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After months of intensive planning, the Table Tennis event at the World Police & Fire Games held in Belfast recently was a major success – a top class event deliverd and some notable success for the Irish squad.

Chief among the medal winners was Jay McAllister, who claimed a bronze in the Grand Master Singles and a Gold in the Grand Master Doubles – a fantastic achievement for Jay considering he was also on duty as an Umpire over the course of the event.

Also amongst the medals was Louise Long, who in recent times has become more known for her coaching prowess as a National Team coach – she showed that she still has medal winning ability by claiming two bronze medals – in Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

Irish tournament regular Adrian Flynn also registered two medals, abronze and a silver in the B Division events.

Congratulations to all on an excellent event and of course to the Irish medal winners. Thanks to Con O’Ceadaigh for the photo of medal winner Louise Long.

Cadet Girls Singles

Rebecca Finn stole the show today as she cruised to a straight sets victory over her aptly named opponent Liz LETHAL who is ranked 132, Rebecca kept composed right the way through the match, for a 13 year old with still two years as a Cadet she performed fantastically. She now moves into the last 64 to face the Serbian Izabela LUEULESKU ranked 17 in Europe.

Round 1 – Last 128

Rebecca FINN beats Liz LETHAL (LUX) (European Ranked :132) 4-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-8, 11-6)

Cadet Girls Doubles

Rebecca Finnt hen teamed up with her partner Katie McGlone in the doubles and together they dominated the opening set, it all came much closer in the second but Team Ireland took it 12-10 to take a 2-0 lead. The Lithuanian pair were not about to roll over and give up, Rudzinskaite who is ranked 59^th in Europe showed her experience and helped her partner take the third and fourth 11-5, at 7-7 in the fifth set it all seem very much to play for but the Lithuanian’s won 3 points and now had 3 match points. Katie and Rebecca didn’t play a conservative game, they pulled back 2 points and at 10-9 with Lithuanian serving for the match Rebecca attacked the first ball and the girls took the point 10-10. The girls held their nerve and took an 11-10 lead, Lithuania to serve again and this time Katie did a fantastic return of serve into the backhand corner and that was it, game and the match the girls go into Round 2 the last 32. To watch this tantalising match for yourself it was recorded and is available here.

Round 1 – Last 64

Rebecca FINN / Katie MCGLONE beat Neta ALON / Jogaile RUDZINSKAITE (ER:59) (LTU) 3-2 (11-3, 12-10, 5-11, 5-11, 12-10) This match was recorded and is available here.

Cadet Boys Singles

Owen Cathcart had a tough draw as he faced the European Number 55 from the Ukraine, KANNUNNIKOV had too much experience and beat Owen in straight sets, Owen now moves into the consolation.

Round 1 – Last 128

Illia KANUNNIKOV (ER:55) (UKR) beat Owen CATHCART 4-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-5, 11-2)

Cadet Boys Doubles

It was the end of the road for the Cadet Doubles pairing of Zak Wilson and Alexander Gillen who lost 3-1 to Scotland’s Christopher Wheeler and Yaser Razouk.

Round 1 – Last 64

Christopher WHEELER (ER:53) / Yaser RAZOUK (SCO) beat Zak WILSON / Alexander GILLEN 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6) in Round 1 of the Cadet Boys Doubles.

Junior Girls Singles

Ashley Given faced English European Ranked 157 Maria Tsaptsinos, the two girls swapped sets till 2-2 where Maria got her break and won two in succession and took the match 4-2. Ashley’s attention now moves to the consolation.

Round 1 – 128

Maria TSAPTSINOS (ER:157) (ENG) beat Ashley GIVAN (ER:162)4-2(11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4)

Junior Mixed Doubles

Hannah Lynch-Dawson and her English team-mate Igor MORAIS were beaten in straight sets by the Russian pair in the second round of the Junior Mixed Doubles.

