Munster's Junior Teams at the Interpros:
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Above, Munster's mixed U19 team with coach Michael
Bradley and below the Boys U17 with Mary O'Loughlin. |
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Above the Boy's U15 team with coach Brian Dunbar
and below the Girls U15 team with coach Tony Maher. |
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Munster's Boys U13 after a training session with coach
Gerry Connaughton. |
The following represented us at the Junior Interprovincial Championships
in Galway over the weekend of April 4-5. Well done to all!
Boys
U13 |
Boys
U15 |
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1 |
Ciarán Maher | Thurles | 1 |
Darragh Butler | Thurles | |
2 |
Philip McSweeney | Highfield | 2 |
Adam Power | Dunhill | |
3 |
Daniel Pender | Dunhill | 3 |
Robbie Pender | Dunhill | |
4 |
Tom Tierney | Thurles | 4 |
Philip Lavery | Dunhill | |
5 |
John Humphries | Thurles | 5 |
Tom Meehan | Thurles | |
6 |
Shane Maher | Thurles | 6 |
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| Manager | Manager | Brian Dunbar | ||||
| Coach | Gerry Connaughton | Coach | Dermot Murray | |||
Boys
U17 |
Girls
U15 |
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1 |
Briany Dunbar | Dunhill | 1 |
Rachel Power | Thurles | |
2 |
Darragh Murray | Dunhill | 2 |
Labhaoise Dunbar | Dunhill | |
3 |
Ryan McHale | Gleneagle | 3 |
Orna Murray | Dunhill | |
4 |
Kieran Halley | Dunhill | 4 |
Catriona Bourke | Thurles | |
5 |
Patrick Pender | Dunhill | 5 |
Corrinagh Humphries | Thurles | |
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Kim Nolan | Thurles | |||
| Manager | Mary O'Loughlin | Manager | ||||
| Coach | Coach | Tony Maher | ||||
Mixed
U19 |
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1 |
Tomás Dunbar | Dunhill | ||||
2 |
Ricky Chisholm | St. Finbarr's | ||||
3 |
Alan Bloomer | Dunhill | ||||
4 |
Rachel Power | Thurles | ||||
5 |
Margaret Mary McGrath | Thurles | ||||
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| Coach | Michael Bradley | |||||
New Junior Secretary:
Jackie Humphries (Thurles) has agreed to become the
new junior secretary for Munster Squash and to allow her name to go forward
to the A.G.M. as junior secretary for season 2007-2008. In filling this vital
role Jackie has ensured that Munster will be in a position to send junior teams
to the Interpros. Indeed, one of the new secretary's first tasks will be to
notify players of their selection for this event to be played in Galway over
the weekend of April 4-5.
Irish U19s off to Norway:
Congrats to Sarah Corcoran (Thurles) on her selection on the
Irish U19 team that play in the European Team Championships in Stavanger, Norway.
Full results will be available from the tournament
site.
Munster Junior Closed Championship 2008:
This competition was held in Dunhill over the weekend of February 29
- March 2 and we are very grateful to Mary O'Loughlin and her Dunhill committee
for hosting this competition again this season. See finishing positions on the
competition page.
Schools competition:
Munster Squash regrets that the Munster Schools competition has been cancelled.
So also has the All-Ireland Schools competition.
Irish Nationals:
Well done to all players who travelled, here are the winners and runners-up:
| Competition |
Winner |
Runner-Up |
| BU11 |
David Conroy (L) | Seán Power (C) |
| BU13 |
Michael Craig (U) | David Ryan (L) |
| GU13 |
Breanne Flynn (L) | Fiona Power (C) |
| BU15 |
Conor Lavin (L) | Daniel Harkin (L) |
| GU15 |
Gemma Owens (U) | Rachel Power (M) |
| BU17 |
Ben Craig (U) | Theo Anderson (U) |
| GU17 |
Cathryn Abernethy (U) | Niamh O'Hare (U) |
| BU19 | Neil Martin (U) | Seán Caheny (C) |
| GU19 |
Roisín Brennan (L) | Sarah Corcoran (M) |
Leinster Junior Open:
Well done to all the Munster players who made the trip. The following
were the winners and runners-up.
