The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have today appointed former World No.7 Derek Ryan as Lead Physiotherapist & Medical Coordinator in a move that will see the 47-year-old Irishman, and qualified physiotherapist, take primary responsibility for all injury-related incidents at major PSA World Tour events.

Tournament days

Friday, January 20, 2017 to Saturday, January 21, 2017

• FRI20JAN
• SAT21JAN

LEINSTER SQUASH SENIOR CLOSED 2017

It is with deep sadness that Irish Squash, note the passing of Brian Fitzgerald – former President of Irish Squash and the European Squash Federation. A Limerick native, Brian played squash in the North club and then in Belfast Harlequins. The President and Board of Irish Squash, extend their deepest sympathies to his wife, Iris Fitzgerald and family.

May Brian Rest in Peace

Friday 6th January

An absolutely magnificent result for Denis Gilevskiy, as he won the British Junior Open U13. He beat English boy Sam Osborne Wlyde 3-0 – 11/2, 11/6, 11/6, in emphatic style showing great maturity and skill to dominate the match. Denis had a convincing 1st game which he won 11/2. Denis was very powerful and Sam nervous in that first game. But in the 2nd, Sam settled somewhatand he came back at Denis in the middle of that 2nd game, to lead 6-4. Denis steadied himself and played some super lengths and drops to win the 2nd 11/6.

In the third game it was a similar story with Sam going 2-0 up but again Denis played beautiful patient squash to eventually pull away 5/4, 6/4…..8/4 and onto 11/6. Denis played some magnificent drops at 4all and 7/4 and his cross court drive to give him match ball was sublime.

A really super match and Denis demonstrated a maturity and great skill with a great game plan that belies his years.

Congratulations Denis –  British Open Champion, from everyone in IRISH SQUASH.

Watch an interview with Denis on RTE news here:

For more pics and video go to IRISH SQUASH Twitter

Thursday 5th January

British Junior Open – Great result for Denis Gilevskiy, winning his Semi Final v Jonah Bryant, 11/4, 11/4, 11/9 to reach the final of the Under 13.

Denis was in good control in the first 2 games, taking them 11/4 in each. After an even start to the 3rd, Denis pulled away to match ball at 10-6. Jonah pulled it back to 10-9. Denis was staying patient, looking for his opportunity, which finally came to win the 3rd game 11/9, and the match, 3/0.

A really super result for Denis, one of only 6 Europeans among the 32 Semi Finalists in this year’s British Junior Open. Now onto the final on Friday, all of the Squash community in Ireland wish Denis the very best of luck in the final.

Wednesday 4th January

British Junior Open – Super play, as Denis Gilevsky is through to the semi-final of B13 after beating top seed Omar Azzam (Egy) 11/7 5/11 11/7 6/11 11/6. Congratulations Denis. One of very few Europeans through to the Semis. He now plays Jonah Bryant of England in the Semis tomorrow.

Link for the Draw/Results to see the results of all 7 IRISH players who competed.

See here for all the results and some great photos –https://twitter.com/BJOsquash

Tuesday 3rd January

BJO 2017 – The highlight of the Open so far from an Irish point of view is  Denis Gilevskiy through to the last 8 after 3 great wins in the U13’s, He now plays the Number 1 seed, Omar Azzam of Egypt on Wednesday.

The other 6 IRISH players – Scott Gillanders, Jack O’Flynn, Sean White, Sophie O’Rourke, Laura Neill, Todd Gowdy have had some good wins.

Check out all the results here 

LEINSTER OPEN 2016

The Leinster Open took place at the weekend and was a great success. There was some super squash with the Women’s & Men’s A Finals both containing the top seeds – Sophie O’Rourke played Hannah Craig and Sean Conroy played Steve Richardson.

In the Women’s final it was a really super match. Sophie worked really hard to level the game at 2 all but the effort she put in doing this went against her in the 5th where she was very tired. Hannah was very determined and playing some really super squash closed out the match. In the Men’s final the ever young, Steve Richardson played the young Sean Conroy. In a match with some scintillating rallies and some super retrieving from both players, the crowd were on the edge of their seats. Sean is a full time professional, now based in Bristol but Steve was able to keep up to the pace, which belied his older age. It was very close, but in the end Sean won it 3-1.