Round 2 – Last 64

Sadi ISMAILOV / Ekaterina GUSEVA (RUS) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON / Igor MORAIS (ENG)3-0(11-7, 11-7, 11-9)

Junior Girls Doubles

Ashley Givan and Hannah Lynch-Dawson got a tough draw as they faced a German/Polish alliance ranked 21 and 50, they put up a good fight in the 2^nd but lost out 12-10, they lost out in straight sets. Emma Ludlow and Chloe O’Halloran paired up and faced Slovakian pair the “VERONIK’s”, they were beaten in straight sets.

Round 1 – Last 64

Yuko IMAMURA (ER:21) (GER) / Agnieszka KACZMAREK (ER:40) (POL) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON (ER:274) / Ashley GIVAN (ER:162) 3-0 (11-4, 12-10, 11-4)

Zala VERONIK (ER:116) / Nika VERONIK (ER:208) (SLO) beat Emma LUDLOW / Chloe O’HALLORAN 3-0(11-6, 11-3, 11-7)

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CADET BOYS SINGLES

11 year old Owen Cathcartsteals the limelight from his older counterparts winning his singles match 4-2 against Magnus Johann Hjartarson of Iceland and qualifying for the main event. Alexander Gillen was unable to exact revenge on Scotland’s Yaser Razouk by losing 4-2 but he has one more chance in the Cadet Doubles tomorrow when he teams up with Zak Wilson. Zak was unlucky to face a tough Greek opponent and ended his Singles campaign with a 4-2 loss.

Qualification Round

Owen CATHCARTbeat Magnus Johann HJARTARSON (ISL) 4-2 (11-7, 12-14, 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 12-10)

Yaser RAZOUK (SCO) beat Alexander GILLEN 4-2 (11-9, 11-7, 11-4, 2-11, 7-11, 11-7)

Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS (GRE) (ER:211) beat Zak WILSON 1-4 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7)

CADET GIRLS SINGLES

Our youngest girl out in Ostrava Rebecca Finn was also in winning form when she beat Scotland’s Rachel Crawford 4-1. Chloe O’Halloran was very unlucky to lose to her Greek opponent Syliani Pateraki in the 7^th set 11-8. Katie McGlone also lost her match against Bulgaria’s Mihaela Dimova 4-2.

Qualification Round

Rebecca FINNbeat Rachel CRAWFORD (SCO) 4-1 (11-8, 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7) This match was recorded click here to watch it back.

Mihaela DIMOVA(BUL) beatKatie MCGLONE 4-2 (3-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3)

Syliani PATERAKI (GRE) beat Chloe O’HALLORAN 4-3 (8-11, 1-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8)

CADET MIXED DOUBLES

Alexander Gillen and Chloe O’Halloranpaired up for the Cadet Mixed Doubles and together claimed a 3-1 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Dino Cizmic and Elda Šehic. Our two young Cadets Owen and Rebecca also continued their winning form by beating Iceland’s Breki Thordarson and Kolfinna Bjarnadottir 3-1. Zak Wilson and Katie McGlone lost 3-1 to Sadettin Gencer and Dilan Tek from Turkey. In Round 1 the Cadets met some highly ranked pairs but did not give up without a fight as both picked up a set.

Qualification Round

Alexander GILLEN / Chloe O’HALLORANbeat Dino CIZMIC / Elda ŠEHIC (BIH) 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 13-15, 11-6)

Owen CATHCART / Rebecca FINNbeat Breki THORDARSON / Kolfinna BJARNADOTTIR (ISL) 3-1 (11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10)

Sadettin GENCER / Dilan TEK (TUR) beat Zak WILSON / Katie MCGLONE 3-1 (11-7, 2-11, 11-9, 11-8)

Round 1 – Round of 128

Rodion CHMELOV (ER:80) / Yuliya SYNYTSYNA (ER:70) (UKR) beat Owen CATHCART / Rebecca FINN 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7)

Jan NYBERG (ER:36) / Annika LUNDSTORN (ER:69) (FIN) beat Alexander GILLEN / Chloe O’HALLORAN 3-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8)

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES

Both Hannah Lynch-Dawson and Emma Ludlow were very unlucky to lose their first Singles matches. Hannah took an early 3-0 lead and almost claimed the 4^th but lost it 13-11 and then went on to lose the subsequent 3 sets to lose the match 4-3. Emma was 3-1 up and got all the way to 9 in the 5^th set but was piped to the post by her Ukrainian opponent and with a slow live online scoring system, anxious parents were waiting for the score to appear and unluckily Emma had lost the following 3 sets also losing in the 7^th set.  

