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Irish
Junior Nationals:
Friday February 5 is the closing date for the Irish
Junior Nationals (extra points!) and the tournament may be entered
on-line now.
Leinster
Junior Open:
The winners and runners-up are listed below and we are grateful
to Tariq Zaki and his helpers at Leinster Squash for all their work
for this tournament. Pics will be uploaded soon.
Event |
Winner |
Runner-up |
BU11 |
Luke Logan (L) |
Frank O'Dea (L) |
GU11 |
Hannah Craig (U) |
Rachael Quigley (C) |
BU13 |
Philip McSweeney (M) |
David Conroy (L) |
GU13 |
Casey Luther (L) |
Stephanie Ryan (L) |
BU15 |
David Ryan (L) |
Michael Craig (U) |
GU15 |
Breanne Flynn (L) |
Labhaoise Dunbar (M) |
BU17 |
Seán Conroy (L) |
Conor O'Shea (C) |
GU17 |
Elaine Ware (L) |
Rachel Power (M) |
BU19 |
Séamus Harman (L) |
Tomás Dunbar (M) |
GU19 |
Jennnifer Hegarty (C) |
Katleyn Doran (L) |
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Above on left the U19 finalists
Séamus Harmon and Tomás Dunbar and on right
are Katelyn Doran and Jennifer Hegarty. Below on left are
Tournament Director Tariq Zaki presenting the winners prize
to Elaine Ware and on right the U17 Boys finalists Conor O'Shea
and Seán Conroy. |
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| U15 Girls finalists Breanne Flynn
and Labhaoise Dunbar and Boys U15 finalists Michael Craig and
David Ryan. Below are the U13 finalists, Philip McSweeney and
David Conroy and Casey Luther and Stephanie Ryan |
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U11 finalists Rachael
Quigley and Hannah Craig and Frank O'Dea and Luke Logan. |
IACT
Irish Junior Open 2009:
Check out the tournament page
for the most recent information on this year's competition. We'll
have the draw as soon as it's available from ESF.
EMC2
Munster Junior Open 2009:
This tournament was held in Cork at Highfield and Sunday's Well
and we are grateful to Brian Dunbar and his helpers for such a successful
event. The following were the winners and runners-up:
Event |
Winner |
Runner-up |
BU11 |
Luke Logan (L) |
Scott Gillanders (L) |
BU13 |
Philip McSweeney (M) |
Oisín Dunne (L) |
GU13 |
Casey Luther (L) |
Sinéad Walsh (M) |
BU15 |
Shaun Hennessy (L) |
Ciarán Maher (M) |
GU15 |
Fiona Power (C) |
Labhaoise Dunbar (M) |
BU17 |
Conor O'Shea (C) |
Brian Dunbar (M) |
GU17 |
Elaine Ware (L) |
Orna Murray (M) |
BU19 |
Gary Power (M) |
Theo Anderson (U) |
GU19 |
Cathryn Abernethy (U) |
Gabriella McMillan (U) |
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BU11 winner and runner-up
Luke Logan Scott Gillanders and below the BU13s Oisín
Dunne and Philip McSweeney. |
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Above some of the U13
girls with winner Casey Luther on right. |
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Above the BU15 finalists
Shaun Hennessy and Ciarán maher and below the GU15s,
Labhaoise Dunbar and Fiona Power. |
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The U17 Boys finalists,
Dónal Ó'Shea and Brian Dunbar above and below
the GU17s Elaine Ware and Orna Murray. |
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Cathryn Abernethy on right
who won the GU19 pictures with Katlyn Doran. |
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Above the Boys U17 finalists,
Conor O'Shea and Brian Dunbar. |
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U19 finalists Gary Power
and Theo Anderson pictured with Irish Squash president John
O'Connor and Junior Secretary, Lee Healy |
The Ulster Junior Open 2009:
This competition was held at the Belfast Boat Club and we are very
grateful to Kieran Doherty and his team in Ulster Squash for another
great event. The winners and runners-up are listed below and we'll
have the pics up soon.
