Last weekend saw  the start of the Under 19 individual and team championships. David Ryan was the sole Irish representative in the individual event.

David finished 5th in the U/19 European Individuals Championships, losing only to Angus Gillams, No: 2 seed. David seeded 5/6, played Petr Zatrepalek [25/32] in the first round winning 3/1. He then took on Finland No:1 player Jami Äijänen [13/16] winning 3/1 again and going forward to play the No:2 seed Angus Gillams from England. David lost this match in a tight 3/0 on the Glass Court and it was obvious that our players need more experience on the Glass courts.

He was now playing off for 5th – 8th Places. His next opponent was Baptiste Masotti [9/12] of France, which he won 11-311-96-1111-6 and his final match of the Tournament was against French No:1 Auguste Dussourd [7/8] who he lost to in the French Junior Open. David played excellent Squash on the Glass Clout having taken time to practice on it earlier that day.

Losing only one of 5 matches is a great result.  The U/19 European Squash Championships starts on Wednesday 16th April with the team consisting of Fiona Power, Griffin Gillanders, Michael Craig, Oisin Logan and David Ryan representing Ireland.

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ireland who are 5th seeds, are in a pool with Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and Turkey. The first match was an easy 3-0 vs. Turkey. Finland who are seeded 4th are the team to beat in the pool for Ireland to advance to the semi finals. They play each other on Friday at 1.30pm Irish time on the glass court.

In their 2nd match Ireland beat Switzerland 2-1 on Thursday afternoon. Oisin Logan and Michael Craig had 3-0 victories but unfortunatly Griffin Gillanders lost her match 3-0.

The next match is vs. Finland on Good Friday afternoon while they play Denmark on Friday evening.

Ireland – Turkey: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland	–	Turkey	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Fiona Power	–	Büsra Dokgöz	11-3 11-3 11-2	1-0
2	MS1	Michael Craig	–	Ergin Yörükoglu	11-1 11-2 11-1	1-0
3	MS2	Oisin Logan	–	Ahmet Uğurlu	11-3 11-0 11-5	1-0

Ireland – Switzerland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland	–	Switzerland	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Griffin Gillanders	–	Céline Walser	5-11 4-11 9-11	0-1
2	MS1	Michael Craig	–	Dimitri Steinmann	11-7 11-9 11-5	1-0
3	MS2	Oisin Logan	–	Dennis Grüter	13-11 11-5 11-9	1-0

The Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2014 Facebook page

Dublin’s premier squash event – the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2014 – are beginning on April 23rd, boasting a plethora of great international and Irish squash professionals! With only a few more days to go, we are happy to announce a couple of ways through which you can stay up to date on the latest news and information all around the upcoming Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2014 Squash tourney. While we’ll be posting a daily report on this very website, we’ll also be spreading the word (as well as photos, links, and other tidbits) via these channels:

+ Facebook

+ Twitter

+ Google+

+ Squashsite.co.uk

+ Live Aertv.ie streaming 

We’d love to gather a bit of a following, so please help us by sharing these resources. And don’t forget, we will be providing live streams on aertv.ie, including live commentary! – Dan Z.

The Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2014 Facebook page

Dublin’s premier squash event – the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2014 – are beginning on April 23rd, boasting a plethora of great international and Irish squash professionals! With only a few more days to go, we are happy to announce a couple of ways through which you can stay up to date on the latest news and information all around the upcoming Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2014 Squash tourney. While we’ll be posting a daily report on this very website, we’ll also be spreading the word (as well as photos, links, and other tidbits) via these channels:

+ Facebook

+ Twitter

+ Google+

+ Squashsite.co.uk

+ Live Aertv.ie streaming 

We’d love to gather a bit of a following, so please help us by sharing these resources. And don’t forget, we will be providing live streams on aertv.ie, including live commentary! – Dan Z.

Thanks to Trinity College Squash Club – 37 children from City Quay got a taste for Squash thanks to the hard work and efforts of Elvy Da Costa and his team of six Trinity student coaches who volunteered their time and squash skills over the past 8 weeks to help teach 37 children from City Quay 5th and 6th classes the foundations of Squash.

This was a group of fifth and sixth class primary school children who have been getting squash coaching at TCD. Elvy Da Costa with the help of six Trinity students has given them a great grounding in the sport teaching all sorts of ball skills as well as how to score and ref the game. Elvy was recently voted Trinity Coach of the Year beating stiff competition across a wide range of sports.

‘Watching the coaches playing was a great experience for them,’ their teacher said. ‘They saw how to implement the skills which they were learning’.

These children are now leaving Primary School and may not get another chance to play squash for years to come, but having had such an excellent grounding at a very impressionable age there is a good chance that some of them will come back to it in the future.

This is a great initiative and a great credit to all those involved. Irish Squash are keen to see similar programs run in other Universities and Colleges throughout Ireland so that squash is exposed to a wider audience. If you think you could help in organising such a program – please e-mail the Irish Squash office at [email protected]

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On Saturday 5th April  the All Ireland Club finals took place at Sutton LTC, Dublin. Organised by Ed Dunne & Eoin Ryan there were some great matches played.

In the morning Fitzwilliam played Leinster CC where despite Derek Ryan losing to Mike Harris Fitzwilliam won to get through to the final where they played the host club Sutton.

Fitwzwilliam came through to win the club championship again for 2014.

The event was Live Streamed on IRISH SQUASH TV HERE and matches will be available to view shortly  – http://sportslive.aertv.ie/video/?bctid=3426757432001

ALL IRELAND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS – SATURDAY 5th APRIL 2014

The weekend of 28th – 30th March 2014 saw the 5 Nations international between the top Under 13 & 15 players from Ireland, France, Wales, England & Scotland played.

Ireland had a super silver medal in the Under 13s and a very credible bronze in the Under 15s. The Under 13’s team (pictured on the right) of Conor Moran, Sam Buckley, Gavin L’Estrange, Hugh Tobin, Emma McGugan, Katherine Bolger & Roisin Kirwan had 3 great wins over Wales, Scotland and France, 3-2 in all matches.

The under 15’s had 2 good wins over Wales and Scotland. The team(pictured below) was: Scott Gillanders, Stephen Hearst, Sean Dineen, Ryan Kelly, Ellie McVeigh, Sophie O’Rourke & Victoria White.

The matches were being played in Mount Pleasant where Ireland played all their matches and also in Leinster CC

FOR GALLERY OF PHOTOS OF THE WEEKEND

KINDLY TAKEN BY HENRY GILLANDERS SEE BELOW

FULL RESULTS