Seattle Squash League

Looking for a team or players?

2011-09-08T21:35:00.000-07:00

If you're lookinng for a team for the 2011-12 season - or if you've got a team and are looking for players - then click on the "Comments" link below to see who's looking and/or to post your own request.

Please include the following info in your post:

Looking for (player or team):
Name:
Home Club:
Level:
Contact info/email:

Looking for a team?

2010-08-23T09:31:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for a team for the 2010-11 season - or if you've got a team and are looking for players - then please use this post to let people know.

Please include the following info:

Name:
Home club:
Level
Looking for: (players or team)

Be sure to include your contact info or check "show my mail address" in your profile.

League Rules and Team Application

2009-09-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

League Rules: download

Team Application: download

Looking for a Team 2009/2010?

2009-09-09T06:09:00.000-07:00

Are you a player looking for a league team to play on this season, or a team captain looking for players?

Use this blog entry to post your info so others can contact you.

Please include your name, home club, your playing level, and whether you are a player or a captain.

Name:
Home Club:
Level: (A/B/C/D)
Player/Captain

And add any other comments or contact info...

Note: Be sure to check "Show my email address" in your profile or add contact info to your comment to allow teams to easily contact you.

Steve J.

2009/2010 League Season Kick-Off

2009-09-09T05:44:00.000-07:00

Hi All -

OK, the 2009/2010 league season is officially kicked off! We are now accepting your application forms. Here's the email I sent out below - I guess we will post the updated application forms on this blog somewhere and also on the SSRA website.

A few other things...

Please read the league rules! :) There's a lot of detail in there. Even existing league players or captains sometimes have misunderstandings about the rules, so they're always worth a re-read even if you think you know them.

If you haven't quite got all your ducks in a row to send your application form in yet but you know you will definitely be entering a team, I would appreciate a heads-up so I can see what we're likely to have this season.

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Attached are the updated 2009/2010 league rules and league application form. Please email the league application to me as soon as you have your team together.

In addition, we must receive a hardcopy of the form with your check for $240 mailed to the SSRA PO Box (full address on the form) or alternatively you can bring it along to the SSRA picnic next Sunday.

Note that we have not increased the league fee this year, it's the same as last year. Also, your SSRA membership will include the end-of-season SSRA Party this year!

Deadline for applications is Sat 26-Sept-2009. Proposed league start date is Tues 6-Oct-2009.

If your team is still looking for players, or you are a player looking for a team, try out our league blog at http://seattlesquashleague.blogspot.com/. We will shortly be adding an entry "Looking for a Team 2009/2010?" where you can post your details. We will also post various league info to this blog during the season.

Don't forget we have our SSRA summer picnic this coming Sunday 13-Sept, weather is looking good! Full details at our website (link below). Great opportunity to talk league!

As always, if you have any questions or feedback please let me know. Please feel free to forward this email to any interested players.

Looking forward to a great league season!

US Squash Adopts PAR11 Scoring

2008-12-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

US Squash Adopts PAR11

Our league uses international scoring to 9, do we need to change mid-season?
No immediate change is needed, both scoring systems are still sanctioned. In fact, Seattle Squash will continue to use international scoring to 9 for the entire season.

US Squash Membership signup/renewal

2008-11-02T12:41:00.000-08:00

If you signed up or renewed your US Squash membership this season and your membership status on the league website doesn't reflect this, please let us know. We are aware of some issues but we would like to know your experience in dealing with US Squash. Please email me at webmaster@seattlesquash.com or post a response on this blog if you have any unresolved issues.

Thanks,
Eric

Top 10 Reasons to Wear Eye Guards (+1)

2008-10-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

1. Protect your eye sight.
2. Required by US Squash to participate in our sanctioned league.
3. Sets a good example for juniors and/or your own kids.
4. A detached retina injury can be very painful.
5. Blurry vision in one eye due to a scratched cornea is no fun.
6. Less guilt for your opponent who made an errant shot that struck you in the eye.
7. The #1 player in the world was not exempt from an eye injury.

8. A ball strike

9. Another ball strike

10. A serious eye injury will happen to a squash player this season and it will not be you or your opponent.

11. Blindness in one eye will end your squash career.

Recording Scores

2008-10-12T15:37:00.000-07:00

If you are the winning captain, your duty is to Record the scores in the league website. Losing captain should Confirm those scores once they are recorded.

1. Go to the league website: http://www.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/leagues/season_information.asp?seasonid=66

2. Click Login at the top of of this page (if you are not already logged in).
3. Click on your division
4. Click on your team name
5. You should see Matches Played/Scheduled
6. Click on Record for the match (once the match has been recorded by the winning captain this will say Confirm)
7. Check the match date, record the scores
8. Enter the Points per the league rules - the website takes care of the matches won, so you do not need to enter these.

Team match winner gets 2 points
Bonus point - awarded if you showed up with 4 players and also did your share of refereeing

So these points should be 0 thru 3

9. Click Submit and you're done!

A few gotchas...

If you can't see Record or Confirm at step 6 then it's possible you will need to logoff/logon again until the system recognizes that you are a captain.

I've had some reports of Submit at step 9 displaying an error message - but the results were recorded anyhow.

Some teams haven't got their entire roster set up yet due to problems with the US Squash membership system. We're working on it. Meanwhile hold on to your results until we can get it sorted out.

We are the league guinea pigs for US Squash and they are actively helping us work through these problems, so hopefully we should get them fixed quickly. Please report any new issues to me.

Steve J.

1st Round League Schedule

2008-10-05T23:23:00.000-07:00

Hi Leagers,

The Czar just released the 1st round league schedule. We should have this posted on the us-squash league website for online scoring before your first match on Tuesday.

Captains, please review and report any issues back to us ASAP. Links are provided below...

Round1Schedule.xls

Captain's Duties.doc

League Rules.pdf

Game on,

Eric

Looking for a Team?

2008-08-28T18:21:00.000-07:00

Do you want to play league but don't have a team? Simply add a comment to this post and include your home club and skill.

Example:

Eric Williams / Tacoma YMCA / Skill Novice

Note: Be sure to check "Show my email address" in your profile or add contact info to your comment to allow teams to easily contact you.

League Dates

2008-08-26T19:18:00.000-07:00

Hi All -

It's getting close to league time again, so now is the time to be talking to your squash buddies about forming teams!

Here are the dates I am thinking about for league -

Sat 27-Sept - deadline for league team entries (extended 1 week)

Tues 7-Oct - league start

Tues 4-Nov - no league, election day!

Tues 25-Nov - no league, Thanksgiving

Tues 23-Dec - no league, Xmas

Also, the league fee will be increasing to $240 per team this year.

We are always looking for league sponsors, so if you know of anyone who would like to sponsor league this season please let me know.

More details on league to follow, this is just to give everyone a heads up on dates.

If you have any feedback or suggestions for league this year please feel free to send me email, or come along to our SSRA summer potluck coming up soon on Sun 7-Sept. (see below for further details). Hope to see you all there!

Steve J.

League and Potluck

2008-08-13T11:43:00.001-07:00

It is time to start thinking about getting your teams organized for the Seattle City Squash League. The first league matches will kick off in early October. We will post more details here soon.

The SSRA is hosting a Summer Potluck at the Bellevue Downtown Park on September 7th between 2pm and 5pm. The address is 10201 NE 4th Street. The SSRA will provide some food and drink. Bring your favorite summertime dish and join the fun. We will discuss squash, league, juniors, and anything else you would like to bring up. I will set us some Speedminton courts for some friendly competition.

Game on,
Eric