1. You may challenge the player up to 4 positions above you on the ladder.

2. All games should be played within 7 days of a challenge being made (unless there are extenuating circumstances) otherwise the challenger wins.

3. If the person being challenged offers 3 different 'compulsory match times' (on different days) and the challenger cannot make any of them, then the CHALLENGE is VOID.

4. If the person being challenged cannot offer 3 different 'compulsory match times' (on different days) then the CHALLENGER WINS by default.

5. If either party is more than 20 minutes late in attending an agreed match then the late or non attender loses the match.

6. If you make a successful challenge you swap your name with the person you beat. Therefore you may jump (or drop) up to 4 positions at a time.

7. Please agree with your opponent the number of games to play prior to the match e.g. best of 3 or best of 5 games. Please also decide what will happen if the lights go out during the game.

8. If no result has been recorded by two thirds of the way through the challnege period a reminder is emailed to both parties. [these settings are customisable in the script]

9. If no result has been recorded by the end of the challenge period a warning is sent to record the result within a few days 'grace period'.

10. If no result has been recorded by the end of the grace period the challenger automatically wins.

11. If the challenger wishes to cancel the challenge they may do so within the challenge and grace period with no consequences.

12. If the challenged person (challengee) wishes to forfeit the challenge they can record this within the challenge and grace period and the game is won by the challenger by forfeit.

To get started: Click on the 'login' section and then the new user bit.

To make a challenge: Click on the 'rankings' section and on a player.

The challenger and challengee receive emails to notify them of when they need to play the match by. Reminders are sent out if the game is unplayed and if no result is recorded by a certain time the match is forfeited and the challenger wins!

No matter where you start on the ladder, after a period of time you will end up playing games with people of similar ability. If you improve, you are likely to go up the ladder but you will then be playing against harder opponents.

If you wish to take a break from the ladder (e.g. you are away for a few weeks) then you can do so by clicking on 'take a break' from the admin page (you need to be logged in to access this page). To rejoin again simply click 'options' then on the 'rejoin the ladder' tab.

The World Squash Federation Rules

Rules page from worldsquash.org

Abridged Rules 2001

Squash Rules 2001 (Full document)

You will have noticed a points score appear next to player names on the rankings page (if logged in). This is a trial points rating system based on the classic Elo system. Players will be awarded points for winning and lose points for losing depending on how difficult the system calculates your opponent to be. It will take a few games to settle down the scoring system. Currently the rating is displayed for information purposes only but in future it will be possible to arrange the ladder ranking system around this points score.

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