IRELAND U 17 Euro Results

IRELAND U17 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ireland v Wales

The first match for David was his most difficult in the tournament so far. However once he cracked his opponent in the first match he won it well 3-0.

Nikita in a tough match won the first game convincingly. However the efforts of the week were beginning to show and his legs were showing his tiredness. In particular from his great match vs the Swiss lad on Saturday night. Unfortunatly he lost 3-1.

Griffin played a strong first game and was unlucky to lose it 10-12. After that the match slipped away and she lost it 3-0.

So Ireland secure 6th place, a good result.

Ireland[IRL] – [WAL] Wales: 1-2

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[WAL] Wales	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[WAL] Emyr Evans	11-9 11-4 11-5	1-0
2	MS2	Nikita Gilevskiy [IRL]	–	[WAL] Elliott Morris-Devred	11-6 5-11 8-11 3-11	0-1
3	WS	Griffin Gillanders [IRL]	–	[WAL] Elin Harlow	10-12 5-11 5-11	0-1

5th – 8th place play off

Ireland 2 Switzerland 1 so Ireland play Wales for 5th place on Sunday at 12.30.

Ireland[IRL] – [SUI] Switzerland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[SUI] Switzerland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[SUI] Jan Kurzmeyer	11-3 11-5 11-3	1-0
2	WS	Griffin Gillanders [IRL]	–	[SUI] Cindy Merlo	2-11 6-11 4-11	0-1
3	MS2	Nikita Gilevskiy [IRL]	–	[SUI] Andreas Dietzsch	9-11 6-11 11-8 12-10 11-4	1-0

Quarter Final vs England

Ireland lost the third match to go down 2-1 in the tie.

David Ryan v Patrick Rooney

David took the first game with little bother 11-4.

Second game was a much tighter affair with David a couple of points behind at the mid way point. However he came back well and got to game ball at 10-8 and took it . So 2-0.

David reasserted his dominance in the third to win it 11-4. So 1-0 to Ireland.

Griffin next on court v Lily Taylor

Unfortunatly Griffin couldn’t sustain her good patches of play to bring the game to 4 or 5 games. A good performance in the 1st and 3rd games however she lost 0-3.

Ireland 1 England 1 – all down to the last match. Unfortunatly Philip McSweeney from Cork lost the match so Ireland lose 2-1.

England[ENG] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	England[ENG]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS1	Patrick Rooney [ENG]	–	[IRL] David Ryan	4-11 8-11 4-11	0-1
2	WS	Lily Taylor [ENG]	–	[IRL] Griffin Gillanders	11-7 11-4 11-8	1-0
3	MS2	James Peach [ENG]	–	[IRL] Philip Brien Mcsweeney	11-7 11-3 11-0	1-0

Ireland vs France

Griffin Gillanders v Laura Gamblin

Griffin played some great squash in patches but went down 0-3

David Ryan v Adrien Gronoin

David yet again proved his class by beating the French no. 1 in 3 games.

Nikita Gilevskiy v Enzo Corigliano

Nikita had game ball, after an excellent performance to go 1 up but couldn’t take it. After that the French no. 2 settled into his grove and took the next two to win 3-0.

Ireland 1 France 2

France[FRA] – [IRL] Ireland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	France[FRA]	–	[IRL] Ireland	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Laura Gamblin [FRA]	–	[IRL] Griffin Gillanders	11-7 11-8 11-9	1-0
2	MS1	Adrien Grondin [FRA]	–	[IRL] David Ryan	6-11 5-11 3-11	0-1
3	MS2	Enzo Corigliano [FRA]	–	[IRL] Nikita Gilevskiy	12-10 11-4 11-0	1-0

Ireland go into the last 8 on Saturday.

Ireland[IRL] – [POR] Portugal: 3-0

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[POR] Portugal	Score	Points			Duration
1	WS	Fiona Power [IRL]	–	[POR] Catarina Nunes	5-11 11-6 11-5 6-11 11-8	1-0
2	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[POR] Tomas Silva	11-1 11-4 11-0	1-0
3	MS2	Philip Brien Mcsweeney [IRL]	–	[POR] Alfonso Silva	9-11 11-8 11-6 11-7	1-0

Ireland[IRL] – [SCO] Scotland

Ireland 2 Scotland 1
Nikita Gilveskiy v Ewan Hearns
Game 1
Nikita’s is continuing his impressive form from this morning against tougher opposition in the very sizable Scottish no2
Nikita wins the first 11-9

Game 2
A couple of points into the second match and the Scottish player takes a blood injury time-out with a gash to his knee. Nobody saw how he sustained the injury. 3-2
He has as long as he wants to stem the flow of blood, however he will be heavily penalised if, when he returns, it starts to bleed again.

