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IRISH JUNIOR OPEN 2013

The Irish Junior Open 2013 finals took place on Sunday 24th November at Sutton LTC. There were Girls and Boys finals from Under 13 to 19. In the Boys Under 19’s Ireland’s top 2 ranked players David Ryan and Michael Craig battled it out. David is in his first year at under 19 having come up from 17’s. Even with that he is ranked no. 2 in Europe having won the Nordic Junior Open last month. Michael Craig from Belfast is the Irish no. 2 and a prestigious talent which brought him through to victory in a surprise 3-0 victory 11-7,12-10,11-9. It was a superb victory over the no. 1 seed.
The match had some superb rallies many over 50 strokes with some fine retrieving and the athleticism shown by both players was amazing. Michael in his victory speech paid David the huge compliment of saying that the reason he plays squash was because of David. So Ireland is very lucky to have these 2 boys driving each other on, which is great for both their games. One thing for sure David won’t lack any motivation the next time he plays Michael and I am sure Michael knows that.
In the Girls U19 the Czech, Karolina Holinkova beat the Scot Claire Gadsby 3-1 in a very competitive match with the players again having some superb rallies. There was certainly no quarter shown between them as they drove to win the title. In the end Karolina won it 10-12, 11-4, 11–8, 11-5.
There were many other great matches with Ireland’s Ellie McVeigh having a great win in the U13’s beating Georgie Adderley from Scotland. Hannah Craig just lost in a tight 3-2 to Czech girl Kristyna Fialova. Griffin Gillanders from Fitzwilliam/Mount Pleasant also had a cracking match which she just lost in 5, 4-11, 10-12, 12-10, 117-7, 10-12.
The ‘Kangaroo’ aka Conor Moran from Sutton LTC. the host club had a superb victory in the U13 v Sam Buckley. Both Scott Gillanders and Oisin Logan has very close matches and lost very narrowly to Polish and Scottish boys respectively.
IRISH SQUASH would like to thank both Sutton LTC and Aer Lingus (ALSAA) for their facilities and hospitality over the weekend. A huge thanks also to Dermot & Pauline Dineen for their massive work in organising the tournament. Also a big thanks to all the volunteers from ALSAA & Sutton for their work in making the event go as smoothly as it did.
Finally the matches streamed live will be up on SPORTSLIVE AERTV for viewing on demand from Wednesday 27th November.
http://sportslive.aertv.ie/broadcasters/irishsquash/
Results
Girls U13
E. McVeigh (Ire) bt G. Adderley (Scot) 3-0
Girls U15
Kristyna Fialova (Cze) bt H. Craig (Ire)  3-2
Girls U17
C. Hallam (Scot) bt G. Gillanders (Ire) 3-2
Girls U19
K. Holinkova (Cze) bt C. Gadsby (Scot) 3-1
Boys U13
C. Moran (Ire) bt S. Buckley (Ire) 3-0
Boys U15
p. Hemmerling  (Pol) bt S. Gillanders (Ire) 3-2
Boys U17
R. Hollins (Scot) bt O. Dunne (Ire) 3-1
Boys U19
M. Craig (Ire) bt D. Ryan (Ire) 3-0
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For Full Results see here

 

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=CCB387EE-C375-49AE-862B-92775C25D593

 

 

Venue: SLTC & ALSAA
Address:
Irish Squash
Dublin
Ireland		 Route at Google Maps
Tournament contact
Name: Irish Squash
Phone: +35316251145

Events

Boys U/13, Boys U/15, Boys U/17, Boys U/19, Girls U/19, Girls U/17, Girls U/15, Girls U/13

 

 

 

 

 

Mylotte vs Maloney – Womens Final

The Leinster Senior Open – National Tour Event No. 4

With nearly 75 players in 6 events the Leinster Open 2013 was a great success.The tournament was Live Streamed all weekend from 6pm-11pm on Friday 15th, 11am-9pm on Saturday and 11am – 4pm on Sunday – Finals Day. There was some excellent matches broadcast LIVE to your laptop, mobile device or TV. It is the modern way to enjoy your favourite sport. Laura Mylotte a member of Ireland’s silver medal winning team from this years European Championships won the Ladies A event  and Derek Ryan, the Men’s A after a superb final with Brian Byrne which lasted nearly 115 minutes.

To watch recordings of the matches (from Wednesday 20th Nov)  visit  http://sportslive.aertv.ie/broadcasters/irishsquash/

For full results go to:

Copy this address into your URL bar: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/events.aspx?id=9B78F5EF-2A10-433B-8F37-E11D0405200F

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The Leinster Senior Open – National Tour Event No. 4

With nearly 75 players in 6 events the Leinster Open 2013 was a great success.The tournament was Live Streamed all weekend from 6pm-11pm on Friday 15th, 11am-9pm on Saturday and 11am – 4pm on Sunday – Finals Day. There was some excellent matches broadcast LIVE to your laptop, mobile device or TV. It is the modern way to enjoy your favourite sport. Laura Mylotte a member of Ireland’s silver medal winning team from this years European Championships won the Ladies A event  and Derek Ryan, the Men’s A after a superb final with Brian Byrne which lasted nearly 115 minutes.

