Njc Ranking Guidelines(1)
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SQUASH RACKETS FEDERATION OF INDIA NATIONAL JUNIOR CIRCUIT & RANKING GUIDELINES 1. GENERAL a) The National Junior Circuit (NJC) is a collection of open tournaments held in India, which enforces the National Junior Rankings and the NJC Guidelines b) The SRFI National Junior Rankings is the rankings of Indian juniors (Boys & Girls u19, u17, u15, u13 & u11) who participate in the NJC, Asian Squash Federation (ASF) & European Squash Federation (ESF) events. The status accorded for each event is given in Annex A. The SRFI has appointed a committee (Annex B) that will oversee the National Junior Circuit, Ranking Guidelines and its implementation for all tournaments. 2. NJC & RANKING COMMITTEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES a) To establish and monitor the NJC, rankings and amend the guidelines whenever required. b) To publish the rankings in the first week of every month on www.indiasquash.com. All tournaments that are completed by the last day of the previous month will be considered. c) To ensure the seedings made by respective tournament seeding committees are done using the SRFI rankings as on the closing date of the entries for each tournament. (Seedings at tournaments must be done randomly in brackets of 3/4, 5/8, 9/16. Only players ranked no.1 & 2 will be placed in the draw). Players who are not in the ranking list may be seeded by the tournament committee on the basis of their PSA / WSA / WSF ranking. Only in exceptional and well-reasoned circumstances will the SRFI seeding committee recommend for any tournament a seeding different from that published. d) To select players for the main draw, when the tournament includes a qualifying event. e) To granting ‘tournament status’. f) To ensure all tournament entry forms carry the following statement for players to accept “I agree & shall abide by the rules and regulations of the NJC Guidelines.” g) The decision of the NJC & Ranking Committee will be final and binding in all issues. 3. STATUS OF A TOURNAMENT a) The status of all open tournaments will be reviewed and endorsed by SRFI Junior Circuit & Ranking Committee on an annual basis. b) Tournament status will be awarded on the following criteria: i. One Star a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) Complete results of the previous event have been sent to the SRFI. c) A minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 50,000 except for a 1st time tournament where the total prize money for juniors should be Rs. 1,00,000.
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d) To apply no later than 8 weeks prior to the start of the event by the local tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 1,000. e) JO Status on the ESF circuit f) Silver & Bronze Status on the ASF circuit. ii. Two Star a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) A national tournament having a proven record of success for at least 2 years or a 1st time event carrying minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 2,00,000 evenly distributed. c) A minimum total prize money for existing events of Rs. 1,00,000 for the juniors. d) To apply no later than 12 weeks prior to the start of the event by the local tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 2,000. e) GP Status on the ESF circuit f) Gold Status on the ASF circuit iii. Three Star a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) A national tournament having a proven record of success for at least 4 years or a 1st time event carrying minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 4,00,000 evenly distributed. c) Play off for top 8 positions in all categories. d) Minimum total prize money for existing events of Rs. 2,00,000 for the juniors. e) To apply no later than 12 weeks prior to the start of the event by the tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 3,000. f) SS Status on the ESF circuit g) Platinum Status on the ASF circuit iv. Four Star status is awarded to the Indian Junior Open, British Junior Open. These are premier events and do not require any criteria. For all other events to be considered it would have to meet the following additional criteria: a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) A national tournament having a proven record of success for at least 5 years or a 1st time event carrying minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 6,00,000 evenly distributed. c) Play off for top 8 positions in all categories d) To apply no later than 16 weeks prior to the start of the event by the tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 4,000. v. Five Star status will be awarded only to the World/Asian Championships & Junior National Championships. The organisers of the national championships would be required to submit a fee of Rs. 5,000 to the SRFI no later than 16 weeks prior to the start of the event. 4. AGE GROUPS a) Ranking will be done for the following age groups – Boys and Girls Under 19, 17, 15, 13 & 11 years. Players should be under the stipulated age on the final scheduled day of the event.
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b) A player can enter 2 age categories if permitted in the tournament. Rankings will be given as per the age category participated in. c) If there are less than 8 players in an age group on the entry closing date, the lower category will have to be combined with the next higher category. In the event a category is played with less than 8 players no points will be awarded. d) If age categories are combined, players will receive ranking points for the age category played in. 5. POINTS & CALCULATION OF POINTS a) After each tournament, points will be awarded to players depending on the position achieved and the tournament star status (Annex C). b) The top 64 players in every tournament will receive ranking points and will be included in the National Junior ranking list in the relevant age group. c) A player’s average point is calculated on a rolling 12-month basis. The ranking list is based on the total number of points accumulated (best four or less) by a player in these events in the previous 12 months, divided by 4. If a player has played more than 4 events in the previous 12 months, only the best 4 results will be divided to obtain the average. d) When a player has played in two age categories and moves to the higher age category following a birthday, 50% of each of the best 4 results from the lower category will be transferred and the two records merged. Results from the higher age category will take precedence and will always be used to calculate the average, regardless of whether or not these results are the top four highest. Results from the lower age category will only be included in the calculation if the player has less than 4 results in the higher age category. e) Any player making a withdrawal after the entry closing date not supported by a medical certificate or a justified reason in writing provided before the commencement of the tournament or failing to turn up for a tournament will receive zero points for the tournament. This will count as one of their 4 best results for the rolling 12 month period and will be taken into account when dividing the points to obtain the ranking average. If a player commits one of these offences for a second time within a 12 month period, the player may be banned from the SRFI Junior Circuit for a period of 12 months. f) A player who has not participated in the Junior Circuit for a full 12 months from the final day of the last event in which the player competed will be removed from the ranking list.