Qualification Round

Simona HORVATHOVA (ER:272) (SLO) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON (ER: 274) 4-3 (8-11, 9-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-8)

Margaryta PRUDIUS (ER: 200) (UKR) beat Emma LUDLOW 4-3 (8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-5)

JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLES

Emma Ludlowwas paired with Slovakian Tilen Novak in the qualification round of the Mixed Doubles and managed to claim a 3-2 victory with a 16-14 win in the 5^th over their Bulgarian opponents. They then moved into Round 1 and faced the Moldovan pair of Victor Cissa and Olga Bliznet but unfortunately lost 3-0. Hannah Lynch-Dawson was paired with England’s Igor Morais and beat their Italian opposition 3-1 and move into the last 64.

Qualification Round

Emma LUDLOW/ Tilen NOVAK (SLO) (ER:207) beat David KOSTADINOV / Monika TSANEVA  (BUL) 3-2 (3-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 16-14)

Round 1 – Round of 128

Victor CISSA (ER:300) / Olga BLIZNET (ER:15) (MDA) beatEmma LUDLOW / Tilen NOVAK (SLO) 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-9)

Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON(ER: 274) / Igor MORAIS (ER:137) (ENG) beat Luca MURCATO (ER:168)/ Francesca TROTTI (ER:129) (ITA) 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 11-9)

Siarhei AFANASENKA (ER:62) /Hanna PATSEYEVA (ER:90) (BLR) got a walkover against Ashley GIVAN / Helshan WEERASINGHE (ER:94) (ENG) 3-0 (W/O) 

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Here is a list of Wednesday’s Matches.

Please note the singles are best of 7 and doubles are best of 5

13.00

First match of the day is in the Junior Mixed Doubles with Emma LUDLOW who is teamed up with Slovenia’s Tilen NOVAK  who is ranked 207 in Europe playing the Bulgarian pair of David KOSTADINOV / Monika TSANEVA in the qualification round at 1 o’clock LIVE on the camera. Click here for the link.

13:30

Owen CATHCART takes on Iceland’s Magnus Johann HJARTARSON in the qualification round of the Cadet Boys Singles.

For the 2^nd time Alexander GILLEN faces Scotland’s Yaser RAZOUK in the qualification round of the Cadet Boys Singles.

Zak WILSON is up against Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS (ER:211) from Greece in the qualification round of the Cadet Boys Singles.

14:10

Rebecca FINN plays Scotland’s Rachel CRAWFORD in the qualification round of the Cadet Girls Singles which will be recorded on Camera and can be watch after the match is finished here.

Katie McGlone will face Bulgarian Mihaela DIMOVA in the qualification round of the Cadet Girls Singles.

Chloe O’Halloran is playing Syliani PATERAKI from Greece in the qualification round of the Cadet Girls Singles.

15:30

Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON (ER: 274) is up against Slovakia’s Simona HORVATHOVA (ER:272) in the qualification round of the Junior Girls Singles.

Emma LUDLOW is facing Ukrainian Margaryta PRUDIUS (ER: 200) in the qualification round of the Junior Girls Singles

16:10

Owen CATHCART / Rebecca FINN are playing the Icelandic pair of Breki THORDARSON / Kolfinna BJARNADOTTIR in the qualification round of the Cadet Mixed Doubles LIVE on the camera. Click here for the link.

Zak WILSON / Katie MCGLONE are facing Sadettin GENCER / Dilan TEK from Turkey in the qualification round of the Cadet Mixed Doubles.

Alexander GILLEN / Chloe O’HALLORAN are playing Dino CIZMIC / Elda ŠEHIC from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the qualification round of the Cadet Mixed Doubles.

16:40

Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON (ER: 274) who has been teamed up with Igor Morais from England (ER:137) are up against the Italian pair of Luca MURCATO (ER:168) / Francesca TROTTI (ER:129) in Round 1 (RO:128) of the Junior Mixed Doubles.

