2005 - 2006

West of Ireland 2006:

Mount Pleasant Open 2006:

The Connacht Senior Open 2006:
Men's A: John Rooney beat Angus Kirkland 3-0
3rd. Arthur Gaskin 3-0
4th. Brian Byrne
5th. Phil Cullinane 3-0
6th. C. Hillard
7th. Peter Emmanuel 3-2
8th. Rory Byrne
Full Results of the Men's A section are available.

Men's B: Eoin Higgins beat Cathal O'Riordan 3-0, Men's C: M. McKeever beat Colm McNiece 3-1.

Pictured at the presentation of prizes at the Connacht Senior Open in Sligo are above left to right: Sligo Squash Club President and Torrnament Director, John Kielty, Club Captain, Cian Forkin, Sponsors SL Controls - Winner John Rooney and - -.

ILTB Irish National Squash Championships:
Liam Kenny and Laura Mylotte claimed the Invest Like the Best Irish Squash National titles at Fitzwilliam. Full details can be found on the Nationals page.

Key Mortgages Ulster Senior Open (Ruth Irvine reporting from the Belfast Boat Club)
The Mens A was won by Angus Kirkland who beat Steve Richardson in a hard fought final 3-1 (9-5,9-3,7-9,9-3)
The mens B Section was won by Chris O'Kane who beat Alan Megaw in the final 3-1
Tanya Owens beat Zoe Barr to take the Ladies title; 9-4,1-9,10-8,9-7

Women's A winner, Tanya Owens pictured with Ulster Squash President Derek Brown, Kim Craig (representing the sponsors), Zoe Barr (runner-up) and Tommy Marshall Tournament Director.

Men's A winner Angus Kirkland and runner-up Stevie Richardson.

Men's 'B' winner Chris O'Kane and runner-up Alan Megaw.

The Bymac Leinster Senior Open Results (Gerry Callanan reporting)
Ryan Takes title in thriller at Fitzwilliam:
Derek Ryan last year's winner beat Angus Kirkland 3-1 coming from a game down and game ball down in the second to win the title for a second year .In the ladies Aisling Blake beat Tanya Owens 3-0. Blake now playing full time from her base in Holland did not lose a game all weekend.

Derek Ryan and Angus Kirkland the Men's A finalists.	Prize-winners pictured at presentation.
Aisling Blake and Tanya Owens warming up for Ladies A Final.	Arthur Gaskin and Brian Byrne in Men's A 3 v 4 play-offs.

Men's A: Winner – Derek Ryan 3 – 1 Angus Kirkland (1/9, 10/8, 10/8, 9/5)
3rd – Arthur Gaskin
4th - Brian Byrne
5th – Keith Moran
6th – Neil Murphy

Ladies A: Winner – Aisling Blake 3 – 0 Tanya Owens
3rd – Emma Toolan
4th – Jenny Dillon
5th - Lucy Jirkova
6th – Julie Tierney

Mens E – Winner – Eoin Dolan
Mens D Plate – Dominick Tighe – 3 - 0 – Liam Butler
Mens D – Neil Martin – 3 – 0 Jimmy Carroll
Mens C Plate – Karlis Zauers – 3 – 2 Lawrence O Donovan
Mens C – Tony Knights – 3 – 1 Alan Slator
Mens B Plate – Tony Maher – 3 – 0 Aisling Blake
Mens B – Peter Emmanuel – 3 – 0 Gordon Harpur
Ladies B – Winner – Lorraine Kiely
Ladies B – Runner up – Jackie McCreevey

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The Munster Senior Open 2005:
The Men's A was won by Liam Kenny who beat John Rooney in the final (Rooney retired) and Laura Mylotte was a 3-0 winner against Eleanor Lapthorne in the Ladies A.. The full results are available on the Munster Squash Site.

Information on the Irish Grand Prix

Tour 2005-06

The Irish senior Tour incorporates 8 events. These will be 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 six events. World standard and foreign-based players will receive exemptions from certain events.

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.

National Ranking System and Grand Prix Tour Positions:

Rankings:
Rankings are based on the performance over the previous 12 months. The number of events that are taken into consideration are dependent on player type as follows:
o Top 60 Professional – 35% of events played within the last calendar year
o Professional & non-Irish resident player – 50% of events played within the last calendar year
o Irish resident player – 65% of events played within the last calendar year Multipliers applied to the points gained will depend on how many tournaments are played within the calendar year as follows
o The number of qualifying tournaments are calculated by working out how many an Irish resident player can play e.g. 8 tournaments within calendar year, therefore qualifying tournaments = 65% x 8 tournaments = 5 (rounded to nearest whole number, .5 rounds up)
o The maximum points achievable for an Irish resident player is calculated, e.g. nationals + 4 remaining tournaments in above example = 1000 + (4*750) = 4000 points
o For each player type the number of tournaments they have to play is calculated by using the % e.g. Top 60 Professional = 35% x 8 tournaments = 3
o The maximum achievable for that player type is calculated e.g. nationals + 2 remaining tournaments = 1000 + (2*750) = 2500 points
o The multiplier for that player type in this case will be 4000/2500 = 1.6
A Professional (outside PSA top 60) and/or a non – Irish Resident will need to play 50% of the events. His multiplier will be 1000 +(3*750) =3250. The multiplier is 4000/3250 = 1.23
4000 is the maximum any one person can achieve on the ranking.

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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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Prize Monies for each Event

• Prize monies must be paid to the top 6 placed IRISH players in each GP event.
• There are two sets of minimum required prize monies to be paid out depending on the number of people in the draw:
  (16 or 8 person draw - see grid below)
• Tournament Organisers may pay non- Irish players but ONLY after the top 6 placed Irish players are paid.

Criteria for Irish Team selection:
Selection is based on the highest 4 ranked players available based on the rules above.
Section Committee, reserve the right, in exceptional circumstances, to seek Council approval to select an alternative player in replace of the 4th highest ranked player available.
Selection dates to be detailed at least 3 months prior to the Team Championships beginning.
Please note the selection for the 2006 European Team Championships will be based on the March 1st ranking 2006

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