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Extraordinary General Meeting of Irish Squash Federation CLG - The EGM will commence at 7.00pm on Monday 25th March 2024.
The EGM will be a virtual meeting held on video (Google Meet).
The board of Irish Squash have called an EGM to be held on Monday 25th March 2024.
The purpose of this meeting is to allow members to vote on changes to our M&A’s as proposed by the board.
To attend the EGM, you must pre-register at The meeting link will then be emailed to you.
Extraordinary General Meeting of Irish Squash Federation CLG
The EGM will commence at 7.00pm on Monday 25th March 2024.
The EGM will be a virtual meeting held on video (Google Meet).
The board of Irish Squash have called an EGM to be held on Monday 25th March 2024.
The purpose of this meeting is to allow members to vote on changes to our M&A’s as proposed by the board.
To attend the EGM, you must pre-register at The meeting link will then be emailed to you.









Munster Senior Open 2023 - Entries are now Open for the Munster Senior Open. This tournament will be played in Cork at Highfield and Sunday’s Well on Saturday, October 7, and Sunday, October 8, 2023. It is Tour event number 2 on the Irish Squash …

Munster Leagues Update April 2023 - The final of Division 2 will take place on May 10th at 7:30 pm and will be played in Sundays Well Gleneagle Squash Club V Thurles Squash-Club The final of Division 6 will take place on April 14th at 7:30 …





2023 Munster Masters Open - We had an amazing entry for the recent Munster Masters Open held in Cork over the weekend 21st Jan, with 87 players over 14 age groups, congratulations to all players. A massive thanks must go to Eugene Walker for stepping …






Connacht Masters Open 2022 Report - Congratulations to all Munster Squash players who took part last weekend in the Connacht Masters Open – well done to all our finalists Men’s O45 John Hurley (Cork) W Men’s O40 Kevin Knox (Waterford) W Men’s O65 Michael Conlon (Clare) …


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New Season – Munster Leagues - The Munster Leagues are starting up again, this season it will be Division 1, 3, and 5 before Christmas and Divisions 2, 4, and 6 after Christmas, We will be using SportyHQ this season so all club Captains can enter …
New Masters Events – New Season - With a new season coming up on us fast just wanted to remind you that the Irish Masters Open is an ESF ranking event this year. It will start on Friday 14th October 10am and Finish on Sunday afternoon 2pm. …
The passing of one of Connacht’s great squash administrators, Michael Hynes. - The passing of one of Connacht’s great squash administrators, Michael Hynes occurred Wednesday, August 10th. Michael served on the board of Irish Squash from 2007 – 2011. He also was on the Connacht board for many years and ran the …
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Coaching Conference in Celtic Squash Club - A very successful Coaching Conference in Celtic Squash Club Waterford today, we had delegates from Celtic, Highfield, Limerick Lawn, Thurles, and Dunhill. Lots of information sharing, on Acadamy Setup, Social Media practice, coaching different age groups, Garda Vetting, and Safe …

22-23 Season gets underway - Last Saturday (06/08/2022) we had our AGM in Highfield Squash Club in Cork, we had a very productive meeting where we spoke about a lot of ideas and how we can make Munster Squash stronger in the provenience for all …


Internationals 2022 - The home internationals are in full swing now, some age groups are finished and some have yet to happen. A massive congrats to the Irish O60 team that won in spectacular style in Galway, but we just wanted to say …

Division 2 Winners 2022 - Congratulations to Thurles Squash-Club on winning the Division 2 Munster Squash league. HighfieldSquash Cork traveled to Thurles to play the final and the final proved to be a very close fixture with Thurles edging out Highfield 3-2. it all came …
Irish Junior Nationals Representatives 2022 - We at Munster Squash just want to take this opportunity to congratulate our 3 Munster Juniors Adam Power (Celtic Squash Club), John Day (Dunhill Squash Club), and Leah Connolly (HighfieldSquash Cork ) for being selected on the Irish Squash National …
Division 1 Final 2022 - Munster Leagues Update: Division 1 final will be played in Sunday’s Well Boating & Tennis Club this Saturday 26th – the first game between HighfieldSquash Cork and Sundays Well will start at 10 am followed but Celtic Squash Club playing …

Irish Masters Nationals Results - It was a great weekend for Munster Squash at the Irish Squash Masters Nationals, we had lots of players making finals and the international Irish Teams. We also had 3 National Champions, Kevin Knox (Celtic SC) won the MO45, Micheal …



