Entry is now open for the 2015 Mount Pleasant Open which takes place from January 23rd – 25th.
To enter click HERE
| Venue: | Mount Pleasant LTC & Leinster CC | ||
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| Email: | [email protected] |
| Name: | Henry Gillanders & Aidan Coppinger |
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| Phone: | 00353876868168 |
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| Men’s A, A/B Play Off, Women’s A, Women’s B, Men’s B, Men’s C, Men’s D |
| Entry open: | Friday, December 19, 2014 12:00 AM (GMT) |
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| Entry deadline: | Friday, January 16, 2015 11:59 PM (GMT) |
| Withdrawal deadline: | Monday, January 19, 2015 11:59 PM (GMT) |
Friday, January 23, 2015 to Sunday, January 25, 2015
Squash Player, Madeline Perry announced as ‘Sportswoman of the Month’ for December 2013
Dublin, Wednesday, 8th January, 2014 – Squash Player, Madeline Perry has today been named The Irish Times / Irish Sports Council ‘Sportswoman of the Month’ for December 2013. This is following her success at the National Squash Championships in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin.
Irish No.1 Madeline Perry recently won her 14th women’s title at the National Squash Championships. Last year, Aisling Blake had ended Perry’s winning streak. However, this year Perry faced international player Laura Mylotte in the final and won the match comfortably in three games with a final score of 3-0 to Madeline, 11-4, 11-3, 11-5.
Madeline has been very successful over the past few years reaching the Quarter Finals of the World Open in 2009, winning the Australian Open the following year. 2011 saw the experienced player finish runner-up in the KL Open, before winning the Singapore Masters event later that summer. She reached the quarter final of the 2012 World Open.
The accolade of winning The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council ‘Sportswoman of the Month’ means Madeline will be the first of 12 sportswomen to be in the running for the prestigious title of ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ at an awards ceremony in December 2014.
Established in 2004, the Sportswoman of the Year Awards recognise the abilities and achievements of women in Irish sports. The awards run over a 12-month period, with the judges selecting a winner each month for her ability to excel at sport. The overall Sportswoman of the Year is selected from the monthly winners, and announced in December.
Further details on the Sportswoman of the Year Awards can be found onhttp://www.irishtimes.com/sport/sportswoman-of-the-year
The Men’s U19 World Championships are taking place next August in Namibia, just north west of South Africa. There is fundraising taking place for the Irish ream to help with costs for this long journey.
The squad members listed below will be looking for your support over the next few weeks so please help as much as you can. The draw is for two Category 1 tickets for the Ireland v Wales rugby international in Dublin on 8th February 2014
RYAN WINS HIS 7th BELVO OPENDerek Ryan won an unprecedented seventh Old Belvedere Open Championship on Saturday night. The former World No 7 and current Irish number two once again overcame a 16 year age gap to beat current Irish number three Brian Byrne 11/8 in the fifth set in a thrilling match lasting 1 hour and 10 minutes.
The final match at the Donnybrook club’s 51st annual open & handicap tournament featured shot-making and retrieving of the highest order. Byrne, who had the tougher semi-final earlier in the day (winning 3-1 against an inspired Sean Conroy) showed no signs of tiredness as he covered every inch of court number one, prolonging the early exchanges to deplete his elder opponent’s reserves. Wonderful play by both players with very few unforced errors ensured a tight scoreline until Ryan finally clinched the first game.
After a gruelling opening, Ryan seemed to falter and conceded the second game quickly. In the third, a packed crowd witnessed sequences of inch perfect backhand drops by both players, and bursts of powerful forehand drives by Ryan. But Byrne’s dynamic all-court presence, driving length game, and attacking volley boasts kept his opponent on the run and he established a 2-1 lead after a fiercely contested third set. A visibly frustrated and tiring Ryan now had to find a way to stage a comeback.
Frequently during the match the quality of Byrne’s movement left a packed gallery gasping while Byrne himself seemed almost untroubled by the effort. On several occasions he looped around the much taller Ryan to retrieve dying lengths at the back of the court, covering huge arcs of the court surface in the process. There is something almost superhuman about Byrne’s near-gymnastic athleticism. At one point he was sent across to the right court by a delayed backhand drive but he somehow managed to spring back against all the forces shearing his body in the other direction to meet the shot with a fierce drive of his own.
As the match wore on, Ryan deployed several corkscrew lobs to regain time and position. Keeping Byrne on the move, he seemed to summon up opportunities for winners with increased frequency, as if willing them from the depths of his playing memory. As the match entered its final phase, there was no doubt that the class of shots honed during a long career on the professional world tour was beginning to tell as he snatched the fourth game. 2-2.
In the fifth, the unforgiving pace abated and shot-making rather than retrieving now defined the character of the game. Ryan sought opportunities to control the speed of play and began to punctuate rallies by debating close calls first with the referee and then with himself when the official declined to engage. At one point, with calculated good humour, the Fitzwilliam player stopped to ask if he might be allowed a rest on the basis of seasonal goodwill. Byrne, showing a cool head and trademark patience, was unruffled and got back to the job at hand after each brief pause but the momentum had swung back to a recovering Ryan. The relentless pressure of Byrne’s exceptional retrieving was eased. Ryan had now engineered more time and energy to craft openings and he began to play his shots with greater precision. A couple of unforced tins crept into Byrne’s game and suddenly it was match point to Ryan.
