The following were the players selected to represent IRELAND at junior international championships in 2020. Unfortunately all these events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

Nonetheless it is a great achievement for these players to be selected to represent their country and congratulations to all the girls and boys after a season of hard word and great results. Thankfully the junior season was completed before the restrictions came into effect.

This past 10 months has been very difficult for us all in society. Within sport it has been no different. With the continued uncertainty of when we will return to sport, it is very difficult to plan. The government through their Covid Support Funding for Sport, announced in November, have sought to support Sport governing bodies, like Irish Squash and clubs with this fund.

Financial support from this fund, which Irish Squash made available to clubs just before Christmas, – the Affiliation Fee refund of 2019/20 fees and the 100% Discount of 2020/21 Affiliation Fees was most welcome and appreciated by clubs.

Also Connacht, Leinster and Munster Squash branches were supported for loss of income from provincial leagues, through this fund. Ulster Squash and its clubs (except Cavan, Donegal & Monaghan) are being supported through a fund being managed by Sport Northern Ireland.

And finally, Irish Squash is launching a Club resilience Fund which clubs can apply to. Clubs should only apply if they are in very genuine need of financial support. It is expected that clubs have sought to manage their finances wisely and prudently over the last 10 months. If the club has cash reserves, they shouldn’t apply. Also loss of revenue from non squash related activities e.g. bar or hiring out premises etc should not form part of any rationale for support. There are terms & conditions which apply and are on the application form (attached) and listed below. Only affiliated clubs of Irish Squash in the Republic of Ireland may apply.

Applications are open now with a closing date for applications at 5pm on May 31st  2021. Applications which must be made on the offical form (see below) with any relevant support documents e.g. Accounts, should be made to  [email protected] 

The decision of the board of Irish Squash re any grant awards will be final.

Application Form

If you have any questions re the fund please e mail them to [email protected]

Notes for Application

1. Irish Squash have been awarded a fund by Sport Ireland to assist affiliated squash clubs only, in Connacht, Leinster & Munster, suffering from Covid-19 related squash losses. Only those clubs may apply.
2. Losses arising from loss of hall/club rental or bar revenues for example are not applicable.
3. Irish Squash have appointed a sub-committee to administer the application process, evaluate requests and make recommendations to the Irish Squash Board for final approval. The Board’s decision will be final and no appeals will be entered into.
4. Applications must be received by 5pm on 31 May 2021 by email only to [email protected]. Applications received after this date will be rejected.
5. If you have any queries with regard to the application form or process please email [email protected].
6. Please provide as much detail as possible in your application. To assist with the decision process further information may be requested.
7. Funding cannot be used for Capital Facility Works.
8. Clubs with significant reserves will not be supported.
9. Details of successful awards will be forwarded to Sport Ireland. Sport Ireland maintain audit, inspection and/or investigation rights.

Join Sport Ireland Coaching as we explore the officiating pathway for females in Ireland and how can they can be improved. 

Speakers on the day include Michelle O’Neill, a League of Ireland official and FIFA International Assistant Official and Maggie Farrelly, GAA and Ladies Gaelic Football official at provincial and national level. 

Both speakers bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table and will discuss their experiences of progressing through the ranks of refereeing and officiating and their hopes for the future and the development of a pathway to encourage more women in to refereeing and officiating in all sports. 

Registration for the event through this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wV5-fdzBT9aDkZISRQuW2g

 The webinar is open to all with an interest in women in sport and particularly suitable for anyone currently officiating, those who have an interest in the pathway and NGB staff interested in developing more female officials in their sport.

This is a reminder to please encourage all our athletes, athlete support staff and all other interested squash personnel to sign up for the very important Anti-Doping Educational Webinars run by ITA; the first is on Wednesday so please register on this link.

This is a reminder to please encourage all your athletes, athlete support staff and all other interested squash personnel to sign up for the very important Anti-Doping Educational Webinars run by ITA; the first is on Wednesday and so far registration has been very slow from the squash community!

This forms a very important part of the WSF Anti-Doping Education Plan and I can’t stress the importance of making sure all members of our squash community are aware of Anti-Doping processes and procedures.

• ITA are pleased to offer program completion certificates to all athletes and athlete support personnel who attend all five webinars (the further two to be advised later). Attendance will be tracked – we encourage you to remind everyone to use the same email address each time they register for a webinar.
• ITA will be surveying webinar participants in accordance with the International Standard for Education. More specifically, they will be monitoring (ISE: Collecting data regularly and over time to see progress towards our program objectives) and evaluating learning (ISE: Determining whether our participants have learned something as well as gathering feedback to determine the quality of the learning experience or interaction).
• At the end of the webinar series, WSF will receive registration and attendance figures, as well as a report of the survey results. This data will feed into our Education Plan.

Therefore I have attached the promotional banners and ask you promote the series, and particularly Wednesday’s webinar, as much as possible to boost attendance please. The details of these webinars to circulate are below.

Important Information:

• All webinars will take place from 14h to 15h CET.
• Simultaneous translation to Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish will be provided.
• All webinars are stand alone and each has to be registered for individually. Please use the same email address to register for each to ensure attendance is tracked correctly.

This forms a very important part of the WSF Anti-Doping Education Plan and I can’t stress the importance of making sure all members of our squash community are aware of Anti-Doping processes and procedures.

• ITA are pleased to offer program completion certificates to all athletes and athlete support personnel who attend all five webinars (the further two to be advised later). Attendance will be tracked – we encourage you to remind everyone to use the same email address each time they register for a webinar.
• ITA will be surveying webinar participants in accordance with the International Standard for Education. More specifically, they will be monitoring (ISE: Collecting data regularly and over time to see progress towards our program objectives) and evaluating learning (ISE: Determining whether our participants have learned something as well as gathering feedback to determine the quality of the learning experience or interaction).
• At the end of the webinar series, WSF will receive registration and attendance figures, as well as a report of the survey results. This data will feed into our Education Plan.

Therefore I have attached the promotional banners and ask you promote the series, and particularly Wednesday’s webinar, as much as possible to boost attendance please. The details of these webinars to circulate are below.

Important Information:

• All webinars will take place from 14h to 15h CET.
• All webinars are stand alone and each has to be registered for individually. Please use the same email address to register for each to ensure attendance is tracked correctly.