Belgian Junior Open
A really strong showing by the Irish at the Belgian Junior Open in Herentals
The first day was very successful with the Irish winning 12 out of 13 matches.
(The one loss was due to injury!)
A total of 6 Irish players were involved in semi- finals, unfortunately there were no winners but
we finished with four bronze medals.
There is no doubt that our Irish junior players are capable of competing and winning at the highest levels.
Notable mention goes to young Denis Gilevskiy, at 9 years, wining his first 2 matches in U13 to announce to all that there will be another major force in Irish Junior Squash in the near future. Sad for Cillian Dunne who surcumed to a hamstring injury in his first match.
Final results:
David Ryan 3rd
Nikita Gilevskiy 3rd
Griffin Gillanders 3rd
Stephanie Ryan 4th
Luke Logan 4rd
Scott Gillanders 5th
Conor Moran 3rd
Sam Buckley 4th
Entries are now open for the Swedish Junior Open 2014.
Please click on this link for entry form.
French Junior Open (Super Series) – 20th-23rd February 2014, Lille
To enter click on this link
http://www.europeansquash.com/juniors/junior-calendar/details/304-french-junior-open-2014-ss.html
LEINSTER MASTERS OPEN
Sponsored by NUA Healthcare
Fitzwilliam L.T.C. 1st & 2nd November 2013
Full results can be found HERE
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Pictured from top, left to right, J Gorham, Finalist – Ladies Over 45, S Abernethy, Winner – Ladies Over 45, S Abernethy, Winner – Ladies Over 45
T Kealy, Finalist – Mens Over 65 ‘B’, D Hanrahan, Winner – Mens Over 65 ‘B’, S Daly, Winner – Mens Over 65 ‘A’
K Hurley, Winner – Mens Over 60, G Mc Goldrick, Winner Mens Over 55 ‘B’, M Mc Donnell, Finalist – Mens Over 55 ‘A’
REMINDER TO ENTER IRISH JUNIOR OPEN – Closing Date this Friday November 1st.
Entries for the 2013 Irish Junior Open are now being accepted.
When: 22nd – 24th Nov
Where: Leinster – Sutton LTC & ALSAA Sports Club
See here for entry form
ULSTER SENIOR OPEN – NATIONAL TOUR EVENT No. 3
The Ulster Senior Open takes place on the 25/27th of October in Ballyearl SC, Newtonabbey, Co. Antrim but due to technical issue at the venue will not be streamed live this weekend.
Sorry about this but it was beyond the control of Irish Squash. However we definitly be streaming live the Leinster Senior Open on November 15th – 17th. All other Senior tour events will also be streamed live this season, as well as the Irish Junior Open in November and Senior Open in April. Irish Squash will also strem live the Under13/15 Five Nations tournament in March featuring Ireland, France, Scotland, England and Wales. Other events to be streamed live including some Masters Opens may also be streamed live. A calendarof all events to be streamed live will be published shortly.
For full draw and results see HERE
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Friday, October 25, 2013 to Sunday, October 27, 2013
18 October 2013
RESULTS: Women’s Delaware Investments US Open, Philadelphia, USA
Semi-finals: [1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [5] Joelle King (NZL) 14-12, 11-4, 11-6 (38m) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (86m)
Top seeds Nicol David and Laura Massaro will contest the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Championship final at Drexel University in Philadelphia after coming through contrasting semi-finals of the Women’s Squash Association World Series Platinum event, which – for the first time ever – is providing equal prize money to the men’s event.
Second seed Massaro, the world No2 from England, reached her second US Open final in three years – but needed five games and almost one and a half hours to get past surprise opponent Low Wee Wern, the No6 seed from Malaysia who ousted last year’s Egyptian runner-up Raneem El Weleily in the previous round.
Massaro (pictured, right, with Low) recovered from 1-4 to take the first game 11-6. The Malaysian underdog was ahead for most of the second game before drawing level.
Again the next two games were shared, 29-year-old Massaro reclaiming the lead after the third and her 23-year-old seven-ranked opponent coming back from 1-4 down to take the fourth.
