2025 Handicap Tournament open for entries
Hi everyone,
Entries are invited for the 2025 Handicap Tournament! If you would like to be part of this, please send a message to Duncan.
As of 28/3/25, entries have been received from the following:Duncan Nightingale
John Williams
Richard Little
James Rowson
Kevin James
Peter Hopkins
Barry Carson
George Dalman
Peter Harrison
Andy Ball
Peter Rivers
Alistair Robbie
Richard Hindley
Richard Esau
Jim Reay
Thomas Moore
Oliver Collin
Steve Dance
Brian Rosier
Ron Marsh
Rick Oakley
Joe Edwards
Cameron Jones
Neal Thomas
Entries close 14th April
The tournament will follow the format established in previous years – for reference you can see details of last year’s tournament draw here: 2024 Handicap Tournament.
And you can read news stories about last year’s Tournament here and here.
As last year, there will be prizes and trophies for all the category winners.
To remind you of the details, and for the benefit of new members…
- The tournament is open to all members, all abilities, with the handicapping designed to make all participants have an equal chance of winning each match – and an equal chance of being the overall tournament winner! The handicaps are calculated by the SquashLevels system.
- There is one round played per month – so the only commitment you have to make is to play one more match per month than you would normally.
- The emphasis is on fun, and getting to meet and play members of different standards that you might not normally come across.
- There is no seeding, with the draws fully random, and the draw for each round made once per month after (hopefully!) all the matches for that round have been played. There is a little leeway in getting your matches played each month, but the target dates are the 15th of each month.
- Every player plays in every round. So no-one is ever eliminated completely, but the number of matches you have lost so far will determine the pool of players you will potentially come up against in the next round.
- The overall winner will be the single unbeaten player at the end of the tournament. The remaining players are grouped based on the number of matches they have lost, and the winner of each group is the one with the lowest SquashLevel.
- The target for starting the tournament is 15th April for the first round (in which some people will have byes along with friendly matches), with the 2nd round starting on 15th May.
LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE. Everyone is encouraged to join in the fun – the handicaps should ensure that all matches (even between the strongest players and the weakest players) are fun and competitive.
Regards to all,
Duncan