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Annex A TOURNAMENT STATUS 2012 Five Star Junior National Championship World Junior Individual Championship Four Star British Junior Open Asian Junior Individual Championship Indian Junior Open Three Star Northern India Central India Maharashtra State Western India Otters Open Little Masters DDA Open SS Status on the ESF Circuit Platinum Status on the ASF Circuit Two Star Karnataka Open A.P.Open GP Status on the ESF Circuit Gold Status on the ASF Circuit One Star Rajasthan Open Matunga Gymkhana Open U.P. Open M.P.Open Bhopal Open Delhi Open JO Status on the ESF Circuit Silver & Bronze Status on the ASF Circuit NB: Hosts for the above national tournaments must apply to the SRFI with the time scale as stipulated in the NJC & Ranking Guidelines. Annex B NATIONAL JUNIOR CIRCUIT & RANKING COMMITTEE Cyrus Poncha – Chairman Dr. B.I.Singh – (North) Hari Om Tripathi (South) Dalip Tripathi (East) Raj Arora (West) Dhiraj Singh (Central)
SRFI - RANKING POINTS CHART
Positions
Circuit Format Format Format Format Format Knock-out Circuit Knock-out Circuit Knock-out Format
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Five Star
675.00 450.00 337.50 251.25 202.50 180.00 161.25 135.00 112.50 97.50 93.75 90.00 86.25 82.50 78.75 71.25 40.00 20.00 675.00 450.00 262.50 262.50 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 40.00 20.00 540.00 360.00 270.00 201.00 162.00 144.00 129.00 108.00 90.00 78.00 75.00 72.00 69.00 66.00 63.00 57.00 32.00 16.00 540.00 360.00 210.00 210.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 32.00 16.00 405.00 270.00 202.50 150.75 121.50 108.00 96.75 81.00 67.50 58.50 56.25 54.00 51.75 49.50 47.25 42.75 24.00 12.00 405.00 270.00 157.50 157.50 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 24.00 12.00
Five Star
Four Star
Four Star
Three Star
Three Star
Two Star
Circuit Format
Two Star
270.00 180.00 135.00 100.50 81.00 72.00 64.50 54.00 45.00 39.00 37.50 36.00 34.50 33.00 31.50 28.50 16.00 8.00
One Star
One Star
Knock-out
Circuit
Knock-out
Format
Format
Format
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17/32 33/64
270.00 180.00 105.00 105.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 16.00 8.00
135.00 90.00 67.50 50.25 40.50 36.00 32.25 27.00 22.50 19.50 18.75 18.00 17.25 16.50 15.75 14.25 8.00 4.00
135.00 90.00 52.50 52.50 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 8.00 4.00
POINTS FOR QUALIFICATION EVENT
If a qualification event is played, points will be awarded as follows: a. 17-24 position - similar to 17/32 position as indicated in the chart above. b. 25-40 position - 75% of points received by 17/32 position. c. 41-46 position - 50% of points received by 17/32 position.
SQUASH RACKETS FEDERATION OF INDIA NATIONAL JUNIOR CIRCUIT & RANKING GUIDELINES 1. GENERAL a) The National Junior Circuit (NJC) is a collection of open tournaments held in India, which enforces the National Junior Rankings and the NJC Guidelines b) The SRFI National Junior Rankings is the rankings of Indian juniors (Boys & Girls u19, u17, u15, u13 & u11) who participate in the NJC, Asian Squash Federation (ASF) & European Squash Federation (ESF) events. The status accorded for each event is given in Annex A. The SRFI has appointed a committee (Annex B) that will oversee the National Junior Circuit, Ranking Guidelines and its implementation for all tournaments. 2. NJC & RANKING COMMITTEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES a) To establish and monitor the NJC, rankings and amend the guidelines whenever required. b) To publish the rankings in the first week of every month on www.indiasquash.com. All tournaments that are completed by the last day of the previous month will be considered. c) To ensure the seedings made by respective tournament seeding committees are done using the SRFI rankings as on the closing date of the entries for each tournament. (Seedings at tournaments must be done randomly in brackets of 3/4, 5/8, 9/16. Only players ranked no.1 & 2 will be placed in the draw). Players who are not in the ranking list may be seeded by the tournament committee on the basis of their PSA / WSA / WSF ranking. Only in exceptional and well-reasoned circumstances will the SRFI seeding committee recommend for any tournament a seeding different from that published. d) To select players for the main draw, when the tournament includes a qualifying event. e) To granting ‘tournament status’. f) To ensure all tournament entry forms carry the following statement for players to accept “I agree & shall abide by the rules and regulations of the NJC Guidelines.” g) The decision of the NJC & Ranking Committee will be final and binding in all issues. 3. STATUS OF A TOURNAMENT a) The status of all open tournaments will be reviewed and endorsed by SRFI Junior Circuit & Ranking Committee on an annual basis. b) Tournament status will be awarded on the following criteria: i. One Star a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) Complete results of the previous event have been sent to the SRFI. c) A minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 50,000 except for a 1st time tournament where the total prize money for juniors should be Rs. 1,00,000.
