{"id":5720,"date":"2026-04-03T10:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:55:44","slug":"munster-senior-closed-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/munster-senior-closed-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Senior Closed 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We had a weekend of squash where we saw passion, emotions, athleticism, and everything else, including players running on fumes <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tb\/2\/16\/1f4aa.png\" alt=\"&#x1f4aa;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6f\/2\/16\/1f602.png\" alt=\"&#x1f602;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the A men&#8217;s final, we were treated to a super match between Aaron Knox from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CelticSquashClub?__cft__[0]=AZZ_fCzrc7HzA8KoN6Jrus07uF1ML3ieXJt1BkyoCm52iJnJrn4zThSilfaRtPADjrP0Dm2zAPjU9PJOiBZdYN0-frkwVx_eiBpU6kCNXtRIiZftOTXIH-Q9KSj95OTjhIz8JdcOOhOY4vJO6g9C4i2I_0PGr3PdkICzv-1Dl-TmZ1dCVTC_MFr3-LpBSFR_aRk&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Celtic Squash Club<\/a> and Karl McLoughney from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThurlesSquashClub1?__cft__[0]=AZZ_fCzrc7HzA8KoN6Jrus07uF1ML3ieXJt1BkyoCm52iJnJrn4zThSilfaRtPADjrP0Dm2zAPjU9PJOiBZdYN0-frkwVx_eiBpU6kCNXtRIiZftOTXIH-Q9KSj95OTjhIz8JdcOOhOY4vJO6g9C4i2I_0PGr3PdkICzv-1Dl-TmZ1dCVTC_MFr3-LpBSFR_aRk&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Thurles Squash-Club<\/a> &#8211; speed and reactions were full on, the fitness these players showed during 4 games was immense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the Celtic player who came out on Top to match the title his own father won many years ago. He has a way to go to catch his uncle, Kevin Knox, with 7 titles, but given the fact that Aaron is playing U19 squash right now, that may be possible. Congratulations, Aaron, on your first MSC title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other matches that were notable were between Keith Cronan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gleneaglesquashclub?__cft__[0]=AZZ_fCzrc7HzA8KoN6Jrus07uF1ML3ieXJt1BkyoCm52iJnJrn4zThSilfaRtPADjrP0Dm2zAPjU9PJOiBZdYN0-frkwVx_eiBpU6kCNXtRIiZftOTXIH-Q9KSj95OTjhIz8JdcOOhOY4vJO6g9C4i2I_0PGr3PdkICzv-1Dl-TmZ1dCVTC_MFr3-LpBSFR_aRk&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Gleneagle Squash Club<\/a>, and Brian Walsh, Celtic Squash Club, playing for 5\/8 in the C Section, where it went down to the wire with the Gleneagle man edging it with a 12-10 win in the 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the B section, we had a father and some final with Colm and Jamie Morrissey sharing the court &#8211; a 3-0 win for Jamie sounds easy, but it was a tough match with a never give up attitude from both players, well done lads. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t9d\/2\/16\/1f44f.png\" alt=\"&#x1f44f;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eoin Tynan from Thurles SC and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100076116752014&amp;__cft__[0]=AZZ_fCzrc7HzA8KoN6Jrus07uF1ML3ieXJt1BkyoCm52iJnJrn4zThSilfaRtPADjrP0Dm2zAPjU9PJOiBZdYN0-frkwVx_eiBpU6kCNXtRIiZftOTXIH-Q9KSj95OTjhIz8JdcOOhOY4vJO6g9C4i2I_0PGr3PdkICzv-1Dl-TmZ1dCVTC_MFr3-LpBSFR_aRk&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Killenaule Squash Club<\/a> won the C section with a tough win against Celtic player Liam Kelly that could have gone either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daisy Morrissey won the women&#8217;s B section against an all-Celtic player group &#8211; Daisy had to do it the hard way and was up against it with Caoimhe English, winning in 5 games 11-8 in the 5th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the D section, Tom Cullen from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DunhillSquashClub?__cft__[0]=AZZ_fCzrc7HzA8KoN6Jrus07uF1ML3ieXJt1BkyoCm52iJnJrn4zThSilfaRtPADjrP0Dm2zAPjU9PJOiBZdYN0-frkwVx_eiBpU6kCNXtRIiZftOTXIH-Q9KSj95OTjhIz8JdcOOhOY4vJO6g9C4i2I_0PGr3PdkICzv-1Dl-TmZ1dCVTC_MFr3-LpBSFR_aRk&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Dunhill Squash Club<\/a> had a great win 3-1 against Chris Moran from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highfieldsquash.ireland?__cft__[0]=AZZ_fCzrc7HzA8KoN6Jrus07uF1ML3ieXJt1BkyoCm52iJnJrn4zThSilfaRtPADjrP0Dm2zAPjU9PJOiBZdYN0-frkwVx_eiBpU6kCNXtRIiZftOTXIH-Q9KSj95OTjhIz8JdcOOhOY4vJO6g9C4i2I_0PGr3PdkICzv-1Dl-TmZ1dCVTC_MFr3-LpBSFR_aRk&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">HighfieldSquash Cork<\/a> &#8211; a 3-1 win for Tom, but a great display of will to get to every ball on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Lee Healy and all the refs for helping out over the weekend. Thanks to Eugene Walker for running the show, looking after the schedule, and the draws. Thanks to Susan, Ann-Marie, Sandi, and everyone who brought in rolls, sandwiches, and fruit over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the members in Celtic SC for allowing us to use the courts over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, thanks to all the players for travelling and making this tournament one to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a weekend of squash where we saw passion, emotions, athleticism, and everything else, including players running on fumes In the A men&#8217;s final, we were treated to a super match between Aaron Knox from Celtic Squash Club and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/munster-senior-closed-2026\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Munster Senior Closed 2026<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-senior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munstersquash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}