In the A/B play off Conor Moran and Dara O’Flynn won their last matches to finish top of the play off. In the Men’s C section Frank Donnelly played John Doyle from Wexford. In getting to the final, Frank played some lovely controlled squash, showing all his experience. John finally won it 3-2, in another great final.

Friday, December 16, 2016 to Sunday, December 18, 2016

Tournament days

• FRI16DEC
• SAT17DEC
• SUN18DEC

At the Swiss Junior Open in Langnau am Albis last weekend. 13 IRISH players participated.

All 13 players played superbly in an event with a very high standard of players from all over Europe.

The highlights were a victory for Sophie O’Rourke in the U17’s and Denis Gilevskiy in the U13’s. Scott Gillanders had a great match in the final of the U17’s but just lost out to a strong Czech player, Ondrej Vorlicek. Hannah Craig also got to the semi final of the U19’s, losing to Georgina Adderley from Scotland, the eventual winner.

The other IRISH players who played were:

Sam Buckley

Jake Creaven

Michael Creaven

Sean Dineen

Oisin Dunne

Oscar Kehoe

Conor Moran

Stephanie Ryan

Alex Smith

For all results see HERE For some pictures from the Open see HERE

In the November’s ESF Junior ranking  Dylan Moran raised to #3 position in the Boys U13 group, his highest ranking ever.  Well done Dylan!

This age group and Boys U17 look particularly strong for Ireland with two players in top-10 in each of them and many other staying very close.

There are also two Irish girls Hannah and Stephanie in the top-10 of Girls Under 19.

The full list of Irish players in the ESF top-10:

Oisin Dunne 10-th (BU-19)

Hannah Craig 6-th (GU-19)

Stephanie Ryan 9-th (GU-19)

Conor Moran 5-th (BU-17)

Scott Gillanders 7-th (BU-17)

Denis Gilevskiy 1-st (BU-13)

Dylan Moran 3-rd (BU-13)

Well done to all who participate in Swiss Junior Open (Super Series) last weekend and best of luck to all Irish juniors competing in Leinster Senior Open this weekend.

For all rankings see here –

http://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/ranking.aspx?rid=90

The IRISH JUNIOR OPEN took place in Sutton and Aer Lingus Squash Clubs from the 25th -27th of November. With over 130 players entered from 9 countries it was a wonderful weekend of squash. There were 3 Irish winners, Denis Gilevskiy in the U13’s, Sophie O’Rourke in the U17’s & Hannah Craig in the U19’s, with many other super Irish performances.

Results

Boys U13 Final – Denis Gilveskiy (Ire) bt Knut Hogervorst (Neth) 3-1

Girls U13 Final – Asia Harris (Eng) bt Hannah McGugan (Ire) 3-1

Boys U15 Final – Max Forster (Eng) bt Daniel Haggarty (Eng) 3-0

Girls U15 Final – Margot Prot (Eng) bt Brenda Jiatong Li (Ire) 3-0

Boys U17 Final – Alasdair Prott bt Oscar Beach (Eng) 3-0

Girls U17 Final – Sophie O’Rourke (Ire) bt Ellie McVeigh (Ire) 3-0

Boys U19 Final – Nicholas Wall (Eng) bt Elliot Morris (Wal) 3-0

Girls U19 Final – Hannah Craig bt Stephanie Ryan (Ire) 3-2

All results available here – http://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=C6C505D5-3601-4EFE-BC8A-6209CC55B3D4

The IRISH JUNIOR OPEN 2016 matches from Court 1 in Sutton LTC are available to watch on the IRISH SQUASH You Tube Channel – Watch it HERE

IRISH JUNIOR OPEN 2016

The 2016 IRISH JUNIOR OPEN will take place from the 25th – 27th of November. Once again the Open will be held at the super facilities of Sutton LTC & Aer Lingus Squash Club (ALSAA).

Last year the Open had over 130 players from 7 countries. This year we expect even more.

• First Round Match Times (published – updated 24/11/2016)
• Full Draws (published 24/11/2016)

This is the final draft of the draw. As of today (24/11/2016), no further changes to match times will be facilitated. In accordance with the ESF guidelines, please make yourself known to the tournament organisers at the venue 15 minutes before your scheduled match to avoid penalties.