There are now just 50 days to go before the start of the 2026 Cannon Kirk GillenMarkets PSA Irish Open at Fitzwilliam, a star-studded tournament headed up by Egypt’s Nada Abbas, the PSA No.15 women’s rank, and Scotland’s Greg Lobban, the PSA men’s No.22 and defending Dublin champion. With the entry deadline soon to close, […]
Squash Ireland CEO Scott Graham has hailed the inclusion of the sport at the European Games in Istanbul next year in the lead-up to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Squash, beach sprint rowing and weightlifting will be newcomers among the total of 26 sports and disciplines at the fourth edition of the […]
The draws have been published for this Saturday’s opening round at the U19 European Championships in Krakow, which features eight Irish players. In the boys’ individuals section, Sutton’s Tyler Dromgoole has been given a high-profile fixture versus the No.1 seed, Amir Khaled-Jousselin of France. Also in the top half of the draw is his brother […]
Irish medals at the Junior European Championships are rare. There were U15 and U17 silvers respectively won at Eindhoven 2019 and Prague 2017, but David Noone is confident it won’t be long before Ireland are enjoying further podium finishes. The Galway-based junior performance coach is all set for the U19 Europeans in Krakow, an […]
Breanne Flynn has set a new career-best PSA ranking, with Monday’s latest update lifting her to No.100 after she reached the second round of last week’s Indian Open in Mumbai. The 30-year-old Sutton player has been in tremendous form since returning to the tour following her runners-up finish at the Irish Senior Nationals. She was […]
Not long after Squash Ireland posted on social media in mid-February that Aaron Knox had won the BU19 Irish Junior Nationals title in Cork, his uncle Kevin – himself a serial title winner on the Masters circuit and soon to be voted its Player of the Year – posted a comment that neatly summed up […]
A couple of weeks is certainly a long time in squash. Just ask Shriya Drawid. The Belfast Boat Club player was beaten 3-1 by Sutton’s Zoe Yeomans in their Leinster Junior Open GU19 box match on January 24th, going on to finish fourth at that provincial tournament. Twenty-two days later, though, that result was reversed […]
Squash Ireland is recruiting four part-time Squash Activation Officers, one in each province, to help grow participation in squash across the island of Ireland. These flexible roles (approximately 10 hours per week) will focus on delivering squash taster sessions, coaching programmes, and participation initiatives in clubs, schools, third-level institutions, and community settings. The successful candidates […]
Hannah Craig is buzzing. Her recent trip to Ireland was a success, winning her latest Senior Nationals title, and a detour on the way home to Calgary saw her pick up a Steel City Open opening round win to nudge her to No.64 in the rankings, just three places short of the career-best No.61 achieved […]