Seven clubs celebrated Leinster Junior Open titles following the Sunday night conclusion of the two-day tournament at Sutton, which attracted an entry list of 118 players – up from last year’s 105.
Celtic, Galway and Mount Pleasant each had two winners, with hosts Sutton, Belfast, Limerick and the American-based Ella Erickson taking the spoils.
Erickson, the Rye High School graduate now at Georgetown University, was just one of five No.1 seeds to live up to that favourite status in the 10-event tournament, securing a 3-0 win in the GU19 final against Sutton’s Zoe Yeomans, her 2025 World Squash Junior Championships Ireland teammate.
Another title match featuring Irish teammates from last July in Cairo was the BU19 decider where the No.2-ranked Aaron Knox bagged a 3-1 win over Conal Jackson, the top seed from Sutton, in an intensely competitive tie.
The No.1-seeded Harry Knox, last weekend’s BU13 Czech Junior Open title winner, made it a Celtic double with his 3-0 win over Sutton’s Eoin O’Brien.
Galway’s double success was achieved in the GU17 and BU11. Lucy Walsh made light of her third seed status to defeat the No.1, Sutton’s Zoe Sheridan, 3-1 in her final, and it was the same score for top seed Eoin Mullery in his match versus Celtic’s Dylan Dunphy.
Mount Pleasant’s double came courtesy of top seed Michael Lai in the BU15 and second seed Anna Maria Deak in the GU11.
The weekend’s three other title winners were Limerick’s Ruby Carroll, the GU13 top seed, Belfast’s Gabby Curran, the GU15 No.2, and Sutton’s Danny Jones, No.4 seed in the BU17.
Leinster Junior Open results
BU19 Final: Celtic’s Aaron Knox [2] WON 3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 12-14, 12-10) v Sutton’s Conal Jackson [1]; Third place play-off: Sutton’s Christian Dromgoole [3] WON 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 12-10) v Fitzwilliam’s Frank O’Flynn [5]
GU19 Final: USA-based Ella Erickson [1] WON 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-5) v Sutton’s Zoe Yeomans [2]; Third place play-off: Sutton’s Rebecca Jackson [5] WON 3-1 (4-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5) v Belfast’s Shriya Drawid [3]
BU17 Final: Sutton’s Danny Jones [4] WON 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-4) v Sutton’s Samuel Hann [2]; Third place play-off: Celtic’s Adam Power [1] W/O v Freshford’s Nathan Walsh [3]
GU17 Final: Galway’s Lucy Walsh [3] WON 3-1 (11-8, 11-1, 9-11, 11-1) v Sutton’s Zoe Sheridan [1]; Third place play-off: Highfield’s Maggie Jones [2] WON 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6) v Mount Pleasant’s Laya Sabry [5]
BU15 Final: Mount Pleasant’s Michael Lai [1] WON 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-9) v Sutton’s John Quigley [2]; Third place play-off: Celtic’s Jamie Morrissey [5] WON 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-5) v Mount Pleasant’s Leonid Ivlenkov [6]
GU15 Final: Belfast’s Gabby Curran [2] WON 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-6) v Mount Pleasant’s Zoe Nyhan [1]; Third place play-off: Sutton’s Saibh Darcy [3] WON 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-4) v Sutton’s Mai Yu [5]
BU13: Celtic’s Harry Knox [1] WON 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 13-11) v Sutton’s Eoin O’Brien [2]; Third place play-off: Belfast’s Josh Archer [3] WON 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-3) v Mount Pleasant’s Ridit Thapar [4]
GU13 Final: Limerick’s Ruby Carroll [1] WON 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6) v Celtic’s Daisy Morrissey [3]; Third place play-off: Mount Pleasant’s Aurora McDonnell [2] WON 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-6) v Mount Pleasant’s Bridget Whitcomb [5]
BU11 Final: Galway’s Conor Mullery [1] WON 3-1 (9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-7) v Celtic’s Dylan Dunphy [2]; Third place play-off: Ballypatrick’s Zach Kelly [4] WON 3-1 (11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 11-4) v Sutton’s Tim O’Brien [3]
GU11 Final: Mount Pleasant’s Anna Maria Deak [2] WON 3-1 (2-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9) v Windsor’s Georgie Ryan [1]; Third place play-off: Windsor’s Sofia Heron [3] WON 3-1 (11-13, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7) v Fitzwilliam’s Jessica O’Gorman [5]
