The three-day Irish Masters Open 2025 came to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday, with finals across 13 events resulting in titles for a dozen Irish players and one French player.
Michael Conlon [1], the recent European silver medallist, got showpiece Sunday going with a 3-1 win over Dominique Dautremont [3/4] of France in the MO70 final, and this was followed by Maureen Duke [1] clinching her WO60/65/70 title with a 3-1 over Veronique Leray, the No.2 from France.
Sarah Berkeley [5/8] recorded a 3-0 WO55 final win over Danielle Donohue [3/4], with Dave Lalor [2] seeing off Alain Gardette [1] of France 3-0 in the MO65 final.
A fourth Irish title win over French opposition followed when Aisling McArdle [3/4] picked off Maud Bailly [1] 3-0 in the WO45/50 final.
Willie Hosey [1] was a 3-0 winner of the MO60 final versus Vincent Bradley [2], while Brian Lalor [2] had a walkover against Tom Crowe [5/8] in the MO55 decider.
Paddy Butler [3/4] secured his MO75 title with a 3-0 win over England’s Allan Whittow [3/4], before the only final with no Irish participant – the MO50 – was won 3-2 by Matthieu Benoit [1] of France against Jonathan Gallacher [2] of Austria. Their fifth game decider was an 11-9 cliffhanger.
Another excellent five-game final followed with Neil Macarron [1] beating Nigel Peyton No.2 at MO45 level, while the unseeded Sam Olwill rounded off his MO35 title win with a 3-0 victory over David Grabenweger [1] from Austria.
That left just two other titles to be decided, the first going to Tanya Scullion [5/8] with a 3-0 win over Aoileann Ni Chomhrai [1] in the WO35/40. Squash Ireland junior performance coach David Noone [1] then wrapped up the tournament with his 3-2 MO40 final victory against Alex Preston [3/4] of England. The decisive fifth game ended 11-4.
THE IRISH MASTERS OPEN PODIUM
MO35: 1st. Sam Olwill (Ireland), 2nd. Mark Gilliland (Northern Ireland), 3rd. David Grabenweger (Austria)
MO40: 1st. David Noone (Ireland), 2nd. Alex Preston (England), 3rd. Ronan Campbell (Ireland)
MO45: 1st. Neil Macarron (Ireland), 2nd. Nigel Peyton (Ireland), 3rd. Kevin Knox (Ireland)
MO50: 1st. Matthieu Benoit (France), 2nd. Jonathan Gallacher (Austria), 3rd. Rob Staunton (Ireland)
MO55: 1st. Brian Lalor (Ireland), 2nd. Tom Crowe (Ireland), 3rd. Adrian Leeson (Northern Ireland)
MO60: 1st. Willie Hosey (Ireland), 2nd. Vincent Bradley (Ireland), 3rd. Olivier Collignon (France)
MO65: 1st. Dave Lalor (Ireland), 2nd. Alain Gardette (France), 3rd. John Dineen (Ireland)
MO70: 1st. Michael Conlon (Ireland), 2nd. Dominique Dautremont (France), 3rd. Donal Coughlan (Ireland)
MO75: 1st. Paddy Butler (Ireland), 2nd. Seamus Daly (Ireland), 3rd. Allan Whittow (England)
WO35/40: 1st. Tanya Scullion (Ireland), 2nd. Aoileann Ni Chomhrai (Ireland), 3rd. Claire King (Ireland)
WO45/50: 1st. Aisling McArdle (Ireland), 2nd. Maud Bailly (France), 3rd. Sandra Walshe (Ireland)
WO55: 1st. Sarah Berkeley (Ireland), 2nd. Danielle Donohue (Ireland), 3rd. Emer O’Brien (Ireland)
WO60/65/70: 1st. Maureen Duke (Ireland), 2nd. Dympna Reardon (Ireland), 3rd. Mary Keyes (Ireland)
