Ireland juniors fourth at World Championships

IRELAND, in case you hadn’t heard, is on the verge of becoming a racquetball superpower.

An Irish selection has just returned from an outstanding fourth place finish at the 22nd World Junior Racquetball Championships in Los Angeles. The result caught few in the national association by surprise as 12 months earlier, a team backboned by some of the same youngsters, finished fifth when the event was hosted in the Dominican Republic.

The tyros were coached by Christy Slattery and Eithne Skekan and the former is adamant that more glory is on the horizon.