Munster Junior (Closed) Championship 2022 - The entry is now open for the Munster Junior (Closed) Championship 2022. This tournament will be held in Dunhill Squash Club on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 February 2022. All entries will be via Sporty HQ – Link: https://www.sportyhq.com/tou…/view/Munster-Junior-Closed-3
Munster Masters Open 22 - The Closing date for the Munster Masters is approaching fast – This tournament will be run in Highfield and Sunday’s Well over Friday and Saturday, January 21 and 22. Entries on SportyHQ – https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/Munster-Masters-Open-2022
Munster Junior Open 2022 - The Munster Junior Open will be played in Cork at both Highfield and Sunday’s Well clubs over the Saturday and Sunday of January 15th and 16th, 2022. Matches will begin at 9.30 a.m. on both days, COVID Guidelines will be …

Munster Senior Open 2021 Draw - The draws for the Munster Senior Open are now available. Play will start this Fri 19th Nov, 2021 continuing on Sat 18th with the finals on Sunday 19th – check out the draw on SportHQ https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/Munster-Senior-Open

21-22 Irish Squash Calendar - The 21-22 Irish Squash Calendar is available from the Irish Squash Website https://www.irishsquash.com/calendar/

COVID-19 update July 6th, 2021 - The planned easing of government restrictions on indoor activities from July 5th is postponed, as you are all aware. Therefore there is no change to the current restrictions for squash: solo play only is permitted as per this previous update …

COVID UPDATE 3RD June 2021 - This is the latest update from Irish Squash as regard the reopening of clubs on the 7th of June On court squash activity permissible from June 7th: Solo Training 2 Household members may train together on court Coaching by Irish …
COVID-19 Update May 2021 - COVID-19 Update Update from Irish Squash On June 7th, solo training will be permitted on squash courts and 2 household members may train together. Coaching on a one-to-one basis may also restart with social distancing observed and mask to be …
MASTERS SQUASH FIT - Irish Squash are organizing a strength & conditioning total body workout, combining functional movements and resistance training using body weight, weights and bands. These sessions will include mobility and activation exercises that will initially, lightly challenge your body. The intensity …
MASTERS QUIZ - Irish Squash Quiz (Masters) Online Friday 19th February 7:30pm The prize is supported by https://www.rackets.ie/ Winner takes all – 2 Dunlop Precision Elite Squash Rackets EMAIL for your invite first 100 teams/players, there is no limit on players per team …
Squash Webinar Series – Exclusive Coaching and Conversations - To start the new year, with a great series of events, Irish Squash in association with Squash Fitness have organised a Squash Webinar Series – Exclusive Coaching and Conversations. This will be both educational from a coaching and playing aspect. …
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COVID UPDATE – DECEMBER 3RD - Latest Update from Irish Squash Irish Squash submitted an appeal to Sport Ireland following the publication of the restrictions permissible in Level 3. We repeated our request to allow 2 players to train on court using socially distanced routines in …

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Club Contacts - Are your club contacts up to date with Munster Squash, check out your club details here in our club section. If you want your details updated please contact
Update COVID-19 - Hi All We hope that your keeping well and are still keeping fit during these difficult times, please see below a statement from Irish Squash regarding ‘Return to play’ for squash. “Irish Squash have established a working group to be …

Limerick Open 2020 - The Limerick Open 2020 held in the refurbished courts of Limerick L.T.& S.C. had some great squash on offer. In the Men’s A Final it was an all Sutton affair where Oisín Logan took the title in a hard fought …
Munster Senior Closed 2020 - John Hurley regained the Men’s A title with a 3-2 win over no. 1 seeded Kevin Knox in the final of this season’s competition. Both were hard pressed in their semi-final matches by the fast improving Karl McLoughney (Thurles) and …
Munster Schools Squash Championship 2020 - The Munster Schools Squash Championship 2020 championships will take place again in the coming weeks we would ask all interested clubs and school to organize their teams, the date and venue has still be be decided, you can download a …
Munster Junior Closed 2020 - A great weekend of Squash in Waterford at Dunhill Squash Club at the Munster Junior Closed. Massive thanks to Junior Secretary Maurice Murphy and all the organizers at Dunhill SC for host and another successful tournament. Massive thanks to all …


