Carlow L.T.C Squash

Congrats to Elaine Ware who this weekend took the U15 title defeating Orna Murray 3/0.

Elaine Ware was crowned the new queen of Connacht she took the U15 title in emphatic fashion following along the lines of previous Carlow winners of this event – Ciara Moloney and Róisín Brennan. Elaine seeded 6th was in super form defeating the no3 seed Labhaoise Dunbar from Waterford 11-8 11-6 11-6 she then turned her guns on the no 2 seed and favourite Breanne Flynn Dublin and lost the first 11-6 but stormed back to win 8-11 11-9 11-9 in terrific game. In the final she was far too good for Órna Murray also from Waterford and won comfortably 11-8 11-6 11-8. This was Elaine’s first big competition win and will no doubt be one to watch for the future.

Katelyn Doran in the girls U17 event finished 3rd overall. Katelyn was the group winner of section B and was then paired off with the other 2 group winners to decide the overall winner. Here Katelyn was two games up on each of her opponents and could not close the games out resulting in a 3rd place result. She now knows she can compete with the best of these and it will not be long before she will be moving higher up the ramkings.

Casey Luther finished an exciting 4th in the girls U11 event and Fiona Murphy 4th in the U15 girls. Melanie Ní Bhroin had a good tournament finishing 6th in the U17 event.

Conall Murphy had 2 wins from 4 matches and finished an excellent 4th in U17 boys with Cathal Hennessy seeded 11th finishing off a good tournament with a win over the No 5 seed Daniel L’Estrange Dublin 11-7 12-10 9-11 8-11 7-11 to finish 7th.
Shaun younger brother to Cathal Hennessy had to withdraw due to injury in his 2nd match where he defeated the no 2 seed Conor O’Shea 3/0 in the U15 boys and finished 8th overall.
Jim Kenny’s tournament effectively ended when he lost his qualification match to Callum Lee 11-6 11-9 11-7

In the U19 boys event Seamus Harmon finished 6th and Enda Holohan 9th

Ryan Luther in the U13 boy’s event was seeded 12th and he finished 6th overall defeating the No 5 seed Shane Maher Tipperary in the first round.
Overall Carlow players can be pleased with their performances in this the first of the competitive season.

A couple of changes from Irish Squash
1) All tournaments will be American to 11 and you must win by 2 clear points.
2) No Open draw for the seeds 3/4 and 9/16
3) They are reverting back to the full Swiss system
These should benefit all players.

Congrats to Shaun and Cathal Hennessy and Seamus Harmon who put in great efforts at the Nordic Junior Open in Malmo, Sweden.
Shaun was 10th U13, Cathal 26th and Seamus 33rd U17. Also our congrats to David Ryanfrom Sutton who reached the final and just lost 10/12 in the 5th

Our Junior winter junior league commenced this week and we have 40 players, the teams are listed below - best of luck to all.

The Squash Skills Certs were presented recently, there are 6 levels in the pro gramme, blue, red, yellow, bronze, silver and gold. The youngest recipient was just 5 years of age and he achieved the first level blue.

The Club Championships ended the competitive season for the club on Saturday night and what a night we had, great squash a fantastic atmosphere - well done to all.
Results
Boys U11 - Conor Reynolds
Girls U11 - Casey Luther 3/0 Niamh Fitzpatrick
Boys U13 - Shaun Hennessy 3/0 Ryan Luther
Girls U13 - Rebecca Mc Dermott 3/0 Jemma See
Boys U15 - Cathal Hennessy 3/0 David Smyth
Girls U17 - Katelyn Doran 3/0 Melissa Ní Bhroin
Boys U17 - Adam Mc Creevey 3/1 Seamus Harmon

The final squash tournament of the junior season was concluded in Galway this weekend with the staging of the Interprovincial Championships. Carlow had 13 players on the the various teams and indeed the U15 girls team of 6 players featured 5 from the club.
Leinster won the
U13 boys (Shaun Hennessy)
U13 girls ( Rebecca Mc Dermott, Niamh O’Keefe, Jemma See
U15 girls (Elaine Ware, Aoife Jordan, Brona Jordan, Fiona Murphy, Mealnie Ní Bhroin)
U17 boys runner-up( Seamus Harmon, Conall Murphy, Cathal Hennessy)
U19 mixed runner-up (Sarah Murphy)

The finals did not dissapoint the large group of spectators who enjoyed a feast of squash over the weekend. The quiz and variety night was a huge success and our thanks to the juniors who sang and danced.
CJO2008 Results
Event Winner Runner-up

Girls U11 Casey Luther Niamh Fitzpatrick
Girls U13 Rebecca Mc Dermott Niamh O’Keefe
Girls U15 Elaine Ware Melanie Ní Bhroin
Girls U17 Niamh O’Hare (Belfast BC) Katelyn Doran
Girls U19 Róisín Brennan Sarah Murphy
BoysU13 Shaun Hennessy Gavin Comerford (Dublin)
Boys U15 Cathal Hennessy David Smyth
Boys U17 Adam McCreevey (Dublin) Seamus Harmon
Boys U19 Josh Seysell (England) Alan Tighe (Dublin)

First Round Times
Fri 6pm A.Lennon N.Fitzpatrick
Fri 6pm J.Lennon M.Daly
Fri 6.15pm N O’Keefe A.Reynolds
Fri 6.15pm J.See M.Mc Donald
Fri 6.15pm E.Browne JJ.Kavanagh
Fri 6.30pm E.Ware E.Kavanagh
Fri 6.30pm F.Murphy M.Ni Bhroin
Fri 6.30pm R.Lennon F.O’Keefe
Fri 6.50pm C.Hennessy M.Muedec
Fri 6.50pm S. Murphy A.Fitzpatrick
Fri 6.50pm K.Doran S.Lennon
Fri 7.10pm D.Smyth J.Kenny
Fri 7.10pm M.Crawford E.Holohan
Fri 7.10pm J.Saysell R.Brennan
Fri 7.30pm C.Luther S.O’Keefe
Fri 7.30pm J.Watson O.Boush

Sat 10.30am K.Mc Dermott Niamh Fitzpatrick
Sat 10.30am C.Luther A.Lennon
Sat 10.30am R.McDermott A.Reynolds
Sat 10.30am R, Luther P.O’Mahoney
Sat 10.45am N.O’Keefe J.See
Sat 10.45am E.Ware L.Mc Creevey
Sat 10.45am M Ni Bhroin R.Lennon
Sat 11.00am Shaun Hennessy 1 v 8
Sat 11.00am Scott Mc Creevey 3 v 6
Sat 11.00am Fiona Murphy Fiona O’Keefe
Sat 11.20am Philip Mc Sweeney
Sat 11.20am Gavin Comerford 2 v 7
Sat 11.40am Conor Lavin Mikael Meudec
Sat 11.40am Daniel Harkin Jim Kenny
Sat 11.40am Sarah Murphy Aisling Fitzpatrick
Sat 12.10pm Melissa Ní Bhroin Sarah Lennon
Sat 12.10pm B17/19 3 v 6
Sat 12,10pm B17/19 4 v 5
Sat 12.40pm Tom Meehan Cathal Hennessy

Carlow Junior Open
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