As the curtains close on a hectic September, it’s important to look back on what has been a busy but brilliant month for squash in Ireland!
We had competitions aplenty during September which saw some high-level squash and terrific battles nationally and internationally! On the international stage, Mount Pleasant Squash Club represented Irish Squash in the European Club Championships in Germany where they performed valiantly! Moreover, Irish Squash were represented by several masters players (see here for details – Instagram post re European Masters 2023) in Hamburg for the European Individual Masters’ Championship 2023.
Domestically, the Kerry Senior Open, the Mount Pleasant Junior Mixed Open (see here for results GILLEN MARKETS Mount Pleasant JMO 2023 – SportyHQ), the Ulster Senior Closed 2023 and Connacht Junior Open 2023 (see here for results Connacht Junior Open 2023 – SportyHQ) all took place in September with some excellent squash on display across all four competitions!
Aside from on-court competitions, September was the home to two major weeks in the sporting calendar, Women’s Squash Week and the European Week of Sport. These events were marked around the island with clubs hosting multiple women’s events to celebrate women in squash and engaging in #BeActive activity to mark European Week of Sport. Irish Squash would like to thank and commemorate all clubs that engaged in activities to mark these dates! We, ourselves had a blow up court at the recent #BeActive Festival in the national Sports Campus where we were able to mix with and provide a taster of squash to potential future world-beaters!
Finally, our highly anticipated national coaching conference took place last month in what was a thoroughly enjoyable day. The conference proved to be very insightful with overwhelming positive feedback from attendees. After brilliant presentations on fitness, mindset development, junior squash programmes and athlete development, the group had an engaging round table discussion. A massive thank you must be given to all of our speakers and to Eddie Murphy for facilitating such a wonderful event!
As the curtains close on a hectic September, it’s important to look back on what has been a busy but brilliant month for squash in Ireland!
We had competitions aplenty during September which saw some high-level squash and terrific battles nationally and internationally! On the international stage, Mount Pleasant Squash Club represented Irish Squash in the European Club Championships in Germany where they performed valiantly! Moreover, Irish Squash were represented by several masters players (see here for details – Instagram post re European Masters 2023) in Hamburg for the European Individual Masters’ Championship 2023.
Domestically, the Kerry Senior Open, the Mount Pleasant Junior Mixed Open (see here for results GILLEN MARKETS Mount Pleasant JMO 2023 – SportyHQ), the Ulster Senior Closed 2023 and Connacht Junior Open 2023 (see here for results Connacht Junior Open 2023 – SportyHQ) all took place in September with some excellent squash on display across all four competitions!
Aside from on-court competitions, September was the home to two major weeks in the sporting calendar, Women’s Squash Week and the European Week of Sport. These events were marked around the island with clubs hosting multiple women’s events to celebrate women in squash and engaging in #BeActive activity to mark European Week of Sport. Irish Squash would like to thank and commemorate all clubs that engaged in activities to mark these dates! We, ourselves had a blow up court at the recent #BeActive Festival in the national Sports Campus where we were able to mix with and provide a taster of squash to potential future world-beaters!
Finally, our highly anticipated national coaching conference took place last month in what was a thoroughly enjoyable day. The conference proved to be very insightful with overwhelming positive feedback from attendees. After brilliant presentations on fitness, mindset development, junior squash programmes and athlete development, the group had an engaging round table discussion. A massive thank you must be given to all of our speakers and to Eddie Murphy for facilitating such a wonderful event!
On a personal level, I recognise that each of these factors have applied to me during my lifelong association with squash. I value the friendships made as a junior and which remain important to me today. I still love playing squash both for fun & competitively! Being President of Irish Squash is a great privilege and I take the responsibility of leading our organisation very seriously. A continued legacy of attracting more females into squash and creating a lifelong love our our sport is very important to me.
On a personal level, I recognise that each of these factors have applied to me during my lifelong association with squash. I value the friendships made as a junior and which remain important to me today. I still love playing squash both for fun & competitively! Being President of Irish Squash is a great privilege and I take the responsibility of leading our organisation very seriously. A continued legacy of attracting more females into squash and creating a lifelong love our our sport is very important to me.
Sport NI has launched its quest to celebrate the unsung heroes of sport through the annual SportMaker awards. These awards awards celebrate the unsung heroes of sport in Northern Ireland- the coaches, volunteers and officials who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make sport happen.
Nominations for the SportMaker awards are now open. The awards give the sporting community the opportunity to showcase their achievements and give special thanks to coaches, officials and volunteers.
Sport NI Chair George Lucas said: “Our SportMaker Awards acknowledge the incredible work of our sporting community and highlight the outstanding people and projects that have made an impact over the last year. We know there are many unsung sporting heroes out there who work tirelessly behind the scenes to help enrich people’s lives through the power of sport. If you know a SportMaker, please nominate them today!”
Nominations are open now until 9 October, 2023, with 11 award categories recognising achievement at all levels of sports participation, from grassroots through to high performance.
If you would like to nominate someone for this award, click Sport NI SportMaker Award 2023 – Nomination page.
For more information visit www.sportni.net/sportmaker2023
Sport NI has launched its quest to celebrate the unsung heroes of sport through the annual SportMaker awards. These awards awards celebrate the unsung heroes of sport in Northern Ireland- the coaches, volunteers and officials who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make sport happen.