17:10

Ashley GIVAN who is teamed up with England’s Helshan WEERASINGHE (ER:94)are facing Siarhei AFANASENKA (ER:62) / Hanna PATSEYEVA (ER:90) from Belarus in Round 1 (RO:128) of the Junior Mixed Doubles. 

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Today was Day 5 of the 56^th European Youth Championships taking place in Ostrava, Czech Republic; Today the team event concluded and final positions were decided.

Junior Girls – Ashley Givan, Hannah Lynch-Dawson and Emma Ludlow

The Junior Girls faced BULGARIA in a battle for 33^rd position Hannah Lynch-Dawson was up first and she took the opening set however YOVKOVA who is ranked 198 in Europe came out and won the next three sets and gave Bulgaria a 1-0 lead. Three Times National Senior Champion Ashley Givan cruised to a straight sets victory over TSANEVA, the match was tied at 1-1. MEHMED proved too strong for Emma Ludlow taking Bulgaria into a 2-1 lead with a straight sets victory. Ashley dropped the first set against YOVKOVA but found a higher gear and comfortably took three on the trot; the match was tied 2-2. TSANEVA got out of the blocks strong and never looked back as she beat Hannah in straight sets. Bulgaria took the match 3-2 and the Junior Girls finished off the 56^th European Youth Championships in 34^th position.

Bulgaria 3 Ireland 2

Krasimira YOVKOVA (ER: 198) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8)

Ashley GIVAN beat Monika TSANEVA3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-3)

Reyhan MEHMED beat Emma LUDLOW 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-4)

Ashley GIVAN beat Krasimira YOVKOVA3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-1)

Monika TSANEVA beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-5)

Cadet Boys – Zak Wilson, Alexander Gillen and Owen Cathcart

The Cadet Boys were playing San Marino for 38^th position, in the Cadet Boys style this match would not go by without 5 setters being a feature. The first of these came when Alexander Gillen played European 245 Davide MUCCIOLI, Alex took the first 11-9, MUCCIOLI responded taking the 2^nd 11-5. From then on nothing would separate the two boys, Alex won the third 11-9, Muccioli won the fourth 11-9 and Alex won the fifth (you guessed it) 11-9.  Ireland took a 1-0 lead and Zak seemed to be unstoppable as he cruised to a straight sets victory, given Ireland a 2-0 lead going into the Doubles. Owen Cathcart would join his fellow Ulsterman in the Doubles. They dropped the first 11-9; they took the second and won the third in an epic 16-14 game. San Marino weren’t given up and won the fourth but Owen and Zak found their rhythm and took the fourth 11-4. The Cadet Boys finished 38^th in the 56^th European Youth Championships.  

Ireland 3 San Marino 0

Alexander GILLEN beat Davide MUCCIOLI (ER: 245) 3-2 (11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9)

Zak WILSON beat Federico GIARDI (ER: 242) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)

Owen CATHCART /WILSON beat GIARDI / MUCCIOLI 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 16-14, 5-11, 11-4)

Cadet Girls – Katie McGlone, Chloe O’Halloran, Rebecca Finn

The Cadet Girls were in a playoff group for 35^th to 37^th position, yesterday Switzerland beat Ireland 3-1 and Scotland 3-0 so they took 35^th and that left the two Home Nations to battle it out for 36^th.  Katie McGlone showed her good form as she won convincingly in straight sets over Rachel CRAWFORD. Chloe O’Halloran put in another great performance and beating Lucy Elliot European 124, in straight sets 13-11, 13-11 and 11-6. Katie and Rebecca teamed up for the Doubles and they were narrowly defeated in three with two sets ending 12-10 in favour of the Scots. Katie was up next against Lucy ELLIOT and while Lucy won the first Katie took the next three to give Ireland a 3-1 win over neighbours Scotland.

The Cadet Girls finished off in 36^th position.

