Senior Squash 2008 - 2009

Please note the following alteration to Irish Squash Bye-Laws in relation to players who make late withdrawals and/or who fail to complete competitions:

‘In the event that a player scratches from a tournament after the draw is made then a two tournament ban is imposed on the offending player (relevant to both senior and junior). A one tournament ban and 0 points penalty will be imposed should a player pull out during the tournament. Either of the above will not be enforced in the event of a medical cert being submitted.’

This bye-law has effect from January 1, 2007

European Championships 2009:
As England did the double in the finals, our Men's Team beat Finland for 7th place while the Women's Team lost to France in the 3-4 play-off spot at the European Championships in Malmo.

All-Ireland Club Championships:
Congrats to Fitzwilliam who retained All-Ireland Club title at the finals in Belfast Boat Club.

Interprovincial Championships 2009:
It was a clean-sweep for Leinster at this season's Interprovincial Championships in Galway.

West of Ireland Open 2009:
Well done to Galway LTC for another great weekend of squash. There are pics and more results on the tournament page.
PSA
Simon Rosner (GER) beat Gilly Lane (U.S.A.) 3-0
Men's A Final:
John Rooney beat Derek Ryan 3-1.
Men's A 3/4 play-off
Rory Byrne beat Niall Rooney 3-2.
Ladies A Final:
Aisling Blake beat Tanya Owens 3-0.

Connacht Senior Open 2009:
This competition was held in Sligo over the weekend of February 20-22 2009.

Mount Pleasant Open 2009:
Well done to Gerry Delaney and his team for another great event.
Men's A Final:
Derek Ryan beat Arthur Gaskin 3-0.
Men's A 3/4 play-off
Nigel Peyton beat Keith Moran 3-1.
Ladies A Final:
Tanya Owens beat Claire O'Brien 3-0.

ILTB Irish Nationals 2008
Liam Kenny and Madeline Perry took the titles and the results can be found on the tournament page.

Ulster Senior Open 2008:
Men's A Final:
Derek Ryan beat Niall Rooney 3-2
Men's A 3/4 play-off
Rory Byrne bt Steve Richardson (inj)
Ladies A Final:
Tanya Owens beat Zoe Barr 3-1.
In the other sections Jonathan MacBride won the Men’s ‘B’, Michael Craig won the Men’s ‘C’, David Ayerst won the Men’s O35, and Michael McKee won the Men’s O40.

Munster Senior Open 2008:
Many thanks to Mark Smyth and his team for a successful Irish Camper Vans Munster Senior Open. The winners and runners up were:

Men's A Final
John Rooney bt Niall Rooney 3-0
Men's A 3/4 play-off
Rory Byrne bt Steve Richardson 3-2

Men's B Final
David Knox bt Geoff Power 3-2

Men's C Final
Ivan O'Mahony bt Greg McGahern 3-0

Men's D Final
Trevor Slattery bt Mark Wall 3-0

Full result sheets can be found on the Munster Website.

Bymac Leinster Senior Open 2008:

Kippax and Ryder take Dublin titles
World number 32 Sarah Kippax took the women's Bymac Leinster Squash Open title in a one-sided final in Fitzwilliam. Kippax, who had knocked out Ireland's Aisling Blake in the semi-final, dominated the final from start to finish against France's Camille Serme, winning three games to nil in just 24 minutes. Serme had put in some fine performances to reach the final, most notable knocking out number one seed Latasha Khan in the quarter-finals, but the final proved one match too far as she looked off the pace.

In the men's final England's Chris Ryder overcame Mexico's Jorge Ferreira three two in the match of the tournament. A packed court one were treated to a fantastic match which lasted all of 87 minutes. Right from the outset, nothing could seperate the players with the quality of pace matches the high pace throughout. Ryder let a 9-3 lead slip in the last as the gritty Ferreira took it rigfht down to the wire with Ryder eventually winning the deciding set 15/13 and with it the Bymac Leinster Open title

Women's final
(2) Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt (6) Camille Serme (Fra) 3/0 (11/5, 11/6, 11/4) 24 mins

Men's final
(1) Chris Ryder (Eng) bt (2) Jorge Ferreira (Mex) 3/2 (11/3, 9/11, 11/5, 9/11, 15/13) 87 mins

Men's A Final
Arthur Gaskin bt Rory Byrne 3/0
Men's A 3/4 play-off
Niall Rooney bt Keith Moran 3/2
Women's A Final
Laura Mylotte bt Tanya Owens 3/0
Womens 3/4 play-off
Zoe Barr bt Claire O'Brien 3/0
Men's B Final
Conor O'Hare bt Ciaran McCoy 3/0
Women's B Final
Joan Gorham bt Patricia Ryan 3/2
Men's C Final
Colm Travers bt Sean Conroy 3/0
Men's D Final
Max Gillanders bt Daniel L'estrange 3/2

Information on the ILTB Senior Tour 2008 - 2009.

The Irish Senior Tour incorporates 8 events. These are spread throughout Ireland as described in the Irish Squash Calendar. Ranking points for Irish selection will be available only from the Tour. Home-based Irish players will gain points from their best events as per the divisors outlined below. For PSA and WISPA ranked players and non-Irish based players a multiplier will be applied to points gained and they will therefore have more choice in which events they play.

The prize money listed below is the minimum required to take part in the Tour. Tournament Organisers may pay above this figure if they so wish. The prize money is available for Irish players ONLY.

ILTB Senior Tours, Prize fund and events:

Prize Monies for each Event

• Prize monies must be paid to the top 6 placed Irish players in each GP event. Tournament Organisers may pay non- Irish players but only after the top 6 placed Irish players are paid.
• There are two sets of minimum required prize monies to be paid out depending on the number of people in the draw:
• All men's events will be 16 draw and with the exception of the Nationals which will be 16 draw all women's events will be 8 draw.

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Men's National Ranking System and Selection:
For the 2007/2008 season the Men’s Tour will consist of 8 events. Rankings are based on performance in the tour events over a rolling 12 months, with the number of events that are taken into consideration dependent on the type of player. To ensure all players have an equal chance, weightings (multipliers) will be applied to points gained. The Irish Nationals is a compulsory event for all players.

Player 1: Top 70 Professional.
Player will be given an automatic Irish ranking based on their PSA ranking, provided they are within the top 70 on the PSA list on September 1st 2007. Players must play in the Nationals.

Player 2: Professional 71 –200
Best results from 35% of events played within the last calendar year, equating to 3 events. A multiplier will be applied - provided they are ranked between 71 an 200 on the PSA list on September 1st 2007

Player 3: Irish player resident overseas
Best results from 50% of events played within the last calendar year, equating to 4 events. A multiplier will be applied.

Player 4: Irish resident player
Best results from 65% of events played within the last calendar year, equating to 5 events. No multiplier will be applied.

Player 4 is used as the standard for determining the multiplier for other player types. Where there are 8 events the top 5 scoring events (65%) will be added together for an Irish resident player. The maximum points achievable is 4000 (1000 for the Nationals and 750 in four other tournaments).

The maximum unweighted points achievable for Player 2 is 2500 (1000 for the Nationals and 750 in two other tournaments). Using the Player 4 score as the baseline, the Multiplier for Player 2 is calculated as 4000/2500 = 1.6.

Similarly, the Multiplier for Player 1 is 4.0 and for Player 3 is 1.23.

Grand Prix Points
The Grand prix is a straight race with no multipliers with the winner determined at the end of the season. Therefore for the grand prix the more events you play the better position you will achieve. Positions will be updated on the 1st of each month

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