Galway's John Rooney avenged the defeat of his brother Niall, who lost a martathon semi-final to Adam Curry, by beating the English player in the under-19 final of the Irish Junior Open Squash Championships at Riverview last night. Ciara Healy of Cork won the girl's under-19 title with a 3-2 victory over Sarah Fairley in the final.
Irish Junior Open Championships (at Riverview) - Boy's finals - Under-19: J Rooney (Ire) bt A Curry (Eng) 3-0. Under-16: I Cornes (Spa) bt C Wilkey (Eng) 3-1. Under-14: P Piik (Est) bt D Corbett (Ire) 3-0. Girls' finals: Under19: C Healy (Ire) bt S Fairly (Ire) 3-2. Under-16: S Parker (Ire) bt K Shields (Ire) 3-0. Under-14: I Tullu (Ire) bt T Owns (Ire) 3-1.
Irish teams for the Under-19 Home Internationals (Edinburgh, January) - Boys: K Moore, N Peyton, J Rooney, N Rooney, R Tully, D Waring. Reserve: N Byrne. Girls: A Blake, S Fairly, M Perry, L Ryan, K Treon. Reserve: S Parker.