Juniors

New Secretary for Irish Squash:
Gerry Connaughton, who has been the Junior Administrator for Munster Squash for the past five seasons, has been elected Junior Secretary for Irish Squash. We wish Gerry every success in his new position. Irish Squash's gain is Munster's loss and we now need to fill another key position. See committee.

Munster Junior Invitation 2006:
We'll have full results up soon. Here are some of the players pictured at the presentation of prizes in Highfield.

The All Ireland Schools Competition:
Congratulations to St. Michael's Holycross girls under 13, Scoil Ailbhe Thurles boys under 13, Presentation Secondary School Thurles girls under 15 and St. Brendan's College Killarney boys under 15 who represented Munster at the All Ireland Schools Finals in Sligo in April. Check out more details and pics on the Schools Page.

Junior Interprovincial Championships 2006:
Well done to all Munster players who made the interpro. teams this season. We didn't manage a title this season but we all came home determined to do even better next year! Below are most of those who made the long trip to Belfast pictured outside Heuston station on our way.

Munster Juniors, coaches and supporters at Heuston on way to Belfast.

GU15 team with Irene (Manager) and Tony Maher (Coach).

BU13 with coach Lee Healy

BU15 team with coach Michael Bradley.

GU13 team with coach Gerry Connaughton.

BU17 team with coach Jack Laffan and manager Mary O'Loughlin.

Finishing positions:

Munster Players on Irish U13 Team:
Well done to Rachel Power and Darragh Butler, both Thurles Juniors, who played recently on the Irish U13 team in Edingurgh in the 'Home' Internationals.

Coach Deirdre Byrne, Rachel Power, Bronagh Jordan, Darragh Butler, Aoife Jordan, Conor Caheny, Michael Craig and Seán Conroy.

Munster Schools Competition:
This will be run off over the next few weeks and we'll keep you informed.

Prince Munster Junior (Closed) Championship 2006:
This competition was held in Cork over the weekend of February 10-12 and was used to help the Munster Junior teams for the Interprovincial Championships in Belfast at the end of March. Check out the Prince Munster Junior (Closed) Championship page for results and pics.

Irish Junior Nationals: (There are lots of pics on the Irish Squash Site)

Leinster Junior Open 2006:
Below are the winners and runners-up followed by pics of the Munster juniors who participated. The full results can be found on the Tournament Site.

Event	Winner	Runner-up
BU11	David Ryan (L)	Cormac Griffin (L)
BU13	Brian Dunbar (M)	Seán Conroy (L)
GU13	Aoife Jordan (U)	Rachel Power (M)
BU15	Eoin Dolan (L)	Rohan Ramasubbu (U)
GU15	Niamh O'Hare (U)	Sarah Howley (C)
BU17	Kevin Davey (C)	Neil Martin (U)
GU17	Roisín Brennan (L)	Clare Henry (U)
BU19	Rory Byrne (L)	Gordon Harpur (U)
GU19	Ciara Moloney (L)	Niamh Brennan (L)
Munster Junior players at the Leinster Junior Open 2006.
U13 winner Brian Dunbar from Dunhill.
Thurles' Rachel Power, GU13 runner-up.
Thurles' participants at the Leinster Junior Open.
Dunhill players at the Leinster Junior Open.
BU13 winner Brian Dunbar with runner-up Michael Conroy.
GU13 runner-up Rachel Power with winner, Aoife Jordan.

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.

Thurles Juniors success at Sligo Open 2006:
Well done to all who travelled to this event and special congratulations to those Thurles players (pictured below) who came away with prizes.

EMC² Munster Junior Open:
This tournament was held in Highfield , Sunday's Well and Source Health & Fitness Centre, over the weekend of November 11-13. Well done to Munster Junior Secretary, Gerry Connaughton for a well-run event and many thanks to the venues for the use of their facilities. Special thanks to EMC² for their generous sponsorship.

Results: (Munster prize-winners in bold)

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
BU11	Ciarán Maher (Munster)	Cormac Griffin (Leinster)
BU13 'B'	Gerard Buckley (Munster)	Michael Dwyer (Munster)
BU13	Brian Dunbar (Munster)	Conor Caheny (Connacht)
BU15	Rohan Ramasubbu (Ulster)	Eoin Dolan (Leinster)
BU17	Brian Parker (Leinster)	Neil Martin (Ulster)
BU19	Rory Byrne (Leinster)	Conor O'Hare (Ulster)
GU13	Aoife Jordan (Leinster)	Rachel Power (Munster)
GU15	Sarah Murphy (Leinster)	Niamh O'Hare (Ulster)
GU17	Roisín Brennan (Leinster)	Clare Henry (Ulster)
The presentation of prizes at Highfield in the EMC2 Munster Junior Open.
The youngest competitors in the competition, Philip McSweeney (Highfield) and Shane Maher (Thurles).
Cormac Griffin (Leinster) who was runner-up in the Boys U11 with winner Ciarán Maher (Munster).
On the left is Boys U13 runer-up Conor Caheny (Connacht) with winner Brian Dunbar (Munster).
Aoife Jordan (Leinster) winner of Girls U13 with runner-up Rachel Power (Munster).
Boys U15 runner-up Eoin Dolan (Leinster) and the winner, Rohan Ramasubbu (Ulster).
Boys U17 runner-up, Neil Martin and 3rd. placed Kevin Davey.
Niamh O'Hare (Ulster) runner-up and Sarah Murphy (Leinster), winner before their U15 final.
Runner-up in the Boys U19, Conor O'Hare (Ulster) with winner Rory Byrne (Leinster).
Girls U17 Clare Henry (Ulster) runner-up and Roisín Brennan (Leinster) winner.
Brian Parker (Leinster) winner of the Boys U17 with runner-up Neil Martin (Ulster).

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The Ulster Junior Open:
Well done to Rachel Power who won the U13 Girls competition in the Ulster Open. The event was held in Queens University Sports Complex over the weekend of 21-23 October.

Rachel Power receiving her winners prize from Ulster Junior Administrator, Suzie McCracken.

The Connacht Junior Open:
Well done to all junior players from Munster who made the trip. Congratulations to Brian Dunbar in his marvellous achievement in winning the Boys U13 final. Well done also to Rachel Power who was runner-up in the Girls U13. This, the first ranking junior open of the season, was held in the Galway LTC Club at Salthill over the weekend of September 16-18.

Brian Dunbar from Dunhill receiving his winners prize from Galway LTC Squash Captain Matt O'Connor and below, Thurles' Rachel Power receiving her runner-up prize.

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.

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