Squash Court Booking (registration with GoodLife required)

1. You may challenge the player up to 10 positions above you on the ladder. When you join the ladder you may challenge any player at any position on the ladder for your first challenge.

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 you make a successful challenge you take the rank of the person you beat. All other players are "shuffled" down. Therefore you may jump up to ten positions at a time, but only drop one.

4. 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.

5. If no result has been recorded by two thirds of the way through the challnege period a reminder is emailed to both parties.

6. 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'.

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

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

9. 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.

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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The ladder is hosted on a not for profit basis by squash-ladder.net. The data held is not processed for any purpose other than to allow individuals to participate in the ladder. The information held is Name and Email address. It is your choice if you wish to include any further contact details. They are stored in a password protected database. Your password to access the site is stored in the database in an encrypted form. The data is relatively safe but no guarantee is made regarding security. It is believed that these uses do not necessitate that the database and squash ladder be notified under the Data Protection Act, UK. Your ladder operator may need to register as a data operator depending on their country of operation. If you have any concerns about data protection or data security please discuss this with your ladder operator.

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