Event |
Winner |
Runner-up |
BU11 |
Dónal O'Shea (C) |
Scott Gillanders (L) |
GU11 |
Hannah Craig (U) |
Rachael Quigley (C) |
BU13 |
Oisín Dunne (L) |
Tom Pompeus (Wal) |
GU13 |
Roisín O'Shea (C) |
Casey Luther (L) |
BU15 |
Michael Craig (U) |
Shaun Hennessy (L) |
GU15 |
Breanne Flynn (L) |
Fiona Power (C) |
BU17 |
Conor O'Shea (C) |
Daniel Harkin (L) |
GU17 |
Elaine Ware (L) |
Jennifer Hegarty (C) |
BU19 |
Michael Stewart (U) |
Hugo Diamond (U) |
GU19 |
Cathryn Abernethy (U) |
Katlyn Doran (L) |
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Under 19 finalists at
Presentation of Prizes in the Belfast Boat Club with Ulster
Squash President, Frank Marks. Michael Stewart is pictured
above and below is Hugo Diamond. |
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Under 17 Girls finalists
Elaine Ware and Jennifer Hegarty. |
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Under 17 Boys finalists,
Conor O'Shea above with Frank Marks and Daniel Harkin below
pictured with Martin McNabb. |
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Girls U15 winner, Breanne
Flynn pictured with Iain Hughes and Boys U15 winner, Michael
Craig pictured with Frank Marks. |
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Boys U13 Boys finalists
Oisín Dunne and Tom Pompeus. |
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Girls U15 runner-up Fiona
Power. |
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U13 winner, Roisín
O'Shea |
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Girls U11 finalists, Hannah
Craig and Rachel Quigley. |
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Boys U11 finalists, Dónal
O'Shea and Scott Gillanders. |
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The
Elvery's Sport Connacht Junior Open:
The following were the winners and runners-up at the first Provincial
Junior Open of the season. Many thanks to Edwin Brennan and his
team in Salthill for another great event. There was mixed reaction
to the two-day event and we will be reviewing this system at season
end.
Event |
Winner |
Runner-up |
3rd. Place |
GU11 |
Rachael Quigley (C) |
Hannah Craig (U) |
Klara McDermot (L) |
BU13 |
Stephen Quigley (C) |
Philip McSweeney (M) |
David Conroy (L) |
GU13 |
Roisín O'Shea (C) |
Stephanie Ryan (L) |
Casey Luther (L) |
BU15 |
Michael Craig (U) |
David Ryan (L) |
Séan Hennessy (L) |
GU15 |
Breanne Flynn (L) |
Fiona Power (C) |
Griffin Gillanders (L) |
BU17 |
Daniel Harkin (L) |
Conor O'Shea (C) |
Séan Conroy (L) |
GU17 |
Elaine Ware (L) |
Jennifer Hegarty (C) |
Eva McMillan (U) |
BU19 |
Séamus Harmon (L) |
Alan Tighe (L) |
Michael Stewart (U) |
GU19 |
Rachel Black (U) |
Katlyn Doran (L) |
Claire Hanley (C) |
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Junior
Committee 2009-2010:
This committee comprises Edwin Brennan (Connacht); Kieran Doherty
(Ulster); Brian Dunbar (Munster); Tariq Zaki (Leinster); and Lee
Healy (Irish Squash Junior Secretary). Below are our plans for the
coming season and we hope you find them both helpful and interesting.
Province |
Junior
Secretary |
Contact
details |
Connacht |
Edwin
Brennan |
0863622415
or edwinbrennan@eircom.net |
| Leinster |
Tariq Zaki |
0879022866 or zakitariq24@hotmail.com |
Munster |
Brian
& Mary Dunbar |
0876218733
or brianmarydunbar@hotmail.com |
| Ulster |
Kieran Doherty |
07954402297 or glensofantrim@hotmail.com |
Tournament
Organisation:
The Connacht, Munster and Leinster Junior Opens will be run over
2 days, Saturday and Sunday and Ulster will remain a 3 days event
with as few matches scheduled for Friday as practicable.
The reason
for the two day tournaments is to reduce interference with Friday
work and school time and they may also reduce costs for players
who travel on Saturday morning instead of Friday night. However,
players and parents should note that matches will be scheduled for
9:30 on Saturday and Sunday morning to allow for reasonably early
finishes on both days.
Swiss
system:
The standard Swiss 8 or Swiss 16 will be used but the 9 player draw
will be discontinued and where a competition is ‘over-subscribed’
players 9 and 10, and 17 and 18 will be reserves. Entries of 11
will result in a 16 draw.
Withdrawals:
Where a player withdraws from the competition up to the day of the
event there will be a redraw but where the withdrawal is on the
day of the competition there will be a redraw only where the player
is in the top 4. Players should also note the bye-laws on late withdrawal
on www.irishsquash.com.
Entry
Fees:
The entry fee is payable at the venue before the first match. Entry
fees will be €20 (£15stg) per player (€30/£25
for 2 siblings & €40/£30 for 3 siblings). In the
case of the four provincial junior opens there will be an Irish
Squash subsidy of €10 (£8stg) per player (or 50% for
siblings).
Seedings:
Tournaments will be seeded by the junior secretary on the basis
of Irish Squash rankings that will be published on www.irishsquash.com.
Players dissatisfied with their rankings should, in the first instance,
communicate through their provincial junior secretaries (listed
above).
