2006 - 2007

Please note the following alteration to Irish Squash Bye-Laws in relation to players who make late withdrawals and/or who fail to complete competitions:

‘In the event that a player scratches from a tournament after the draw is made then a two tournament ban is imposed on the offending player (relevant to both senior and junior). A one tournament ban and 0 points penalty will be imposed should a player pull out during the tournament. Either of the above will not be enforced in the event of a medical cert being submitted.’

This bye-law has effect from January 1, 2007

Our senior teams information can be viewed here.

Ulster clean sweep at Interprovincial Championships check out the results. . . . . .

West of Ireland Open 2007 (See also Tournament Page)

Connacht Senior Open 200

ILTB Irish Nationals 2006: (for full results see ILTB Nationals page)

KEY MORTGAGES Ulster Senior Open 2006:

BYMAC Leinster Senior Open 2006:(The full results of this event can be found on the Leinster Squash Site.)

The SIGNATURE Munster Senior Open 2006: (The full results can be found on the Munster Squash Site.)

Information on the Irish Grand Prix

Tour 2005-06

The Irish senior Tour incorporates 8 events. These will be spread throughout Ireland as described in the Irish Squash Calendar. Ranking points for Irish selection will be available only from the Tour. Home-based Irish players will gain points from their best six events. World standard and foreign-based players will receive exemptions from certain events.

The prize money listed below is the minimum required to take part in the Tour. Tournament Organisers may pay above this figure if they so wish. The prize money is available for Irish players ONLY.

National Ranking System and Grand Prix Tour Positions:

Rankings:
Rankings are based on the performance over the previous 12 months. The number of events that are taken into consideration are dependent on player type as follows:
o Top 60 Professional – 35% of events played within the last calendar year
o Professional & non-Irish resident player – 50% of events played within the last calendar year
o Irish resident player – 65% of events played within the last calendar year Multipliers applied to the points gained will depend on how many tournaments are played within the calendar year as follows
o The number of qualifying tournaments are calculated by working out how many an Irish resident player can play e.g. 8 tournaments within calendar year, therefore qualifying tournaments = 65% x 8 tournaments = 5 (rounded to nearest whole number, .5 rounds up)
o The maximum points achievable for an Irish resident player is calculated, e.g. nationals + 4 remaining tournaments in above example = 1000 + (4*750) = 4000 points
o For each player type the number of tournaments they have to play is calculated by using the % e.g. Top 60 Professional = 35% x 8 tournaments = 3
o The maximum achievable for that player type is calculated e.g. nationals + 2 remaining tournaments = 1000 + (2*750) = 2500 points
o The multiplier for that player type in this case will be 4000/2500 = 1.6
A Professional (outside PSA top 60) and/or a non – Irish Resident will need to play 50% of the events. His multiplier will be 1000 +(3*750) =3250. The multiplier is 4000/3250 = 1.23
4000 is the maximum any one person can achieve on the ranking.

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Grand Prix Points
The Grand prix is a straight race with no multipliers with the winner determined at the end of the season. Therefore for the grand prix the more events you play the better position you will achieve.
Positions will be updated on the 1st of each month

Prize Monies for each Event

• Prize monies must be paid to the top 6 placed IRISH players in each GP event.
• There are two sets of minimum required prize monies to be paid out depending on the number of people in the draw:
  (16 or 8 person draw - see grid below)
• Tournament Organisers may pay non- Irish players but ONLY after the top 6 placed Irish players are paid.

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Criteria for Irish Team selection:
Selection is based on the highest ranked players available based on the rules above. The Section Committee (Senior Convenor, Ed Dunne; Coach Eoin Ryan and Derek Brown) reserves the right, in exceptional circumstances, to seek Council approval to select an alternative player to replace the last ranked player available. Selection for the Europeans in 2007 will be based on the march 1st rankings 2007.

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