IRELAND U17 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ireland v Wales
The first match for David was his most difficult in the tournament so far. However once he cracked his opponent in the first match he won it well 3-0.
Nikita in a tough match won the first game convincingly. However the efforts of the week were beginning to show and his legs were showing his tiredness. In particular from his great match vs the Swiss lad on Saturday night. Unfortunatly he lost 3-1.
Griffin played a strong first game and was unlucky to lose it 10-12. After that the match slipped away and she lost it 3-0.
So Ireland secure 6th place, a good result.
[IRL] – 
[WAL] Wales: 1-2| Time: | Sun 19/05/2013 13:30 |
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| Draw: | Under 17 Team Championships – U17 Play-off 1-8 |
| Score: | 1-2 |
| Order | Event | Ireland[IRL] |
– | [WAL] Wales |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
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– |
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11-9 11-4 11-5 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 2 | MS2 |
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– |
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11-6 5-11 8-11 3-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 3 | WS |
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– |
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10-12 5-11 5-11 | 0-1 |
| Points | Won | Draws | Lost | Matches | Games | Points | |||||||
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 6 | 80 | – | 91 |
| Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | 91 | – | 80 |
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5th – 8th place play off
Ireland 2 Switzerland 1 so Ireland play Wales for 5th place on Sunday at 12.30.
[IRL] – 
[SUI] Switzerland: 2-1| Time: | Sat 18/05/2013 19:30 |
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| Draw: | Under 17 Team Championships – U17 Play-off 1-8 |
| Score: | 2-1 |
| Order | Event | Ireland[IRL] |
– | [SUI] Switzerland |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
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– |
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11-3 11-5 11-3 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 2 | WS |
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– |
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2-11 6-11 4-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
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– |
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9-11 6-11 11-8 12-10 11-4 | 1-0 |
| Points | Won | Draws | Lost | Matches | Games | Points | |||||||
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | 94 | – | 88 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | 88 | – | 94 |
Quarter Final vs England
Ireland lost the third match to go down 2-1 in the tie.
David Ryan v Patrick Rooney
David took the first game with little bother 11-4.
Second game was a much tighter affair with David a couple of points behind at the mid way point. However he came back well and got to game ball at 10-8 and took it . So 2-0.
David reasserted his dominance in the third to win it 11-4. So 1-0 to Ireland.
Griffin next on court v Lily Taylor
Unfortunatly Griffin couldn’t sustain her good patches of play to bring the game to 4 or 5 games. A good performance in the 1st and 3rd games however she lost 0-3.
Ireland 1 England 1 – all down to the last match. Unfortunatly Philip McSweeney from Cork lost the match so Ireland lose 2-1.
[ENG] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1| Time: | Sat 18/05/2013 13:30 |
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| Draw: | Under 17 Team Championships – U17 Play-off 1-8 |
| Score: | 2-1 |
| Order | Event | England[ENG] |
– | [IRL] Ireland |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | MS1 |
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– |
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4-11 8-11 4-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 2 | WS |
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– |
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11-7 11-4 11-8 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
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– |
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11-7 11-3 11-0 | 1-0 |
| Points | Won | Draws | Lost | Matches | Games | Points | |||||||
| England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | 82 | – | 62 |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | 62 | – | 82 |
Ireland vs France
Griffin Gillanders v Laura Gamblin
Griffin played some great squash in patches but went down 0-3
David Ryan v Adrien Gronoin
David yet again proved his class by beating the French no. 1 in 3 games.
Nikita Gilevskiy v Enzo Corigliano
Nikita had game ball, after an excellent performance to go 1 up but couldn’t take it. After that the French no. 2 settled into his grove and took the next two to win 3-0.
