Irish Girls at Worlds:
Ciara Moloney, Roisín and Niamh Brennan and Aishling O'Connor are currently playing at the World Junior Women's Championships in Belgium. In their first round of the Team event they met with very classy opposition going down 3-0 to their higher seeded Canadian, U.S.A. and Dutch opponents.

In the 13-20 playoffs they went down 2-1 to Japan and 3-0 to Switzerland.

They finished their campaign with a 2-1 win over Finland in the 19-20 play-off.

Ireland's U19 Women's Team at World Championships in Belgium. Aisling O'Connor, Roisín Brennan, Niamh Brennan and Ciara Moloney

U15 and U17 European Championships 2005

Under 17:
The team of Rory Byrne, Gordon Harpur, Ben Ramasubbu, Aishling O'Connor and Roisín Brennan began their campaign in the same pool as England, Denmark, Finland and Slovakia.

Their final match saw them beat Italy 3-0 and as they had already beaten Slovakia they were deemed winners of the 13-14 play-off against that team.

In the Second Stage they lost 2-1 to Belgium having lost to England 3-0, lost to Denmark 2-1, to Finland 2-1 and beat Slovakia 2-1 in the pool stage. Full details are available on the event site.

Under 15:
The team of Ben Craig, Rohan Ramasubbu, Colm Dolan, Sarah Murphy and Niamh O'Hare ended with a win against Israel 2-1 in the 15/16 play-off.

They lost to Slovakia 2-1 and Hungary in the Second Stage having lost to Wales 2-1, to Scotland 3-0 and Finland 2-1 at the pool stage.Full datailed results are available on the event site.

All Ireland Schools Competition 2005:

These were played in Thurles and the following are the results for 2005:

U13 Girls: St Leo's Carlow
U13 Boys Methody Belfast
U15 Girls: Banbridge Academy
U15 Boys Methody Belfast
U17 Girls Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
U17 Boys Methody Belfast
U19 Girls Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
U19 Boys not played for.

Irish Teams at the 'Home Internationals:
The following were the Irish Teams who played in the Home Internationals in Sligo in April:

U13 Irish Team: Seán McCarthy; Rory O'Connor; Catherine Abernethy; Aoife Jordan; Rachel Power; Conor Caheny and Michael Craig.

The U15 Irish Team: Neil Martin; Niamh O'Hare; Patrice Gallagher; Ben Craig; Sarah Murphy; Colm Dolan and Rohan Ramasubbu.

Junior Interpros 2005:

Junior Nationals in Cork:
The Irish Junior Nationals continued their rotation through the provinces and this season were played in Cork in Highfield and Sunday's Well. (Full results can be found on the host province site, Munster Squash site) The following were the winners and runners-up:

Tecnifibre Carlow Junior Open 2005:
Results:

BU13 Winner Ryan McHale (Killarney)

GU13 Winner Bronagh Jordan (Carlow)

GU15 Winner Sarah Murphy (Carlow) and R-up Amy Caton (L'pool )

BU17 Winner Brian Parker (Carlow)

GU17 Winner Aisling O'Connor (Sligo)

Prize-winners at Carlow Junior Open 2005

Leinster Junior Open:
This event was held in Westwood over the weekend of January 21 - 23 and the following were the winners and runners-up with pics below:

Below is a selection of prize-winners from the Leinster Junior Open receiving their prizes from Leinster Squash President, Gerry Callanan at Westwood.

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RESULTS – CHRISTMAS DRAW – JUNIOR SQUASH

€500 PRIZE – drawn by Leinster Junior Open Tournament Director –

Winner – Carlow Squash Club

Conacht Winners drawn by Ciara Moloney
Conor Caheny
Gabrielle Gallagher
Conor Davey
Sarah Howley

Leinster Winners drawn by Joey Roberts
Ruth Cassidy
Stephen Cahill
Maeve Spotswood
Colm Andrews

Munster Winners drawn by Melissa Ni Bhroin
Michelle Burns
Ryan McHale
Maureen McHale
Frank Ryan

Ulster Winners drawn by Susan Kingston
Kevin Finnegan
Andrew Neely
Wolfe Diamond
Tom O’Kane

Well done to Conor Caheny for selling the most tickets, he receives a special prize of €20

Irish Junior Open 2004
This event was well attended and the full results are available on the Irish Junior Open page.

