Women’s squash makes comeback with historic blitz in West Mayo

A milestone event for women's squash in Connacht took place in Westport Squash Club on Sunday, as 40 players from across the province gathered for the first women's Blitz in years.

The tournament brought together competitors from across Mayo, Westport, Loughrea, Claremorris, Ballina, Sligo, and county Galway in what organisers hope will mark the revival of women's squash following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Galway were the winning team overall with a haul of 64 points, just ahead of Claremorris on 60. Loughrea just pipped Sligo for third spot as they managed to win 53 points, three points of women from The Yeats County. Ballina and Westport both finsihed on 48 points.

Individual results 

Division 1:

1, Nina Wallace (Claremorris);

2, Elaine Fox (Ballina).

Division 2:

1, Johanne Duffy (Westport)

2 Therese Connolly (Claremorris).

Division 3:

1, Róisín Murphy (Galway);

2, Caroline Hughes (Claremorris).

Division 4:

1, Lucy Lynch (Galway);

2, Clare Hoban (Westport).

Division 5:

1, Nicola Gough (Ballina);

2, Lyndsey Ward (Loughrea).

Gillian Broderick, Jens Hellberg, Colette Maloney, Fiona Gallagher, Paul Bree, President of Connacht Squash, Shane Larkin Westport squash club chairman. Missing from the photo were Gerry Galvin, Trish Walsh and Tommie Loughran

Fiona Gallagher of Westport Squash Club who helped organise the event thanked everyone who worked so hard to make the event possible including Paul Bree, Gerry Galvin, Shane Larkin, Jens Hellberg, Colette Maloney, Trish Walsh, Gillian Broderick and Tommie Loughran from Westport Squash Club and the sports complex for their support in making the day a success.

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