Several members of the new Junior Performance Academy are competing in this week’s Dutch Junior Open.
A total of 15 players from Ireland are registered for the four-day tournament in Amsterdam, which gets underway on Thursday and runs until Sunday.
They will be supported by Squash Ireland’s junior development coach, Michael Conroy, in what is the first targeted event for the JPA.
Registered to compete in the girls section are: Raghad Aboelela (GU13), Caoimhe English (GU11), Lucy Lynch (GU15), Daisy Morrissey (GU13), Maia Morrissey (GU11), Zoe Nyhan (GU15) and Riley Slade (GU19).
Josh Archer (BU13), Ailon Chen (BU13), Marcelino Cronin (BU13), Alfie Knox (BU11), Harry Knox (BU13), Ben Lynch (BU15), Liam Mahony (BU11) and Jamie Morrissey (BU13) are listed in the boys section.
Squash Ireland CEO Scott Graham said: “The JPA allows a wider group of players to compete as part of an Ireland team. The longer we keep them in the game, the more chance they have of progressing to an elite senior level.”
