Irish Squash

U13 / U15 Home Internationals

This weekend saw Edinburgh's Heriot Watt University play host to the U13 & U15 Junior Home Internationals. After the re-inclusion of England a couple of years ago, the event grew in size again this year as France was welcomed to the competition – leading to rumours that rebranding the event the “U13 & U15 Five Nations” may follow next year. Ireland had success on Saturday against the home host nation but overall came up against some very strong oppostion with England finishing in the top places for both categories. For a full report and breakdown on results please follow link to Scottish Squash website

Junior National Teams Selection

The Junior National Teams have been offically annouced by Lee Healy Junior Administrator. For Full Details on the team selection, competiton dates and squad dates please click here

National Teams

Ireland has National Teams competing for Boys and Girls in the following age categories - U13, U15, U17 and U19.

The Coaching Teams are as follows

Girls - U13 - Kieran Doherty Boys - U13 - Eoin Ryan

Girls - U15 - Deirdre Byrne Boys - U15 - Paul Bell

Girls - U17 - Frank Donnelly Boys - U17 - Ian Hackney

Girls - U19 - Elvy Da Costa Boys - U19 - Eddie Murphy

In order to be eligible to play for Ireland

The current eligibility requirements to play for the National Team are found in Byelaw No. 7 and are set down below:

To be eligible to play for Ireland a person shall:

have been born in Ireland (that is the ROI and Northern Ireland);or a citizen of the ROI or of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and have lived permanently in Ireland for the previous 2 years; or lived permanently in Ireland for the previous 2 years and either parent was born in Ireland; or played in any two of the Irish and Provincial Open Championships in the previous season and also in the previous season shall have informed the Secretary of the Association in writing of the wish to be considered for selection for Ireland and either parent was born in Ireland; or previously played for Ireland while eligible to do so; and not have represented another country in a recognised international match in the previous 2 years and an honorary or individual member of the Association; and normally resident in Ireland, be a member of a club which is affiliated to Irish Squash and which Provincial Association is not in default in the matter of paying subscription to Irish Squash; and any requirement as regards age, as specified in Apopendix 1 to these Byelaws; and with the criteria specified for the current season by the relevant Irish Selection Committee.