Ireland 17’s win Silver & 15’s finish 6th

EUROPEAN UNDER 15 & 17 CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Results

Under 15’s

The Under 15’s finished in 6th place after a super few days of squash from them.

Ireland U15 – Hungary U15: 1-2

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U15	–	Hungary U15	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS2	Ansh Pahuja	–	Daniel Simon	7-11 11-3 8-11 11-5 10-12	0-1
2	BS1	Denis Gilevskiy	–	Simon Nagy	11-8 11-5 11-4	1-0
3	GS	Hannah Mcgugan	–	Vanda Laskai	10-12 11-9 4-11 8-11	0-1

Ireland U15 – France U15: 1-2

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U15	–	France U15	Score	Points			Duration
1	GS	Brenda Li	–	Ninon Lemarchand	8-11 3-11 4-11	0-1
2	BS1	Denis Gilevskiy	–	Paul Gonzalez	11-6 6-11 11-5 11-6	1-0
3	BS2	Alex Smith	–	Oliver Lamilango	4-11 8-11 11-7 8-11	0-1

Standings of U15 Team – Group E

		Points	Played	Won	Draws	Lost	Rubbers			Games			Points
1	Ireland U15	6	3	3	0	0	8	–	1	25	–	4	305	–	187
2	Wales U15	4	3	2	0	1	7	–	2	22	–	7	294	–	175
3	Slovakia U15	2	3	1	0	2	2	–	7	6	–	23	162	–	294
4	Norway U15	0	3	0	0	3	1	–	8	5	–	24	187	–	292

Ireland U15 – Wales U15: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U15	–	Wales U15	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Denis Gilevskiy	–	Tate Harms	11-8 11-7 11-6	1-0
2	GS	Brenda Li	–	Bronte Wright	6-11 9-11 11-6 8-11	0-1
3	BS2	Alex Smith	–	Rhys Evans	11-9 4-11 11-7 11-8	1-0

Ireland U15 – Slovakia U15: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U15	–	Slovakia U15	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Denis Gilevskiy	–	Jakub Strapek	11-0 11-1 11-1	1-0
2	BS2	Alex Smith	–	Matus Matas	11-5 11-2 11-5	1-0
3	GS	Brenda Li	–	Klára Kohlerova	11-7 11-9 11-8	1-0

Ireland U15 – Norway U15: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U15	–	Norway U15	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Denis Gilevskiy	–	Andreas Knoph	11-3 11-4 11-6	1-0
2	BS2	Ansh Pahuja	–	Amund Feness	14-12 11-8 11-7	1-0
3	GS	Hannah Mcgugan	–	Irene Fossen	11-4 11-9 11-1	1-0

Under 17’s

The Under 17’s finished 2nd and got a silver medal, having lost to England in the final 2-1. This place is the highest an Irish U17’s team have ever got, an absolutely great result.

England U17 – Ireland U17: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	England U17	–	Ireland U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS2	Benjamin Sockett	–	Sam Buckley	5-11 11-13 11-4 11-2 Retired	0-1
2	BS1	Samuel Todd	–	Scott Gillanders	11-6 11-8 11-9	1-0
3	GS	Elise Lazarus	–	Sophie O’Rourke	11-7 11-3 11-6	1-0

Ireland U17 – Netherlands U17: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U17	–	Netherlands U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	GS	Sophie O’Rourke	–	Fleur Maas	6-11 9-11 4-11	0-1
2	BS1	Scott Gillanders	–	Tom Schreurs	11-4 11-7 11-7	1-0
3	BS2	Sam Buckley	–	Hernrico Van Der Vegt	11-4 11-4 11-4	1-0

Ireland U17 – Scotland U17: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U17	–	Scotland U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	GS	Sophie O’Rourke	–	Maddie Orr	11-5 11-1 11-7	1-0
2	BS1	Scott Gillanders	–	Alasdair Prott	2-11 5-11 3-11	0-1
3	BS2	Sam Buckley	–	Fraser Mccann	10-12 11-5 11-8 11-2	1-0