| Competition |
Winner |
Runner-Up |
| BU11 |
Philip McSweeney (M) | Seán Power (C) |
| GU11 | Stephanie Ryan (L) | Aoife Turley |
| BU13 |
David Ryan (L) | Michael Craig (U) |
| GU13 |
Breanne Flynn (L) | Labhaoise Dunbar (M) |
| BU15 |
Daniel Harkin (L) | Conor Lavin (L) |
| GU15 |
Gemma Owens (U) | Rachel Power (M) |
| BU17 |
Johnny Roberts (U) | Hugo Diamond (U) |
| GU17 |
Cathryn Abernethy (U) | Gabrielle McMullen |
| GU19 |
Sarah Corcoran (M) | Sarah Murphy (L) |
EMC Munster Junior Open:
Many thanks to Sunday's Well and Highfield for the use of their facilities in
this competition run off in Cork over the weekend of November 9-11.
The winners and runners-up are listed below with some of the photos.
| Competition |
Winner |
Runner-Up |
Third |
Plate Winner |
| BU11 |
Philip McSweeney (M) | Seán Power (C) | Shane Maher (M) | David Conroy (L) |
| BU13 |
David Ryan (L) | Ciarán Maher (M) | Oisín Logan (L) | Seán Hennessy (L) |
| GU13 |
Labhaoise Dunbar (M) | Zoe McHale (M) | Fiona Power (C) | - |
| BU15 |
Brian Dunbar (M) | Conor Lavin (L) | Daniel Harkin (L) |
Seán Conroy (L) |
BU15B |
Calum Lee (L) | Eoin Turley (C) | - |
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| GU15 |
Jennifer Hegarty (C) | Eva McMillan (U) | Rachel Power (M) |
Krismari Lombard (M) |
| BU17 |
Theo Anderson (U) | Hugo Diamond (U) | Jordan Annett (U) |
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| GU17 |
Cathryn Abernethy (U) | Niamh O'Hare (U) | Babrielle McMillan (U) |
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| BU19 |
David Tighe | Alan Tighe | - |
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| GU19 |
Sarah Corcoran (M) | Cheryl Ennis (U) | - |
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Above some of the prizewinners pictured
in Highfield at the EMC2 Munster Junior Open 2007 with Munster
Squash president and tournament director, Cormac O'Shea. Below the U19
Girls runner-up, Cheryl Ennis and the winner Sarah
Corcoran. |
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U17s: Theo Anderson,
Hugo Diamond, Niamh O'Hare and Catheryn Abernethy. |
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U15s: Conor Lavin, Brian
Dunbar, Jennifer Hegarty and Eva McMillan. |
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U13s: Labhaoise Dunbar,
Zoe McHale, Ciaran Maher and David Ryan. |
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BU11 finalists: On left
Seán Power and Philip McSweeney. |
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Ulster Junior Open 2007:
Sarah Corcoran (Thurles) won the GU19, Labhaoise
Dunbar (Dunhill) took the GU13 and Shane Maher (Thurles)
won the BU11 at the Ulster Junior Open. Rachel Power was fifth
in the GU15 and Shane Maher was unlucky when he had to give
a walk-over in the final of the Boys U13 suffering from a hamstring strain.
Connacht Junior Open 2007:
Well done to Philip McSweeney, Ciarán
Maher, Labhaoise Dunbar, Orna and
Darragh Murray, Ryan McHale, Sarah
Corcoran all of whom kept the Munster flag flying at the first Junior
Open of the season at Galway. Well done to all who travelled from Munster. The
winners and runners-up can be found on the Irish
Squash Website.
Children's Officers a must for all clubs:
If your club has junior players you will want to check out the current
information concerning the best way of serving their special needs.