Prince Prototype Rackets For Trial 0n Tues 15 Dec

Visit www.princesquash.com for more racket details

Greg will be trying to bring a few prototype prince rackets down for us to try this coming Tuesday during our regular training session. Good chance to get a feel of what next generation prince rackets will feel like.

I have also asked him if he can get some special pricing for those of us who are keen on buying some of the current production models.

We will see what he can get. For those of you with specific prince models in mind, you can reply directly to this email and I will forward it to Greg to see if he can get pricing for the particular model.

See you guys on Tuesday afternoon at 4pm @ SIA Sports Club.

SSRA NSL Timeline

Players and Team Captains,

Please take note of the timeline listed below:

We have already submitted the appeals to reverse the proposed upgrading of Eng Kiat and Eric Yeow to the D2 grade. Results of the appeal are still pending.

Sometime near Christmas, the captains will be in touch by email to decide what teams to field this year and proceed with the paperwork.

By 15 Jan, all paperwork must be sent to SSRA. Sports Club will be notified of the exact amounts to pay SSRA and they will pay SSRA directly.

There will be a meeting on 21 Jan for the team captains at the SSRA appointed venue. We hope to appeal against the new ruling which prevents teams from postponing their games.

Court Defects - Glass Door

A friend who plays at SIA Sports Club pointed out that the glass door of Court 1 appears warped. It starts from the door knob area and end up about half an inch apart from the adjacent glass panel.

The club has been informed via email about this defect of the court and it might possibly be due to the heat from the setting sun which shines almost directly at this spot.

Water Damage To The Squash Courts

With the forecast of heavy rains till Jan, this is the ultimate test on the quality of the job done for the rectification works of the squash courts.

I had a brief chat with Kenny the other day. He says that there are signs that the war against the water seepage is not over yet.

2009 Interhouse Squash Champions - Tengah House

With Frank Foo winning the crucial tie in the finals for Tengah to beat Seletar 3-2, Tengah House is the 2009 Interhouse Squash Champions.

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17 Oct Eric Phuah bt Felix Chen 3-1

21 Oct Jeremy bt Jack Lim 3-0, Eric Yeow bt Kalidas 3-2, Eng Kiat bt Yak Keng 3-0

26 Oct Rizal bt Oma 3-1

29 Oct Evelyn bt Wendy w/0

09 Nov Greg bt Lawrence 3-0, Jay w/o Lenz, Gillian w/o,

12 Nov Frank bt Nick Ng 3-2

17 Nov Eng Kiat bt Lawrence

19 Nov Jeremy bt Lenz 3-2

21 Nov Greg bt Yak Keng 3-0
22 Nov Rizal bt Eric Phuah 3-0

29 Nov Frank Foo bt Kalidas ??

Tengah vs Seletar in Finals and Changi vs Paya Lebar for 3rd and 4th.

Interhouse Squash Official Lineup:

SQ vs CX 2009

Hi All, Results of SQ-CX in United Services Recreation club, kowloon, hong kong Oma Koppe - Jason Walde 3-2 Eric Phuah - James Hugh Hallett 3-0 Felix Chen - Philippe Lacamp 1-3 Lawrence Chang - Ronnie Osmund 0-3 Overall score 2-2, CX won on countback. Regards Eric Phuah

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New dates for the annual SQCX games.

Our visit to HKG will now be on 13th Nov Friday - 15th Nov Sunday

Those interested in the visit to HKG please contact Jeremy HP: 96229889.

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Past Tournaments:

SQ vs CX 2008
SQ vs CX 2006?

PSA/WISP World Rankings October 2009

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Interhouse Squash 2009

The interhouse draw was conducted on 09-09-09 with the kind assistance of Mei Ling and Rosalind.

Interhouse Squash Official Lineup:

[Line up as on 18 Oct 2009, Changi has included Nicholas Ng Seng Loong in their lineup. Tengah also has yet to confirm placement of Anubhav Sharma. Any dispute with regards to team lineups will not be entertained after the official start date of the tournament. ]

Format of Play:

Each house is to field 4 men and 1 lady for the games - total of 5 ties

Best of 5 sets, 11 points : point-per-rally scoring.

New players:

Lawrence Chang - Changi House

Kelvin Goh - Changi House

Nicholas Ng - Changi House

Jay Koe - Changi House

Anubhav - Tengah House

Results:

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17 Oct Eric Phuah bt Felix Chen 3-1

21 Oct Jeremy bt Jack Lim 3-0, Eric Yeow bt Kalidas 3-2, Eng Kiat bt Yak Keng 3-0

26 Oct Rizal bt Oma 3-1

29 Oct Evelyn bt Wendy w/0

09 Nov Greg bt Lawrence 3-0, Jay w/o Lenz, Gillian w/o,

12 Nov Frank bt Nick Ng 3-2

17 Nov Eng Kiat bt Lawrence

19 Nov Jeremy bt Lenz

22 Nov Eric Phuah vs Rizal

Tengah vs Seletar in Finals and Changi vs Paya Lebar for 3rd and 4th.