The Englishwoman took the lead in the decider, 3-1 then 6-4, but a determined Low brought it back to seven-all.
Massaro again took the lead at 8-7 before appealing a let which was over-ruled into a stroke for 9-7. A winning boast and a crosscourt dropshot gave Massaro the 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 victory after 86 minutes.
“I started well, it’s just a pity I couldn’t carry on like that for the whole match,” said Lancashire lass Massaro. “But she played well, she’s like a human sponge, she just keeps soaking everything up and you end up just having to go for something.
“It’s great to be back in the final in a big event like this. It was a long break over the summer so it feels good to be back playing these events again.”
It took less than half the time for favourite Nicol David to earn her place in the final for the second year in a row.
The world number one faced Joelle King, the No5 seed from New Zealand. Playing with her usual authority, David (pictured right, with King) led 8-2 in the opening game. But the Kiwi world No5 mounted an impressive comeback, drawing level at eight-all before moving ahead to game ball at 10-9.
The world number one held firm though, taking the game 14-12 – and soon after wrapping up the match 14-12, 11-4, 11-6 in 38 minutes to move one step closer to becoming the first player for more than 20 years to successfully defend the US Open title.
“I started well but Joelle came back strong at the end of the first,” said David. “I told myself I couldn’t let her get that one, so I dug in, then managed to push through in the next two games.
“It’s good to be back in the final. I’ll just rest up, focus on what I need to do and go out and give it all.”
David is celebrating the 88th WSA Tour final of her career, while Massaro is marking her 25th.
Event website: www.usopensquash.com
For all the latest WSA Tour news: wsaworldtour.com
17 October 2013
RESULTS: Women’s Delaware Investments US Open, Philadelphia, USA
Quarter-finals (lower half of draw): [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 (66m) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [9] Kasey Brown (AUS) 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (55m)
In her first ever victory over the world No3 from Egypt, Low Wee Wern upset 2012 runner-up Raneem El Weleily in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Championship at Drexel University in Philadelphia to ensure double Malaysian interest in the semi-finals for the first time in the event’s history.
The sixth seed from Penang, who has never before progressed beyond the first round, will meet second seed Laura Massaro in the semi-finals – joining defending champion and fellow Penangite Nicol David in the penultimate round.
Low came through a five-game thriller to progress to the last four of the Women’s Squash Association World Series Platinumevent which – for the first time ever – is providing equal prize money to the men’s event.
The Malaysian (pictured right with El Weleily) twice stemmed leads by third seed El Weleily before clinching her breakthrough 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 win in 66 minutes.
El Weleily pulled away from seven-all in the first to take the opening game. After 23-year-old Low levelled, it was the Egyptian who moved on from seven-all in the third to reclaim the lead.
The 24-year-old from Cairo looked on course for a second successive place in the semis as she led 7-4 in the fourth – but Low hung in to level at eight-all before two strokes took the match into a decider.
El Weleily’s error count suddenly increased dramatically as five tins gave the Malaysian underdog a 6-1 advantage. The Egyptian worked her way back, however, and edged ahead at 8-7.
But a successful appeal against a let turned into a stroke to give Low a 9-8 lead – then two more errors took the Malaysian into the semis.
“I feel like going back on for another game, the rallies were so hard it doesn’t feel like it’s all over,” said the jubilant winner. “It’s definitely one of my best wins, but there was no pressure on me going into the match, so I just had to stick in and that seemed to work in my favour today.”
World No2 Laura Massaro was up against surprise opponent Kasey Brown, and was eager to get revenge for the ninth-seeded Australian’s upset over her England team-mate Jenny Duncalf in the previous round.
Brown started strongly, building up leads 5-2 and 7-3. But Massaro (pictured right with Brown) fought back to level at eight-all and moved on to game-ball.
But the England number one from Preston lost out on a video review and Brown seized the chance to take the opening game.
Massaro came out strongly in the second – and ultimately controlled the next three games.
From 6-2 in the second and 7-3 up in the third, the 29-year-old soon established a 2/1 lead before closing out the match 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 after 55 minutes.
