Celtic Squash Club

A podium finish for Aaron Knox at the Spanish Junior Open last weekend. Aaron, who was unseeded in the event made it to all the way to the final and did himself and the club proud. Well done Aaron from all at Celtic Squash Club. Great to see our juniors competing at this level👏💪🥈🇮🇪🇪🇸

Aaron Knox on court at 10.30 Irish time in the Boys u17 final of the Spanish Junior Open.👏💪
Be sure to show your support and watch him in action live at the link👇👇

FINALS - COURT 5 | SJO 2024 TIPI-PARK SPAIN Spanish Junior Open 2024 TIPI-PARK SPAIN COURT 5

Wishing the best of luck to rising star Harry Knox from Celtic Squash Club and Irish Squash as he takes on the European Squash Federation Spanish Junior Open! Seeded 5/8, Harry faces a challenging round robin match against the top seed. Go get 'em, Harry!

Best of luck to club juniors Aaron & Harry Knox competing in the Spanish Junior Open this weekend. Follow their progress at the link👇👇
https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=a0193b6a-c729-430c-918e-277f7c885b8c

UPDATE: Fully subscribed.

Are you interested in playing a new Sport?
Have you ever considered playing Squash?

Celtic Squash Club is running a FREE 4-week beginners introduction to squash for Women, the programme starts on Friday 13th of September at 7pm and will continue for 4 weeks at the same time every Friday at 7pm.

We will supply the Rackets, Balls and all you need is a pair of non-marking runners.

If are you interested and you can commit to the 4 weeks and would like to try Squash please contact Conor at 0876886071 for more information.

Well done to all involved

Great to see some of our Munster Squash coaches and coaches from other provinces progressing through their coaching badges. Level 2 hosted by Celtic Squash Club in Waterford over the last few weekends - final assessments to follow. Congratulations to all coaches and tutors for completing the first phase. Great to see Irish Squash promoting coaching around the provinces.

And that's a wrap, everyone at Celtic Squash Club were delighted to welcome players from all over Ireland to Waterford for the first Waterford Masters, we hope everyone enjoyed the weekend.

Results 👇

Day 2 underway for the Waterford Masters Open in the club today, some great Squash on display, so why don't you call in to the club to see what the standards are like, take a look at the club facilities, all welcome.

Check out the results in the comments ⬇️👇⏬

Well done Alfie, great to see you doing well. Keep working hard and most importantly keep enjoying your

Meet Alfie Knox, () number 2 in the under 11's at only 9 years of age! Following in the footsteps of his older brother Harry, who is Ireland’s number 1 and is also sponsored by Oliver. Alfie demonstrates exceptional talent with his Apex 420 CE racket. Known for his skillful ex*****on of his favourite shot, the forehand volley drop, Alfie is making his mark in the squash world. Follow his promising journey as he continues to excel and inspire.

Well done lads, great squash, and enjoying every minute of the journey. 🟢⚫

Well done Harry, fair play, you're getting the court time in each week and all that hard work is starting to pay off now, keep the Celtic Squash Club flag flying high. ⚫🟢

Introducing Harry Knox, () top-ranked under 11 squash sensation! Armed with his Apex 5.0 Pro racket, Harry showcases incredible skill and precision on the court. Executed with finesse and accuracy his favourite shot is the backhand volley drop! Follow Harry's exciting journey as he continues to excel and make his mark in the squash world.

Calling all Masters Squash players, the Waterford Squash Masters takes place over Friday, July 26th, and Saturday, July 27th

Deadline to register
Fri, July 19th, 2024 11:45pm

Link to register:
https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/Waterford-Masters-Open

Delighted to be hosting this event.

💥 Level-2 Coaching Course

Interested in taking your squash coaching to the next level? 👀

Irish Squash are running a level-2 coaching course in Celtic SC, Waterford across the 13/14th July and 10/11th August 💫

There are still some places left to register - link below 🔗⬇️

https://www.sportyhq.com/event/view/Level-2-Coaching-Course-3

The Dutch Junior Open is underway in Amsterdam. Best of luck to club juniors Harry, Alfie, Aaron, John & Rebecca and all the Irish contingent competing this weekend.
Follow their progress here👇👇👇
https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=f84ecb9c-c0da-4e43-beee-eebdecb698f2

Kia Griffith, another Junior from our Academy is flying the Celtic Squash Club flag high in Singapore where he is attending a summer squash camp, today Kia is playing a challenge match. Best of Luck Kia and enjoy the experience.

Best of luck to Jamie Morrissey travelling to England today to compete in the Surrey Silver Junior Open. 💪
Follow Jamie's progress here👇👇
https://www.sportmgr.co.uk/t/258342/draws/258348

What a wonderful day we had last Sunday watching our Juniors play at their end of season Junior Championships. On the day we had lots of smiles, a few tears, but most importantly loads of fun.

All the kids got a taste of tournament squash, winning and losing, but no matter what shaking hands at the end of each match and thanking the referee.

