Squash

Special Announcement!

Spring Fling Squash Tournament - Saturday, May 2, 2009

One-day individual knockout tournament.

Playing categories: A, B, C, and women's competition.

Play begins at 10 a.m., finals at 5:00 p.m. Three matches guaranteed.

Prizes inlcude rackets, bags and gift vouchers.

Entry Fee: $15 students, $30 non-students (Includes a souvenir tournament t-shirt!) All proceeds go to Wesleyan Squash.

Socialize at Eli Cannons after the tournament.

Here is the link to enter: barnowl.wesleyan.edu/squash

IM Squash 2009 Finals – April 20th

The final was an interesting contrast between an entirely student team and an entirely non-student team. The After Lunch’ers included Vijay Pinch (History Professor), Pao-Lin Tien (Econ Professor), Henk Meij (ITS), Chris Caesar (ITS, ’02) and Bill Wasch (’52). In comparison Team Pyro was lead by Nate Fowles (’10), Carlos Richardson (’12), Andrew Dermont (’09), Matt  (’09) and Alexi (’09). Special mention to Duane Le who was virtually unbeaten for team Pyro in regular season play.

 The number 2’s went on first and saw Vijay handily using his wise squash brain to be Andrew 3-0, a game much discussed the previous week as being potentially close. Vijay brought his “A” game and settled this argument!

On at the same time was Alexi was on court competing against the 78 year old Bill Wasch, a Wesleyan graduate of 1952 and of the famed Wasch Center on campus. One would have thought the youth of a current student may win out but Bill’s touch was second to none and with years of experience under his belt was able to pull off a victory for the self nicknamed “Old Timers”. During the post match chatting of this game it was discovered that Bill was in the same fraternity as Alexi’s grandfather – a pretty neat connection to make during an intramural squash match.

This put the Lunchtimers ahead with a 2-0 lead. On next was Matt against Pao-Lin a contrast of fast twitch, young male athleticism and ex-varsity female grace. Matt muscled his way through this match to come out with a 3-1 victory but not without some of the longest rallies of the evening.

This match drew Team Pyro back to 2-1 down and still in with a shot for the coveted IM plastic mug award show here.

This high drama evened the match to 2-2 with just the number 1’s left to play. Nate Fowles is an incoming captain elect for next season’s Varsity Teams while Chris Caesar is an ’02 Varsity Squash Alum that has continued to improve his skills. The younger Nate began the match by taking a 10-0 lead in the first game, which he won after dropping a couple of points. Chris was clearly not happy with this performance and came back all guns firing for the second game taking a 6-0 head start.

Nate inched his way back to level it at 6-6. This game remained tight with the play going into overtime at 10-10 (must win by 2 clear points). After going back and forth Chris sneaked this game in what proved to be the turning point of the game. Although Nate fought hard, the next two games went convincingly Chris and hence the IM title to the After Lunch team.

All that was left was to present the highly prized IM Champions mugs to the winners.

Thank you to all the teams that participated the season, “After Lunch” has set a new standard to IM teams to work towards in the fall.

WESLEYAN INTRAMURAL SQUASH INFORMATION

2009 Spring Squash - Meeting, Thursday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the squash courts

Matches are played Mondays and Wednesdays and will start at 4.30pm. Typically everyone is out by 6:00 pm..

 You will need to provide your own equipment including non-marking shoes (black soled or running shoes are generally unacceptable unless they say non-marking on the sole. Tennis, Basketball, Converse and Vans are all good.

 Round 1: Mon March 30th

 Round 2: Wed April 1st

 Round 3: Mon April 6th

 Round 4: Wed April 8th

 Round 5: Mon April 13th

 Semis:    Wed April 15th

 Finals     Mon April 20th

To register, contact Shona Kerr X2444 or skerr@wesleyan.edu

AND, include the following information

IM Squash – Registration Form 

Reminders

• Captain’s meeting - Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7:15 p.m. at the squash courts
• Teams consist of 5 players which must include 2 women
• Only one varsity team member compete per match for your team
• You can have up to 10 squad members

 Team Captain_______________________________________________

Captain’s E-mail__________________ Phone Number_______________

Team Name_________________________________________________

Squad Members

1._____________________________

2. _____________________________

3. _____________________________

4. _____________________________

5. _____________________________

6. _____________________________

7. _____________________________

8. _____________________________

9. _____________________________

10. ____________________________

Format:

Each team fields 5 players each time they play (at least 2 must be female and only 1 varsity player may represent any particular team on any given night). Typically a team will have up to 10 players, or as many as they feel to be able to field a full legitimate team each time they are scheduled to play.

