The passing of one of Connacht’s great squash administrators, Michael Hynes has occured this Wednesday, August
10th. Michael served on the board of Irish Squash from 2007 – 2011. He also was on the Connacht board for many years and ran the Connacht Masters’ Open for the past 20 years.
All of us in squash will greatly miss the company and great humour of Michael at tournaments into the future.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
See the post on RIP.ie below
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Predeceased by his beloved eldest son Matthias. He is deeply mourned by his loving wife Patricia, his sons Marcellus and John Roderick, his daughter-in-law Bernadette, his cherished grandchildren Ciara, Matthias and Belle and his great-grandchild Aoileann. He is also deeply mourned by his siblings Eibhlín, Aodhán, Ruairí, Mary and Deirdre and their families. He also leaves behind a wide circle of friends.
Reposing at his residence (H91 Y43V) on Friday, 12th August, from 6.00 pm. His requiem mass will take place on Saturday, 13th August, at 11.00 am in Christ the King Church, Salthill, Galway. The mass can be viewed via livestream at https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/christ-the-king-church-salthill. Burial to follow in Rahoon Cemetery. The family appreciate all your kind wishes and messages at this difficult time. Condolences can be left in the section below. Family flowers only. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dhílis agus suaimhneas síoraí i measc na naomh dó. |
Munster Squash in conjunction with Irish Squash are organising a Coaching Conference in Celtic SC, Waterford on Sept 3rd, 10am-4pm. This is aimed at all our qualified coaches, qualified Leaders, club officials & volumteers. Contact Eddie Murphy [email protected]
As part of the European Week of Sport, Sport Ireland Coaching in partnership with the LSP Network and the Sport Ireland Participation Unit is hosting a series of ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conferences for coaches of children and teenagers.
There will be four ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conferences hosted by the following LSPs between 1st-4th September 2022.
If you answer YES to any of these questions the ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conference is for YOU!
| Host LSP | Donegal | Sligo | Limerick | Waterford |
| Date | Thursday 01 September 2022 | Friday 02 September 2022 | Saturday 03 September 2022 | Sunday 04 September 2022 |
| Venue | Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Letterkenny | Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Sligo | University of Limerick (UL) | South East Technological University (SETU Arena), Waterford |
| Time | 18:30 – 21:30 | 18:30 – 21:30 | 09:30:00 – 13:30 | 09:30:00 – 13:30 |
Supported by the Local Sports Partnership Network
In accordance with the constitution Article 28b viii
This notice is a reminder to members to send on any items of business that they want dealt with at the AGM. Please send it to [email protected] by 6th August 2022 at the latest.
Regards,
Anne Costello
Honrary Secretary
The board of Irish Squash recently allocated additional funds to each province in support of grassroots summer coaching camps for juniors. Check out your provincial and club websites/social media channels for more information!
Junior Squad Coaching
Our panel of coaches for junior teams are continuing to provide off season developmental coaching for our national squads throughout the summer. This is part of our commitment to our players and coaches in preparing for next season – our first full season in 3 years!
U19 World Team Championships
Our top U19 male players are travelling to France in August to compete in the World Team Championships.
The team of 4 players is Denis Gilevskiy, Dylan Moran, Jack O’Flynn and Sean Murphy.
The Individual World Championships for male and female players will also be held in France in advance of the team event and we have 3 additional players competing: Elliot Kelly, Hannah McGugan and Aimee O’Connell.
David Noone as Irish Squash U19 coach and Alex Fuller, assistant coach are working hard with the team in advance of travelling to France in August.
Irish Squash are providing substantial support to the team though it is not feasible to cover all associated costs for training camps, personnel, travel and accommodation.
In order to send teams to World Team Championships, our established policy is that players are asked to fundraise to a certain amount in order to make it feasible.
Therefore, we kindly request that you check in your local club to see if there are fundraising efforts that you can participate in to support our U19 team.
The World Games are taking place in Birmingham, Alabama in July where the squash competition will be played
over 5 days between 13th – 17th July 2022.
Ireland is being represented by Sean Conroy. Unfortunately, Sean lost his 1st round match to Ronald Palomino of Columbia. Results Here
In the plate he beat Valerii Fedoruk of Ukraine and in the quarters lost a close match to Filip Jarota of Poland, see results Here
An enormous junior squash event takes place each July in Amsterdam, providing world class squash and top end childhood memories for any players lucky enough to compete in this perfectly run tournament, in one of the best venues in the world.
Dozens of countries are represented from all parts of the globe with almost 450 entries this year. You’ll see
everything from the exuberant American academies in tow with an entourage of coaches to the humble Irish clubs being represented by Sligo players and Waterford players, all mixing together and having the time of their life’s in the 21 court mega-venue, the Frans Otten Stadium.
The draws are as big as 128 players (boysU17) and the level goes from worlds best to club level, every level catered for.
We had 16 players from our shores doing us proud, most getting upwards of 6 tournament matches each. All Provences were represented which I personally love, and all will have banked some great inspiration for training back home, one of the biggest benefits of making the effort to play these events.
Even though all players from Ireland have done themselves extremely proud, you could write a book on all the matches played through 14 hour days (0900-2300!!!), our most exciting results were coming from the enigmatic Bray man Denis Gilevskiy. He was a joy to watch, pulling apart world class players with exquisite squash, silky dynamite movements and all the excitement you could wish for watching squash. All done without a murmur to the referee and fully respecting his opponents.
He went through the U19 event in style, big challenges overcome along the way gaining him even more fans.
Ireland’s first ever Dutch JO winner, an incredibly worthy champion!
All Irish players can be proud of how they represented themselves and their country, an event I think any squash enthusiast should aspire to play in 2023!
Well done
Rebecca Day, Harry Yeomans, John Day, David Connell, Laya Sabry, Rebecca Jackson, Zoe Yeomans, Frank O’Flynn, Conal Jackson, Sarah Sabry, Danny Lynch, Ewan Kielty, Aimee McConnell, Jack O’Flynn, Sean Murphy and the U19 champion – Denis Gilevskiy!
David Noone
Hi All
This week sees the start of the master’s summer training with Derek Ryan and Alex Fuller
Derek currently is strength and conditioning coach to Ali Farag and Mostaf Asal ,Derek will be doing a strength and conditioning sessions free online for the masters group funded by Irish Squash
Mondays 6p-7pm Strength and Conditioning (suitable for all levels)
Thursdays 7pm-8pm Mobility and Activations Classes ( suitable for all levels)
To Register please register on sporty hq once and we will send you an online link to the classes each week
Alex Fuller current Womens World Ranked 31 will be doing a series of one day and weekend squash camps for Women over the next 3 months.
These need to be signed up a week in advance of each session on sporty Hq there is a small charge for these which will include a light lunch.
The first camps will be 9th 10th July Dublin, the second camp will be second camp will be one day 24th July Dublin.
We will let you know on the future dates
provisionally they are 6/7 August,13/14 August. I will send on the entry links closer to the dates when confirmed
Yours in Squash,
Gerry Callanan Masters Secretary
This year’s AGM will commence at 1.00pm on Sunday, 4th 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.
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