2019 Munster Invitational Junior Championship - A great weekend of squash was had over the weekend of 6th – 8th of December as Thurles Squash Club hosted the 2019 Munster Invitational Junior Championship. Over 60 players competed from all over Munster in categories from U11 to …
Munster Leagues - Can you please spread the work in your club about the Munster Leagues for Division 2, 4 and 6 which will start mid-January 2020 (week 2 or 3 depending on entries) We will use a group format if we have …
Selection Criteria for Munster Junior Teams - Three junior competitions, (the draw seedings must be approved by the Junior Secretary, or if no Secretary has been elected then the Munster President) will be run in Munster and the panel selection will be based on the points earned …
Level 1 Coaching Course - Coaching Course – Level 1 – Munster. There is a Level 1 course in Cork (Sundays Well SC ) on the 16th & 17th of Nov 2019. The 2nd weekend will be 13th -15th Dec 2019 All participants must be …
Munster Junior Report - Connacht Junior Open 2019 The first tournament of the new season saw our Munster Juniors travel to Salthill in Galway on 28th and 29th of Sept. Our players got some fantastic results starting with Adam Power (Celtic) getting the ball …

Club Grade Referee Course - In conjunction with Irish Squash we ran another Club Grade Referee Course (World Squash Level 1) this time at Highfield, where 9 players enrolled. You can read about such courses here. We look forward to most if not all of …
Junior Nationals - Please note there has been a change in date for the Junior nationals, the new date is now set for 21st-23rd February 2020, the venue remains the same at Galway LTC.
Munster Senior Open - Entries are now open for the Munster Senior Open, all entries are through Tournament Software, The Open will be hosted in Waterford this year and runs from the 11th – 13th of October in Celtic Squash Club & Dunhill Squash Club ENTER HERE …
W.S.F. Level 1 Coaching Course: - There will be a Level 1 coaching course run in Cork, at Sunday’s Well, in July and the applications need to be processed soon so if you would like to take a step on the ladder of coaching this is …

Munster Senior Closed Draw - The Draw is available for the Munster Senior Closed via Tournament Software, please check your times regularly as start time may change over the weekend, check your time – https://bit.ly/2E8fIVg



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Munster Schools Squash Championships 2019 - Munster Schools Squash Championships will take place earlier then usual this year because the All Ireland School Finals have been brought forward to the 29th of March, the date for Munster Schools Squash Championships is TBC but it will either …
Munster Junior Closed Results - These are just some of the results from the recent Munster Junior Closed held in Dunhill Squash Club on 27th and 28th of Feb 2019. G U11 1 Katie Dunphy Dunhill 2 Alice Rainey Dunhill 3 Niamh White Celtic 4 …
Ulster Masters Open - The Ulster Masters Open takes place in Fri 15th and Sat 16th of Feb in the Belfast Boat Club, a great competition for Masters Squash – online entry – https://goo.gl/vWVcDq or contact Michelle Jackson at
2019 Junior Interprovincials - The Junior Interprovincials will take place in Munster (Waterford) this year on 8th-10th of March, the Venues will be Celtic SC and Dunhill SC. Please contact Paula DaBarra on 0871244727 for details on accommodation, we can recommend accommodation in a local hotel …
League Player Refereeing Quiz: - If you are about to play in the Division 2, 4 or 6 Leagues check out the changes in the rules effective January 2019 and also brush up on your understanding of The Rules of Squash, why not try this …
Munster Masters’ Open 2019 - This competition will be played over Friday and Saturday, January 18 and 19 in Cork at Highfield and Sunday’s Well. You can enter on-line here.
Divisions 2, 4 and 6: - Munster Squash Leagues We are now taking entries for Division 2 Division 4 and Division 6, for the Munster Squash Leagues, leagues will start after Christmas, towards the end of January, please make your submission to Conor O’Neill () and …
Munster Senior Open 2018 - We were treated to a feast of squash from some of the country’s best at Highfield and Sunday’s Well. Brian Byrne (Carlow) and Sophie O’Rourke (Highfield) were the winners in the A sections but you can find the …
Killarney Open 2018 - Entries are open for this years Killarney Open, you can submit your entry through Tournament Software, link available here. Contact Maciej Truchan on 0877954729 or for more information as some sections are fully booked up.
Munster Leagues are Back - The Munster Leagues are Back for a new season, if your club would like to enter 1 or more teams into the leagues can you please email Conor O’Neill at with the teams (we don’t need names for the …