WOMEN

The July WSA World Rankings provide an unchanged top 10 after a quiet month on the WSA Tour.

Madeline Perry remains at world number 8 and Aisling Blake at number 26 in the July rankings.

Nicol David extends her stay at the top of the rankings for an 82^nd consecutive month. Laura Massaro remains the closest that anyone has been to closing that gap in over three years after success at the British Open in May.

Raneem El Weleily, Alison Waters and Joelle King remain no.3, no.4 and no.5 respectively.

The only change in the top 20 sees Sarah Kippax leap frog Nour El Tayeb to no.19, her highest ranking since January 2012.

Outside the top 20 a few players record career high rankings, Emily Whitlock at no.23, Deon Saffery at no.47 and Barossa Valley Open finalist Tong Tsz-Wing at no.49 making four Hong Kong players in the top 50 for the first time ever.

MEN

Arthur Gaskin remains at world number 94 for July after some good points gained in Australia recently. Ramy Ashour is a firm number 1 in the world after his British Open title win. All the other top 20 players are unchanged from the June rankings.

July 2013 – Women & Men:

WOMEN

MEN

1	Ramy Ashour
2	Gregory Gaultier
3	James Willstrop
4	Nick Matthew
5	Karim Darwish
6	Mohamed Elshorbagy
7	Peter Barker
8	Amr Shabana
9	Borja Golan
10	Tarek Momen
11	Omar Mosaad
12	Simon Rosner
13	Cameron Pilley
14	Daryl Selby
15	Alister Walker
16	Stephen Coppinger
17	Tom Richards
18	Laurens Jan Anjema
19	Miguel Angel Rodriguez
20	Saurav Ghosal

WOMEN

The July WSA World Rankings provide an unchanged top 10 after a quiet month on the WSA Tour.

Madeline Perry remains at world number 8 and Aisling Blake at number 26 in the July rankings.

Nicol David extends her stay at the top of the rankings for an 82^nd consecutive month. Laura Massaro remains the closest that anyone has been to closing that gap in over three years after success at the British Open in May.

Raneem El Weleily, Alison Waters and Joelle King remain no.3, no.4 and no.5 respectively.

The only change in the top 20 sees Sarah Kippax leap frog Nour El Tayeb to no.19, her highest ranking since January 2012.

Outside the top 20 a few players record career high rankings, Emily Whitlock at no.23, Deon Saffery at no.47 and Barossa Valley Open finalist Tong Tsz-Wing at no.49 making four Hong Kong players in the top 50 for the first time ever.

MEN

Arthur Gaskin remains at world number 94 for July after some good points gained in Australia recently. Ramy Ashour is a firm number 1 in the world after his British Open title win. All the other top 20 players are unchanged from the June rankings.

July 2013 – Women & Men:

WOMEN

MEN

1	Ramy Ashour
2	Gregory Gaultier
3	James Willstrop
4	Nick Matthew
5	Karim Darwish
6	Mohamed Elshorbagy
7	Peter Barker
8	Amr Shabana
9	Borja Golan
10	Tarek Momen
11	Omar Mosaad
12	Simon Rosner
13	Cameron Pilley
14	Daryl Selby
15	Alister Walker
16	Stephen Coppinger
17	Tom Richards
18	Laurens Jan Anjema
19	Miguel Angel Rodriguez
20	Saurav Ghosal

Westwood Summer Camp, Leopardstown, Dublin

Date      6^th 7^th 8^th and  13^th 14^th 15^th of August (Tuesday – Thursday)

Coach   Ed Dunne

Time      10:00 – 12:00 (including 15 minute break)

Cost       1 x week €50.00

2 x weeks €90.00

The plan is to limit the number of kids attending to only 6 per session – this will allow for individual attention for everyone and an average of only 2 per court.  The camp will focus on playing squash but will also include drills which will improve your child’s

• ·        Balance
• ·        Coordination
• ·        Fitness
• ·        Well being…

Other coaches/players will join in at some stage including:

Derek Ryan –        Ex world number 7, current Irish National Champion and club coach in West Wood

Paul Byrne –         Represented Ireland at national level

Irish Squash | Operations Manager

Irish Squash is the National Governing Body for Squash in Ireland. We proactively develop and promote squash throughout Ireland. We offer a comprehensive range of support and services at International, National, Regional and local levels including:

• Development and coaching for juniors and new players of all abilities
• Support, coaching and mentoring for professional squash players
• Development and coaching for juniors and new players of all abilities
• Coach Education Programmes
• International, National and Regional competitions for all ages and abilities
• Advice on Technical and Maintenance service for courts
• Structured Development Programmes for schools
• Promotion and marketing of Squash in Ireland

We are in the process of recruiting a full time Office Manager to work in Dublin with Irish Squash. Details and pre-requisites attached to the role are outlined below. Interested and suitably qualified candidates should send their CVs to [email protected]  outlining their interest in the position and their relevant experience.