Score Sheet and Result Sheet:

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Jeremy Lee said...

Dear Squash Team House Captains,

The lineups as submitted by each captain are as follows. Tournament start date has yet to be confirmed by the club due to the courts WIP. However, based on the published draw and lineups, we can start preparing to play by contacting your respective opponents to arrange a good day to play.

We hope to have the courts available by mid Oct, two weeks later than I had hoped to start the tournament.
We should still try to complete them by end Nov.

Captains please arrange with Rosalind with regards to T-shirt collections. I will arrange for one box of squash balls to be issued to each captain for use during the tournament. Please distribute excess balls to your players for training use.

Thanks

Club Players Training Sessions 2009

Club Players Training Days

• Every Tuesday & Friday 4pm tp 8pm
• Sunday 4pm - 7pm [With effect 10 Oct 07]

On training days ONE court will be booked for club players usage during the stipulated training period. The second court will be made available for club players if they have not already been booked.

Please use the intercom to inform the reception to turn off the power to the lights and ventilation fans at the end of the session.

Remember to report all court defects so that we can get the club's maintenance team to rectify it as soon as possible.

SIA - Singapore Swimming Club Bilateral Games 01 Nov 2009

SIA won 4-1. Thanks everyone who made the effort to play, we had our best line up ever with the top players in town on the same day.

Feed back from both visiting and home players is that the courts are in very good condition and we should make full use of them. We will try and arrange more friendlies in the coming months.

We also noticed that the evening sun shines into both courts at about 5-6 pm. We should let the club know to see if anything can be done to block the sun shining into the courts.

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We need players once again for the coming bilateral game against SSC.

We will be hosting the bilateral this year at SIA Sports Club.

We need 5 men players for the Squash event. We can start our own friendly games at 3pm and the first tie of the tournament will start at 4pm. Dinner will be at 7pm.

1. Rizal (A1)

2. Oma (A2)

3. Eric Phuah (A2)

4. Felix (D1)

5. Jeremy (D1)

Reserves:

Jack Lim

Frank Foo

Ronald Choo

Eric Yeow

Lawrence Chang

Anubhav Sharma

Kalidas (Dinner only)

Away on flight:

Colin

Yak Keng

Eng Kiat

Ng Seng Loong

The following score sheets and score cards are posted here for future use.

Interhouse Squash 2009 Starts 15 October

It is official...Interhouse squash starts on 15th October.

Results of the games will be posted here.

Courts Are Open For Play from 03 October

I am pleased to pass on the info that the courts are open once again from 03rd October.

A big thanks to the club and the guys involved in the works for the effort involved in repairing the leakages from the court walls.

SIA - Chinese Swimming Club Bilateral 2009

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Sunday 4th October 2pm @ Chinese Swimming Club. Drivers please park at B2

Players are :

Jeremy Lee

Jack Lim

Ng Eng Kiat

Nick Ng

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Felix Chen - not available

Kalidas - on shift duty

Eric Phuah - Away on flight

Eric Yeow - Away on flight

Oma Koppe - Away on flight

Lawrence Chang - not able to play

Frank Foo - not able to play

Evelyn - Away on flight

Johann - Away on flight

Lenz - Away on flight

SSRA Basic Referee's Course

Eric Yeow, Oma Koppe, Lawrence Chang and Jeremy Lee attended the SSRA Basic Referee's Course on the 8th of August 2009, conducted by Rod Symington (WSF Senior Referee Assessor).

Squash Courts Closure

Dear all,

Please be informed that our squash courts will be closed from 24 June to 19 July for repair / painting. Kindly refrain from organising any events / activities during this period

Thank you and kind regards.

Rosalind Sum
SIA Group Sports Club

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[20 July]

I was informed that the courts are still out of action . Will contact Rosalind for an update on the new opening date.

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[21 July]

I have been informed by club management that it will be another 3-4 weeks before the courts are ready. They are ensuring that the contractors do a 100% job this time round. I am sure we all can wait a bit longer and hope our courts will be 100% water proof this time round.

Jeremy

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[4th Sep]
I received an email from the Sports Club Facilities Executive, Kenny Lim, that they have just gotten confirmation from the contractor on the waterproofing works and are proceeding with the painting of the court. Courts will remain closed till the end of September.

