Veteran and Vintage 2004 - 2005

Munster players on 'Home' International teams:
Congratulations to Martin McDonnell, Neil O'Sullivan, Terry Norman, Noel Murphy, Clare Jones and Jacqueline Kearney all of whom were selected to play on the Irish Teams in the up-coming 'Home' Internationals. Check out the full teams.

Irish Masters Interpros:
The Vets and Vintage Interpros were held in Cork recently and the results and pics are on the Irish Squash site.

Below are pics from the Mens Vintage competition held in Highfield:

Leinster's Vintage team with manager.

Munster's team of Jim Prendergast, Noel Murphy, Terry Norman, Barry Cullinane and Johnny Donovan.

The Connacht Vintage Team.

The LUCKY Ulster vintage team that won the championship!

Irish Veterans' Open 2005:
Martin McDonnell of Highfield and Sunday's Well added the Irish Vets Open title to his season's haul when he beat John Young (Fitzwilliam) in the final at Fitzwilliam by a score of 3/1. This pairing had already contested both the Leinster and Munster finals this season and all 3 matches have now ended in the same score. Earlier in the Semi-finals McDonnell won a gruelling match against Ulster's David Gotto, also 3-1. Arguably this result was a victory made all the sweeter in that it reversed last season's defeat at the hands of Ireland most capped male squash player. McDonnell was very nearly joined in the final by club-mate Neill O'Sullivan who fell to Young in the closest of semi-final losses 3-2, going down 10-8 in the fifth game. Earlier O'Sullivan had beaten the number one seeded English visitor 3-0. In the Men's O50 Donal Coughlan won the plate making it quite a successful weekend in the squash courts for Munster players.
The winners and runners-up from Fitzwilliam were:

Full results for the Irish Vets Open can be found on the Leinster Squash Site.

Ulster Vets Open 2005:

The Munster Veterans' Open:
This competition was a great success so many thanks to Eamon O'Keeffe for another great event! It was held at Highfield and Sunday's Well over the weekend of January 21-23 and the results and pics on the Senator Windows Munster Veterans' Open page.

Date Change:
The O40 Women and O45 Men's Home International date has been changed again, this time to May 13-14..

McDonnell and Murphy win in Galway:
Martin McDonnell re-inforced his top ranking in the O45 grade by winning in the Connacht Veterans' Open while Noel Murphy took the O60 title.

The following were the winners and runners up:

M O/60 Winner Noel Murphy M O/60 R/up Brian Williams
M O/55 Winner Brendan Barry M O/55 R/up Terry Norman	M O/50 Winner Geoff Irwin M O/50 R/up Steve Ewer
L O/40 Winner Norrie O'Grady L O/40 R/up Clare Jones	M O/45 Winner Martin McDonnell (Cork) M O/45 R/up Alf Kavanagh
Below are some of the pics. there are more on the Connacht Squash Web Site
From left: Michael Hynes - Organising Committee with Martin McDonnell O45 winner being presented with the Michael Devaney Perpetual Trophy from Mrs. Margaret Devaney.
O4OLadies Runner-up Clare Jones with Tournament Director Jim Hynes
O60 Winner Noel Murphy and Jim Hynes.

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Leinster Veterans' Open 2004:
The following were the winners and runners up:

Below are some of the pics. there are more on www.irishsquash.com

John Young and Martin McDonnell after their match at Fitzwilliam.

Martin McDonnell receiving his winners prize from Tournament Director Patrick Murray.

Noel Murphy was runner-up to Eamon O'Reilly.

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Latest Rankings and minutes of meetings:
All the latest info. for vets and vintage players can be found by checking out the reports from the Irish Squash Vets Meetings.
Please note that there is a change in the date of the O40 Women and O45 Men 'Home' Internationals.

Munster's Irish Caps:
The following players won caps last season:

Selection Criteria for Munster Veteran Teams for Interpros 2005

1. A three-person selection committee comprising the Vets Secretary (Eamonn O’Keeffe, Sunday’s Well), one O45 player and one O60 player will select the teams. They will consider the following in picking teams:
2. Players must compete in at least one of the Provincial Open Vets Championships outside their own province (Irish Veterans Open will qualify) and the Senator Windows Munster Veterans Open 2004.
3. Teams will be selected from Irish Rankings.
4. Where a player enters a competition but fails to earn ranking points that entry will meet the requirements.
5. A panel of 6/7 players is required for each team. In the event that numbers selected according to 1-2-3 are insufficient, the selection committee may co-opt players.

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