2004 - 2005

West of Ireland Senior Open (Sponsored by Garvins Pub of Galway):

Mens A:-
Winner: Niall Rooney bt. John Abrahamse 3-2,
3 v 4: Arthur Gaskin w/o Neal Murphy,
5 v 6: Colin Whitney bt. Keith Moran 3-0,
7 v 8: Ross Lillis bt.Nigel Peyton 3-0,
9 v 10: David Noone bt.Brian Knox 3-2,
11 v 12: Kevin Knox bt.Dan Long 3-1,
13 v 14: Ronan Tully bt.Rory Gilligan 3-2
15 v 16: Conor Flanagan w/o Brian Byrne.

Mens B:
Final:- Fergus McLysaght bt.Ray Crowley 3-2.
Plate:- Laura Mylotte bt. Evan Walsh 3-0.

Mens C:
Francois Jasmin bt. Jim Hynes 3-1.
Plate:- Benny O’Brien bt.Barry Collins 3-0.

Mens D:
Billy Bell bt.Brian Keane 3-0.
Plate :-Jacqueline Kearney bt.James Breslin 3-2.

Ballyearl Senior Open:
Men's A Section - winner - David Ayerst (U) beat Neal Murphy (L) 3-0
Women's A Section - winner - Nicky-Ann Stanley (U) beat Caroline Coyle (U) 3-0
Men's B Section winner Patrick Quinn

From left: Ballyearl Chairperson Gerald Lecky, David Ayerst (Men's A winner) with his daughter Rebecca, runner-up Neal Murphy and Ulster Squash President, Derek Brown.

Women's A runner-up Caroline Coyle on left and winner, Nicky-Ann Stanley.

Men's B winner Patrick Quinn.

Connacht Senior Open:
Mens A Section - winner - Derek Ryan (L) bt Arthur Gaskin (L) 3-0
3/4th Keith Moran (C) bt Brian Byrne (L)

From left; Runner-up Arthur Gaskin; 3rd. placed Keith Moran; Tournament Director John Kielty; Cian Forkan of Master Foods and winner Derek Ryan.

From left: 4th. placed Brian Byrne; 3rd. placed Keith Moran with John Kielty and Cian Forkan.

Irish Nationals 2004 (Full results on Nationals Page)

Mens A Section - winner - Liam Kenny (M) bt Derek Ryan (L) 3-0
3/4th Niall Rooney bt Stevie Richardson (U) 3-0
5/6th Patrick Foster (M) bt Dara O'Flynn (L) 3-0
7/8th Brian Byrne (L) v Arthur Gaskin (L) w/o

Women's A section - winner Madeline Perry (U) bt Aisling Blake (C) 3-0
3/4th Laura Mylotte bt Anna McGeever (C) 3-1
5/6th Eleanor Lapthorne (M) bt Zoe Barr (U) 3-1
7/8th Tanya Owens (U) bt Kerri Shields (U) 3-1

The Key Mortgage Ulster Senior Open 2004

Mens A Section - winner - Steve Richardson (U) bt Patrick Foster (M) 6-9; 9-7;9-6; 9-3
3/4th Niall Rooney bt Graeme Stewart 6-9 4-9 9-5 1-0 (GS retd. injured) match awarded to Niall.
5/6th David Ayerst(U) w/o Paul Cullinane
7/8th Dara O'Flynn(L) bt Arthur Gaskin(M) 7-0 (AG retd.)
Mens B section - Chris Hillyard (Scot.& Cambridge) bt Daniel Roberts (U) 5-9;9-5;5-9;9-4;9-5
C section - Jonathan MacBride (U) bt Conor O'Hare (U) 6-9 9-4 9-2 9-7
D section - Martin O'Kane (U) bt Paul Donnelly (U) 5-9 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-4

WOMENS Section -
Aisling Blake (C) bt Caroline Coyle 9-5 9-5 9-1
3/4th Zoe Barr (U) bt Tanya Owens (U) 9-2 9-2 9-3

'A' winner Stevie Richardson with Paddy Craig from Key Mortgages, Patrick Foster (M) runner-up and Ulster President Derek Brown.

Ladies 3rd. placed Zoe Barr, Aisling Blake - winner and runner-up Caroline Coyle.

Derek Brown, Patrick Foster (runner-up), Paddy Craig, Graeme Stewart (4th.) and Niall Rooney (3rd)

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The Leinster Senior Open 2004
The results of this competition are available by clicking the relevant competition below

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Muster Senior Open 2004 The full results and pics are available on the Munster Squash Web Site

Information on the Irish Grand Prix

Tour 2004-05

The Irish senior Tour incorporates 9 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.

1. Criteria for Irish team selection

• National Championships compulsory for all players;
• All Players must play the Nationals plus three other GP Tour Events;
  Exception: Players ranked in Worlds Top 30: Nationals plus two other GP Tour Events;
• All players must play a minimum of one GP Tour Event before January 1st and minimum of one event after January 1st.;
• For Irish team selection – Best 6 events to count;
• For World Top 30, Professional players and foreign-based players a multiplier is used to calculate their overall score equaling 6 events;
  Multiplier explained:
  Top 30 World Ranked player 1,000 = 1,800 adjusted
  Professional Player 1,000 = 1,385 adjusted
  Foreign Based Player 1,000 = 1,385 adjusted
  Home Based Player 1,000 = 1,000 (no multiplier)
• For the Women's Worlds 2004, there will be trials held in September. Players still have to qualify under the Grand Prix Rules but the trials will determine places and positions on the team.
  
  

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2. Points system

• Players are awarded points based on their finishing position in the event – new points scheme proposed this year with points being awarded to more players in each event.
• Rolling system: whereby points gained in this years event replace points gained in same event last year.
• More Points awarded for the National Championships.
• Winner of overall GP Tour each year is the person with the most points scored.

Previous winners:
2002/2003 Graeme Stewart and Madeline Perry
2001/2002 Liam Kenny and Aisling Blake
2000/2003 David Ayerst and Eleanor Lapthorne

3. 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.

Entry Fees for all Tour Events

• A €5.00 levy is to be charged to all non-members of Irish Squash playing in all Grand Prix Tour Events.
• Tournament Organisers will be supplied with list of all full paid up members prior to Tournament.
• All non-members levies to be sent to Irish squash Office following event.
• Membership application forms to be available from Tournament Organisers at Registration to event on Friday evening.

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