“We hadn’t played for a couple of years, so I had to get used to how Kasey plays, and she’s playing well at the moment,” said Massaro, the 2011 champion.
“She’s very strong down the middle so I had to adjust my game to counter that and I’m happy with how I played the last three games.”
Semi-final line-up: [1] Nicol David (MAS) v [5] Joelle King (NZL) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) v [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS)
Event website: www.usopensquash.com
For all the latest WSA Tour news: wsaworldtour.com
18 October 2013
RESULTS: Women’s Delaware Investments US Open, Philadelphia, USA
Semi-finals: [1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [5] Joelle King (NZL) 14-12, 11-4, 11-6 (38m) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (86m)
Top seeds Nicol David and Laura Massaro will contest the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Championship final at Drexel University in Philadelphia after coming through contrasting semi-finals of the Women’s Squash Association World Series Platinum event, which – for the first time ever – is providing equal prize money to the men’s event.
Second seed Massaro, the world No2 from England, reached her second US Open final in three years – but needed five games and almost one and a half hours to get past surprise opponent Low Wee Wern, the No6 seed from Malaysia who ousted last year’s Egyptian runner-up Raneem El Weleily in the previous round.
Massaro (pictured, right, with Low) recovered from 1-4 to take the first game 11-6. The Malaysian underdog was ahead for most of the second game before drawing level.
Again the next two games were shared, 29-year-old Massaro reclaiming the lead after the third and her 23-year-old seven-ranked opponent coming back from 1-4 down to take the fourth.
The Englishwoman took the lead in the decider, 3-1 then 6-4, but a determined Low brought it back to seven-all.
Massaro again took the lead at 8-7 before appealing a let which was over-ruled into a stroke for 9-7. A winning boast and a crosscourt dropshot gave Massaro the 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 victory after 86 minutes.
“I started well, it’s just a pity I couldn’t carry on like that for the whole match,” said Lancashire lass Massaro. “But she played well, she’s like a human sponge, she just keeps soaking everything up and you end up just having to go for something.
“It’s great to be back in the final in a big event like this. It was a long break over the summer so it feels good to be back playing these events again.”
It took less than half the time for favourite Nicol David to earn her place in the final for the second year in a row.
The world number one faced Joelle King, the No5 seed from New Zealand. Playing with her usual authority, David (pictured right, with King) led 8-2 in the opening game. But the Kiwi world No5 mounted an impressive comeback, drawing level at eight-all before moving ahead to game ball at 10-9.
The world number one held firm though, taking the game 14-12 – and soon after wrapping up the match 14-12, 11-4, 11-6 in 38 minutes to move one step closer to becoming the first player for more than 20 years to successfully defend the US Open title.
“I started well but Joelle came back strong at the end of the first,” said David. “I told myself I couldn’t let her get that one, so I dug in, then managed to push through in the next two games.
“It’s good to be back in the final. I’ll just rest up, focus on what I need to do and go out and give it all.”
David is celebrating the 88th WSA Tour final of her career, while Massaro is marking her 25th.
Event website: www.usopensquash.com
For all the latest WSA Tour news: wsaworldtour.com
17 October 2013
RESULTS: Women’s Delaware Investments US Open, Philadelphia, USA
Quarter-finals (lower half of draw): [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 (66m) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [9] Kasey Brown (AUS) 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (55m)
In her first ever victory over the world No3 from Egypt, Low Wee Wern upset 2012 runner-up Raneem El Weleily in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Championship at Drexel University in Philadelphia to ensure double Malaysian interest in the semi-finals for the first time in the event’s history.
The sixth seed from Penang, who has never before progressed beyond the first round, will meet second seed Laura Massaro in the semi-finals – joining defending champion and fellow Penangite Nicol David in the penultimate round.
Low came through a five-game thriller to progress to the last four of the Women’s Squash Association World Series Platinumevent which – for the first time ever – is providing equal prize money to the men’s event.
The Malaysian (pictured right with El Weleily) twice stemmed leads by third seed El Weleily before clinching her breakthrough 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 win in 66 minutes.
El Weleily pulled away from seven-all in the first to take the opening game. After 23-year-old Low levelled, it was the Egyptian who moved on from seven-all in the third to reclaim the lead.