Ireland 3 Scotland 1

Katie MCGLONE beat Rachel CRAWFORD 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5)

Chloe O’HALLORAN beat Lucy ELLIOT (ER: 124) 3-0 (13-11, 13-11, 11-6)

CRAWFORD / ELLIOT beat MCGLONE / FINN 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 12-10)

Katie MCGLONE beat Lucy ELLIOT 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9)

As the Team Event comes to a close we move over to the Individual events with Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles still to come.

Commenting on the Championships so far High Performance Director John McGlone said “The current gap in standard between the larger countries and ourselves is evident from our overall placing in the team events. However, there were more than a few very close 2-3 matches and some good individual wins, including Chloe’s victory against the European No. 22 Cadet.  The younger players have gained valuable tournament experience in age groups where they will still hope to be competing in two years time. The players should now be looking forward to their singles matches and using the knowledge they’ve gained from the first half of the event.”

Reflecting on the first half of the European Youth Championships ITTA Chair Patricia Hunter was proud of the players and said “I am delighted to see Ireland so well represented by all of our players who have turned in some excellent individual results, keep up the good work!”

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Day 4 of the 56^th European Youth Championships was a day full of epic encounters in the Battle for the final positions.

Junior Girls – Ashley Givan, Hannah Lynch-Dawson and Emma Ludlow

Today the Junior Girls had one match in the playoff semi-final for position 33^rd-36^th. They played Iceland and melted them  away with some great performances, Hannah beat TOMASDOTTIR 3-1 after dropping the first set 12-10. Ashley comfortably beat FINNSDOTTIR in straight sets showing no mercy taking the second set without dropping a point, Emma wrapped up victory with a straight sets victory over BJARNADOTTIR. The Junior Girls won 3-0.

Click here for Knock-out sheet, the Junior Girls are through to the Play-offs and are playing for 33^rd or 34^th against BULGARIA, which is made of Krasimira YOVKOVA (ER: 198), Reyhan MEHMED and Monika TSANEVA. The match is being played tomorrow at 10 o’clock (GMT).

Ireland 3 Iceland 0

Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON beat Sigrun Ebba TOMASDOTTIR 3-1 (10-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7)

Ashley GIVAN beat Hrefna FINNSDOTTIR 3-0 (11-8, 11-0, 11-6)

Emma LUDLOW beat Kolfinna BJARNADOTTIR 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6)

Cadet Boys – Zak Wilson, Alexander Gillen and Owen Cathcart

The Cadet Boys had a day of what could have been, they had one match against Finland but one that could have went either way. KANTONISTOV beat Zak is a dramatic 5 setter which Zak led 2-1, but unfortunately the Finn just saw of Zak taking the fifth 11-9. Alexander played European Number 36 Jan NYBERG but his experience was too much for Alex as he won in straight sets.  The Boys were not about to be defeated without a fight, NYBERG was teamed up with FLEMMING, Zak and Alex got off to a great start taking the first 2 sets, it was looking good until the Finns stole the third game 13-11, they also took the fourth and the decider went right down to the wire and again Team Ireland came up on the wrong side of the 11 losing 13-11.

Click here for Round 2 Final Group Standings; the Cadet boys play SAN MARINO in the morning at 8 o’clock (GMT). The Boys are playing for position 38^th or 39^th. The San Marino team is Federico GIARDI (ER: 242) and Davide MUCCIOLI (ER: 245). Click here for the match sheet.

Finland 3 Ireland 0

Mikhail KANTONISTOV (ER: 113) beat Zak WILSON 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9)

Jan NYBERG (ER: 36) beat Alexander GILLEN 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-4)

NYBERG / Veikka FLEMMING (ER: 104) beat WILSON/GILLEN 3-2 (9-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-6, 13-11)

