This year’s AGM will commence at 1.00pm on Sunday, 4^th September 2022 in Irish Sport HQ, Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin 15.

The agenda and other papers for the AGM will be sent out in advance, as per the rules of Irish Squash.

Patrick Murray

1946 – 2022

Sad news has reached us of the death of Patrick Murray, a stalwart of squash in Fitzwilliam LTC, Leinster and Irish Squash and one of the few Irish members of The Jesters Club.

Patrick captained many teams in Fitzwilliam and also chaired the Squash Committee for a number of years. He served as Masters’ Secretary of both Leinster Squash and Irish Squash and subsequently ran numerous Leinster and Irish Squash Masters’ Opens.

Apart from his strong administrative skills, Patrick will be remembered as a welcoming face at all of the events he organised, was generous to a fault with his time in the promotion of squash and hosted many international and local players in his home during tournaments. He will be fondly remembered by his many friends and family. May he rest in peace.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Death Notice on RIP.ie

Hi All,

As part of our Strategic Plan implementation the Board met with the Strategic Delivery Group (SDG) for the first time on Sunday 22^nd May, with some of the key outcomes as follows:

1 The club survey has now been completed and it shows that including Universities that we have just over 4,000 players in 53 affiliated clubs which indicates a reasonable recovery after covid and a cautious but positive outlook. This also clearly sets the focus for the coming season as one of recovery to be then positioned for growth the following season.

Survey breakdown in numbers as follows:   

Ireland overall           Membership              Men                 Women            Juniors             Courts            Clubs

3837                           2299 (60%)      716 (19%)        822 (21%)             120                  53

By Province

Ulster                           465 (12%)                   284 (61%)         61 (13%)          120 (26%)             30                    14

Leinster                       1689 (44%)                  990 (59%)        359 (21%)        340 (20%)             40                    16

Munster                      1137 (30%)                  726 (64%)        202 (18%)        209 (18%)             32                    15

Connacht                    546 (14%)                    299 (55%)        94 (17%)          153 (28%)             18                    8

Note 28% of our clubs are 1 court facilities

By University            Membership              Men                Women

Queens                       50                               35                    15

Trinity                        50                               44                    6

UCD                           60                               35                    25

UCC                           40                               30                    10

Totals                        200                             144                  56

Key notes from the club survey as follows:

• Trend tentative but generally positive
• Facilities need improvements to make squash more attractive (heating , courts, social areas, painting etc)
• Can be hard to get volunteers : Clubs generally run by a small group of people
• Need for support from Irish Squash with “coaching the coaches” and with “coaching juniors”
• Need for development of existing coaches in their clubs (help with the type of programmes that work best etc)
• Clubs need support with capital funding i.e. where to go, and how to make successful applications  
• Circa 51% of clubs have schools within 10 minute walking distance.
• Leinster only: cost of entering teams in leagues expensive

2 The Board agreed to look at a targeted local coaching programme to be delivered through the provinces to their clubs.
Details of this programme (how, who, when) are being worked out and the Board will then review the Provincial plans for funding approval.

3 The Board approved the formation of the following working groups to look at targeted areas, and make suggestions of how we can grow sustainably to improve the delivery of squash to our community. The groups will be supported by and report through the SDG to the Board, if you are interested to help on a specific topic please contact me at –[email protected]  
The more members that engage with the working groups the better the outcomes will be. Most of this work will take place over Zoom calls so even if you feel you have limited time all engagement is welcomed.

Working groups

• School / Third Level
• Funding
• Women in Sport
• Coaching
• Competitions
• High Performance

4 As part of the need to improve visibility of squash in our local communities the Board has agreed to fund a club social media training course. The main aim of this programme is to help clubs improve their social media presence on platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tik-Tok etc., with a view to attracting more members especially in reaching out to a younger cohort. Details of this course will be announced shortly.

Your in sport

John

Head Strategic Delivery

00-353-872407387

https://www.irishsquash.com

The Masters HI internationals took place in Cardiff this weekend with 3 categories – Womens O45’s, Mens O65’s and O45’s

Teams

Womens O45’s

Mens O65’s

Mens O45’s

The Womens O45’s and Nen’s O45’s had an excellent 2nd place, while the Mens O65’s came 3rd.

Well done to them all.

See results and team pictures below.

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Irish Squash  are pleased to invite you to a Leaders course in Highfield SC

Course organiser: Eddie Murphy

email: [email protected]

Course Venue: Highfield SC

Sunday May 29th @ 10.30pm

Course Duration: The course will run for 1 day from 10.30am – 4.30pm.

COURSE FEE

The course fee of €50 can be paid in this link: – HERE

If not already vetted with Irish Squash, candidates must apply for Garda vetting – Details on the Irish Squash web site – https://www.irishsquash.com/garda-vetting/

Also you must attend a Safeguarding 1 course, see the Local Sports Partnership in the county you live, to register for a course. It is just €15 and takes one evening to complete. Search for a course HERE

Courses are not in strict chronological order!

 N.B. Please send in your Garda Vetting & Safeguarding certs to [email protected] before you start the course.

If you are under 18 then you will have to wait until you become 18 to do these.

You will get your coaching badge then if you are successful.

Ireland Teams

Men’s O35’s

Men’s O55’s

Men’s O75’s

Women’s O55’s

Saturday Morning – Session 2

Saturday Afternoon – Session 3

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Ireland are drawn in Pool A with England, Belgium, Portugal & Norway. See their matches below. Their 1st match is vs Portugal at 1pm today.