Standings of U17 Team – Group C

		Points	Played	Won	Draws	Lost	Rubbers			Games			Points
1	Ireland U17	8	4	4	0	0	10	–	2	32	–	9	423	–	291
2	France U17	6	4	3	0	1	8	–	4	26	–	13	362	–	314
3	Spain U17	4	4	2	0	2	6	–	6	22	–	21	408	–	370
4	Poland U17	2	4	1	0	3	3	–	9	12	–	29	316	–	418
5	Norway U17	0	4	0	0	4	3	–	9	11	–	31	300	–	416

Ireland U17 – France U17: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U17	–	France U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Scott Gillanders	–	Noah Hateau	9-11 9-11 10-12	0-1
2	GS	Sophie O’Rourke	–	Johanna Pigeat	11-7 11-5 11-3	1-0
3	BS2	Sam Buckley	–	Thibault Lassaux	11-4 11-2 5-11 11-8	1-0

Ireland U17 – Norway U17: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U17	–	Norway U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Scott Gillanders	–	Simen Wiig	11-2 11-6 11-6	1-0
2	GS	Emma Lundy	–	Madeleine Hylland	8-11 9-11 11-7 11-5 3-11	0-1
3	BS2	Sam Buckley	–	Nicolai Bö	11-2 11-6 11-4	1-0

Ireland U17 – Spain U17: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U17	–	Spain U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Scott Gillanders	–	Gonzalo Romero Rodríguez	12-10 11-5 12-10	1-0
2	BS2	Sam Buckley	–	Ivan Pérez Saavedra	13-11 2-11 11-5 11-8	1-0
3	GS	Sophie O’Rourke	–	Marta Dominguez	11-6 12-10 11-9	1-0

Ireland U17 – Poland U17: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland U17	–	Poland U17	Score	Points			Duration
1	BS1	Sam Buckley	–	Filip Jarota	11-3 11-13 11-6 11-8	1-0
2	BS2	Donal O’Shea	–	Mikolaj Korsak	11-5 11-6 11-7	1-0
3	GS	Sophie O’Rourke	–	Marta Sikora	11-3 11-7 11-3	1-0

The biggest team squash event of the year for the Under 15’s and Under 17’s (boys and girls), will take place this week in Prague. The best players in these age groups, from all over Europe will be there. There is a record number of entries in the Championships this year, with 21 teams in Under 15’s and 20 teams in the under 17’s competing.
The players who will represent Ireland in this event are:
The Under 17s team will be represented by Sam Buckley (Leinster) who has made great progress this year; finished second in German JO (Super series) and won Irish Junior Nationals U17; Scott Gillanders (Leinster) was a finalist in Nordic JO and Swiss JO. Both these boys are in the top 10 in Europe. Unfortunately, Conor Moran (Leinster) has an injury and has to withdraw. This is very hard luck on Conor. who is replaced by Donal O’Shea (Connacht), who has been playing great squash all season.
The girls on the team are – Sophie O’Rourke (Munster), who had a great season winning the Swiss JO (which moved her in the top 10 in European rankings) and she also took part in the Senior women’s team championship in Helsinki two weeks ago. Emma Lundy, has had a super season on the junior tour which cemented her place on the team. The team is seeded 3rd and is drawn with France, Spain, Norway and Poland.
The Under 15’s team is Denis Gilevskiy (Leinster), Alex Smith (Leinster), Ansh Pahuja (Ulster), Brenda Li (Leinster) and Hannah McGuggan (Ulster). All those players will represent Ireland in a European team championship for the first time. However all of them have experience of playing for Ireland in the Five Nations Championships before. Ireland are seeded 5th and drawn with Wales, Slovakia and Norway.
Both teams are flying to Prague on Wednesday 10th of May accompanied by National Junior coaches David Noone, Ed Dunne and manager Helen Reapy.
We wish all of them good luck.
All progress can be followed on http://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx…