As of today, we have a lovely new UBMC squash ladder hosted on www.squash-ladder.com which is ready and waiting for everyone to sign up to!

I have invited the few people who's details I have already to the ladder, however if you didn't receive an invite to your address today then it's simple and easy to join in! Either give me your email address and I will invite you, or simply go to www.squash-ladder.com register your details and then search for our ladder:

Ladder name: UBMC
Password: climbing

You will then automatically be added to the ladder and once we have a few people on it we'll be ready to get playing! Before we start I shall let the computer shuffle our rankings to a random order and then the carnage can commence.

The rules of the ladder:

1. You may challenge any player in the ladder, up to two places above you in the rankings.
2. You submit the challenge to your opponent on the ladder, this will automatically send them an invite, but it's probably best to contact your opponent by some other method also.
3. Your opponent then has one week to accept or forfeit your challenge, you book your own court at the Munrow at a convinient time for both of you and then get playing.
4. One of you submits your results to the squash ladder and the ladder will determine your points and new rankings.

The rules of the matches, for simplicity we shall use the PARS scoring system:
1. Each match consists of the best of 5 games. Each game is first to 11 points, or if 10-10 is reached in a game then the winner must get two points clear to win the game.
2. A point is rewarded to the winner of every rally.
3. When a hand out occurs (the server changes) you may choose which side you serve from, but after your first service, you alternate sides for every consecutive serve.
4. Lets and strokes; this is a complicated rule, particularly with beginners and without a referee. Therefore just use common sense, in general if you get hit by a racquet it is your fault - you didn't give your opponent enough room to play the shot, so replay the point. If you think you are going to hit your opponent with the ball, stop do not play the shot, ask for a let and replay the point.
5. If these rules are too complex agree on your own rules and just get on with it

See you on the court!

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Sounds insane

Ive signed up but I wont have my equipment up until next week

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Also, James Willstrop World no. 1!!!!!! Is playing at the Munrow on the Tuesday 30th (next Tuesday) against the Birmingham PSL Team. Tickets are only £4. More info and tickets here.

Sounds like a pretty good opportunity to be shown how to play properly!!!

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