- Must be a financial Member (Player Membership) of NSW Squash
- Or if a travelling professional (PSA/WISPA/AIS) must have been born in NSW.
- Players not born in NSW but have been resident for no less than 4 months may be eligible to be ranked.
- Current and previous State and National rankings shall be taken into consideration.
- When determining new State rankings, the Selectors will take the existing State rankings and the previous state rankings into consideration for all relevant groups - i.e. the last two rankings. A heavier weighting shall be given to the existing ranking than to the previous one.
- Major competition results since last ranking.
Rankings are utilized in part to select State Teams/Squads and seed State and Regional events.
APPEALS PROCEDURE
An appeal will only be considered if it is lodged within 14 days of the ranking list being issued on the NSW Squash Website.
An appeal must be lodged with NSW Squash
An appeal may be lodged by a player or by a representative of the players authorised by the player or his/her parent or guardian. An appeal lodged by anyone else will not be accepted.
An appeal that is submitted on the official Ranking Appeal Form within the required time will be examined by NSW Squash and subject to meeting the requirements of this policy, the Appeal Form will be forwarded to the appropriate Selection Committee for consideration.
The Selection Committee is required to consider all appeals objectively, fairly and thoroughly. It shall review all information that was received or held by NSW Squash at the time such information was forwarded to the Selection Committee/s. Information not held by NSW Squash at this time shall not be considered in the appeal.
The Selection Committee shall inform NSW Squash, in writing of the outcome of the appeal and provide a brief report explaining the committee's decision. This report will not be forwarded to the appellant.
The appellant will be notified in writing of the appeal outcome by NSW Squash. Neither the Selection Committee nor NSW Squash shall be required to provide a detailed explanation or justification of the decision.
SENIORS
The Senior Selectors shall consider the head to head match results of the following competitions:
- NSW Squash Open sanctioned tournaments
- Sydney Pennant Competition. (MATRIX results)
- Events sanctioned by a member Association such as Squash Australia, PSA and WISPA if the appropriate notice to NSW Squash has been followed.
- Responsibility for forwarding results to NSW Squash lies with the Players themselves.
The NSW Squash Office verifies the result, and records the result to the MATRIX.
Player Tournament Result Form
Senior Ranking Lists
Selectors will rank players based on information captured via the MATRIX, which includes Premier Pennant Results and verified results received from the Member Associations events.
Senior Rankings issued 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October.
Top 20 ranked.
Seeding Events
Seeding for all events should be based on the most recent rankings available (i.e. PSA, WISPA, National Rankings for all overseas and interstate players. The most recent ranking lists are available at any time to tournament hosts for seeding events from NSW Squash.
JUNIORS
The Junior Selectors shall consider the head to head match results of all Junior Tournaments on the
NSW Squash Calendar that are marked RANKED. please refer to the Tournament Calendar
Junior Rankings issued 1st February, 1st April, 1st August and 1st November.
For Boys and Girls: 19 years, 17 years, 15 years, 13 years, 11 years.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - STATE TEAM SELECTION
Juniors must be a member of a Sydney or Regional Squad to be eligible for NSW State Team selection and NSW Squash Squads to selected Tournaments
As at 1 May each year, each player on the NSW Squash Junior Rankings list is to be circulated with a notice advising them that they must confirm with the NSW Squash Office by 31 May if they are available/not available for the State Junior Team. NSW Squash will then publish a list of those players available/not available for selection, so that all players on the rankings list are aware well in advance of their potential State Team opportunities.
