Swiss Open - A silver for Sean Murphy after a very close 5 game match in the U15's. Great play from Sean! Conor Moran just lost in the U19 final with Sam Buckley winning bronze. Other notable performances from Alex Smith and Michael Creaven. Results - t.co/kWuXiygNlv ... See MoreSee Less
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Super performance by Sean Murphy to reach the Swiss Junior Open U15 final with superb squash including beating the no.1 seed in the last 16. Also great controlled play from Conor Moran to reach the U19 final. Good luck to them both tomorrow. Draws t.co/zN5GRNrZ0L ... See MoreSee Less
Ulster Squash coach Josh McVeigh working in partnership with Belfast City Council on the Everybody Active 2020 programme. Josh is delivering 'Short Squash' to Orchardville Society and Harmoney Primary school both in Belfast. For further details of the programme or 'Short squash' please e mail [email protected]
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Men's World Championships, Wasington DC - December 15th - 21st. Ireland are drawn in Pool D with Germany, Scotland & Singapore. The Ireland team is Sean Conroy Arthur Gaskin, Oisin Logan & Steve Richardson.
Steve made his debut for Ireland in the 1995 event in Cairo, and will mark his sixth appearance later this month.
Defending champions Egypt are seeded to win the WSF Men's World Team Squash Championship title for the fifth time since 1999.
The biennial World Squash Federation championship will be staged in the USA for the first time in its 52-year history. 23 nations will compete in the 26th edition of the event, hosted by US Squash, at Squash On Fire, the new state-of-the-art eight-court facility in Washington.
The full pool line-ups, including team seedings in brackets, are:
POOL A: [1] Egypt, [12] Switzerland, [15] Canada
POOL B: [2] England, [11] Wales, [14] Colombia, [23] Nigeria
POOL C: [3] France, [10] Malaysia, [13] USA, [22] Republic of Korea
POOL D: [4] Germany, [9] Scotland, [18] Ireland, [20] Singapore
POOL E: [5] New Zealand, [8] Spain, [16] Argentina, [19] South Africa
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Connacht Masters' Open Winners.
With sponsor Keith Moran of SL Controls & Dave Lalor of Connacht Squash - John Dineen O55, Michael Conlon O60, Seamus Daly O70, David Ayerst O45, John Rooney O40, Norrie O'Grady O50 & Lynda Dunlop O45. Congratulations! #MastersSquash #GameForLife Sport Ireland ... See MoreSee Less
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Different generations of Irish Squash in the aftermath of the Irish Junior Open with Referee Brian Williams and Tournament Director Eugene Walker enjoying a light moment with new U17 & U19 champions Alex Smith and Conor Moran. #GameForEveryone ... See MoreSee Less
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Irish Junior Open - Winners of GU13, BU15, GU15 & GU17, BU17, GU17 & BU19 pictured. See here for list of winners - bit.ly/34p25LT Biggest entry for many years with players from 14 countries. Picture of our Chinese players and coaches also attached.
Well done to all participants.
See you next year. Sport Ireland ... See MoreSee Less
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Adrian Leeson winner of the Dutch open over 50s in Rotterdam today. Congratulations. Results - t.co/hkJ89WgPqr #masterssquash ... See MoreSee Less
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Irish Women's Masters coaching today in Fitzwilliam. Juniors in Sutton and ALSAA with Masters in Fitzwilliam - All parts of the game covered! #masterssquash #juniorsquash #gameforlife ... See MoreSee Less
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Irish Junior Open finals day. From England Kiera Marshall, No.1 seed won the U19 title v Lucy Green. Conor Moran won the boys title. Squash of a very high level. Very enjoyable day with U13,15,17's finals also. esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/events.aspx?id=E9C3549D-1279-4DC5-B39E-952E014F3C06 ... See MoreSee Less
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After a combined 23 hours of Squash in Sutton & Alsaa Squash club today, with a superb standard of Squash, we are down to the finals day tomorrow. Come down to Sutton or ALSAA to see some great matches. All results - t.co/V2VjDhnvrJ @iresport #JuniorSquash t.co/g4BwDqdMPG ... See MoreSee Less
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Super 1st day at the Irish Junior Open. Some tense close matches and great entertainment for the spectators in Sutton & ALSAA Squash See all the results here - esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/events.aspx?id=E9C3549D-1279-4DC5-B39E-952E014F3C06 #JuniorSquash ... See MoreSee Less
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Irish Junior Open has started in Sutton LTC and Alsaa Squash with a record entry and players from as far away as New Zealand, India and China, as well many European countries. See draw and entries - t.co/V2VjDhnvrJ Good luck to all the players & enjoy! ... See MoreSee Less
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Mossie Collins - An appreciation of a legend in Irish Squash!
“The number of hours, days, months and even years that Mossie has unselfishly given to coaching juniors can only be regarded as an historical contribution to the game and to Old Belvedere” (Harry Walsh 1987 - the Commemorative Booklet 1962-1987 for Old Belvedere Squash Rackets Club.) and so it continued for many decades – that is Mossie’s contribution to Irish squash and squash players in general, continued as player, coach, advisor and mentor.
Mossie returned from England in December 1971, joined Old Belvedere and immediately began to take up squash seriously and it was from that time on that the club became a serious competitor in the leagues. How many players who have watched or played against Mossie were not awe struck by his amazing precision – that lob serve that died in the far corner, that drop shot that always got the nick. This precision enabled him to continue his flourishing squash career to well in his 70s and to have held the record of the most capped Irish Veteran International player.
By 1987 Old Belvedere had produced 22 Junior Interprovincial players and 6 junior internationals, these included his four children – Rosie, Elaine, Maurice and Chris The men’s and women’s teams under his watchful eye and guidance won the Leinster league many times and all Ireland championships on several occasions. But it was not only the members and teams in Old Belvedere that benefitted from Mossie’s tutelage he coached and mentored so many Leinster juniors and future senior internationals. He was a regular presence at interprovincial tournaments and competitions, sometimes in an official capacity more often just out of interest in the game and the players.
Mossie could talk for hours on every aspect of squash and every aspect of each individual’s technique and style of play. This attention to detail and personal touch was part and parcel of his daily professional life as a medical doctor to which he added his pioneering research.
Mossie could also talk for hours on many other subjects too, he loved all sport, he was a scientist, a researcher, a lover of music, convivial company and a gentleman. Behind all of this was his raison d’etre, his backbone - his family.
Our sympathies go to them - Kate, Rosie, Maurice and Chris and to his grand children.
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.
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