Posted on 18th Jan 2020, 12:00am

Hello Yass Squash Club Members

Entries are now open for the 2020 Term 1 Squash Comps. Tuesday comps will commence on Tuesday 4th February and Wednesday comps on Wednesday 5th February.

Entries will close on Friday 24th January. 

You can enter online via Sporty HQ using this link - https://www.sportyhq.com/event/view/2020-Term-1-Senior-Comp

• Junior Comp Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons 5.30pm to 7pm – same format as last year. Players are placed in divisions and are scheduled matches to play each week.
• Senior Comp Tuesday and Wednesday nights 7pm to 10pm. New format being trialled in Term 1 called an Opt In Comp.

2020 Term 1 Changes
- All comps will run for 8 weeks (rather than 10 weeks).
- New time for junior comp 5.30pm to 7pm. Format will be the same as last year.
- New time for Senior Comp 7pm to 10pm (estimated finish time may be earlier some nights) - new format of 'Opt In Comp'

Entry Conditions
Cost for Senior Comp is $5 per night that you play that will be billed to you at the end of the comp based on how many nights you have played. Junior Comp is free. You must also ref or score a match each time you attend comp. You must be a member of the Yass Soldiers Club (or for juniors a parent or guardian must be a member) to take part (this if for insurance purposes). Juniors (19 years and under) must wear eyewear at all time when on the court.  

New format 'Opt In Comp' for Senior Comp
For Term 1 we are going to trial a new format for Senior Comp called an Opt In Comp.
• Register for which night you would like to play (Tues, Wed or both)
• On the day of comp you will be sent a text message in the morning asking if you would like to play tonight
• If you would like to play that night reply to the text message with your name by 2pm
• If you can't play or don’t want to play that night then don't reply to the text message and you will not have a game.

We are trialling this new format to give players more flexibility for how often they play and to also remove the administrative overhead of trying to find reserves when players are sick, injured, busy at work or away.

There will be a maximum of 8 matches per night (16 players) if more than 16 people reply to the text message to say that they want to play that night, the first 16 that reply will get to play and the people that have replied after the first 16 will get a text message back to say sorry but tonight is already full.

As part of the registration for Senior Comp you will also be asked if you are happy to play twice if needed (which we will sometimes need if we have odd numbers for a night) the idea is that we have a pool of people that are happy to place twice and that now and then you might get two matches on a night instead of one, we will try and share this around between players so it doesn't happen too often.

Entry Via Email
If you are unable to enter online via Sporty HQ then please email your entry to yasssquash@gmail.com with the following details:

Entering Junior or Senior Comp or both
Which afternoon/nights you want to play - Tues, Wed or Both
For Senior Comp are you happy to play twice on a night if needed?

Cheers
Lisa Matthews
Yass Squash Club

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