SEASON 2002- 2003

Junior Ladies World Championships:

Team Event
The U19 Girls Team of Zoe Barr, Claire O'Brien, Aoife Kerrin and Katie Wilson retained their 14 seeding in Egypt. Ireland played in Pool C along with Australia (5), Malaysia (6) and Scotland (11) and finished in 4th. place in the group. In the opening match on Sunday the girls lost to the fancied Australians and to Scotland 2-1 and Malaysia 3-0.
In the 9-16 play-offs they lost 3-0 to a strong Spanish side but beat Mexico 2-1. In their final match they lost 3-0 to Germany. Check out the event site to get all the results.

Hosts Egypts were easy 3-0 winners over Australia in a match that saw Individual event winner, Omneya Abdel Kawy (pictured below) beat Kasey Brown 9-0; 9-0; 9-0. We will remember Kasey as the winner of the Irish Junior Open 2002.

Other finishing positions were decided as follows:
3/4 playoff: England bt India 2-1
5/6 playoff: Malaysia bt Canada 3-0
7/8 playoff: Hong Kong bt USA 2-1
9/10 playoff: New Zealand bt Spain 3-0
11/12 playoff: Wales bt Scotland 2-1
13/14 playoff: Germany bt Ireland 3-0
15/16 playoff: Switzerland bt Mexico 2-1

Individual Event

	Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy who beat beat her compatriot Amnah El Trabolsy 9-0; 9-6; 9-4 in the final of the GU19 Worlds

Results for our Irish girls in the Individual Event were as follows:

Zoe Barr 0 Lina El-Tannir 3 2-9, 1-9, 0-9 (24m) Sun 17th Aug Ct.2:R1
Katie Wilson 0 Alicia Alvarez 3 3-9, 4-9, 4-9 (34m) Sun 17th Aug Ct.3:R1
Claire O'Brien 2 Leung Shin Nga 3 5-9, 10-8, 9-4, 4-9, 9-10 (37m) Sun 17th Aug CEN:R1
Tanya Owens 1 Annie Au Wing Chi 3 9-2, 0-9, 3-9, 6-9 (45m) Sun 17th Aug Ct.3:R1
Aoife Kerrin 0 Miranda Ranieri 3 0-9, 6-9, 2-9 (20m) Sun 17th Aug Ct.2:R1

Plate Results:
Zoe Barr 3 Catherine McDonald 0 9-4, 9-5, 9-1 (23m) Mon 18th Aug Ct.1:R2
Katie Wilson 1 Christina Fast 3 6-9, 6-9, 9-6, 4-9 (43m) Mon 18th Aug Ct.1:R2
Claire O'Brien 0 Nour Bahgat 3 4-9, 0-9, 7-9 (24m) Mon 18th Aug Ct.1:R2
Aoife Kerrin 0 Margaux Moros-Pitarch 3 1-9, 0-9, 0-9 (20m) Mon 18th Aug Ct.1:R2
Tanya Owens 3 Nayelli Hernadez 0 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (14m) Mon 18th Aug Ct.2:R2
Zoe Barr 0 Audrey Duboc 3 6-9, 6-9, 7-9 (35m) Tue 19th Aug Ct.2:R3
Tanya Owens 0 Engy El Sherif 3 3-9, 2-9, 2-9 (22m) Tue 19th Aug Ct.1:R3

Consolation Plate Results:
Claire O'Brien 3 Dipika Pallikal 0 9-5, 9-6, 9-0 (18m) Tue 19th Aug Ct.1:R1
Aoife Kerrin 2 Corinne Scarlato 3 9-2, 3-9, 9-5, 5-9, 1-9 (39m) Tue 19th Aug Ct.2:R1
Katie Wilson 3 Rosalinda Santos 0 9-7, 9-2, 10-9 (31m) Tue 19th Aug Ct.3:R2
Claire O'Brien 0 Julia Schmalz 3 5-9, 3-9, 7-9 (22m) Tue 19th Aug Ct.1:R2
Katie Wilson 3 Nayelli Hernadez 1 6-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-7 (36m) Wed 20th Aug Ct.3:Quarter-Final
Katie Wilson 0 Sandra Krueger 3 3-9, 1-9, 4-9 (31m) Thu 21st Aug Ct.1:Semi-Final

Irish Juniors at Dutch Junior Open in Amsterdam:

