Host Club: Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club (141 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, ON M5M 3A3)

Categories:

• Men's & Women's U23 Open
• Men's & Women's U23 B

Playing Schedule: 

• Players must be prepared to start as early as Friday May 31st at Noon & finishing by Sunday June 2nd at 5pm
• NOTE: Individual time schedule requests will not be considered

PRIZE MONEY

The Host Committee is offering $2,500 Canadian Dollars prize money for the Men’s and Women’s U23 events, which is to be evenly distributed for the Men & Women’s division as below.  

ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY

The Championships are a ‘closed’ event.  Only Canadian citizens, permanent residents/landed immigrants or persons residing continuously in Canada during the one year prior to the commencement of the Championships are eligible to enter the Men and Women's Open events.

All competitors must be members in good standing with their respective Provincial/Territorial Squash Association and/or Squash Canada.

Notwithstanding a competitor may be a member in good standing with their respective Provincial/Territorial Squash Association and Squash Canada, where a competitor is subject to a sanction imposed by the Host Club, Squash Canada shall respect that sanction, including any sanction which may preclude the person from entering the premises and thus participating in the Championships, provided the sanction was imposed using fair procedures.  Specifically, the sanctioned person must have been informed by the Host Cub of the nature of the infraction and have been given an opportunity to provide information concerning the incident prior to the sanction being imposed.

Competitors must be under the age of 23 as of the final day of the Championships.

DRAW FORMAT 

The Championships will use a single elimination main draw format, a playoff for 3^rd/4^th, and a full feed-in consolation, where draw size dictates, a quarter finalist consolation, and with all competitors guaranteed a minimum of three matches.  Two possible exception exist:

·     If there are 16 to 7 entries, the format will be a 16-player draw featuring a top and bottom bracket with playoffs that will play down to all places, 1 through to 16.  As a condition of entry, players must commit to playing all matches for placement.

• If there are 4 to 6 entries, the format will be round-robin.

SEEDING

Squash Canada iwill seed the draws in accordance with its Seeding Policies & Procedures.  The percentage that shall be seeded, based on the number of entries in each draw, is 25%-50% (as appropriate).

SCHEDULING            

A.    Practice Courts

Practice time will be available.  Contact Tournament Chair Robin Clarke for practice requests.

B.  Allocated Time per Match

·      Prior to quarter-finals - 35 minutes
·      Quarter-finals and classic plate - 40 minutes
·      Semi-finals and finals – 60 minutes

C.  Rest Time Guidelines

A minimum of 8 hours must be allowed between the start time of a competitor's last match of one day and their first match the next day.  If the number of entries permits, competitors should not have more than two matches per day.  When playing more than one match on the same day, the following timelines should be observed:

·      No less than 4 hours between the start time of one match and the commencement of the next in any draw, prior to the quarter-finals;

·      No less than 5 hours between the start time of one match and the commencement of the next match for quarter-finals and beyond in the main draw or Classic Plate;

TIN HEIGHT         

A 19" tin height will be used for the B categories.

The club has two courts that can accommodate a 17" tin height.  As a minimum, for the Open categories from the quarter finals onwards will use a 17" tin height.  If the number of entries/scheduling permits, the 17" tin may be used in earlier rounds in the tournament or for the entirety.