The 24-year-old from Cairo looked on course for a second successive place in the semis as she led 7-4 in the fourth – but Low hung in to level at eight-all before two strokes took the match into a decider.
El Weleily’s error count suddenly increased dramatically as five tins gave the Malaysian underdog a 6-1 advantage. The Egyptian worked her way back, however, and edged ahead at 8-7.
But a successful appeal against a let turned into a stroke to give Low a 9-8 lead – then two more errors took the Malaysian into the semis.
“I feel like going back on for another game, the rallies were so hard it doesn’t feel like it’s all over,” said the jubilant winner. “It’s definitely one of my best wins, but there was no pressure on me going into the match, so I just had to stick in and that seemed to work in my favour today.”
World No2 Laura Massaro was up against surprise opponent Kasey Brown, and was eager to get revenge for the ninth-seeded Australian’s upset over her England team-mate Jenny Duncalf in the previous round.
Brown started strongly, building up leads 5-2 and 7-3. But Massaro (pictured right with Brown) fought back to level at eight-all and moved on to game-ball.
But the England number one from Preston lost out on a video review and Brown seized the chance to take the opening game.
Massaro came out strongly in the second – and ultimately controlled the next three games.
From 6-2 in the second and 7-3 up in the third, the 29-year-old soon established a 2/1 lead before closing out the match 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 after 55 minutes.
“We hadn’t played for a couple of years, so I had to get used to how Kasey plays, and she’s playing well at the moment,” said Massaro, the 2011 champion.
“She’s very strong down the middle so I had to adjust my game to counter that and I’m happy with how I played the last three games.”
Semi-final line-up: [1] Nicol David (MAS) v [5] Joelle King (NZL) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) v [6] Low Wee Wern (MAS)
Event website: www.usopensquash.com
For all the latest WSA Tour news: wsaworldtour.com
RESULTS: Women’s Delaware Investments US Open, Philadelphia, USA
Quarter-finals (top half of draw): [1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [8] Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (34m) [5] Joelle King (NZL) bt [4] Alison Waters (ENG) 12-10, 11-2, 11-3 (37m)
The defending champion Nicol David the world number one from Malaysia defeated Irish rival Madeline Perry 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 in 34 minutes.
“I knew I had to be on from the start,” said David (pictured right in action with Perry), bidding to become the first player for more
than 20 years to successfully defend the title. “Madeline is so strong from the middle and she had me on the run a lot of times so I had to work hard to stay in front.”
Perry, the world No.9 who went into the match with only one win over David in 22 meetings, was not unhappy with her performance: “I thought I played pretty well there, but it’s pretty warm on there and she was getting everything back.
“I thought I’d won some of the rallies three times over, but when she’s playing like that there’s not a lot you can do!” So a great effort from Madeline but playing such a tough player she did all she could do. Reaching the last 8 will also help her world ranking points.
New Zealand’s Joelle King earned herself a surprise second successive semi-final appearance in the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Championship after pulling off a notable upset over England’s No4 seed Alison Waters in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Squash Association World Series Platinum event which – for the first time ever – is providing equal prize money to the men’s event.
Londoner Waters, ranked four in the world, went into the match 3/1 ahead in previous Tour meetings – with a straight games win over the world No5 from Cambridge in their most recent clash in the KL Openin March.
King (pictured left, in US Open action with Waters) dominated the next two games, dropping just five points as she stormed to a 12-10, 11-2, 11-3 victory in 37 minutes.
“Quite often when you sneak a game, like I did the first, you can get on a roll like I did tonight,” said the 25-year-old New Zealand champion.
“Alison probably wasn’t at her best but I’m pleased with how I played and really happy to be in the semi-finals again. It’s been a long break so it’s good to be back plying tournaments again, and this is such a great one to do well in.”
Waters duly took a 6-2 lead in the opening game – but King worked her way back, taking five points in a row from 5-8 down to reach game ball as a let given to Waters was turned into a no let on video review.
Waters saved those game balls, but a stroke later put the Kiwi ahead.