Pre-Requisites for the role

The candidate will ideally be able to demonstrate skills and show experience in the following areas:

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office, Twitter, Facebook, WordPress (or similar) and YouTube
• Demonstrable Marketing and PR experience
• Proven ability to raise money through sponsorship
• A keen interest in sport and a working knowledge of Squash
• A third level degree or equivalent.

Deadline

Applicants should submit their CV to [email protected] by close of business Friday 26th July 2013. No applications received after that date will be considered.

Job Description

You shall, at all times during the course of your employment with Irish Squash, manage, co-ordinate, run and operate the day to day facilities of Irish Squash and, in connection with your role, shall have and carry out the following roles and responsibilities:-

Public Relations:

• Act as the key initial point of contact for Irish Squash and serve as its spokesperson in conjunction with the President or another designated Board Member
• Develop initiatives for the promotion and development of Irish Squash
• Endeavour to develop a relationship with the media, both local and national in order to further the awareness of Irish Squash
• Maintain and update the Irish Squash Website and database
• Represent Irish Squash at various conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings  as may be required from time to time
• Endeavour to initiate at least one fundraising activity per year of employment and to endeavour to obtain sponsors for the Irish Squash organized tournaments annually. These activities will be reported upon twice yearly at the board meetings

Strategy & Planning:

·         Assist the Board in designing and implementing an annual strategic plan for the promotion and development of Irish Squash

Administration

• Manage the Irish Squash office and day to day administration on a full-time basis
• Ensure that the Irish Squash office is manned during the relevant opening hours in the working week in accordance with the hours advertised to the public on the Irish Squash website
• Ensure all legal, regulatory and tax requirements are complied with including filings and returns.
• Monitor compliance with laws and regulations (including missives from the Irish Sports Council)
• Retain records and notes on all matters relating to the day to day running of Irish Squash

Tournaments:

• Assist Board Members and Provincial Representatives in the ‘timely’ preparation of the Irish Squash tournaments calendar
• Oversee the timely and structured organisation of Irish Squash teams playing in international events including but not limited to:
• Entering teams into tournaments
• Booking flights for teams
• Booking accommodation for teams
• Managing the team gear required for tournaments including Irish flags, pennants, national anthem music
• Preparing appropriate first aid kits for teams and organising vaccinations where required
• Delegate and liaise with relevant bodies and persons in the organisation/preparation of tournaments run by Irish Squash including but not limited to:
•     Irish Senior Nationals
•     Irish Junior Nationals
•     Irish Junior Open
•     Senior Grand Prix Tournaments
• Research and report to the Board on any international events which could be held under the auspices of Irish Squash and report at Board Meetings on the suitability of Irish Squash hosting these events. Liaise with any relevant bodies and organisations as necessary to seek information and arrange events.

Board Assistance:

• Attend at Board Meeting and prepare reports to the Board and the Irish Squash Council as and when required
• Assist the Secretary in the drafting and circulation of Board Meeting minutes
• Co-ordinate Board Meetings and Sub-Committee meetings
• Advise board on any matters that require consideration and action

 Financial:

• Prepare all relevant grant applications including liaising with the treasurer of Irish Sport
• Prepare annual grant application for submission to the Irish Sports Council
• Prepare reports to the Irish Sports Council as may be required
• Assist the Board in setting, allocating and tracking budgets throughout the year including reporting to the Board on any budgetary issues that arise
• Responsible for invoicing all affiliated clubs and members and reporting to report on collection of payments
• Ensure all cheques issued on behalf of Irish Squash are signed in accordance with the Irish Squash finance and banking rules
• Report to board on a monthly basis on income and expenditure of Irish Squash for the previous month and advise on any cash flow difficulties that are anticipated

You agree that the title of the job which the Office Manager is employed to do is specified above but Irish Squash reserves the right, as a condition of employment, to require you to carry out other duties associated with your function that are within your capabilities at such place of work as the organization from time to time reasonably require and specify and you specifically confirm, acknowledge and agree to the reservation of this right by Irish Squash and that the duties that might follow from the exercise of that right shall fall within the terms of your employment with Irish Squash.

Junior Squash

‘So what did you like about Squash?’ I asked the kids at City Quay School in the heart of Dublin City.

‘Well it was a bit smelly!’ someone volunteered.