Ireland 1 France 2
[FRA] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1| Time: | Fri 17/05/2013 19:30 |
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| Draw: | Under 17 Team Championships – Under 17 Pool B |
| Score: | 2-1 |
| Order | Event | France[FRA] |
– | [IRL] Ireland |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | WS |
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– |
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11-7 11-8 11-9 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 2 | MS1 |
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– |
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6-11 5-11 3-11 | 0-1 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
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– |
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12-10 11-4 11-0 | 1-0 |
| Points | Won | Draws | Lost | Matches | Games | Points | |||||||
| France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | 81 | – | 71 |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | 71 | – | 81 |
Ireland go into the last 8 on Saturday.
[IRL] – 
[POR] Portugal: 3-0| Time: | Fri 17/05/2013 13:30 |
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| Draw: | Under 17 Team Championships – Under 17 Pool B |
| Score: | 3-0 |
| Order | Event | Ireland[IRL] |
– | [POR] Portugal |
Score | Points | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | WS |
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– |
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5-11 11-6 11-5 6-11 11-8 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 2 | MS1 |
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– |
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11-1 11-4 11-0 | 1-0 | |||||||
| 3 | MS2 |
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– |
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9-11 11-8 11-6 11-7 | 1-0 |
| Points | Won | Draws | Lost | Matches | Games | Points | |||||||
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | 119 | – | 78 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 9 | 78 | – | 119 |
[IRL] – 
[SCO] Scotland
Ireland 2 Scotland 1
Nikita Gilveskiy v Ewan Hearns
Game 1
Nikita’s is continuing his impressive form from this morning against tougher opposition in the very sizable Scottish no2
Nikita wins the first 11-9
Game 2
A couple of points into the second match and the Scottish player takes a blood injury time-out with a gash to his knee. Nobody saw how he sustained the injury. 3-2
He has as long as he wants to stem the flow of blood, however he will be heavily penalised if, when he returns, it starts to bleed again.
10mins later back on court with a massive gauze dressing on his left knee
The Scot wins the next 6 points Nikita seems to have lost is ability to move, definite loss of concentration …………At last normal service resumed Nikita wins next 2 points 5-8
A great retrieval of a lost cause out of the back left corner gets Nikita back into the game a succession of points and ‘in the zone’ play gets Nikita to 10-10
One tin from Nikita and a good drive wins the game for Ewan
Game 3
Superb cross court nick 1-0 blistering pace in this phase of the match, very even at this stage.
Nikita starting to take control working his opponent all over the court and out of position.
Tiredness creeping in to the Scott’s play
Easy finish for Nikita 11-3
Game 4
Nikita looking very composed and fit going into the fourth. The Scott taking an extra few minutes
Referee’s watch must have stopped.
Ewan Starts with a dead nick to the back wall.
Game swinging back and forth, Nikita looking for his last run of points to get to the finish line.
Looks like he getting them however a fall puts a stop to the run. No damage done,
Nikita playing some great lengths and winners with drives to the back right side also using the tight back hand drop very well to stretch Ewan
Edge of the seat stuff ….match ball to Nikita and he finishes with a superb reverse boast to seal it. One very tired and bloody Scott
11-8
Ireland 3-Scotland 1
David Ryan v Rory Stewart
David cruised to a 3-0 win. Score speaks for itself!!
11-1
11-2
11-0
Griffin Gillanders v Kirsty Loban
With the match won Griffin must concentrate first and foremost on getting as many points as possible from this match. This will be the hardest match for the team so far.
Game 1
Griffin starts with a great drive and a tight lob 2-0
Kirsty gets 3 back
Two good shots boast and drop get griffin back
Game swings back and forth but Kirsty gets a run going, and game finishes with a tin from griffin.
7 – 11
Game 2
Griffin totally stood back and lets Kirsty dominate the second game. She needs to take the ball much earlier.
1-11
Game 3
Some bright moments in the third but not nearly enough. Griffin didn’t test Kirsty at all, allowing Kirsty to control the third and the match
6-11
Ireland 0 – Scotland 3
Matches 2-1
Games 6-4
Points 91 – 69
