The Board of the PSA
has decided to revise the reporting of its scoring system with
effect from 1 June.
The PSA's move in August 2004 to reduce of
the points in a game from 15 to 11 transformed men's
professional squash - making the sport more attacking, more
exciting, and considerably enhancing its spectator and
television appeal.
When a game score reached 10-10, a
'tie-break' was introduced, the winner needing a lead of two
clear points. A game finishing at, say, '15-13' was reported as
'11-10 (5-3)'.
From 1 June, all game scores will be reported
in full.
"Our original intention was to make the
presentation of our results simpler, with all games finishing at
11 points," said PSA President Alex Gough. "But after
lobbying from various sections of the game - and the realisation
that the full presentation of the scores is clear and acceptable
to the general sports world - we have decided to make the
change."
Steve Cubbins,
the webmaster of
www.squashsite.co.uk and one of the leading
campaigners for the change, commented: "PSA's move to 11-scoring
was undoubtedly a great success, and the '2-clear' element added
much excitement to many matches.
"However the 11-10 (x-x) reporting method
took a simple system (first to 11, 2 clear) and made it
unnecessarily complicated, so SquashSite decided to report
matches 'as they happened', eg 15/13.
"We are delighted that a standard method of
recording the score, reflecting what actually happens, has been
agreed."
WISPA, who recently announced that the
women's professional game will also move to PAR scoring to 11 in
July, will also adopt the new presentation.