Highlights of the event from an Irish point of view wereZoe Barr's very creditable finishing position of 7 in the GU19 and Rory Byrne's 11th. spot in the BU15. Other finishing positions were:
BU19: Dwayne Owens 14th; David Noone 32rd. Arthur Gaskin 40th; Ross Lillis 43rd; Sam Olwill 44th; Brian Healy 47th; Paul Moriarty 50th.
BU17: Niall Caheny 12th; Ferghal Field 16th; Adam Hennessy 27th.
BU15: Rory Byrne 11th; Conor O'Hare 15th; Chris O'Kane 21st.
GU19: Zoe Barr 7th; Tanya Owens 18th; Katie Wilson 22nd; Aoife Kerrin 35.
GU17: Niamh Maher 17th.

All the results and finishing positions in the Dutch Junior Open can be found at http://djo.squash.nl

Irish Juniors at Pioneer Junior Open in Köln in Germany:

Highlights of the event from an Irish point of view was Rory Byrne's 4th. spot in the BU15.
Other finishing positions were:
U15 Rory Byrne 4th (beaten sem-finalist); U15 Conor O'Hare 12th.
U17 Sam Olwill 8th; U17 Adam Hennessy 36th.
U19 Brian Healy 29th.

All the results and finishing positions in the Pioneer Junior Open can be found at www.pioneercup.de

U15 and U17 European Championships:
Our teams were: U17: - Ciara Moloney; Niamh Maher; Niall Caheny; Fergal Field and Adam Hennessy coached by Eddie Murphy
and our U15 players Rory Byrne, Ben Ramasubbu, Johnny Roberts, Róisín Brennan, Aisling O'Connor and Coach Fiona Parker.

Day One (Thursday):
Unfortunately both teams went down to very strong opposition. The U15 were beaten 2-1 by Wales while the U17 were beaten 3-0 by The Netherlands.

Day Two (Friday):
The U15 lost 3-0 to France in the morning and beat Finland 2-1 in the evening.
T he U17 lost 3-0 to Belgium in the afternoon and lost 3-0 to Slovakia in the evening.

Day Three (Saturday):
U17 lost 2-1 to Denmark (Ciara Moloney had a great win! while Fergal Field lost 10-8 in the fifth!).
U15 beat Austria 2-0 and then accounted for Israel 3-0.

Day Four (Sunday):
U17 beat Norway 3-0 and finished in 13th place.
U15 lost to Belgium 2-1 and finished in 9th place.

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U19 European Championships:
The Irish Team of Arthur Gaskin, Dermot MacNamara, Ross Lillis, Zoe Barr and Claire O'Brien finished in 10th. position at the 2003 European Junior Team Squash Championships in Parsdorf, Germany.
In the 9-10 place play-off they were beaten 2-1 by Finland following wins against Austria and Switzerland.

Finland 2 Ireland 1
Dermot MacNamara lost to Matias Tuomi 10/8;2/9;8/10;4/9.
Claire O'Brien lost to Elina Konomenand 3/9;4/9;5/9.
Ross Lillis beat Liro Salonen 10/8;9/2.

Ireland 2 Austria 1:
Arthur Gaskin beat Aquel Rehman 1/9;9/6;5/9;9/5;9/0.
Dermot MacNamara beat Lukas Gnauer 9/6;9/1;9/1.
Zoe Barr lost to Birgit Coufal 0/9;9/6;6/9.

Ireland 2 Switzerland 1:
Arhtur Gaskin lost to Manuel Grima 4/9;3/9;0/9.
Zoe Barr beat Corinne Scarlato 9/4;9/1;9/1.
Dermot MacNamara beat Diego Staub 9/6;9/2;9/6.

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Junior Interprovincial Championships 2003
This season's Inter-Pros. provided the usual thrills and spills with great squash, great spirit and great behaviour being provided by our top juniors. Held in Limerick at Limerick Lawn and Catholic Institute, this year's championships provided a show case of our up-and-coming players who did not disappoint. Results are:

Many thanks to tournament Director Seán Burns and to Munster Junior Administrator, Gerry Connaughton for all their efforts in making the event a success. Thanks also to Limerick Lawn and Catholic Institute for hosting the championships.

Connacht's U15 Girls Winners	Leinster's U13 Boys Champs.

