After 2 great victories Ireland’s men and women had contrasting fortunes on Wednesday evening with the women’s team having a 2-1 win over Wales with a great 5 set victory for Laura Mylotte

On Wednesday morning both Irish teams had comprehensive victories over Denmark 3-0 for the women and the men beat another Scandinavian country, Norway 4-0. See full results below.

 

The womens team is:

1 Perry Madeleine
2 Blake Aisling
3 Mylotte Laura
4 Moloney Ciara

The men are in a group with Norway (Wed 9.00) and Sweden (Wed 17.00) and are number 1 seeds in group 4. The team members are:

1 Gaskin Arthur
2 O’Brion Brian
3 Craig Michael
4 Richardson Steve
5 O’Hare Conor
6 Conroy Sean

 

 SATURDAY 3rd MAY

 

Match overview
Order Event Italy MITA IRLIreland M Score Points Duration
1 MS2
Josè FACCHINI Italy
Ireland Brian O’BRION
8-11 11-5 11-9 8-11 11-9 1-0
2 MS1
Marcus BERRETT Italy
Ireland Arthur GASKIN
11-9 13-11 11-6 1-0
3 MS3
Andrea TORRICINI Italy
Ireland Michael CRAIG
16-18 5-11 8-11 0-1
4 MS4
Michelangelo BERTOCCHI Italy
Ireland Steve RICHARDSON
8-11 4-11 11-7 9-11 0-1

FRIDAY 2nd MAY

Match overview
Order Event Ireland MIRL AUTAustria M Score Points Duration
1 MS4
Conor O’HARE Ireland
Austria Daniel HAIDER
6-11 6-11 9-11 0-1
2 MS1
Arthur GASKIN Ireland
Austria Aqeel REHMAN
10-12 12-10 10-12 3-11 0-1
3 MS2
Brian O’BRION Ireland
Austria Jakob DIRNBERGER
11-8 11-8 11-3 1-0
4 MS3
Michael CRAIG Ireland
Austria Markus GRESLEHNER
11-5 11-8 11-7 1-0

 

THURSDAY 1ST MAY

Match overview
Order Event Wales MWAL IRLIreland M Score Points Duration
1 MS2
Joel MAKIN Wales
Ireland Brian O’BRION
11-5 11-5 11-2 1-0
2 MS1
Peter CREED Wales
Ireland Arthur GASKIN
7-11 9-11 9-11 0-1
3 MS4
David HALEY Wales
Ireland Steve RICHARDSON
7-11 7-11 11-9 0-11 0-1
4 MS3
Scott FITZGERALD Wales
Ireland Michael CRAIG
11-8 6-11 11-5 11-5 1-0

 

Standings of Men – Division 2 – Pool D
Points Played Won Draws Lost Matches Games Points
1 SWE[SWE] Sweden M 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 22 7 298 229
2 IRL[IRL] Ireland M 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 19 11 305 248
3 NOR[NOR] Norway M 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 24 153 279

Show draw…

Pool Matches of Men – Division 2 – Pool D
Time Home Away Score Court
Wed 30/04/2014 10:00 Ireland M [4]Ireland NorwayNorway M [12] 4-0 Figs National Centre – 4/5
Wed 30/04/2014 18:00 Ireland M [4]Ireland SwedenSweden M [5] 1-3 Figs National Centre – 1
Thu 01/05/2014 12:00 Sweden M [5]Sweden NorwayNorway M [12] Figs National Centre – 1/2

WEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL

Unfortunately Ireland lost out to 5th seeds Sweden 3-1 with the experienced Steve Richardson the lone victor @ no. 4

Match overview
Order Event Ireland MIRL[IRL] SWE[SWE] Sweden M Score Points Duration
1 MS3
Michael CRAIG <a href="http://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=8

Junior Interprovincials took place in Belfast on the 22nd & 23rd of March.

 

FULL RESULTS

Boys U13

Boys U15

Boys u17

Boys U19

 

Girls U13

Girls U15

Girls U17