To watch recordings of the matches (from Wednesday 20th Nov)  visit  http://sportslive.aertv.ie/broadcasters/irishsquash/

For full results go to:

Copy this address into your URL bar: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/events.aspx?id=9B78F5EF-2A10-433B-8F37-E11D0405200F

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Belgian Junior Open

A really strong showing by the Irish at the Belgian Junior Open in Herentals

The first day was very successful with the Irish winning 12 out of 13 matches.
(The one loss was due to injury!)
A total of 6 Irish players were involved in semi- finals, unfortunately there were no winners but
we finished with four bronze medals.

There is no doubt that our Irish junior players are capable of competing and winning at the highest levels.
Notable mention goes to young Denis Gilevskiy, at 9 years, wining his first 2 matches in U13 to announce to all that there will be another major force in Irish Junior Squash in the near future. Sad for Cillian Dunne who surcumed to a hamstring injury in his first match.

Final results:


David Ryan 3rd
Nikita Gilevskiy 3rd
Griffin Gillanders 3rd
Stephanie Ryan 4th
Luke Logan 4rd
Scott Gillanders 5th
Conor Moran 3rd
Sam Buckley 4th

 

Entries are now open for the Swedish Junior Open 2014.

 

Please click on this link for entry form.

 

http://www.europeansquash.com/calendar/national-championships/details/324-case-swedish-open-2014.html

French Junior Open (Super Series) – 20th-23rd February 2014, Lille

To enter click on this link

http://www.europeansquash.com/juniors/junior-calendar/details/304-french-junior-open-2014-ss.html

LEINSTER MASTERS OPEN

Sponsored by  NUA Healthcare

Fitzwilliam L.T.C.                   1st & 2nd  November 2013

Report on the Tournament : –
This year the Leinster Masters Open was held on 1st and 2nd Nov and for the first time included  Mens Over 35 and Mens Over 40 sections. There were a total of 90 entrants and the matches were played in Fitzwilliam and Mt Pleasant – with all the Finals played out in Fitzwilliam.
All the matches were keenly fought in a good spirit that defines Masters Squash. The matches on the Glass Back Court in Fitzwillam were streamed live to http://sportslive.aertv.ie/ and matches will be available to view on demand on Aertv. Many thanks to all involved in the organizing and refereeing of the tournament.

Full results can be found HERE

Picture on previous page: Brian Williams, Masters Committee with Clive Morgan Ennis CBS, winner of the Men’s Over 40 section with Philip Coleman Curragh SC, runner up.

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Pictured from top, left to right, J Gorham, Finalist – Ladies Over 45, S Abernethy, Winner – Ladies Over 45, S Abernethy, Winner – Ladies Over 45

T Kealy, Finalist – Mens Over 65 ‘B’, D Hanrahan, Winner – Mens Over 65 ‘B’, S Daly, Winner – Mens Over 65 ‘A’

K Hurley, Winner – Mens Over 60, G Mc Goldrick, Winner Mens Over 55 ‘B’, M Mc Donnell, Finalist – Mens Over 55 ‘A’

F Donnelly, Winner – Mens Over 55 ‘A’, K O’Gorman, Winner Mens Over 55 ‘C’, S Mc Kee, Finalist – Mens Over 50 ‘A’
G Hewitt, Winner – Mens Over 50 ‘A’, P Carty, Winner – Mens Over 45 ‘B’, K Hurley, Winner – Mens Over 60

REMINDER TO ENTER IRISH JUNIOR OPEN – Closing Date this Friday November 1st.

Entries for the 2013 Irish Junior Open are now being accepted.

When: 22nd – 24th Nov

Where: Leinster – Sutton LTC & ALSAA Sports Club

See here for entry form

ULSTER SENIOR OPEN – NATIONAL TOUR EVENT No. 3

The Ulster Senior Open takes place on the 25/27th of October in Ballyearl SC, Newtonabbey, Co. Antrim but due to technical issue at the venue will not be streamed live this weekend.

Sorry about this but it was beyond the control of Irish Squash. However we definitly be streaming live the Leinster Senior Open on November 15th – 17th. All other Senior tour events will also be streamed live this season, as well as the Irish Junior Open in November and Senior Open in April. Irish Squash will also strem live the Under13/15 Five Nations tournament in March featuring Ireland, France, Scotland, England and Wales. Other events to be streamed live including some Masters Opens may also be streamed live. A calendarof all events to be streamed live will be published shortly.

For full draw and results see HERE

Venue: BALLYEARL SQUASH CLUB
Address:
585 DOAGH RD NEWTOWNABBEY BT36 5RZ NEWTOWNABBEY Co. ANTRIM Route at Google Maps
Phone: +44 2890 848287
Tournament contact
Name: NEAL POLLOCK
Phone: +44 7738973930
Email: [email protected]
Events
MENS A, MENS B, MENS C

Tournament days

Friday, October 25, 2013 to Sunday, October 27, 2013