SA SCHOOLS SQUASH
Stanford Lake College, Haenertsburg, 0730, Limpopo
cell: 083 455 5524 and e-mail: [email protected]
ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION TO THE 2015 SA SCHOOLS SQUASH TEAMS
SA Schools Squash will select two representative national touring teams in 2015. 10 U19 boys, 10 U19 girls, 10 U16 boys and 10 U16 girls will be
invited to tour Malaysia in May/June 2015. The exact dates are not yet available, but the tour will be organized by Sally White. Should the
Malaysian tour not work out, the team will tour Canada and USA in December. The tour does not include U14’s.
There will be THREE COMPULSORY QUALFYING EVENTS for selection for the SA Schools U19, U16 and U14 teams and for national top 10
rankings in 2015. These are the BLOEMFONTEIN OPEN from 6-8 March, the SA Schools’ Closed in Johannesburg from 27-29 March and
the annual IPT’s from 27 June to 1 July. Obviously the tour to Malaysia is before IPT, and so players will be required to guarantee that
they will play in the IPT event after their return from Malaysia. Should they fail to do so, they will be excluded from all tournaments
(both senior and junior) for the rest of the year – unless of course they are injured and can supply a medical certificate to verify this.
The SA Schools Closed will be for U19, U16 and U14 only. No primary school player will be allowed to enter in the SA Schools Closed unless
he/she is U14. Participation in your home region’s Closed and Open events is also COMPULSORY. The closing date for entry for the SA
Schools Closed is Friday 12 March (yes, two weeks prior to the event). NO late entries will be accepted. Please note that a maximum of 4
players per major region per age group per gender and 2 players per Country region per age group per gender may enter this event – to be verified
by regional chairmen. The entry fee will be R270. There will be a R50 refund at the end of the tournament provided the player has played all
his/her matches and marked the match after his/her match. For full rules please see entry form.
An SA Schools top 10 will be selected based on these three compulsory events. The SA Schools Top 10 will not be announced at the IPT events.
This announcement will happen at the start of the third school term and certainly before 31 July 2015.
The criteria for selection to SA Schools Teams for Malaysia and for the SA Schools Squash Top 10 in 2015 are:
Players must play in the IPT tournament in June/July for their province in order to be selected for SA Schools Squash AND IN THE AGE
GROUP FOR WHICH THEY WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NATIONAL TOP 10 SELECTION.
All three of the events mentioned above will be taken into account for top 10 rankings. You must also play in your home region’s Open and
Closed events. A player must enter and play in all three compulsory tournaments AND must complete at least two of the three
tournaments in their entirety to be considered for national top 10 selection/ranking. In other words, a player may withdraw through
injury during a tournament once and once only out of the three compulsory events if he/she is to be considered for national top 10
selection. Only players whose behaviour at these tournaments is satisfactory (on and off the court) will be considered for national top 10
selection/ranking.
Please be advised that should there be any reason why you cannot fulfill these criteria, you must contact me IN WRITING before Thursday 12
February 2015. All players will be required to sign a form indicating that they are fully aware of the selection criteria at the
Bloemfontein Open 2015.
A player who asks for exemption from either the Bloemfontein Open or the SA Schools Closed will need to have VERY good reason AND
will be required to play in another event to be nominated by the SA Schools selectors.
Boys’ Selectors: Margo Morgan, Calvin Deutschmann and Peter Furstenburg
Girls’ Selectors: Sally White, Margery Taylor and Liz Addison
PLEASE NOTE THAT SQUASH SA WILL HAVE DIFFERENT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF ANY TEAMS THEY MAY
SELECT IN 2015.
***NB Minors (U18) travelling in and out of South Africa (with or without an adult accompanying them if this adult is not a parent) now
require an unabridged birth certificate in order to get a visa. This will also need to be presented at airport control points. This costs R75 and can
take up to 8 weeks to be processed by Home Affairs. There are several other documents required now. For full travel regulations in and out of
South Africa, please visit Go2Africa.com
The 2015 SA Schools Closed entry form follows and a calendar is attached.
Yours in squash
GRANT NORTON
CHAIRMAN: SA SCHOOLS SQUASH
2015 HITEC SA SCHOOLS SQUASH NATIONAL CLOSED QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
Thursday 26 March (boys) and Friday 27 March (girls) – Sunday 29 March
COMPULSORY QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR SELECTION TO SA SCHOOLS TOURING TEAMS & TOP 10
**** THIS TOURNAMENT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS ****
VENUE:
PARKVIEW SQUASH CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG
ENTRY FEE: R270 - R50 will be refunded to the players at the prize giving if they complete the
tournament in its entirety- playing AND marking commitments.
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES:
Thursday 12 March 2015
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1.
Players will be required to check in for each round 30 minutes prior to their scheduled starting time.
2.
Players are responsible for organizing their own transport and accommodation.
3.
Competitors will be expected to mark and/or referee the match after theirs - even if play runs behind schedule.
4.
In all instances the decision of the tournament referee is final.
5.
Players MUST expect to play 5 matches over the weekend and cannot expect to be given special treatment because
of ANY other weekend commitments- sporting or otherwise.
6.
Players who fail to complete the tournament for ANY reason whatsoever will NOT receive their R50 refund.
7.
Only the top 4 boys and the top 4 girls in any major region and the top 2 boys and the top 2 girls in any Country
region may enter this tournament (verified by regional chairs).
8.
All players MUST be currently at HIGH school in South Africa - with the exception of those who are already Under 14
but are still at Primary Schools - i.e. in grade 7.)
9.
Protective eyewear is compulsory. No caps on court.
10.
Players MUST play in the age group in which they wish to be considered for national selection.
11.
All payments need to be made directly into the account of SA SCHOOLS SQUASH, whose details are SA
SCHOOLS SQUASH, ABSA BANK, BRANDWAG BRANCH, BLOEMFONTEIN, ACCOUNT 630 476 4481, CALL
ACCOUNT. NB!!! Please ensure that full name and age group appears as a reference on the deposit slip/internet
transfer slip.
12.
You may find out your playing times by phoning Margo (boys only) on 082 337 0478 and Sally (girls only) on 079
695 6702 from Wednesday 25 March after 14h00.
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2015 SA SCHOOLS SQUASH CLOSED: ENTRY FORM IS ONLINE
NB! Your entry WILL NOT be processed unless it is received WITH PROOF OF PAYMENT AND ON TIME.
PLEASE DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER SENDING AN ENTRY FORM WITHOUT PROOF OF PAYMENT!!
*** Please ensure that full name, surname & age group appear as a reference on the deposit slip
ENTER ON LINE at www.squashevents.co.za (only online entries will be accepted)
*** contact Margo Morgan on 082 337 0478 with any queries.
NB!!! Boys may begin play on Thursday afternoon, 26 March 2015 depending on entry size
Girls will begin play on the Friday morning, 27 March 2015.
(specific starting times are subject to the number of entries.)