Galway Lawn Tennis Club in association with Racketlon Ireland are delighted to announce the country’s first ever International Racketlon tournament which will be held in the Salthill club over the weekend 20th-22nd June.
The West of Ireland Racketlon Open 2014 is an exciting addition to the club’s calendar and we are privileged to host the event. Racketlon is a sport for the racket enthusiast where you challenge your opponent in each of the four racket sports; table tennis, badminton, squash, and tennis consecutively one after the other in that order. For rules and regulations see www.racketlon.net
Racketlon Tournaments are open to all standards of player from novice to elite. Our elite Men’s and Women’s section which will feature some of the sport’s top players from Ireland, the UK, mainland Europe, and further afield. We fully expect that many of you will be a club player in one sport and may have little or no experience in the others, while some of you may have played all four sports at varying levels. The event will form part of the
International Racketlon World Tour with challenger status.
We are hoping for a bumper entry and are encouraging anyone who is interested in this new and novel sport to take the plunge and enter!
Venue
Galway Lawn Tennis Club, Threadneedle Road, Salthill, Galway, Ireland.
Tel: +353-91-522353
web: www.gltc.ie
E-Mail: [email protected]
The Board of Irish Squash would like to pass on its sympathy to Michael Hynes and his family on the recent loss of their son, Matthias.
A memorial mass for Matthias will be held this Saturday 14th of June at 12pm in Salthill Church.
Michael is a past President of Irish Squash and Connacht Squash.
May Matthias rest in peace.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Sean Conroy – Ireland’s latest professional entrant onto the PSA tour played in the Semi-finals of the Madrid Open against Christopher Andre (the no.2 seed) today but lost out to him – Christophe Andre (FRA) bt Sean Conroy (IRL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 (27m). This was agreat placing for Sean as he was a lucky loser from the qualifiers and came through the last 16 & 8 to make the semis. Very encouraging for Ireland’s newest professional.
The Madrid Open is part of the PSA World Tour and it takes place in Conbendai Castellana in Madrid. Spain’s capital is hosting the game’s up-and-coming players as they go head-to-head in an event that is set to delight Spain’s growing squash scene.
9th Annual General Meeting of Irish Squash Federation Ltd
This year’s AGM will commence at 2.00pm on Sunday, 8th June 2014
in Irish Sport HQ, National Sports Campus, Blanchardstown Dublin 15.
President
Chairperson
Hon Secretary
Hon Treasurer
Coaching Secretary
Junior Administrator
Masters’ Secretary
Refereeing Secretary
Senior Convenor
National Children’s Officer
Note:
As is customary, it is intended that there will be a meeting of the new Board shortly after the AGM.
N.B. The Nominations of Club Representative and Alternative Representative; the Nomination of Representatives designated by a Provincial Association and the Nomination for Election to Position on the Board of Irish Squash should be submitted to the Irish Squash Office not later than 5.00pm on Friday 30th May 2014.
Congratulations to Shelley and Derek Ryan on the birth of their new daughter this week. Born on Sunday 18th May both baby and mother are doing well. This is Shelley’s & Derek’s first child and all in Irish Squash look forward to a future women’s champion in about 20 years or less!!
Great news – Congratulations once again!
Congratulations to Shelley and Derek Ryan on the birth of their new daughter this week. Born on Sunday 18th May both baby and mother are doing well. This is Shelley’s & Derek’s first child and all in Irish Squash look forward to a future women’s champion in about 20 years or less!!
Great news – Congratulations once again!
The team for the 2014 World Junior Championships has been selected. The event takes place in Namibia from the 16th to the 21st of August. The individual event takes place from the 10th to the 15th of August.
The team is:
Michael Craig (Ulster)
David Ryan (Leinster)
Oisin Logan (Leinster)
Nikita Gilevskiy (Leinster)
Paul Bell – Coach
We wish all the players and officials all the best of luck in this important World event.
The Under 15/17 team championships take place in Prague from the 8th May to the 11th.