Squads:
Elite juniors had a productive weekend under the watchful eyes and helpful rackets of Derek Ryan, Graeme Stewart and Ian Hackney at the Belfast Boat Club recently. The next session will be on the last weekend of January in Sligo. It was reported by the participating juniors as hard work but well worth it!

Munster Junior Open:
This event was held in Cork at Sunday's Well, The Cricket Club and Highfield. Below are the winners and runners-up. The photos can be found on the Munster Squash site. Full finishing positions are available here.

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Ulster Junior Open:
This competition was held in Belfast and full finishing positions are available here. Below are some of the photos from the presentation. Included is Ulster Squash President Derek Brown.

U19 Girls Winner Rachel McLeod, left with runner-up Niamh Brennan.

GU15 Sarah Howley (r-up), Clare Henry, winner & Gemma Owens (3rd)

U15 Boys: Neil Martin (r-up), Ben Craig (winner) and Rohan Ramasubbu (3rd)

U17 Girls: Roisín Brennan (R-Up) and Aishling O'Connor, winner.

U17 Boys: Rory Byrne (R-Up); Chris O'Kane (Winner), Conor O'Hare (3rd) and

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Junior Team Managers and Coaches 2004-2005

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Connacht Junior Open 2004:
This opening event in the Irish Squash Junior Calendar took place in Galway LTC. Full finishing positions can be found by following the link.

U19 Worlds in Pakistan in August:

Check out how they did

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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 JUNIOR IRISH TEAMS 2004/05 (see extra note on U19s)

(1) Players must be eligible to play for Ireland (see bylaw 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 three members:-
The Junior Administrator, The Team Coach & The Team Manager

(3) Squads of 8 for Home Internationals and Squads of 5 boys and 4 girls for European Tournaments will be based on the ranking points gained from three Provincial Opens and the Irish Nationals in the appropriate age group.

The Irish Open is a compulsory event but it will not contribute towards ranking points.

(4) 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.

(5) Fitness & Good Behaviour.
To ensure that players maintain the appropriate level of fitness and good behaviour the selection committee will also consider:-

1) General behaviour on and off court
2) Attendance at squad sessions
3) Commitment to training as designated by Team Coach

(6) When selecting a team to represent Ireland the selection committee will endeavour to select the strongest team, whilst maintaining fairness to all players, and therefore will in exceptional circumstances recommend to the full Irish Squash Council to override some of the set criteria.

(7) As soon as you receive notification of your selection to the team, all monies must be paid by the required dates, otherwise you will not be allowed to travel.

• Players wishing to be selected in two age groups must indicate their intentions before the start of the season in writing to the Junior Administrator c/o Irish Squash office and must play in ALL Provincial Opens and the Irish Nationals. Again the Irish Open will be a compulsory tournament but will not contribute towards ranking points. The Junior Committee will decide in which age group players participate in all tournaments.
  
• Players having to move up from one age group to another will be entitled to carry over a percentage of the points gained at the lower 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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For the U-19s the following applies:

SELECTION CRITERIA FOR U19 IRISH SQUAD 2004/05

(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 three members:-

The Junior Administrator in consultation with the Junior Committee, The Team Coach & The Team Manager

(3) The following tournaments are COMPULSORY for those wishing to be selected during the 2004/05 Season:-

Points will be gained on the Junior scale from Irish Junior Nationals and Leinster Junior Open. Although compulsory no points gained at Irish Junior Open.

It must be noted that points alone will not form the basis of team selection for U19 players. Squads will be picked based on points.

(4) Results from the Senior Tour tournaments will be taken into consideration and players should compete in as many 'senior tour' events as possible. (Players must report all results to office for the attention of the Junior Administrator).

(5) Results from European Junior Open Tournaments will also be taken into consideration. (Players should report their results from overseas events to the office for the attention of the Junior Administrator).

(6) 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.

(7) Fitness & Good Behaviour. To ensure that players maintain the appropriate level of fitness and good behaviour the selection committee will also consider:-
1) General behaviour on and off court
2) Attendance at squad sessions
3) Commitment to training as designated by Team Coach

(8) When selecting a team to represent Ireland the selection committee will endeavour to select the strongest team, whilst maintaining fairness to all players, and therefore will in exceptional circumstances recommend to the full Irish Squash Council to override some of the set criteria.

(9) As soon as you receive notification of your selection to the team, all monies must be paid within 1 week, otherwise you will not be allowed to travel.

• Players having to move up from one age group to another will be entitled to carry over a percentage of the points gained at the lower 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:

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