Point-A-Rally to 11 wef 1 April 2009

Of all the changes in WSF rules, the point a rally to 11 is the most significant. I suggest that the club formally accepts this in both bilateral games and in house tournaments from henceforth to be aligned with WSF rules.

Let Please ........errr what should I do as a referee

This is a good write up about what a referee should consider when somone asks for a let

I suggest that every player should print and keep a copy of this and keep in your squash bag so that you can refer to it with regards to the award of LETs and STROKES and the rule about TURNING.

New Rules at WSF website

Please visit the WSF website for some updates on rules:

Rule 17

Know your rights as a competent referee in managing unruly players:

This is the link to a PDF copy of a summary of rule 17.

It is reproduced here for ease of reference:

Guidelines for the Application of Rule 17 (Conduct on Court)

Rule 17 mandates that in the event of unacceptable behaviour on court the Referee ”shall penalise the
player.” However, the severity of the offence and the nature of the penalty are left to the discretion of
the Referee. This has led over the years frequently to the imposition of different penalties (or none at
all) for similar offences, depending on who is refereeing. On the one hand, a harsh (inappropriate)
penalty might be assessed for a single or mild offence; while on the other hand, a serious offence is
penalized lightly, or not at all. The players do not know in advance what standards will be applied, and
the referees are left individually to set their own standards.

The development of these Guidelines is an attempt to bring some order to the existing chaos, and to
offer both referees and players some guidance on the application of Rule 17. If referees follow these
Guidelines fairly closely, then players will know in advance what the standards are in relation to Rule
17. This is, in effect, no different from the desirability of knowing what the standards are for the
application of the rules concerning interference: a greater measure of consistency is the aim. The
achievement of such consistency will greatly benefit the sport of squash.

Referees will apply the following Guidelines in the appropriate circumstances. While the Referee under
Rule 17 retains discretion in deciding whether or not there has been an offence under that Rule, once
the Referee has decided that an offence has occurred, the following actions must be taken:

Abuse of equipment (racket or ball or other equipment):
Minor offence (e.g. throwing the racket onto to floor after losing a game, hitting the ball hard after
the rally is over): Conduct Warning
Major offence (e.g. deliberately breaking the racket; smashing the racket against the wall; hitting
the ball or throwing the racket out of the court): Conduct Stroke

Audible or Visible Obscenity:
Minor offence (e.g. muttered expletive; blaspheming): Conduct Warning
Major offence (e.g. audible obscenity): Conduct Stroke

Time-wasting
Minor offence (e.g. a few seconds late back on court; taking excessive time to serve): Conduct
Warning
Major offence (e.g. very late back on court; prolonged discussion with Referee): Conduct Stroke

Dissent:
Minor offence (e.g. questioning a decision): Conduct Warning
Major offence (e.g. prolonged or repeated questioning of or disagreement with decisions): Conduct
Stroke

Abuse of Official:
Minor offence (e.g. unflattering comments about official or decisions): Conduct Warning
Major offence (e.g. pejorative comments about official or decisions): Conduct Stroke
Severe offence (e.g. hitting ball at official or into spectators; throwing racket at official or into
spectators): Conduct Game or Match (depending on the severity of the offence and the danger
caused)

Excessive physical contact:
Minor offence (e.g. running into the opponent): Conduct warning
Major offence (e.g. physical abuse of the opponent): Conduct Stroke
Severe offence (e.g. deliberately injuring the opponent; dangerous play that injures the
opponent): Conduct Game or Match (depending on the severity of the offence and the extent
of the injury caused)

Unsporting conduct:
Minor offence (e.g. making negative comments to the opponent): Conduct Warning
Major offence (e.g. repeated negative or pejorative comments to the opponent; any attempt at
intimidation of the opponent): Conduct Stroke
Severe offence (e.g. extreme behaviour that brings the game into disrepute): Conduct Game or
Match (depending on the severity of the offence)

Coaching:
First occurrence: Conduct Warning
Second occurrence: Conduct Stroke and expulsion of offending person
Repeated and excessive bad conduct:

When, in the Referees opinion, the player is guilty of repeated acts of unacceptable conduct on
court following the imposition of the penalties outlined above, the Referee may impose for the
next occurrence of the offence either the same penalty for the second offence or a more severe
penalty than the one already imposed. However, if a Conduct Warning has been given for both the
first and the second offences, for the third offence of a similar nature a Conduct Stroke must be
applied. (Example: If a player has received a Conduct Warning for Dissent, on the next occurrence
of this offence, either a Conduct Warning or a Conduct Stroke may be imposed. On the third
occurrence, however, a Conduct Stroke is mandatory.)