One couldn’t argue with that, but I suppose it depends what you are comparing it with. Most of the girls in the class do dancing and majorettes outside of school time so that can’t be too ‘smelly’, but the boys nearly all play soccer – enough said.

This was a group of sixth class primary school children who have been getting free squash coaching at TCD over the last two years, courtesy of Irish Squash. 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.

‘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.

A number of schools have jumped at the chance of the free lessons, but it is always  a struggle to get schools on board as Squash is competing with so many other sports which have a higher profile and well financed sporting bodies behind them. Apparently school principals are inundated with calls from every sport one can imagine.

Irish Squash is to be congratulated on its efforts to promote the game of squash nationwide paying coaches to provide free lessons for any schools willing to make a commitment either during school hours or after school.

Deirdre Davys

Squash Summer Camp 2013 – Sutton LTC with Eoin Ryan

Who: For Juniors

When: Week 1 – 22nd – 26th July (Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri)

Week 2- 6th – 9th August (Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri)

Week 3- 12th – 16th August (Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri)

Limited to 12 pupils per session

Click HERE for all details

Click HERE for all details.

Irish Squash has been lobbying Pat Hickey, President , Olympic Council of Ireland and key member of the IOC Executive board for the inclusion of squash in the Summer games of 2020, as part of the worldwide campaign to bring our great game into the Olympic family.

Mr. Hickey is one of only 16 members of the board and has general overall responsibility for the administration of the IOC which includes the procedure for acceptance and selection of candidatures for the organisation of the Olympic Games.

Irish Squash president, Ed Dunne, Past President, Tom Cantwell and former board member and Chairperson of the Irish Open, Gina Menzies had a very successful meeting with Pat Hickey the week before the vote in St. Petersburg. Mr. Hickey had positive words of support for squash to be included in the 2020 games and was very positive about squash in general.

As we know Squash has been shortlisted with Baseball & Wrestling for the vote at the final IOC executive board meeting in Buenos Aires in early September.

The lobbying campaign by Irish Squash will continue and see HERE a letter of congratulation from Pat Hickey and an invitation to meet him again before the final meeting in Buenos Aires.

Squash Summer Camp 2013 – Mount Pleasant LTC with Max Gillanders

Who: For children aged 6 – 12 yrs.

When: July 22nd – 26th 10am – 3pm & Aug 5th – 9th 10am – 3pm

Click HERE for all details.

Introduction

In partnership with the University of Ulster and supported by the Irish Sports Council and Coaching Ireland, Gymnastics Ireland is proud to present the GymEDGE Sports Coach Development Programme.

The programme involves a series of workshops, using core fundamental gymnastics skills and training techniques to assist coaches to build the “complete athlete or player”, giving athletes the “the edge”.

The GymEDGE programme is a continuous professional development tool for any coach, from any sport, with any ability, who is interested in making their athletes or players better at their own sports by giving them the edge. It is internationally recognised that Gymnastics as a sport provides key skill sets that can assist other sports develop the complete athlete or player.

Irish Squash recommend coaches attend these workshops to further their knowledge and expertise. If you are interested in attending any of these workshops please e-mail [email protected] with your details and location.

Workshops

The programme includes 3 individual workshops:

• Fundamental Movement Skills (F.M.S)  – Practical based, focusing on the benefits of Gymnastic FMS for all sports
• Flexibility and Stretching – Dynamic and developmental stretching ideas, techniques and training programmes
• Physical Preparation and Conditioning– Gymnastics-based full body conditioning exercises, techniques and training programmes

Further Information

Please click on the links below for more information:

• Upcoming Workshops
• Outline of the F.M.S Workshop 
• General Information Flyer
• Supporting Testimonials – General Flyer
• Supporting Testimonials – Des Ryan: Irish Rugby Football Union Fitness Education Manager
• Supporting Testimonials – Ian McKeown: Strength & Conditioning Coach; Sports Institute Northern Ireland ( SINI ) – GAA Programme

The next Irish Squash Club Development course will take place in Belfast and is scheduled to commence mid July.

The course runs from 9:30 – 5:00pm each day – please arrive from 9:00am to register and complete paperwork.

This programme requires you to work with a support coach for the logged practice requirement element of the course. Please talk to Irish Squash or your local coach about help and support in this area. You should also talk to the club or squash centre you plan to provide the coaching in after you have finished the course. Please also read through this article on safeguarding children prior to attending the course.

Payment for the course must be received before the start of the course.

If you are interested in attending this course or have any queries please e-mail the Irish Squash office or Dorothy Armstrong in Ulster Squash