Thanks so much to all the parents for supporting our junior academy during the season, thanks also to Elenka for the food, cakes on the day. Massive shout out to Fiona for organising the coaching sessions for Sunday's and the organised play and thanks also to Jimmy, John and Colm for their coaching during the season.

Lastly and very important we would like to thank our sponsor Rose Confectionary for their kind support, we really appreciate it when past members get involved and make a contribution to the continued success of our junior academy.

Our club championships this year was a little unique for us and provided great balance across the club with Juniors playing in with seniors, a women's only section and a junior section all lumped in with the senior A B and C. 🟢⚫

It was disappointing to see Waterford draw in the Hurling, but there were no draws in Celtic Squash Club. Lots of competitive matches on display and it was great to have Alfie Hale Sports sponsoring the tournament.👏

In the Junior section Jamie Morrissey won a tight game against Harry Knox. 💪

In the Men's C Robin Doyle has the bragging rights for the year as club champion. 👍

In the men's B it was great too see young Junior Nathan Walsh win a tight battle against Maria O'Brien. 👏

The women's section didn't disappoint with Helen McGrath having to call on all her experience against a very determined Katie Dunphy, this was one of many matches that went to 5 games, and with Helen 2 down she made a comeback after a change of tactics to win 3-2. 💪

In the A Final Kevin Knox beat Brian Foley 3-0 to claim his 14th title and to cap things off he gets to keep the trophy, an excellent record for Kevin and one that will be hard to beat. 🏆

With lots of Juniors knocking close on his heels it might be even better to claim a couple more, but we have to wait and see.❓

Overall, we were delighted with the way the weekend went, big shout out to Susan for the great food over both days and to all the referees and most importantly to all the players who supported this event, until next year.👍👏

Our annual club championships is on this weekend, call in about 6pm to see who's going to win this beauty.

Our most important tournament of the year is on this weekend Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th of May, Thank you to our sponsor Alfie Hale Sports for their generous sponsorship of the tournament. More news and updates to follow this weekend. If your passing and wondered what Squash is all about you are more than welcome to call in, have a cuppa, and chat about Squash and Celtic.

Calling all members of Celtic Squash Club - On Fri May 3rd and Sat 4th of May we will host the most important competition of the year for us, our club championships. 🏆

We have sections in the competition for beginners, advanced players and all levels in between for both Men and Women. 👍

This is normally a great weekend of Squash so if you want to test yourself for this end of season competition this is your chance. Please support this event if you can, we need as many playing as possible. 💪

You can enter on SportyHQ - https://shorturl.at/emrV7

Great to be invited by De La Salle Waterford to participate in Active Schools Week this week, it was a great event with lots of clubs for the pupils from the college to chat to, lots of options for young boys with everything from Squash, Soccer, Surfing, Boxing, Padel, Athletes, Basketball, the list goes on. Well done to the staff in the college for organising.

The very best of luck to club members Mark Furlong and Pat Morrissey who represent Ireland this weekend in the MO40 Masters in Edinburgh at the home internationals.

We travel to Sutton this weekend for the Irish Squash Junior Inter-Provincial's. Celtic are well-represented across the age groups. Best of luck to all the Munster contingent. Its sure to be a great day for all the kids.

Irish Squash Junior Interpros 2024 13th Apr 2024 to 13th Apr 2024 Sutton LTC Sutton Lawn Tennis Club 176 Howth Road, Burrow Sutton, Dublin D13 H004 Irish Squash Junior Interprovincials Sat 13th April 2024 Sutton LTC, Dublin

The very best of Luck to our very own Kevin Knox who will travel this weekend to play for IRELAND in the Home Internationals

The Lonely Hearts Club is not a name you hear of every day, but they left it late to make a superb comeback to win our annual table quiz in aid of 6 juniors (4 Boys and 2 Girls) we have traveling to represent Irish Squash and IRELAND in the 5 Nations Squash Tournament and the European Junior Championships.

A massive thank you to all who came along on the night, it's always a fun night and every table was taken, and Norris's was packed. Thank you so much to everybody who made a donation and also donated a spot prize, Griffith Bespoke Jewellery Charisma Blinds Jack Molloy Catering and Norris's Bar for their continued support.

Thanks to everyone who helped on the night, congratulations again to the kids for making the team, please God we will add another few to this number for next year.

In the next few weeks we will have 6 members of our Junior academy heading off to play for Ireland, 4 boys and 2 girls - as a club we are super proud, it's a fantastic achievement for our Junior academy, for the kids and their families.

The club would like to help the kids so we are holding a fun table quiz in Norris's this Wednesday 27th March starting at 8:15pm - a table of 4 is €20 - we would be delighted if you could support this event.

It's always a good craic and it's a nice way for the club members to have a social nite together and you never know you might win a prize. So please try and come along, it's always a popular quis so arrive early to grab your table. 😀