Irish Squash Grand Prix Tour Ballyearl Open 2002: This Grand Prix event will be held in the Ballyearl club over the week-end of March 22-24. The entry fee is £15 and entries are to be sent to Terry Long, Tournament Director, Ballyearl Squash Club, 585 Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 8R Z

Brooks Hanley Connacht Senior Open 2002

Niall Rooney was a winner over David Ayerst in the Connacht Senior Open while in the Ladies section Aisling Blake accounted for Sinéad Aitken. The rest of the results will be up as soon as they are received.

Speedway Courier Irish National Championships 2001

The Speedway Courier Irish Nationals sees a New Irish Champion in the Men's and Madeline Perry regaining her title in the ladies.
Liam Kenny (number 2 seed) won 3/1 in convincing style 9-4;4-9;9-3;9-3 against holder Derek Ryan. This is his third successive Grand Prix win and follows top finishes in Ulster and Leinster. Ryan will have to wait another year for his 9th. Irish title. John Rooney will be pleased to finish so high in the rankings after his disappointment earlier in the season in missing out on a place in the Senior World Championship team.
In the ladies final Ulster's Madeline Perry beat Louise Finnegan, also by a 3/1 margin, 9-0;5-9;9-7;9-0. In doing so madeline regained her Irish title (won last season by Eleanor Lapthorne) and brought her tally to four ('97, '98 and 1999).
A notable feature of this year's Ladies event was the fact that 4 of the top 10 finishers are junior players.
Irish Squash is grateful for the continued generosity of sponsors Speedway Couriers.

The Ulster Senior Open saw Liam Kenny scoring a double by adding the Ulster title to his win last time out in Leinster. He beat Irish team mate Steve Richardson in the final. In the Ladies 'A' Aisling McArdle earned her first Grand Prix win of the season.

The Leinster Senior Open was run off in Fitzwilliam and Mount Pleasant over the weekend of November 9 - 11 and record numbers served up some great squash. In the Men's 'A' Liam Kenny, fresh from his heroics at the Worlds, was a 3/0 winner over Munster Open runner-up John Abrahamse. In the Ladies 'A' Madeline Perry - Irish Number 1 - beat Munster Senior Open winner Aisling Blake 3/0.

The Munster Senior Open in Cork over the weekend of October 12 - 14 got the Irish Squash Grand Prix season off to a good start. In the ladies Aisling Blake (Sligo) retained her title beating Eleanor Lapthorne by 3 games to 1 in the final while in the Men's event Graham Stewart (Lloyd's) made a winning return to the circuit and won 3/2 against John Abrahamse.

Irish Squash Grand Prix Tour 2001 - 2002
Ranking points for Irish selection will only be available from the Tour. As with last season, the home based players will receive points from their best six events. Ladies and Men's prizes will also be available for the highest points total overall from all ten events. World Standard and Professional foreign based players will have to play on the Tour but will receive exemptions from some events.

The Nationals will be compulsory for all Irish players seeking selection for the National Team. The Interprovincials will be compulsory for all non professionals.

A minimum prize fund of £1500 will be available for each event. This will be funded by Irish Squash and the host Club or Province. This is a wonderful opportunity for all Squash players to take part in National selection and gain National Ranking points. It is open to everyone! For the Nationals, points will be available for each place in positions 1 to 18. For each of the Provincial and Club Opens, points will be awarded to 10th place.

No points are available for the Interprovincials, but they may be used in selection.

Events included are:-

See Calendar

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 will 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.

There are also new criteria for team selection.

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