Boys' Rankings	Girls' Rankings
Last Season	Calendar
Entry Forms	Ranking Points explained
Selection Criteria U13 to U17	Selection Criteria U19
Club Children's Officers	Code of Practice
Eye Guards	Drugs
Code of Behaviour for Juniors	Revised Seeding and Draws

Junior Secretary needed:
Irish squash has no Junior Secretary and next season's junior events are at risk of not being held without one. Contact the Squash Office if you would like more information.

Irish U15 / U17 Team in Euro Championships in Lyon: (see tournament site for results):

Under 15 (finished 16th.)	Under 17 (finished 9th.)
Boy 1 Seán Conroy Boy 2 Conor O’Shea Boy 3 Daniel L’Estrange Girl 1 Rachel Power Girl 2 Aoife Jordan	Girl 1 Cathryn Abernathy Girl 2 Melissa Ni Bhroin Boy 1 Hugo Diamond Boy 2 Ben Craig Boy 3 Jordan Annett

Junior Interprovincial Championships 2008:
The following were the winners and runners-up in the Junior Interpros, held in Galway.

The Fair Play winners in the boys and girls events. Well done!

BU13: Winners Leinster (below). Runners-up were Munster.

GU13: Winners, Leinster (below) and runners up were Connacht.

BU15: Winners were Leinster (pictured below) and runners-up were Ulster.

GU15: Winners were Leinster (below) and runners-up were Munster.

BU17: Winners Ulster (below), runners-up were Leinster

GU17: Winners were Ulster (below) and runners-up were Connacht.

Mixed U19: winners were Ulster (pictured below). Leinster were the runners-up.

European Under 19 Team Championships - 20th to 23rd of March 2008.
The Irish U19 team was: Neil Martin (Ulster), Colm Dolan (Leinster), David Tighe (Leinster); Sarah Corcoran (Munster) and Cheryl Ennis (Ulster).
Teams from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales entered the event and the draws and results can be found on the on the official tournament website.

All-Ireland Schools competitions:
Irish Squash regrets to announce that this competition scheduled for Leinster on April 28th. has been cancelled. The primary reason for this is our inability to recruit a Junior Secretary for this season. In the absence of a junior secretary for the coming season there will be a knock-on effect on Junior competitions and all other junior affairs. If you know anyone out there who might be in a position to help in this regard please get them to contact the squash office for further information.

Irish Junior Nationals 2008:

Leinster Junior Open:

Irish Team Coaches:

IACT Irish Junior Open:
Rory Byrne took the U19 title in his last event as a Junior and full results can be accessed here.

Junior eventThe Full results are available here.

EMC² Munster Junior Open:
Thanks to Cormac O'Shea (Munster Squash President) for running this event. The winners and runners-up are listed below and more results and pics can be found on The Munster Squash Web Site.

Ulster Junior Open:

Boys U-11 Winner Shane Maher , R-up David Conroy.
Boys U-13 Winner Michael Craig, R-up Ciarán Maher.
Girls U-13 Winner Labhoise Dunbar, R-up Breanne Flynn.
Boys U-15 Winner Daniel Harkin, R-up Peter Murphy.
Girls U-15 Winner Jennifer Hegarty, R-up Katelyn Doran.
Boys U-17 Winner Theo Anderson, R-up Joey Roberts.
Girls U-17 Winner Niamh O'Hare, R-up Gemma Owens.
Boys U-19 Winner Neil Martin, R-up David Tighe.
Girls U-19 Winner Sarah Corcoran and R-up Kirsten McAllister.

Connacht Junior Open:
Edwin Brennan (Tournament Director) sent the following results from the CJO 2007:

Boys U-11 Winner Philip McSweeney , R-up Daniel Pender.
Girls U-11 Winner Aoife Turley and R-up Stephaine Ryan.
Boys U-13 Winner Michael Craig, R-up Ciarán Maher and Plate winner Stephen Lavin.
Girls U-13 Winner Labhoise Dunbar, R-up Saoirse McGrath.
Boys U-15 Winner Daniel Harkin, R-up Alan Quigley and Plate winner Ryan McHale.
Girls U-15 Winner Jennifer Hegarty, R-up Eva McMillan and Plate winner Orna Murray.
Boys U-17 Winner Ben Craig, R-up Joey Roberts and Plate winner Darragh Murray.
Girls U-17 Winner Niamh O'Hare, R-up Gabriella McMillan and Plate winner Claire Hanley.
Boys U-19 Winner John Roberts, R-up Theodore Anderson and Plate winner David Tighe.
Girls U-19 Winner Sarah Corcoran and R-up Sarah Murphy

Managers and Coaches for junior teams 2007 - 2008:
Irish squash is now seeking members who wish to be considered for the role of coach or manger for the junior national teams (Boys and Girls Under 13, Under 15, Under 17 and under 19). If you wish to express your interest in any of these positions please click here to download a form and either email it back to irishsquash@eircom.net or return it to the Irish Squash, Sport HQ, 13 Joyce Way, Parkwest, Dublin 12 by September 10th please.

