17th Women's World Teams
Squash Championships 2010
Palmerston North, New Zealand
28th November - 4 December 2010
A tough assignment for the Ireland women's squash team in Palmerston North.
Madeline Perry, Aisling Blake, Laura Mylotte and Zoe Barr visited Our Lady of Lourdes school yesterday, to meet the students who are their adopted fans for the Women's World Team Squash Championships this week. All 16 nations competing at the tournament have been adopted by a local school, an initiative which has found favour with the players.
The Irish team were put to the test by the students who asked some rather searching questions, including 'when did the Ireland team first compete?' and 'why is it called squash?'
Ireland number one Madeline Perry says it wasn't the line of questioning they expected, but fortunately they managed to offer some answers.
"Luckily our tracksuits have the 75th anniversary of Ireland Squash written on them so we were able to work backwards from there. As for why it's called squash, Aisling bluffed her way through it with a vivid description of the way the ball squashes against the wall"
"She was surprised as anybody when it turned out that was the right answer!"
Ireland plays Australia in the last round of pool play today, with both teams having already qualified for the quarterfinals.
Day three schedule
12:30pm
Pool B
2. Australia vs 7. Ireland
10. India vs 15. Japan
Pool C
3. Egypt vs 14. Mexico
6. France vs 11. South Africa
5:00pm
Pool A
1. England vs 16. Austria
8. Netherlands vs 9. USA
Pool D
4. Malaysia vs 5. New Zealand
12. Canada vs 13. Hong Kong China
Gary Denvir
Media Manager
Women's World Team Squash Championships
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