Coaching Clinic May 2009

Sticky Residue From The Walls

There has been occasions in the past where the squash balls get a white sticky layer after a game at the courts. This has been traced to the cleaners using Jif to remove the black ball marks on the wall and not washing away the Jif later.

I have brought this to the attention to the club and as of Monday this week when we had the E grade league game, there was no trace of the sticky residue on the squash balls after play.

Anyone who notices the recurrence the white residue, please let me know, so that we can bring it up to the club again.

Thanks

Jeremy

Club Players Training Days 2009

Club Players Training Days

• Every Tuesday & Friday 4pm tp 8pm
• Sunday 4pm - 7pm [With effect 10 Oct 07]

On training days ONE court will be booked for club players usage during the stipulated training period. The second court will be made available for club players if they have not already been booked.

Please use the intercom to inform the reception to turn off the power to the lights and ventilation fans at the end of the session.

T-shirts are ready for collection

To all League team captains:

This year's t-shirts are ready for collection.

Court Renovation

The squash courts will be closed after the end of the SSRA National Squash League season for works to rectify the water leakage from the roof.

The actual dates of closure will be published here once it has been confirmed.

We look forward to having our courts in top shape for the second half of the year when we will be having our interhouse games and bilaterals.

Squash Clinic - March 16-17 4pm onwards.

Oma will be conducting a squash clinic on 16-17 March Mon-Tuesday from 4pm onwards.

This clinic is open to all sports club members who would like some tips to improve their game and also for those who are keen in learning how to play squash.

SSRA NSL 2009 E Grade Fixtures and Results

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Our E Grade Team's results so far...

NSL SSRA Veterans Division 2 Fixtures and Results

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The current results. Please click to enlarge the image.

Our team came in last in this year's veteran's tournament. Most importantly we got our weekly exercise. Better luck next year.

Club Players Training Days

Club Players Training Days

• Every Tuesday & Friday 4pm tp 8pm
• Sunday 4pm - 7pm [With effect 10 Oct 07]

On training days ONE court will be booked for club players usage during the stipulated training period. The second court will be made available for club players if they have not already been booked.

Please use the intercom to inform the reception to turn off the power to the lights and ventilation fans at the end of the session.

Jeremy Lee said...

With regards to our query about concession rate for club players for courts after 7pm on Sunday.

Rosalind will get back to us.

Jeremy

SIA Squash Calendar 2009

March/April
SIA Squash Tournament [to be confirmed]

February - May
SSRA NSL League [Registration in January 2009]

First Half of 2009
Visit to HKG for SQ-CX Games [to be confirmed]

Second Half of 2009
Interhouse Games
Singapore Swimming Club Bilateral [Date to be advised by Sports Club]
Chinese Swimming Club Bilateral [Date to be advised by Sports Club]
WAST 2009 [to be confirmed]

Pre Season Warm Up Games

We will be hosting a pre-NSL season warm up against old friends in the league. The players will mostly be from the D/Veterans group from Singtel/Elias.

Game will be on Thursday 19th Feb at SIA Sports Club. 

See you guys there.

SSRA Confirms Our Participation in NSL 2009

We have just recevied confirmation from SSRA with regards to our E and Veterans Div II participation in this years NSL.

Now's the time to get rid of the fat accumulated over the new year and get ready for the season which is expected to start at the end of February.

Club Players 2009 (Work In Progress)

Once we have finalised our league teams and submitted them to SSRA, the list of club players for 2009 will be posted here.

Annual Report and Budget 2009

The committee is in the process of submitting the Annual Report and Budget for 2009. If you have any inputs for the annual report or the budget, please contact Jeremy.

SSRA National Squash League Final Results For 2008

The final results of last year's league season can be found at SSRA's website.

Our D grade team came in 7th out of 11 teams while our F Grade team came in 13th out of 18 teams

Click here to see the details

NSL 2009 will commence in Feb 2009. We have submitted 2 teams this year:

The E Grade team and a Veterans team.

As most of our active players are ranked in the E grade, it makes more sense to field a strong E grade team rather than a weak D grade team. Moreover, our active F grade players have also been promoted to the E grade this year.

This year will also be the first time in many years that we will be fielding a Veterans team. Most of our E grade players will also be able to play in the Veterans team.

E grade games will be on Mondays and Veterans games will be on Friday. 

SIA Squash Section Committee Members 2009

The Committee Members For 2009 are as follows:

Advisor : Captain Eric Yeow

Convenor: Kalidas Periayah

Asst Convenor: Jeremy Lee

Treasurer: Wendy Quah

Captain: Oma Koppe

Social Director: Frank Foo

Members: Captain Eric Phuah, Captain Felix Chen, Mohd Rizal