Season Rules
Rules have changed –
Please read carefully!
1) The Uxbridge Squash
Club is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization that has the privilege of
scheduling league play on the squash court at Uxpool, a public facility of the
Department of Parks & Recreation of the Township of Uxbridge, ON.
2) Club members must maintain facility membership in good
standing at Uxpool.
Separately, the Club charges $25.00 per person for the season, which runs from September
to April.
3) Club members must
observe all Uxpool rules. All players must wear
protective goggles and non-marking shoes on the court at all times.
4) By registering with
the Club, members commit to following these rules. Acceptance of Club members
is at the sole discretion of the Club’s executive committee.
5) Club volunteers operate
various scheduled, scored leagues (currently including Monday/Tuesday and
Wednesday/ Thursday evenings, and Saturday day-time) and less-formal groups
(currently including Sunday Ladies and the Daytime Group). Club members may play
in multiple leagues and/or groups depending on availability. Creation and
cancellation of leagues and groups is at the discretion of the Club’s executive
committee in association with Township staff at Uxpool. Assignment of Club
members to leagues and groups is at the sole discretion of the Club’s executive
committee.
6) Club members are
expected to arrive in the court, dressed and ready to play, at the assigned
start of the court timeslot. A member who cannot play at the scheduled time
must either find a replacement player at the same level or arrange an alternate
time with the scheduled match partner. Contact information for active
players is available on the Club bulletin board at Uxpool and on our website at
www.uxsquash.ca (login and
password available from executive members).
7) RELEASING COURTS: If a match is not going to
be played at the scheduled time, one of the players must contact Uxpool to
release the court for others' use. This is especially important because we have
only one court. To assist others who are looking for open
court times, please also mark the court ‘open’ on the league schedule… but
remember, Uxpool staff have the official book.
8) Except as noted (e.g.
for certain tournaments) or as agreed by
players in the informal groups, all match rules follow normal conventions of
squash play on International courts and consist of three games of 11 points
each.
9) Scored leagues (currently three) are organized into boxes
of four players. In a three-week cycle, each player will play every other in the
same box. At the end of each cycle, results will be tallied. The top two players
in each box will move up one box; the bottom two players will move down. Then
the next cycle of play will be scheduled.
This means schedules cannot always be posted in advance but it ensures
competitive play with a variety of partners for everyone.
a) Except as noted for
some tournaments, league match rules always follow normal conventions of squash
play on International courts and consist of three games of 11 points each. Match scores should be marked on the
schedules in the Uxpool lobby immediately after play is completed.
b) Normal Scoring: The winning Player scores
four points for the match. The losing player scores one point for a game won
plus one point for showing up. So possible scores are 4-0 (forfeit or no-show),
4-1 (winner took all three games) and 4-2 (winner took two games, loser took
one). If you do not finish all games, please record points earned (e.g. if each
player wins one game, score two points each). If you play more than three
games, please record only points earned in the first three games played.
c) Rescheduling: As noted above, a player who cannot make
it at the scheduled time is responsible for communicating with their playing
partner. Notification by e-mail is not considered sufficient notice, no matter
how far in advance, unless a response is received several hours before match
time.
d) Unintentional
forfeits: A player who
cannot play at the scheduled (or rescheduled) time forfeits the match. If you
cannot meet to play, the player who first cancelled or asked to reschedule the
originally scheduled match time forfeits. The partner is awarded a match score
of four to zero.
e) No-shows & lates: A player who misses a match without notifying the
scheduled partner ahead of time, or who is more than 10 minutes late to be ready
to play, forfeits the match. Missing players will also be marked
"no-show." The partner is awarded a match score of four to zero.
Players who are marked more than two no-shows in a season may be asked to
withdraw from the league.
f) No-scores: If no score is recorded for a match, the scheduler
will record a score of zero-zero.
g) Absences: If a player is going to be away for more than a
couple of consecutive weeks (for travel or injury or whatever) they should make
appropriate arrangements ahead of time with the Scheduler, by e-mail at scheduler@uxsquash.ca.
10) Players are
responsible for finding out when they play and with whom. League schedules are
posted as promptly as possible and are available in the Uxpool lobby or at our
website, www.uxsquash.ca. Groups
schedules are as agreed by group members. Players
should avoid calling Uxpool for their match times. Our schedulers do their best to give everyone their preferred playing
times but this isn’t always possible.
If you have any questions, please contact the Club
chairperson, by e-mail at chair@uxsquash.ca.
Most of all, enjoy your
season!