Boat Club winner of Bumper Draw:
Congratulations to Ashok Ramasubbu from the Belfast Boat Club who won the €500 prize in the Junior draw. There was a profit of €2,392 made and many thanks to Junior Secretary, Gerry Connaughton for the hard work done in this venture and to all who bought tickets.

Code of Practice for Children's Sport:

Check out the Irish Sports Council's Web Site for the Code of Practice for Children's Sport to which Irish Squash is committed.

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Selection Criteria for U13, U15 and U17 Irish Teams 2007 - 2008:

1. 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.
2. Selection committee comprises: The Junior Administrator, The Team Coach, and The Team Manager
3. Team Selection will be based on the ranking points gained from a player’s best four competitions from The Connacht Open; The Ulster Open; The Munster Open; The Leinster Open; The Irish Junior National (Closed )Championship. The Irish Junior Nationals earns higher points than the provincial opens.
4. Players wishing to be considered for selection must play in the Irish Junior Open, although that competition will not earn any points.
5. 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.
6. The selection committee will also consider a player's general behaviour on and off court, attendance at squad sessions and commitment to training programme as designated by Team Coach.
7. Once a player receives notification of selection, all monies must be paid by the required date, otherwise their selection will be revoked.
8. Players will be selected to play on teams in one age group only. Where a player wishes to be considered for selection on a team in an older age group they must notify Irish Squash at the beginning of the season.
9. 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.
10. Where players enter a tournament in an older age group the points thereby earned will also be credited to their actual age group.

Players should discuss the above with their coaches/managers and parents so that they are clear on what must be done.

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Selection Criteria for U19 PANELS 2007 - 2008: (The team will be selected from the panel by the selection committee)

1. 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.
2. The Selection committee comprises three members: The Junior Administrator, The Team Coach, and The Team Manager.
3. The following tournaments are COMPULSORY for those wishing to be selected during the 2007/08 Season: 1. Irish Junior Nationals; 2. Irish Junior Open; 3. Connacht Junior Open; 4. Irish Senior Nationals
4. Points will be gained on the junior scale from Irish Junior Nationals and Connacht Junior Open. The points earned at these two tournaments together with results of head to head matches in the other two compulsory tournaments will be taken into consideration.
   When selecting a team to represent Ireland the selection committee will endeavour to select the strongest team, whilst maintaining fairness to all players.
5. The selection committee will also consider a player's general behaviour on and off court, attendance at squad sessions and commitment to training programme as designated by Team Coach.
6. 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.
7. Once a player receives notification of selection, all monies must be paid by the required date, otherwise their selection will be revoked.
8. Players moving up from one age group to the next will carry over 30% of the points gained at the younger age group.

Players should discuss the above with their coaches/managers and parents so that they are clear on what must be done.

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Ranking points explained.
The points to be earned in this season's junior tournaments follow the method in use on the Senior Tour.
They are explained in the following table: Players transferring from one age group to another during the season carry 30% of the points already earned at the younger age group.

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Seeding and draws for Junior Tournaments 2007 - 2008:

U13, U15 and U17:

1. The starting point for rankings for the new season will be the final ranking positions for 2006/7 – based on best three opens and Nationals as per selection criteria.
2. The ranking for the Connacht Junior Open will therefore be lifted directly of the ranking for the previous season.
3. The ranking for the Ulster Junior Open will be based on the new seasons rankings from points gained at Connacht
4. Players who did not play in the Connacht Junior Open will be ranked for the Ulster Junior Open below below all players who finished above them in last season's end of season's rankings.
5. Ranking for the remaining two Junior Opens in Munster and Leinster will be directly established from the most up to date ranking list.
6. The Junior Nationals will be ranked using rankings based on the three best finishing positions from Provincial Junior Opens.
7. Any player who moves up an age group during the course of the season will get 30% of the points gained at the lower age group and be ranked accordingly.
8. Any player playing in an older age group can use those points for there natural age group ranking.
   

Under 19

1. The initial U19 rankings will be based on the final National Ranking for U19 from the previous season.
2. Any player moving up from U17 to U19 will be credited with 30% of their average points from three Junior Opens plus 30% of the points gained in the Nationals.
3. For the compulsory Open Tournament competition results between individual players that occur in non compulsory junior opens, senior opens, senior Nationals will be taken into consideration.

Competition Draws

After rankings have been completed for each competition the squash office will complete the draw for the competition as follows:

1. The number 1 ranked and the number 2 ranked players will be placed into the draw in their respective positions.
2. The number 3 and number 4 ranked players will be randomly selected in to the 3/4 positions on the draw sheet.
3. Players ranked from 5 to 8 will then be drawn randomly into the 5/8 positions on the draw sheet.
4. Finally players ranked from 9 to 16 will be randomly drawn for the remaining positions on the draw sheet.
5. Where there are more than 16 entrants in the lowest ranked players will be required to play a preliminary round in which the seedings will be based on rankings with the highest ranked player playing the lowest ranked player and so on. The qualifiers will then be entered into the draw as described above.
6. Players will be seeded for the Junior Nationals based on their rankings at that time taken from the points earned from their best three finishes. In the U19 competition players the seeding of players will be determined by their selection committee.