MASTERS O35/O40

CRITERIA FOR INTERNATIONAL SELECTION 2014/2015

To be considered for selection for the Irish O35/O40 team’s you must have played in 3 of the Province’s opens e.g. Leinster, Connacht, Munster or Ulster plus the Nationals.

Selection will be based on the points scored from a players best 4 events to determine the panel from which the selectors will pick the teams.

The top five point scorers will automatically be selected for each team. The selectors may consider a wild card selection to fill the sixth position on a team; such a player will be of a standard to play at either number 1 or 2 on that team. To be considered as a wild card you must have played at least one tour event in the season.

EVENTS DATES

Leinster Open 7th/8th Nov ‘14

Connacht Open 28th/29th Nov ‘14

Munster Open 9th/10th Jan ‘15

Ulster Open 13th/15th Feb ‘15

Nationals 20th/22nd Feb ‘15

Irish Open 13th/14th March ‘15

DRAW SIZE

All Open events will be an 8 draw

Nationals will be a 16 draw

SCORING

Traditional scoring will be used in all tournaments

RANKING FOR THE TOURNAMENTS

This will be done on a rolling year with only the players best four events points will be used

If a player is moving up an age group they keep the points from the previous age group.

Points can only used in the age group they have been won in except when a player is moving up age groups as above.

Players entering a tournament with no points or less than two tournaments played can be ranked by the selectors in a position they think is of merit.

TOURNAMENT WITHDRAWALS

In the event a player scratches from a tournament after the first round times being published then a TWO (2) tournament ban is imposed on the offending player

A ONE (1) tournament ban and a 0 Ranking Points penalty will be imposed should a player pull out during a tournament.

Missed match (no show) as above

Either of the above will not be enforced in the event of a medical certificate being submitted.

Medical Certificates to be produced within 1 week of the match, and sent to info@irishsquash.com

Ban is for Masters events only.

NEW POINTS

Please see below the new points that will be awarded for this season’s tournaments.

Placed	All Open events	Nationals Points
1st	100	140
2nd	80	120
3rd	70	100
4th	60	90
5th	50	80
6th	40	70
7th	30	60
8th	20	50
9th	10	40
10th	5	35
11th	30
12th	25
13th	20
14th	15
15th	10
16th	5