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PAR SCORING - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2009/10 The last 12 months has seen a real shift in our sport with the World Squash Federation (WSF) voting to adopt Point A Rally (PAR) as the sports standard scoring system at its Annual General Meeting in October last year. All championship squash played under the WSF’s and the European Squash Federation’s jurisdiction is now played PAR11. On a national level England Squash & Racketball (ESR) introduced PAR11 for all its junior squash at the beginning of the 2008/9 season and trialled it at the 2009 senior Inter County Premier Finals. PAR11 has now also been adopted as the standard scoring for Racketball and is already in use at all major tournaments. From the 2009/10 season the following events will be PAR11: • National Squash Championships (senior and junior)• British Junior Open• Senior Inter County Championships• Junior Inter County Championships• All junior sanctioned events• National Racketball Championships• ESR sanctioned racketball championshipsIn addition we are looking at the suitability of PAR11 for Masters, and are currently engaged in consultation with Over 35 and Over 40 players to gauge opinion. A decision will be made prior to the start of the new season as to whether to move to PAR11 for these categories. For all other age groups in ESR events, HIHO scoring will remain for 2009 for the 2009/10 season. We do see this as an evolutionary process. Pretty much the whole of Europe and many parts of the world have already moved completely to PAR11 for all squash. As previously recommended, England Squash & Racketball suggests that counties consider the adoption of PAR11 for county closed and county leagues for the 2009/10 season onwards. A number of counties have looked at this in a different ways. Some have adopted PAR11 for premier divisions, others across the board. Some have decided that, for now, they do not want to change. Furthermore, we do believe that scoring systems at recreational and club level should be entirely discretionary, and are not proposing mandatory change in this area. If you would like any further information on PAR11 please contact the Competitions and Events Team. Chris Nutley Head of Competition + Events chris.nutley@englandsquashandracketball.com PAR Point-a-Rally scoringThe rules are changing. The international governing bodies have started the ball rolling. Expect the rules to change soon. In England the rules are changing for all junior events, to come in line with Men's professional scoring system. It is known as "American Scoring" by most, where every rally results in a point to the winner.
Herts League PAR Scoring "At the
Herts Squash AGM held on 23rd Sept 2008 the following proposal was voted
on and carried by the AGM. The Squash Player has
started a debate. To read the articles click on To complete the survey click on QUESTIONNAIRE In 2008-9 sanctioned England Junior events, will be the first to 11 points per game. It could be 2009-2010 before adults change their scoring system in England. Ian McKenzie of The Squash Player has said the character of domestic (mainly non-professional) squash will change forever and to the detriment. In a media obsessed world, PAR is inevitable, in my opinion. Here is the England Squash announcement as of 1st August 2008. England Squash introduce PAR Scoring to all Junior Sanctioned Events England Squash, the National Governing Body for Squash & Racketball, have announced that all junior sanctioned events will be played under a Point-A-Rally (PAR) scoring system from the 2008/9 season onwards, to keep scoring in junior events consistent with the new European Squash Federation PAR-to-11 rules. At its AGM in May, the European Squash Federation (ESF) voted to move to PAR-to-11 scoring for all competitive squash under the Federation’s jurisdiction – including the ESF Junior Circuit - for an experimental period of 12 months. England Squash’s Performance Department quickly moved to propose that junior squash in England moved to PAR-to-11 to ensure that young English players were not disadvantaged when playing competitive squash on the European stage. With this in mind England Squash’s Board of Directors has agreed that all junior sanctioned competitions under its jurisdiction will be PAR-to-11 for the 2008/09 season. Trials have shown that PAR scoring creates a more exciting game for players and spectators, and there is a strong desire within squash to create a simple and consistent scoring system across all levels of the sport. “I believe that adopting PAR scoring next season for junior competition will be of significant benefit to all English players. They will be able to develop their game accordingly and feel comfortable using the new scoring system in competitive play, in the future,” revealed Jim Lord, England Squash Director of Development & Competitions. For more information on the rules changes contact the England Squash Events Department: |