Squash in Ireland Squash in Ireland Irish Squash includes notable players such as Jonah Barrington, Derek Ryan, Madeline Perry, Liam Kenny Aisling Blake and John Rooney. Jonah Barrington was honoured with a lifetime achievement award in 2006 at the World Squash Awards. Irish Squash is currently experiencing a resurgence in popularity following a dip in its profile during the 1990s. Belfast hosted the Women's International Squash Players Association World Championship in November 2006 with the final being played at the Ulster Hall. Irish Squash, the national governing body for squash in Ireland, celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010. There are many growth areas
Gordon Watson (squash player) not very satisfactory arrangement." Gordon retired from competition in 1950 and built a successful coaching career. He established Watson's Squash Academy by arrangement with the owner Betty Meagher (a close friend and champion pupil of Gordon's) in Flinders Lane, Melbourne for six years and then established the Gordon Watson Squash Centre in Hawthorn Road, Caulfield in 1962. As a coach, Gordon quickly demonstrated his total understanding of the sport and amassed similarly unprecedented success as that which he had enjoyed as a competitor. Before his retirement from the sport in 1979, he coached no fewer than 21 Australian title holders