Cadet Girls – Katie McGlone, Chloe O’Halloran, Rebecca Finn

The Cadet Girls played 2 matches today, they finished off their Round 2 group with their match against Norway. Rebecca got a 2-0 lead over Rebekka CARLSEN but the Norwegian took three on the trot taking the match 12-10 in the fifth. Katie MCGLONE had a sensational win over European Number 52 Ilka DOVAL, she held nothing back and took the match in straight sets dropping only 19 points along the way. It was 1-1 going into the Doubles, and the Norwegian pair showed their experience and came through in straight sets. Rebecca kept hopes alive as she took the first set against DOVAL but it wasn’t to be and DOVAL took the next three to give Norway a 3-1 victory. That all meant Ireland Cadet Girls would head to the Playoff group 35^th to 37^th along with Switzerland and Scotland, their first opponents would be Switzerland this evening. LINKE the Swiss Number 1 defeated Chloe in straight sets. Katie continued on from her earlier success and beat BRUNNER 12-10 in the fourth set. It was all to play for going in the doubles, they dropped the first but took the second in an epic 15-13 battle but the Swiss pair came through in the end taking the doubles 3-1. Katie gave LINKE a good match but it wasn’t to be as she lost 11-9 in the fifth.

Click here for Round 2 Final Group Standings; the Cadet Girls play SCOTLAND tomorrow at 2 o’clock (GMT). The Scotland team is Lucy ELLIOT (ER: 124) and Rachel CRAWFORD. Click here for the Playoff Group 35^th-37^th.

Round 2 – Norway 3 Ireland 1

Rebekka CARLSEN (ER:207) beat Rebecca FINN 3-2 (8-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 12-10)

Katie MCGLONE beat Ilka DOVAL (ER:52) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-4)

CARLSEN / DOVAL beat  FINN / MCGLONE 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-2)

Ilka DOVAL beat Rebecca FINN 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4)

Playoff Group – 35-37 – Switzerland 3 Ireland 1

Camille-Chloe LINKE (ER:68) beat Chloe O’HALLORAN 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-4)

Katie MCGLONE beat Nicole BRUNNER (ER: 194) 3-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 12-10)

LINKE / BRUNNER beat MCGLONE / FINN 3-1 (11-7, 13-15, 11-8, 11-7)

Camille-Chloe LINKE beat Katie MCGLONE 3-1 (11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9)

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The Singles Draw has been released with the qualifying matches beginning on Wednesday, other than Ashley Givan who got straight into Round 1 and will play on Thursday.

Junior Girls

Ashley GIVAN (ER: 162) is playing England’s Maria TSAPTSINOS (ER:157) in the First Round.

Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON (ER: 274) will play Simona HORVATHOVA (ER:272) from Slovakia in the qualification round, waiting in Round 1 is Tilda JOHANSSON (ER:88) from Sweden.

Emma Ludlow has drawn Margaryta PRUDIUS (ER: 200) of Ukraine in the qualification round and for the winner Switzerland’s Amanda FAUVEL (ER: 131) is waiting in Round 1.

Cadet Boys

Zak WILSON will face Greece’s Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS (ER: 211) in the qualification round with Aljaz SMALJCELJ of Slovenia (ER: 77) in Round 1 for the winner.

Alexander GILLEN has been drawn against Yaser RAZOUK of Scotland in the qualification round, they played in the team event, Alex was defeated 3-2 (9-11, 15-17, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11) so he will be keen to get some revenge and turn the result around. Maxim KISELEV of Russia will play the winner in Round 1. KISELEV is the third seed and ranked 3 in Europe and 20 in the World.

Owen CATHCART will be playing Magnus Johann HJARTARSON from Iceland, for the winner Ilia KANUNNIKOV of the Ukraine (ER: 55).

Cadet Girls

In the qualification round Katie MCGLONE will play Mihaela DIMOVA of Bulgaria and Emily Bolton (ER: 106) of England has been drawn to play the winner in Round 1.

Chloe O’HALLORAN will face Styliani PATEKAKI of Greece in the qualification round with Tatiana KUKULKOVA of Slovakia (ER: 55).

Rebecca FINN will play Rachel CRAWFORD of Scotland in the qualification and Liz LETHAL (ER:132) of Luxemburg will be the opponent who plays the winner.

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Day 3 of the 56th European Youth Championships was a tough day for Team Ireland with some close matches going against them.