Nominations for the SportMaker awards are now open. The awards give the sporting community the opportunity to showcase their achievements and give special thanks to coaches, officials and volunteers.
Sport NI Chair George Lucas said: “Our SportMaker Awards acknowledge the incredible work of our sporting community and highlight the outstanding people and projects that have made an impact over the last year. We know there are many unsung sporting heroes out there who work tirelessly behind the scenes to help enrich people’s lives through the power of sport. If you know a SportMaker, please nominate them today!”
Nominations are open now until 9 October, 2023, with 11 award categories recognising achievement at all levels of sports participation, from grassroots through to high performance.
If you would like to nominate someone for this award, click Sport NI SportMaker Award 2023 – Nomination page.
For more information visit www.sportni.net/sportmaker2023
| Points | Played | Won | Draws | Lost | Rubbers | Games | Points | ||||||||
| 1 |  Mulhouse |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | 24 | – | 4 | 287 | – | 163 |
| 2 |  Paderborner SC |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | 22 | – | 6 | 279 | – | 151 |
| 3 |  Inverness TSC |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | 9 | – | 19 | 191 | – | 258 |
| 4 |  Mount Pleasant LTC |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 27 | 119 | – | 304 |
| Time | Home | – | Away | Score | Court | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – PaderStahl | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 18:30 | Inverness TSC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Glass Court | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 18:30 | Mulhouse |
– | Paderborner SC |
2-1 | ‘ – Glass Court |
| Points | Played | Won | Draws | Lost | Rubbers | Games | Points | ||||||||
| 1 | Paderborner SC |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 0 | 198 | – | 63 |
| 2 | Mulhouse |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 0 | 199 | – | 82 |
| 3 | Inverness TSC |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | 9 | – | 19 | 191 | – | 258 |
| 4 | Mount Pleasant LTC |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 27 | 119 | – | 304 |
| Time | Home | – | Away | Score | Court | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – PaderStahl | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 18:30 | Inverness TSC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Glass Court | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 18:30 | Mulhouse |
– | Paderborner SC |
‘ – Glass Court |
| Time | Home | – | Away | Score | Court | |
| Fri 15/09/2023 12:00 | Oly Koks and Tales |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
2-1 | ‘ – Glass Court | |
| Fri 15/09/2023 12:00 | Squash Fricktal |
– | Inverness TSC |
1-2 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Sat 16/09/2023 10:00 | Mount Pleasant LTC |
– | Squash Fricktal |
‘ – PaderStahl | ||
| Sat 16/09/2023 10:00 | Oly Koks and Tales |
– | Inverness TSC |
‘ – Lightpower |
Men’s Team – Position 01-08
Men’s Team – Position 09-11
Men’s Team – Pool A
Men’s Team – Pool B
Men’s Team – Pool C
Men’s Team – Pool D
| Points | Played | Won | Draws | Lost | Rubbers | Games | Points | ||||||||
| 1 | Mulhouse |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | 24 | – | 4 | 287 | – | 163 |
| 2 | Paderborner SC |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | 22 | – | 6 | 279 | – | 151 |
| 3 | Inverness TSC |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | 9 | – | 19 | 191 | – | 258 |
| 4 | Mount Pleasant LTC |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 27 | 119 | – | 304 |
| Time | Home | – | Away | Score | Court | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – PaderStahl | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 18:30 | Inverness TSC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Glass Court | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 18:30 | Mulhouse |
– | Paderborner SC |
2-1 | ‘ – Glass Court |
| Points | Played | Won | Draws | Lost | Rubbers | Games | Points | ||||||||
| 1 | Paderborner SC |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 0 | 198 | – | 63 |
| 2 | Mulhouse |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 0 | 199 | – | 82 |
| 3 | Inverness TSC |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | 9 | – | 19 | 191 | – | 258 |
| 4 | Mount Pleasant LTC |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 27 | 119 | – | 304 |
| Time | Home | – | Away | Score | Court | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – PaderStahl | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Wed 13/09/2023 18:30 | Inverness TSC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Mulhouse |
– | Inverness TSC |
3-0 | ‘ – Glass Court | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 12:00 | Paderborner SC |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
3-0 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Thu 14/09/2023 18:30 | Mulhouse |
– | Paderborner SC |
‘ – Glass Court |
| Time | Home | – | Away | Score | Court | |
| Fri 15/09/2023 12:00 | Oly Koks and Tales |
– | Mount Pleasant LTC |
2-1 | ‘ – Glass Court | |
| Fri 15/09/2023 12:00 | Squash Fricktal |
– | Inverness TSC |
1-2 | ‘ – Lightpower | |
| Sat 16/09/2023 10:00 | Mount Pleasant LTC |
– | Squash Fricktal |
‘ – PaderStahl | ||
| Sat 16/09/2023 10:00 | Oly Koks and Tales |
– | Inverness TSC |
‘ – Lightpower |
Men’s Team – Position 01-08
Men’s Team – Position 09-11
Men’s Team – Pool A
Men’s Team – Pool B
Men’s Team – Pool C
Men’s Team – Pool D