Balls:
In line with ESF tournaments we have introduced the Dunlop Double
Yellow Balls for ALL age groups except U11.
Selection
Criteria for U13, U15 and U17 Irish Teams 2009 - 20010:
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Players must be eligible to play for Ireland (see Byelaw 7)
and be under the relevant age on the final day of the competition
and be selected by the selection committee.
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The Selection committee comprises: The Junior Administrator,
The Team Coach, and The Team Manager.
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Team Selection will be based on the ranking points gained from
a player’s best three competitions from The Connacht
Open; The Ulster Open; The Munster Open; The Leinster Open and
The Irish Junior National (Closed) Championship. The Irish Junior
Nationals earns higher points than the provincial opens. In
the event of equality of points the selection committee will
chose the player finally.
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Players wishing to be considered for selection must play in
the Irish Junior Open, although that competition will not earn
any points.
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If
a player is unable to compete in a tournament (or complete all
matches over a tournament weekend) due to illness/injury a doctors/physiotherapists
certificate/letter must be submitted to Irish Squash in the
week following the tournament.
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The
selection committee will also consider a player's general behaviour
on and off court, attendance at squad sessions and commitment
to whatever training programme is recommended by the Team Coach.
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Once
a player receives notification of selection, all monies must
be paid by the required date, otherwise their selection will
be revoked.
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Players
will be selected to play on teams in their own one age group
only.
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Players
moving up from one age group to the next during the season will
carry over 30% of the points gained at the younger age group.
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Where
players enter a tournament in an older age group the points
thereby earned will also be credited to their actual age group.
Selection Criteria for U19 Irish Panels 2009 - 2010:
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Players must be eligible to play for Ireland (see Byelaw 7)
and be under the relevant age on the final day of the relevant
competition and be selected by the selection committee.
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The
Selection committee comprises three members: The Junior Administrator,
The Team Coach, and The Team Manager.
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A panel of players (6 boys and 4 girls) will be selected on
the basis of the points earned at the Munster Junior Open and
the Irish Junior Nationals.
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The
selection committee will select the team from the members of
the panel based on what it considers would be the strongest
team.
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The
selection committee will also consider a player's general behaviour
on and off court, attendance at squad sessions and commitment
to whatever training programme is recommended by the Team Coach.
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If
a player is unable to compete in a tournament (or complete all
matches over a tournament weekend) due to illness or injury
a letter or certificate from the doctor or physiotherapist must
be submitted to Irish Squash in the week following the tournament.
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Once
a player receives notification of selection, all monies must
be paid by the required date, otherwise their selection will
be revoked.
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Players
will be selected to play on teams in their own age group only.
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Players
moving up from one age group to the next during the season will
carry over 30% of the points gained at the younger age group.
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Where players enter a tournament in an older age group the points
thereby earned will also be credited to their actual age group.
Ranking points:
The points to be earned in this season's junior tournaments follow
the method in use on the Senior Tour and are listed below. The extra
points for the Junior Nationals do not apply to U19 players. Players
who move up in age group carry 30% of the points already earned
at the younger age group.
| Event |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
| Nationals |
2000 |
1800 |
1600 |
1400 |
1200 |
1000 |
900 |
800 |
700 |
600 |
500 |
400 |
300 |
200 |
100 |
80 |
60 |
40 |
| Opens |
1500 |
1350 |
1200 |
1050 |
900 |
750 |
600 |
450 |
300 |
150 |
125 |
100 |
80 |
60 |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
Many thanks to Gerry Connaughton
who has agreed to continue to compile the points rankings based
on the finishing positions of players at Junior Opens and they will
be published on the web along with the Irish rankings for seeding
purposes that will be compiled by the Irish Squash Junior Secretary,
Lee Healy.
Squad
Sessions:
These will be centralised depending on the address of the players
and their coach and players are expected to attend. The dates will
be published on the Irish Squash website and phone and text reminders
will be sent to the players and their parents. Failure to attend
squads may lead to a player not being selected on a team.
Schools
Competition:
The age rule for these competitions is the same as all other junior
competitions and a player must be under the relevant age on the
final day of the competition.
Communication
between players/parents and Irish Squash:
If you have an issue relating to junior squash please let us know
by contacting your provincial junior secretary who will be able
to provide you with an explanation or who will be able to follow
up your query through the Irish Squash junior committee and the
Irish Squash junior secretary.
Team |
Boys |
Girls |
U13 |
Eoin
Ryan |
Kieran
Doherty |
| U15 |
Paul
Bell |
Deirdre
Byrne |
U17 |
Ian
Hackney |
Frank
Donnelly |
U19 |
Eddie
Murphy |
Elvy
D’Costa |
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