Junior Girls – Ashley Givan, Hannah Lynch-Dawson and Emma Ludlow

The Junior Girls had 2 tricky matches today, Emma and Ashley both lost in straight sets to the Austrian 1 & 2, Hannah came up on the wrong side of a tense 5 setter which left Austria with a 3-0 victory. Estonia was next on the cards for the Junior Girls, Ashley and Emma both had tough matches against the Estonian 1& 2 this time both girls took a set of the higher ranked opponents. Hannah had another 5 setter this time she lead 2-1 but KOIT took the last 2 sets to win the match 3-0 for Estonia.

Austria 3 Ireland 0

Melanie LUGINGER (ER:115) beat Emma LUDLOW 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7)

Ines DIENDORFER (ER:214) beat Ashley GIVAN 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-8)

Valerie TISCHLER (ER:262) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON 3-2 (7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6)

Estonia 3 Ireland 0

Valeria PETROVA (ER:103) beat Ashley GIVAN 3-1 (11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7)

Olesja KETSKO (ER:84) beat Emma LUDLOW 3-1 (11-4, 11-2, 12-14, 11-8)

Liisi KOIT (ER:176) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5)

Click here for Group Standings, the Junior Girls are through to the Play-offs and are playing for 33^rd/ 34^th tomorrow at 2 o’clock (GMT).

Cadet Boys – Zac Wilson, Alexander Gillen and Owen Cathcart

Alexander had a fantastic 3-2 win over European Number 45 Fredrik MERINGDAL, Alex took the game 14-12 in the fifth set. Zak continued the good start with a straight sets win over Mats HOEL. The doubles was a tough match with things being level all the way, but it was the Norwegian pair that came out on top in the 5^th set. Norway turned the tides and MERINGDAL beat Zak 3-1 and HOEL beat Alexander 3-0. Norway managed a comeback to take the match 3-2. Switzerland was next for the boys and this time Zak started and he narrowly lost to Andrin MELLIGER (ER:93) 11-9 in the fifth set. Alexander Gillen had a tough match against European number 98 Dimitri Brunner 12-10 in the fourth. The boys teamed up and pulled it back for a 3-1 win in the doubles. However BRUNNER stepped up and beat Zak 3-0.

Norway 3 Ireland 2

Alexander GILLEN beat Fredrik MERINGDAL (ER:45) 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 14-12)

Zak WILSON beat Mats HOEL (ER:183) 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)

MERINGDAL / HOEL beat GILLEN / WILSON 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5)

Fredrik MERINGDAL beat Zak WILSON 3-1 (3-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-4)

Mats HOEL beat Alexander GILLEN 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-7)

Switzerland 3 Ireland 1

Andrin MELLIGER (ER:93) beat Zak WILSON 3-2 (11-13, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9)

Dimitri BRUNNER (ER:98) beat Alexander GILLEN 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10)

WILSON / GILLEN beat BRUNNER / SIMONET (ER:185)  3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6)

Dimitri BRUNNER beat Zak WILSON 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6)

Click here for Group Standings; the Cadet boys play Finland in the morning at 8 o’clock (GMT). The Finland team is Jan NYBERG (ER: 36), Veikka FLEMMING (ER: 104) and Mikhail KANTONISTOV (ER: 113).

Cadet Girls – Katie McGlone, Chloe O’Halloran, Rebecca Finn

The Cadet Girls faced tough competition for their 1^st round 2 match against fellow Home Nation England. Katie and Chloe had both tough matches losing 3-0 to the English 1 & 2 Denise PAYET and Letitia MCMULLEN but Rebecca and Katie teamed up for the doubles and put up a good fight against the English pair only losing 11-9 in the fifth.

England 3 Ireland 0

Denise PAYET (ER:189) beat Katie MCGLONE 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6)

Letitia MCMULLAN (ER:128) beat Chloe O’HALLORAN 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6)

PAYET / MCMULLAN beat MCGLONE / FINN 3-2 (12-10, 14-12, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9)

Click here for the Group Standings; the Cadet Girls play Norway tomorrow at 10 o’clock (GMT) The Norway is Ilka DOVAL (ER:52), Rebekka Carlsen (ER:207) and Ingvild Lunden HELSETH (ER:225).

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