10mins later back on court with a massive gauze dressing on his left knee

The Scot wins the next 6 points Nikita seems to have lost is ability to move, definite loss of concentration …………At last normal service resumed Nikita wins next 2 points 5-8

A great retrieval of a lost cause out of the back left corner gets Nikita back into the game a succession of points and ‘in the zone’ play gets Nikita to 10-10

One tin from Nikita and a good drive wins the game for Ewan

Game 3
Superb cross court nick 1-0 blistering pace in this phase of the match, very even at this stage.

Nikita starting to take control working his opponent all over the court and out of position.
Tiredness creeping in to the Scott’s play
Easy finish for Nikita 11-3

Game 4

Nikita looking very composed and fit going into the fourth. The Scott taking an extra few minutes
Referee’s watch must have stopped.

Ewan Starts with a dead nick to the back wall.

Game swinging back and forth, Nikita looking for his last run of points to get to the finish line.
Looks like he getting them however a fall puts a stop to the run. No damage done,

Nikita playing some great lengths and winners with drives to the back right side also using the tight back hand drop very well to stretch Ewan

Edge of the seat stuff ….match ball to Nikita and he finishes with a superb reverse boast to seal it. One very tired and bloody Scott
11-8

Ireland 3-Scotland 1

David Ryan v Rory Stewart

David cruised to a 3-0 win. Score speaks for itself!!
11-1
11-2
11-0

Griffin Gillanders v Kirsty Loban

With the match won Griffin must concentrate first and foremost on getting as many points as possible from this match. This will be the hardest match for the team so far.

Game 1
Griffin starts with a great drive and a tight lob 2-0
Kirsty gets 3 back
Two good shots boast and drop get griffin back
Game swings back and forth but Kirsty gets a run going, and game finishes with a tin from griffin.
7 – 11

Game 2
Griffin totally stood back and lets Kirsty dominate the second game. She needs to take the ball much earlier.
1-11

Game 3
Some bright moments in the third but not nearly enough. Griffin didn’t test Kirsty at all, allowing Kirsty to control the third and the match
6-11

Ireland 0 – Scotland 3

Matches 2-1
Games 6-4
Points 91 – 69

Ireland[IRL] – [SCO] Scotland: 2-1

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[SCO] Scotland	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS2	Nikita Gilevskiy [IRL]	–	[SCO] Ewan Hearns	11-9 11-13 11-3 11-8	1-0
2	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[SCO] Rory Stewart	11-1 11-2 11-0	1-0
3	WS	Griffin Gillanders [IRL]	–	[SCO] Kirsty Lobban	7-11 1-11 6-11	0-1

So here we are in Girona, Spain, for the last European team event of the year,

The  U17 & U15 European Championships 2013.

Lots of hustle and bustle in the Mas Sant Josep squash centre in preparation for the first matches with teams trying to commandeer courts for practice.

10.00am

Up first are the U17’s

Ireland’s group include Portugal, Israel, Scotland and France with 2 teams to qualify for the top half off the draw. The playing order for today is 2,1, girl.

Ireland[IRL] – [ISR] Israel

Ireland  3 Israel 0

Match 1

Nikita Gilevskiy v Idan Hare

Nikita is first on court. Nikita starting well constructing his rallies from the back. This will be good to settle any nerves. Playing good winning lengths to go 9 -3 up.

The Israeli has just taken 3 points in a row to go 9-6. Nikita takes the next 2 points 11-6

Second

Nikita take first point and second with a well worked stroke.

Israeli hits back with two winners. 2-2

Nikita takes next 9 of the next 11  points with ease to win 11-4

Third

Unless the Israeli has a Damascene conversion this match is over.

The Israeli is hitting a lot of tin and Nikita just playing safe sensible squash letting his opponent make the mistakes.

Game over  11-3

Ireland  3 Israel 0

Match 2

David Ryan  v Nazaf Raziel

This Israeli is a decent player trying his best to compete with David but clearly finding it hard work to stick with the pace. Breathing heavily towards the end of the first game – 11- 2

The second game is all David,  running his opponent into the ground,  I have a feeling the blue and white towel will be thrown very soon

David takes it 11-1

The third game finishes 11- 3

Ireland 3 – Israel 0

Match 3

Griffin Gillanders v Maya Birenshtock

This Israeli girl is only 13 and this is her first tournament. From the warm up it is obvious griffin is at a different stage of development.  As points are at stake the match must be played to the best of 5.

Griffin should be an easy winner here.

Game scores

11-0, 11-0, 11-4

Ireland 3-Israel 0

Match result

Matches Ireland 3 – Israel 0

Games Ireland 9 – 0

Points 99-23

Ireland[IRL] – [ISR] Israel

Match overview

Order	Event	Ireland[IRL]	–	[ISR] Israel	Score	Points			Duration
1	MS2	Nikita Gilevskiy [IRL]	–	[ISR] Idan Hare	11-6 11-4 11-3	1-0
2	MS1	David Ryan [IRL]	–	[ISR] Nadav Raziel	11-2 11-1 11-3	1-0
3	WS	Griffin Gillanders [IRL]	–	[ISR] Maya Birenshtock	11-0 11-0 11-4	1-0