Ireland is participating in the 5 Nations tournament in Le Mans this weekend. The event involves girls and boys in the under 13 and under 15 age groups from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England and France.

The Irish team are pictured here at Dublin Airport before their departure. The teams are outlined below.

We wish them every success in their venture and look forward to some fantastic squash.

Results are published online here

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Sutton recently beat Fitzwilliam to take the ladies All Ireland Squash Club Championships title for 2013.

Rosie Barry beat Aoileann Ní Chomhraí to put Fitz 1/0 up, while Breanne Flynn beat Griffin Gillanders to level the match. Stephanie Ryan then played Vicky Menzies/Bennet in the decider and won 3/1 giving her team the title.

Sutton now qualify to take part in the European Squash Club Championships in Italy in September.

Entries are now closed for the West of Ireland Open. The draw will be put up on this site before the event.

Tournament days

Friday, March 29, 2013 to Sunday, March 31, 2013

In a turnaround of fortunes and after many previous encounters – Aisling Blake became Irish National champion for first time yesterday after beating the long time champion Madeline Perry in Fitzwilliam LTC – Madeline having won on 14 previous occasions!

For the whole match Aisling moved very well and attacked well taking advantage where Madeline was out of position. Madeline for her part played well and took balls early and picked up a lot of shots during the match – but unfortunately for Madeline this wasn’t enough to overcome Aishling’s onslaught and hunger for the title.

The final scoreline read 3-1 to Aisling (11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 11-2) . Madeline was gracious in defeat and promises to return to regain her title.

In the playoff for 3-4 places Laura Mylott beat Ciara Maloney  3-0

Full tournament results can be viewed here

Best of luck the the Irish Junior teams which are now selected for the Le Mans and Zurich upcoming events.

Teams are as follows:

5 Nations  15^th-17^th March (Le Mans)

U13 – Girls

Ellie McVeigh (U)

Emma McGugan (U)

Rachel Quigley (C)

U13 – Boys

Conor Moran (L)

Scott Gillanders (L)

Sam Buckley (L)

Donal O’Shea (C)

U15 Girls

Stephanie Ryan (L)

Hannah Craig (U)

Sinead Walsh (M)

U15 Boys

Oisin Dunne (L)

Luke Logan (L)

Morgan Kelly (L)

Sean Dineen (L)

U19 European Championships  23^rd-1^st April ( Zurich)

Girls

Breanne Flynn (L)

Griffin Gillanders (L)

Boys

Michael Craig (U)

Sean Conroy (L)

Oisin Logan (L)

In the Connaught Senior Open Steve Richardson took the title beating Keith Moran in the final 12/10, 12/10, 11/5. With Conor O Hare beating Nigel Peyton in the 3/4 place playoff 3/2.

7. Sam Olwill

This year the Irish Ladies Nationals Semi finals and finals will be streamed live online via Aertv.

The matches take place on Saturday between 5.30- 6.30pm and the final, Sunday at 2.30pm. Both events will be streamed live on Aertv the Irish on-line TV Station.

Curragh Squash Club Golf Classic

Friday 3^rd May 2013

The Heritage Golf Resort Killenard

Play one of Irelands top golf courses for only €40 per person

Championship Golf Course Ireland

The Heritage, a 72 par Championship golf course in Ireland, designed by Seve Ballesteros and Jeff Howes is set in the beautiful rolling countryside of Co. Laois, just one hour from Dublin, with the Slieve Bloom Mountains as a backdrop. This championship golf course provides the most enjoyable experience for golfers of all standards in Ireland. The Heritage is one of the most renowned 5 star Golf Resorts Ireland has to offer, and is a great escape for golfing enthusiasts.Five lakes and a stream meander through the course and brings water into play on 10 holes. 98 beautifully shaped bunkers and 7,000 trees adorn the landscape, which is very gently undulating without any climbing involved.A variety of tees allow the course to be played from 5,747 to 7,3d 19 yards.

A quiet February sees an unchanged Top10 in the WSA World Tour March Rankings, ahead of the first World Series event of 2013 in the coming month.

Nicol David, Raneem El Weleily and Laura Massaro continue to head up the rankings, whilst teenager Nour El Sherbini sits at No.4, followed by Alison Waters, Low Wee Wern and Joelle King.

The highest change comes following Madeline Perry’s impressive performance in the WSA Gold 50 Cleveland Classic where the Irishwoman, seeded eighth, reached the semi-finals.  She switches places with Natalie Grinham to occupy No.11 and 12 respectively.

Delaware Open winner Sarah Jane Perry continues to climb the ranks after claiming her fifth WSA title last month.  The 22-year-old from Birmingham, England reaches yet another career high as she rises three places to sit at No.26.

Perry’s fellow 22-year-old, Heba El Torky of Egypt also rises three places to occupy No.30 following a respectable semi-final appearance at the Delaware Open last month.

Joshana Chinappa claims her career high ranking of No.27 after reaching the first round of the Cleveland Classic, whilst Misaki Kobayashi and Coline Aumard were the biggest movers in the Top50, both climbing four places to reach No.37 and 39 respectively.

Great result for Ireland at the French Junior Open in Lille: David Ryan, the number one seed in the U17’s draw, beat Ulster’s Michael Craig by three games to one. Michael, seeded 5-8, had beaten unseeded Benjamin Aubert of France in the quarters in what looked like four hard games. He followed this win with a clear 3:0 over another Frenchman in the semis, setting up an all Irish final. Ryan had not dropped a game until the final, but was pushed hard by his rival. Here’s a short snippet from squashsite.co.uk – you can read full tournament coverage here. Dan Zilic (with thanks to squashsite.co.uk )