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SQUASH PLAYER MAGAZINE ARTICLE The Squash Player magazine reviews the arguments on the proposed rule change. From The Squash Player magazine published July/August 2008.
AN OPEN LETTER TO JAHANGIR An Open Letter to the President of the WORLD SQUASH FEDERATION Jahangir Khan
we write to request you to perform one last great service to your sport withdraw the motion that will compel all players to move to a scoring system most of them do not want...
PEARSING QUESTION: UNITY OR DISUNITY? In an Open Letter to the European Nations promoting PAR to 11 Martin Pearse points out the effect on disenchanted Masters and the inevitable consequences of ramming the motion through the AGM
IRVING VIEW: PAR DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN PAR to 11 will not suit club level women said top coach Liz Irving
ENGLAND SQUASH: PAR 11 for sanctioned events Traditional the norm elsewhere England Squash introduce PAR 11 for all sanctioned events but have no intention of imposing a change elsewhere.
Top Coach Alleges Scandal Behind WSF Motion The debate on the imposition of PAR to 11 for all squash heated up with an attack on the conclusions of the WSF working group on scoring. Top coach Chris Hadden has in effect demolished the results of the Working Group and brought into doubt the objectivity of the conclusions that WSF motion were based on. 'It is a scandal,' he writes.
BRIARS ATTACKS SCORING CHANGES Gawain Briars, the former CEO of the Professional Squash Association, who brought in the shorter Point A Rally scoring to 11 to the men's professional game, has attacked plans to make it compulsory throughout the sport.
The imposition of the new system, against the wishes of many players, is proposed by the World Squash Federation (WSF). A vote on its motion to implement the new scoring will take place at the federation's AGM in Manchester in October.
Briars says, "Neither I nor the PSA Board ever advocated that par to 11 be introduced also as suitable for the club player. The traditional game to 9 points, hand in hand out, should remain safe from interference."
MASTERS REACTION TO PAR 11 SCORING At the first Regional Masters event of the season PARS was accessed writes Martin Pearce
GREAT THE WAY IT IS Liz Irving Attacks WISPA move to PAR11 It is ‘Great The Way It Is’ she says and ‘Please leave a way back.’
RELUCTANCE TO MOVE Top coach Malcolm Willstrop sees benefit in a PAR 11 Move
WSF AGM 2008 Agenda
WSF MINUTES OF THE 2007 AGM Extensive discussions on Doubles. New Doubles Rules approved. No Discussion on Singles Rules. (PDF format)
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW DOUBLES RULES Published by the WSF
NEW DOUBLES RULES 2008 – (without changes marked) Introduced 15 April 2008. Scoring moves to PAR to 9 (with 15 as an alternative.) ‘It was considered it would increase the excitement for spectators if games go to “sudden death”. (That is there is no ‘setting’ or ‘win by two’ at 8-all or 14-all.) Following the recommendation of a Working Group from Squash New Zealand and Squash Australia. NEW DOUBLES RULES 2008 (with changes marked)
THE CURRENT SINGLES RULES The current rules cover scoring in Rule 2 and Appendix 7. Appendix 7: 'The standard scoring system described in Rule 2 The Scoring is the approved scoring system for singles Squash. If Point-a-Rally Scoring (PARS) is used, the following text replace Rule 2. This allows PAR to 9 and to 15 with setting (to 1 or 3) at nine-all and fourteen-all respectively.
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