Leinster's U19 Girls Winners

U17 Winners

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Some of the Irish Junior National winners can be seen below:

	Dwayne and Tanya Owens completing a remarkable double in winning the Boys and Girls U19 titles at the Nationals. Also in picture is Irish Squash President, Ciarán Seóighe.
Under 13 and U15 Winners the brothers Ramasubbu! On left is Rohan and on the right is Ben.
Under 13 Winner Isabelle Mortimer with sponsors - The Connacht Tribune.	Under 17 winner Sam Olwill.
Ciara Moloney winner of Girls U17 title.	Roisín Brennan with sponsor and U15 trophy.
	Brian Brennan winner of boys U15 'B' trophy.

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Some of the Leinster Junior Open 2002 winners can be seen below.

U19 Winner Arthur Gaskin (Leinster) and Runner-up Dermot MacNamara (Munster).	Girls U19 winner Zoe Barr from Ulster with Leinster Squash President.
Ciara Maloney (Leinster) Girls U17 Winner.	Boys U17 winner Brian Healy (Munster).

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The Ulster Junior Open 2002 winners can be seen below.

From the left: Brian Byrne (C) U15 'B'; David Noone (C) BU19; Brian Parker (L) BU13; Derek Brown President, Ulster Squash; Ferghal Field (L) BU17 and Rory Byrne (L) BU15.	From the left: Roisín Brennan (L) GU15; Zoe Barr (U) GU19; Derek Brown President, Ulster Squash; Ciara Moloney (L) GU17; Isobel Mortimer (C) GU13.

The full results are on the results page.

The Connacht Junior Open 2002 was, as usual a great success. Numbers were up on last year and a great week-end was had by all.
Click here for the finishing positions.

Boys U19 Team for Worlds:
Ireland's Men's U19 team to travel to India for the World Championships has been changed. Following the withdrawal of Ulster player Dwayne Owens and Leinster's David Corbett, Munster's Dermot MacNamara and Connacht's Ross Lillis join the team. The team is now Brian Byrne, Arthur Gaskin, Dermot MacNamara and Ross Lillis.
Best of Luck lads! The event takes place in Chennai India in December, world affairs permitting!
Click here to see how the play-offs for selection went

Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlaigh bow out 3-2 at U19 Schools Championships

Well done the Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach U19 girls school squash team (current Irish U19 Schools Champions) who were narrowly beaten in the final by Millfield School:

1. Claire O'Brien beat A. Boston 3/0 - 9/3, 9/1, 9/1
2. Maria Hennessy lost E Tweedale 2/3 - 9/1, 6/9, 7/9, 9/4, 0/9
3. Ciara Moloney lost S Coombs 3/1 - 9/4, 2/9, 0/9, 7/9
4. Niamh Brennan lost E Whiting 2/3 - 3/9, 10/9, 4/9, 10/8, 7/9
5. Roisin Brennan beat C Harris 3/2 - 9/6, 6/9, 9/5, 6/9, 9/7

Dermot and all tha gang at Carlow would like to thank all those who supported the team during their campaign.

They certainly kept the flag flying!

Earlier in the season the Carlow quintet of Claire Ní Bhriain 2, Maria Nic Aonghusa, 3 Ciara Ní Mhaoldomnaigh, 4 Niamh Ní Bhraonáin and 5 Roisín Ní Bhraonáin produced mighty performances to stun their English opponents beating Ecclesbourne (5/0), Oakham College (5/0) and Bradford Girls (5/0).

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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 2002/03

(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) Selection will be based on the ranking points gained from three Provincial Opens and the Irish Nationals in the appropriate age group.

(3) 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

(7) 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.

NB 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 selectors will decide in which age group players participate in all tournaments.

Please note the following important point concerning team selection

In the case of U-13 & U-15 Boys and Girls the Irish Nationals will not be counted for points as it will be held after the Home Internationals. Therefore the best three Provincial Opens will be counted. Players wishing to be considered for the U-15 or U-17 Europeans must play in the Irish Junior Nationals.

For the U-19 Girls all above applies but additional requirements will follow for the Junior Womens World Championships to be held in Egypt in July 2003.

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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New Format for Junior Open events.

This season's Junior Opens will attempt to allow entry to a greater number of players.

To facilitate this players ranked from 13 to 16 may be required to play preliminary matches at 5.30 on the Friday evening against those ranked 17 to 20. Losers will then play in the 'B' section and the winners will proceed to the 'A' section.

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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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