Euro – IRELAND's Women & Men win tough!!!

MEN

IRELAND play Sweden in the Div 2, 1-8 Monrad (knockout) at 5pm Irish time today.

Playing Sweden in 1/4 finals at 17:00 Irish time. You can watch here http://www.squash.nl/page/24367/Web-streaming–Day-02 … Courts 4 and 5. Tough evening ahead!

Ireland v Sweden in the 1/4 finals of Div 2 with Gaskin v Drakenberg going on court now. Arthur 1up, 11- 5.  Arthur 9-0 uo, 10-2, wins it 11-3.

Byrne v unorthodox Hult at #3 will be test for the Carlow man. Byrne 1 down 11-9, close. Two down 11-0 in 2nd. Tighter set in the 3rd, nip & tuck , 6-6. But Brian goes down 0-3 (9-11, 0-11, 10-12), Gaskin 2-0 (11-5, 11-3) up and looking strong at 7-4. However Gaskin drops the 3rd after some ‘lucky’ pickups from his opponent which the referee missed, Gaskin understandably not happy. Gaskin finishes in style 11-3 for a 3-1 win.

One all in matches.

Ryan battles against Tenant. loses the 1st, 14-12 having been 9-5 down. Richardson starts against Christenson. Derek is 5-1 up in the second, 6-2, 10-3, 10-4. Wins it 11-5. One all in sets. Ryan is 5-2 up in the third. 6-3, 9-5, wins it 11-5. Sets 2-1 up, Go Derek!

Steve is 5 all in the first, 7-7, wins it 12-10. 2-1 up in the 2nd. Down 2-5, 4-6, 6-7, Steve wins it 11-8, great stuff!

Derek is 5-2 up in 4th set. 6-2. Under a little pressure lost last 2 points, one to a stroke 6-4 up. Great drop in RH Corner 7-4, 7-5, 8-7 up. Wins it quickly 11-7. Ireland 2-1 up.

Richardson down in 3rd 5-2, 6-4. Turns it around Steve up 7-6. 8-9 down, 10-9 down, 10 all, 10-11 down, 11 all, 12-11 to Steve, match ball! 12 all, another match ball to Steve. Wins it 14-12 in 55 min. Brillant result 3-1 to Ireland.

Next up the hosts Netherlands at 5pm (Irish time) on Friday in the Semi Final of Div 2.

So both our Women’s & Men’s team take on Holland tomorrow. Our supporters will need to be in top voice to support the teams tomorrow afternoon.

Come back tomorrow afternoon to www.irish squash.com for real time updates on IRELAND’s two matches!! You can also watch both matches live streaming on www.squash.nl and go into webcam.

 

Sweden MSWE[SWE] – IRL[IRL] Ireland M

Time: Thu 02/05/2013 18:00
Draw: Men – Division 2  – 1-8
Score:
Match overview
Order Event Sweden MSWE[SWE] IRL[IRL] Ireland M Score Points Duration
1 MS1
Christian Drakenberg Sweden[SWE]
Ireland[IRL] Arthur Gaskin
5-11 3-11 11-9 3-11 0-1 1:01
2 MS2
Romain Tenant Sweden[SWE]
Ireland[IRL] Derek Ryan
14-12 5-11 5-11 7-11 0-1 1:06
3 MS3
Rasmus Hult Sweden[SWE]
Ireland[IRL] Brian Byrne
11-9 11-0 12-10 1-0 0:40
4 MS4
Alex Christenson Sweden[SWE]
Ireland[IRL] Steve Richardson
10-12 8-11 12-14 0-1 0:55

WOMEN

Final Pool Table

Standings of Women – Division 1  – Pool B
Points Played Won Draws Lost Matches Games Points
1 IRL[IRL] Ireland W 6 3 3 0 0 8 1 25 6 330 231
2 FRA[FRA] France W 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 23 13 358 309
3 CZE[CZE] Czech Republic W 2 3 1 0 2 2 7 11 23 289 342
4 WAL[WAL] Wales W 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 9 26 261 356

Ireland WIRL[IRL] – FRA[FRA] France W

Time: Thu 02/05/2013 10:00
Draw: Women – Division 1  – Pool B
Score:
Match overview
Order Event Ireland WIRL[IRL] FRA[FRA] France W Score Points Duration
1 WS1
Madeline Perry Ireland[IRL]
France[FRA] Camille Serme
8-11 11-9 11-5 9-11 11-9 1-0 1:16
2 WS2
Aisling Blake Ireland[IRL]
France[FRA] Coline Aumard
11-7 14-12 11-2 1-0 0:46
3 WS3
Laura Mylotte Ireland[IRL]
France[FRA] Cyrielle Peltier
5-11 10-12 11-6 10-12 0-1 0:41

IRELAND V FRANCE – KEY MATCH

Ireland v France in group decider, Mylotte first on v Peltier. Mylotte drops first game 11-5. Mylotte goes 0-2 down after a very close 2nd game having led 9-7. Mylotte fights back taking the 3rd 11-6, with a much slower and more controlled game plan. Ireland 0-1 down as Mylotte loses tight 4th 9-11 in 41 min. Next on is Perry v Serme.

Perry drops first game 8-11. Madeline wins the 2nd in a tight game 11-9 with Serme having been 4-1 up. Madeline wins the 3rd game a little easier 11-5. However the 4th goes 11-9 against her in a great set.

Madeline DOES IT in a thrilling set 11-9. She was 6-2 down but won 6 points in a row to 8-6 up and then it went to 10-8, then 10-9, she then won it 11-9 in 76 min.  Superb match from Madeline against the young French woman who is ranked 2 places above Madeline @ 9.

Now down to Aisling who is playing Coline Aumard who lost in the qtr final of the Irish Open last week to Deon Saffrey of Wales who Aisling played last evening.

Aisling wins the 1st 11-7 in 13 min, great start! Aisling 10-6 down in the 2nd came back to 10 all. 11 all, 12 all, Aisling DOES IT 14-12!! Well Done! 2-0 up in 37min.

3rd set = Aisling 3-0 up, 4-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2, 8-2, 10-2, 11-2, in 46 min.

Ireland beat France 2-1 as Aisling wins the pivotal match 3-0!! Onto the Semis vs Netherlands, number 5 seeds who beat Belguim in the deciding rubber in Pool A, England having already qualified.

Standings of Women – Division 1  – Pool A
Points Played Won Draws Lost Matches Games Points
1 ENG[ENG] England W 6 3 3 0 0 9 0 27 2 310 132
2 NED[NED] Netherlands W 4 3 2 0 1 4 5 17 15 280 263
3 BEL[BEL] Belgium W 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 12 21 231 307
4 GER[GER] Germany W 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 7 25 198 317

Semi Finals – Friday 3rd May

IRELAND(2) V Netherlands(5) – 3pm Irish Time

England (1) v France (3)