Under 17’s team 

9th-16th Play Off

Belgium (22) – Ireland (29): 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Belgium (22)	–	Ireland (29)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Wiktor Maquin	–	Danny Lynch	12-10 11-4 11-2	1-0			25m
2	BS2	Theo Lucas	–	Tristan Snodgrass	11-7 6-11 5-11 9-11	0-1			32m
3	GS	Jeanne Dael	–	Sarah Sabry	11-3 11-5 11-4	1-0

Switzerland (38) – Ireland (29): 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Switzerland (38)	–	Ireland (29)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Fabian Seitz	–	Danny Lynch	11-9 11-5 7-11 10-12 4-11	0-1			55m
2	BS2	Nero Harms	–	Tristan Snodgrass	11-8 11-4 11-8	1-0			30m
3	GS	Leila Hirt	–	Sarah Sabry	11-6 9-11 11-9 11-7	1-0			27m

Ireland (29) – Netherlands (31): 0-3

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland (29)	–	Netherlands (31)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Danny Lynch	–	Guido Lindner	5-11 6-11 2-11	0-1			25m
2	BS2	Tristan Snodgrass	–	Tristan Keenan	4-11 5-11	0-1			25m
3	GS	Sarah Sabry	–	Annamaria Machalova	2-11 9-11 7-11	0-1			17m

Standings of U17 Team – Pool A

		Points	Played	Won	Draws	Lost	Rubbers			Games			Points
1	England	4	4	4	0	0	12	–	0	36	–	1	406	–	133
2	Portugal	2	4	2	0	2	5	–	7	18	–	23	269	–	381
3	Belgium	2	4	2	0	2	5	–	7	16	–	22	302	–	325
4	Ireland	2	4	2	0	2	5	–	7	17	–	24	315	–	362
5	Norway	0	4	0	0	4	3	–	9	11	–	28	276	–	367

Show draw…

Belgium (22) – Ireland (29): 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Belgium (22)	–	Ireland (29)	Score	Points			Duration
1	GS	Chloé Crabbé	–	Sarah Sabry	11-1 11-6 11-4	1-0			15m
2	BS1	Wiktor Maquin	–	Danny Lynch	10-12 12-10 16-14 11-9	1-0			55m
3	BS2	Theo Lucas	–	Tristan Snodgrass N	2-11 5-11 1-11	0-1

England (24) – Ireland (29): [3-0]Show draw…

Ireland are drawn in Pool D, with Poland, Scotland, Greece & Ukraine.

See their matches below with the 1st match vs Scotland @ 11am today.

Under 15’s team

Match overview

Order	Event	England (24)	–	Ireland (29)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS2	Yusuf Sheikh	–	Robert Clery	11-1 11-2 11-3	1-0			13m
2	BS1	Jonah Bryant	–	Danny Lynch	11-4 11-3 11-4	1-0

9th-16th Play Off

Ireland (10) – Denmark (3): 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland (10)	–	Denmark (3)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Conal Jackson	–	Joel Lund Forst	11-2 11-9 9-11 11-6	1-0			30m
2	BS2	Sam Holman Keogh	–	Daniel Breinbjerg	11-7 11-13 11-9 11-7	1-0			30m
3	GS	Shriya Drawid	–	Eline Kristensen	11-3 11-5	1-0			18m

Israel (11) – Ireland (10): 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Israel (11)	–	Ireland (10)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Elad Robenshtok	–	Conal Jackson	15-13 11-0 11-3	1-0			20m
2	BS2	Ori Yahud	–	Sam Holman Keogh	10-12 12-10 9-11 11-6 11-4	1-0			1h 01m
3	GS	Ofri Maliach	–	Shriya Drawid	4-11 3-11 9-11	0-1			14m

Switzerland (18) – Ireland (10): [2-1]

Match overview

Order	Event	Switzerland (18)	–	Ireland (10)	Score	Points			Duration
1	GS	Stöckli Sara	–	Shriya Drawid	3-11 7-11 4-11	0-1			17m
2	BS1	Nick Greter	–	Conal Jackson	11-8 11-5 11-7	1-0			23m
3	BS2	Mika Von Aesch	–	Ismail Wahed	11-8 5-11 11-6 11-9	1-0			40m

Standings of U15 Team – Pool D

		Points	Played	Won	Draws	Lost	Rubbers			Games			Points
1	Poland	4	4	4	0	0	11	–	1	33	–	4	389	–	167
2	Ukraine	2	4	2	0	2	7	–	5	22	–	16	335	–	280
3	Ireland	2	4	2	0	2	6	–	6	20	–	20	317	–	333
4	Scotland	2	4	2	0	2	6	–	6	20	–	19	328	–	292
5	Greece	0	4	0	0	4	0	–	12	0	–	36	100	–	397

Show draw…
Ireland (10) – Greece (8): 3-0Show draw…

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland (10)	–	Greece (8)	Score	Points			Duration
1	GS	Zoe Yeomans	–	Christina Karavitaki	11-1 11-5 11-1	1-0			11m
2	BS1	Conal Jackson	–	Theofanis Andrikopoulos	11-9 11-1 11-2	1-0			19m
3	BS2	Sam Holman Keogh	–	Stilianos Efthymiou	11-5 11-7 11-3	1-0

Ireland (10) – Poland (14): [0-3]

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland (10)	–	Poland (14)	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS2	Sam Holman Keogh	–	Michał Stawarski	0-11 1-11 2-11	0-1			14m
2	BS1	Ismail Wahed	–	Szymon Lohmann	4-11 5-11 1-11	0-1			13m
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