It is, in fact, exactly 20 years since Derek Ryan first won the Open at Belvedere – an outstanding span of achievement in such an attritional sport. Victory in this championship also marked another 3-2 win for Derek in a remarkable recent series of matches between the two players. “Experience”, in Ryan’s own words, may have won the day this time and that was certainly part of the story. However the quality and imagination in his shotmaking coupled with an innate drive to win also saw him across the finish line.
The crowd, which included members of clubs such as Leinster, Fitzwilliam, Sandycove, Mount Pleasant, Sutton, Westwood, the Curragh and Belvedere itself, many of whom also took part during the week, applauded both a worthy winner and a talented and tenacious opponent. This was perhaps the best final seen at the club in recent memory. It capped a successful and entertaining festive week of squash with a high standard of players entering in the championship itself and some 70 players competing in all sections.
Simon Rogals, Old Belvedere Squash Club
FOR FULL RESULTS AND SCORES SEE HERE:
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=3894F5F8-69AC-44F9-A000-483B36832305
The next senior tour event – The Mount Pleasant Open is now open for entries. The tournament takes place from the 24th January to 26th.
Go to: http://wsf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=9159642C-240E-41BC-B645-DCB44BE676F4
Closing date Sunday 12th January 2014
Irish Squash today named Eoin Ryan Coach of the Year 2013. This is a new annual award created to recognise the hard work and effort of Squash Coaches across Ireland and to reward success and development in Squash Coaching.
Eoin is based in Sutton Lawn Tennis Club and has coached at all levels for over 25 years. He currently coaches over 120 junior players and his coaching programmes have brought juniors from beginner to a National and International stage with many of his players competing and winning at top European and International events.
We would like to congratulate Eoin on winning this award and wish him every success in the coming season and thank him for ongoing contribution to Squash in Ireland.
Last weekend the National Squash Championships, took place at Fitzwilliam LTC. The event was a great success with superb squash being played by Ireland’s top players. There were 5 sections played – Women’s A, Men’s A & B, Men’s Over 35 and Men’s Over 40.
With an entry of nearly 80 players there were over 160 individual matches played over Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
In the women’s event three of Ireland’s silver medal winning team from the European Championships last May played – Madeline Perry as No. 1 seed, Laura Mylotte @ No. 2 and Ciara Moloney No. 3. The 4th member of that team Aisling Blake, the defending champion is injured with her back and unfortunately couldn’t defend her title.
This year for the first time the Nationals were Live Streamed on IRISH SQUASH TV. The matches that were streamed live will be available to view on demand here later this week.
In the women’s final Madeline Perry as No. 1 seed, played Laura Mylotte No. 2 in a hard fought final. In the final analysis Madeline’s pace and accuracy were World-class and just too much for Laura. There were many fine rallies in the match but in the end it went 3-0 to Madeline, 11-4, 11-3,11-5
The Men’s A finalists were defending champion Derek Ryan and Irish number 1, Arthur Gaskin – the same line up as last year. There were many superb rallies with great athleticism shown from both players. Arthur raced into a commanding lead in the first game and won it 11-2. He repeated this in the second game making practically no errors and won it again 11-2. In the third Gaskin went 6-3 up but Ryan brought it back to 7 all and pushed it outo 9-7. Ryan won the 3rd 11-7 to take it to a 4th game. With both players tiring the younger Gaskin took a 6-1 lead, then 7-1 and went on to close it out 11-3 to win his 2nd Senior National title.
MEN
A. Gaskin bt D. Ryan 3-1 (11-2, 11-2, 7-11, 11-3)
WOMEN
M. Perry bt L. Mylotte 3-0 – (11-4, 11-3, 11-5)
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Last weekend the National Squash Championships, took place at Fitzwilliam LTC. The event was a great success with superb squash being played by Ireland’s top players. There were 5 sections played – Women’s A, Men’s A & B, Men’s Over 35 and Men’s Over 40.
With an entry of nearly 80 players there were over 160 individual matches played over Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
In the women’s event three of Ireland’s silver medal winning team from the European Championships last May played – Madeline Perry as No. 1 seed, Laura Mylotte @ No. 2 and Ciara Moloney No. 3. The 4th member of that team Aisling Blake, the defending champion is injured with her back and unfortunately couldn’t defend her title.
This year for the first time the Nationals were Live Streamed on IRISH SQUASH TV. The matches that were streamed live will be available to view on demand here later this week.
In the women’s final Madeline Perry as No. 1 seed, played Laura Mylotte No. 2 in a hard fought final. In the final analysis Madeline’s pace and accuracy were World-class and just too much for Laura. There were many fine rallies in the match but in the end it went 3-0 to Madeline, 11-4, 11-3,11-5
The Men’s A finalists were defending champion Derek Ryan and Irish number 1, Arthur Gaskin – the same line up as last year. There were many superb rallies with great athleticism shown from both players. Arthur raced into a commanding lead in the first game and won it 11-2. He repeated this in the second game making practically no errors and won it again 11-2. In the third Gaskin went 6-3 up but Ryan brought it back to 7 all and pushed it outo 9-7. Ryan won the 3rd 11-7 to take it to a 4th game. With both players tiring the younger Gaskin took a 6-1 lead, then 7-1 and went on to close it out 11-3 to win his 2nd Senior National title.
MEN
A. Gaskin bt D. Ryan 3-1 (11-2, 11-2, 7-11, 11-3)
WOMEN
M. Perry bt L. Mylotte 3-0 – (11-4, 11-3, 11-5)
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