Masters' Squash 2006 - 2007

Masters Irish Teams:
Well done to the Munster players (bold below) who made the Irish Teams for this season's 'Home' Internationals. The teams are:

Men's Over 45	Men's Over 50	Men's Over 55	Men's Over 60
Peter Cassidy	Jack Allen	Stanley Campbell	Tom Cantwell
Frank Donnelly	Michael Conlon	Des Connery	Clive Gilmour
Michael Ellis	Donal Coughlan	David Gotto	Noel Murphy
Eddie Murphy	Geoff Irwin	Alf Kavanagh	John O'Brien
Neil Stone-Wigg	Eamonn O'Keeffe	John Kielty	Bruce Staunton
John Young	Neil O'Sullivan	Andrew Larkin	Seamus Toomey
		Martin O'Meara
Men's Over 65	Men's Over 35	Women's Over 40	Women's Over 45
Mossie Collins	David Ayerst	Anne Costello	Anne Costello
Myron Evans	John Gillan	Caroline Coyle	Christine Lowry
Tom Hannon	Brian Knox	Michelle Jackson	Christine McIlroy
Noel Murphy	Anthony Lyons	Jackie Kearney	Anita Mylotte
John O'Brien	Dara O'Flynn	Christine Lowry	Norrie O'Grady
Alex Richardson	Derek Ryan	Helen Reapy
	Eoin Ryan
Women's Over 50	Loretto Blackwood	Christine McIlroy	Anita Mylotte
Norrie O'Grady	Barbara Sanderson	Myrtle Shannon	WO35 TBA

Masters Interprovincial Championships:
The following teams represented Munster in this season's Interpros:

Fitzwilliam Irish Masters' Open 2007:
Well done to all the Munster players who made the trip and a special congratulations to Neil O'Sullivan who won the Men's O50. Neil accounted for Jack Allen in the semi-final winning 3-2 and beat Steve Ewer 3-1 in the Final. The full results can be found on the Leinster Squash Site.

Ulster Masters' Open 2007:

Senator Windows Munster Masters' Open 2007:

This competition was held in Cork over the weekend of Jan 19-21, 2007 and the full results can be found on the Senator Windows 2007 page.

Irish Squash:
Current Irish Rankings, selection criteria and other useful information can be found on the Irish Squash Site

O35/O40 Irish Open 2007:
This will be run in Dublin at Mount Pleasant over the weekend of March 2-4 and there is a form available on the entry form page.

Connacht Masters' Open 2006:
This event was held in Salthill in December 1 - 2 and Eddie Murphy won the O45 while Noel Murphy took the O60s.

The Leinster Masters' Open 2006:
Well done to Donal Coughlan (Highfield and Sunday's Well) , Michhael Conlon (Ennis C.B.S.) and Eamonn O'Keeffe (Sunday's Well) who were 3rd., 4th. and 5th. respectively in the O50s and Terry Norman who was 4th. in the O55.

Selection Criteria for Munster Masters Teams:
Players interested in representing Munster in the Interpros. in Leinster in March, 2007 should check out the following:

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:
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 2007.
Teams will be selected from Irish Rankings.
Where a player enters a competition but fails to earn ranking points that entry will meet the requirements.
All players must be individual members of Irish Squash.
A panel of 6/7 players is required for each team. In the event that numbers selected according to the above criteria are insufficient, the selection committee may co-opt players.