The Irish teams are as follows:
Under 15
Scott Gillanders (Leinster)
Stephen Hearst (Ulster)
Scott Dineen (Leinster)
Ellie McVeigh (Ulster)
Sophie O’Rourke (Munster)
James Doherty (Munster) – Reserve
Victoria White (Ulster) – Reserve
Under 17
Philip McSweeney (Munster)
Paul O’Mahony (Munster)
Morgan Kelly (Leinster)
Hannah Craig (Ulster)
Stephanie Ryan (Leinster)
Thomas Abraham (Ulster) – Reserve
Casey Luther (Leinster) – Reserve
LIVE STREAMING – Court 1 & 2 see HERE – http://www.playo.tv/online/online-2.aspx
When you need some details regarding EJTC U15/17 2014 you can find them here:
WEB SITE
http://www.cz-squash.net/ejtc-15-17-2014/info_en.aspx
https://www.facebook.com/ejtc2014
SEEDING, DRAWS AND RESULTS
http://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=CC945C40-2900-4C4D-8F98-383E26A569FC
The U15s played Wales in a play off for 9/10th place but unfortunately lost 2-1 so finished in 10th place overall. Scott Gillanders had a good victory at number 1 winning 3-1 but both Stephen Hearst & Sophie O’Rourke lost their matches.
The U17s also had a tough match vs. Germany and also lost 2-1. Philip McSweeney had a great win at 1 winning 3-1. After a tough week and after some great wins especially vs. France Hannah Craig lost her match as did Paul O’Mahony. So a final placing of 14th place for Ireland
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Ireland U15: 2-1| Time: | Sun 11/05/2014 09:00 |
|---|---|
| Draw: | Under 15 Team – Under 15 Team 9-16 |
| Score: | 2-1 |
| Order | Event | Wales U15 |
– | Ireland U15 |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
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– |
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9-11 11-8 3-11 6-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 2 | MS2 |
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– |
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12-14 11-8 11-3 11-7 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 3 | WS |
|
– |
|
11-1 11-2 11-8 | 1-0 |
– Ireland U17: 2-1| Time: | Sun 11/05/2014 13:00 |
|---|---|
| Draw: | Under 17 Team – Under 17 Team 9-16 |
| Score: | 2-1 |
| Order | Event | Germany u17 |
– | Ireland U17 |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
|
– |
|
17-15 7-11 7-11 6-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 2 | MS2 |
|
– |
|
11-7 11-4 11-3 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 3 | WS |
|
– |
|
11-3 11-5 11-8 | 1-0 |
The Under 15s played Finland in the play offs and beat them 3-0 with Scott Gillanders, Stephen Hearst & Ellie McVeigh all winning 3-0. A super result from the team after the disappointment of not getting into the 1-8 play offs. Then in the 9-13th play off Ireland beat Sweden 3-0 with Scott Gillanders, Sean Dineen and Ellie McVeigh winning their matches. Ireland now play Wales on Sunday for 9th place overall.
The U17s play Sweden on Saturday in the 9-16s play offs. Unfortunately Philip McSweeney lost at number 1. But Hannah Craig came back with a super victory to win her match 3-0. But Paul O’Mahony lost 3-1 having won the first match. Ireland then played Slovenia and won convincingly 3-0 with Philip McSweeney, Morgan Kelly & Stephanie Ryan all winning 3-0.
– Ireland U17: 0-3| Time: | Sat 10/05/2014 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Draw: | Under 17 Team – Under 17 Team 9-16 |
| Score: | 0-3 |
| Order | Event | Slovakia U17 |
– | Ireland U17 |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
|
– |
|
6-11 6-11 7-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 2 | MS2 |
|
– |
|
11-1 8-11 9-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 3 | WS |
|
– |
|
6-11 7-11 12-14 | 0-1 |
– 
Sweden U15: 3-0| Time: | Sat 10/05/2014 14:30 |
|---|---|
| Draw: | Under 15 Team – Under 15 Team 9-16 |
| Score: | 3-0 |
| Order | Event | Ireland U15 |
– | Sweden U15 |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
|
– |
|
11-4 14-12 11-7 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 2 | WS |
|
– |
|
11-7 11-6 11-4 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
|
– |
|
11-2 11-3 11-6 | 1-0 |
– Ireland U15: 0-3| Time: | Sat 10/05/2014 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Draw: | Under 15 Team – Under 15 Team 9-16 |
| Score: | 0-3 |
| Order | Event | Finland U15 |
– | Ireland U15 |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
|
– |
|
3-11 5-11 11-13 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 2 | WS |
|
– |
|
6-11 7-11 5-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
|
– |
|
5-11 1-11 6-11 | 0-1 |
– Ireland U17: 2-1| Time: | Sat 10/05/2014 12:00 |
|---|---|
| Draw: | Under 17 Team – Under 17 Team 9-16 |
| Score: | 2-1 |
| Order | Event | Sweden U17 |
– | Ireland U17 |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
|
– |
|
11-8 11-6 13-11 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 2 | WS |
|
– |
|
9-11 9-11 10-12 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
|
– |
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