The strongest player will play at number 1, the second strongest at number 2 etc.

Each team will have a captain responsible for making sure their team fields a full team each time they are scheduled to play.

6 teams play each other once during regular season, then the top 4 go through to the post-season.

Each player plays one match and officiates one match. A guide on the rules is provided below.

Matches are played Tuesdays and Thursdays, and will start at 5 pm. Typically everyone is out by 6:30 pm..

All equipment will be provided (rackets, balls, protective eyewear) except clean, non-marking sneakers. Dirty or marking footwear will not be allowed on court.

The schedule for Spring 2008 is as follows:

Round 1: Thurs April 3rd

Round 2: Tues April 8th

Round 3: Thurs April 10th

Round 4: Tues April 15th

Round 5: Thurs April 17th

Semis:    Tues April 22nd

Finals:    Thurs April 24th

Rules

1) Scoring

Only the person serving (server) has the opportunity to win a point. If the returner (person not serving) wins a rally, they then become the server, but do not receive a point.

A game is played up to 9 points except in the case of when the score reaches 8-8. At 8-8, the returner chooses to play to 9 or to 10 points. A winning score can therefore be only one of the following: 9-0,9-1,9-2…9-6,9-7,9-8,10-8 or 10-9.

A player must win 3 games to win the match.

2) Basics.

The ball may be volleyed (taken directly out of the air) or taken on the first bounce
The ball is out if it hits on or above the red line going along the top of the front and side walls or if it clears the back wall.
The ball is down if it hits on or bellow the bottom red line running across the front wall
The player who hits the ball out or down loses that rally

3) Serving

The server must have one foot wholly in the service box when serving the ball
The serve must go above the middle red line on the front wall (the service line)
The ball must land in the opposite back half of the court
There is only one serve (no faults)
The returner may volley the serve
When starting a game or when the server was the returner in the previous rally, the server may choose from which service box he/she wants to serve from
When the server was also the server in the previous rally, he/she must serve from the opposite box
ee males and three females), or a team will be found for you. Teams may only have one varsity squash player per team.

3) Refeering.

The golden rule is safety, and the most dangerous situations are:
1. when the striker (person playing the ball) is about to play the ball and their opponent is trapped between the ball and the front wall
2. when the striker is about to play the ball and their opponent gets in the way of the swing

Under no circumstances should you, as the striker, attempt to hit the ball.


Lets

The striker, and only the striker, may stop the point and appeal to the referee for a let.
You must call out ‘let’ before striking the ball. You may only appeal for a let (not a stroke). It is then up to the referee to decide between one of the following 3 options:

1. Stroke – point to striker
2. Let – point is replayed
3. No Let – point for opponent

The easiest way to think about which decision is correct as the referee is as follows:

The striker has 2 rights:
1. Access to hit the ball to any part of the front wall he chooses – therefore if your opponent is trapped between the ball and the front wall as you are ready to hit, DO NOT hit the ball. Stop play, appeal to the referee for a let, and you should be awarded a Stroke. 
2. To make a reasonable backswing and follow-through, when they are at the ball, providing the striker has not moved backwards.

If either of these 2 rights has been violated by the opponent, the referee shall award a Stroke to the striker.

All other interference situations occur as the striker is on the way to the ball and the opponent is attempting to clear his/her last shot.

In this situation the referee shall use the following reasoning:
&Mac183; If striker could have gotten to the ball AND hit a winning shot – Stroke
&Mac183; If striker could have gotten to the ball but not necessarily hit a winning shot – Let
&Mac183; If striker could not have reached the ball – No Let

The striker must make every effort to get the ball, and the opponent must make every effort to clear their last shot.

&Mac183; If the striker doesn’t make every attempt to get to the ball – a No Let shall be awarded if the striker asks for a let
&Mac183; If the opponent doesn’t make every attempt to clear their last shot – a Stroke shall be awarded if the striker asks for a let. As said before, safety is paramount, and the striker should ask for a let in any situation where his/her opponent is in danger of being hit. If the opponent is hit with ball, the following call will be made:

Stroke – if the ball was going directly to the front wall (striker’s right of access to the front wall violated) or ball was going to be a winning shot
Let – if ball was going to the side wall, but would have made it to the front wall
No Let – if ball would not have made it to the front wall

To register, contact Shona Kerr X2444 or skerr@wesleyan.edu