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Instant Update
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The November 2010 edition of the WSF's newsletter has a few
'hidden gems' ...DOUBLES
REVIEW
discuss on the forum
 The
Doubles events at the Commonwealth Games in October featured a wider
court and amended rules but by general consensus were not a success.
Many women's matches and some mixed were entertaining of these and
too many men's were simply tedious.
If we liken squash to cricket then doubles should be 20/20. Short,
attacking and a crowd pleaser.
With this in mind WSF will shortly be embarking on a full review and
then experimentation to achieve this. The intention is to look at
all options, however radical, so that we reformulate to a more
entertaining package in advance of the next World Doubles and events
which follows.
While a panel is being convened to deal with this, comments and
suggestions received during November will be welcomed and fed into
them.
NEW RULE GUIDELINE - DISTRACTION
 The
following guideline has been agreed with the support of PSA and
WISPA as a change of emphasis to help make play continuous and allow
spectators to get fully involved without being requested to keep
quiet. It is applicable immediately.
To enable squash spectators to more actively enjoy matches - indeed
to encourage them to do so, and to acknowledge that at public venues
there will be ambient noise, it has been agreed that the general
provisions of Squash Rule 13.1.3 (distraction) will not be
applicable for competitive events where crowd interaction and other
general noise are present. Players will be expected to carry on and
not stop, and referees will not call for quiet in respect of general
audience and venue noise.
Exceptions would be where very loud, surprising and isolated
distractions occur, but lets will not be given to players who stop
playing during a rally except in these exceptional circumstances.
NEW PSA TOUR LEVEL NAMES FOR 2011
The PSA World Tour will consist of the following levels beginning
next year:
PSA World Open
This is the Tour’s Premier event with a minimum total compensation
of $275,000.
PSA World Series
Total Compensation upwards of $115,000,
PSA World Series Final
The top eight players from the end of season PSA World Series
Race will play in the final.
PSA International 25, 35, 50, 70
Total Compensation from $25,000 to $114,999
PSA Challenger 5, 10, 15
Total Compensation from $5,000 to $24,999
REFEREE REVIEW
Following a major review of the Referees Programme, Management
Committee decided that the current Competency Based Training &
Assessment (CBTA) criteria for nominating World and International
Referees were too stringent. Now, new less stringent criteria have
been developed which, it is hoped, will encourage more Regional
Referees to seek promotion.
These new criteria will be used at the next Annual Referees Review
in 2011 - existing World Referees (WRs) and International Referees (IRs)
due for re-nomination and all new nominees will be assessed against
these new criteria.
The criteria for WSF Referees cover regular refereeing activity and
valid assessments by experienced WSF Assessors over a 3 year period.
They have been circulated to all Regional Representatives as well as
to existing WRs, IRs and WSF Assessors. The current CBTA criteria
for Regional Referees are now being brought into line – both sets of
criteria will be placed on the WSF website shortly.
Meanwhile, the decision was also taken to combine the two categories
and call them WSF Referees starting in 2011.
Instant Update #29 in
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World
Squash Federation
"After
two years in which I have prioritised our Olympic bid along with
stabilising the WSF finances, I am honoured that the membership has
seen fit to wish me to continue to build from this platform with our
new management group," said President Ramachandran.