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d) To apply no later than 8 weeks prior to the start of the event by the local tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 1,000. e) JO Status on the ESF circuit f) Silver & Bronze Status on the ASF circuit. ii. Two Star a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) A national tournament having a proven record of success for at least 2 years or a 1st time event carrying minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 2,00,000 evenly distributed. c) A minimum total prize money for existing events of Rs. 1,00,000 for the juniors. d) To apply no later than 12 weeks prior to the start of the event by the local tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 2,000. e) GP Status on the ESF circuit f) Gold Status on the ASF circuit iii. Three Star a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) A national tournament having a proven record of success for at least 4 years or a 1st time event carrying minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 4,00,000 evenly distributed. c) Play off for top 8 positions in all categories. d) Minimum total prize money for existing events of Rs. 2,00,000 for the juniors. e) To apply no later than 12 weeks prior to the start of the event by the tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 3,000. f) SS Status on the ESF circuit g) Platinum Status on the ASF circuit iv. Four Star status is awarded to the Indian Junior Open, British Junior Open. These are premier events and do not require any criteria. For all other events to be considered it would have to meet the following additional criteria: a) The SRFI junior ranking has been used to seed the players. b) A national tournament having a proven record of success for at least 5 years or a 1st time event carrying minimum total prize money for juniors of Rs. 6,00,000 evenly distributed. c) Play off for top 8 positions in all categories d) To apply no later than 16 weeks prior to the start of the event by the tournament organisers / state to the SRFI to be part of the junior circuit along with a fee of Rs. 4,000. v. Five Star status will be awarded only to the World/Asian Championships & Junior National Championships. The organisers of the national championships would be required to submit a fee of Rs. 5,000 to the SRFI no later than 16 weeks prior to the start of the event. 4. AGE GROUPS a) Ranking will be done for the following age groups – Boys and Girls Under 19, 17, 15, 13 & 11 years. Players should be under the stipulated age on the final scheduled day of the event.
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b) A player can enter 2 age categories if permitted in the tournament. Rankings will be given as per the age category participated in. c) If there are less than 8 players in an age group on the entry closing date, the lower category will have to be combined with the next higher category. In the event a category is played with less than 8 players no points will be awarded. d) If age categories are combined, players will receive ranking points for the age category played in. 5. POINTS & CALCULATION OF POINTS a) After each tournament, points will be awarded to players depending on the position achieved and the tournament star status (Annex C). b) The top 64 players in every tournament will receive ranking points and will be included in the National Junior ranking list in the relevant age group. c) A player’s average point is calculated on a rolling 12-month basis. The ranking list is based on the total number of points accumulated (best four or less) by a player in these events in the previous 12 months, divided by 4. If a player has played more than 4 events in the previous 12 months, only the best 4 results will be divided to obtain the average. d) When a player has played in two age categories and moves to the higher age category following a birthday, 50% of each of the best 4 results from the lower category will be transferred and the two records merged. Results from the higher age category will take precedence and will always be used to calculate the average, regardless of whether or not these results are the top four highest. Results from the lower age category will only be included in the calculation if the player has less than 4 results in the higher age category. e) Any player making a withdrawal after the entry closing date not supported by a medical certificate or a justified reason in writing provided before the commencement of the tournament or failing to turn up for a tournament will receive zero points for the tournament. This will count as one of their 4 best results for the rolling 12 month period and will be taken into account when dividing the points to obtain the ranking average. If a player commits one of these offences for a second time within a 12 month period, the player may be banned from the SRFI Junior Circuit for a period of 12 months. f) A player who has not participated in the Junior Circuit for a full 12 months from the final day of the last event in which the player competed will be removed from the ranking list.
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Annex A TOURNAMENT STATUS 2012 Five Star Junior National Championship World Junior Individual Championship Four Star British Junior Open Asian Junior Individual Championship Indian Junior Open Three Star Northern India Central India Maharashtra State Western India Otters Open Little Masters DDA Open SS Status on the ESF Circuit Platinum Status on the ASF Circuit Two Star Karnataka Open A.P.Open GP Status on the ESF Circuit Gold Status on the ASF Circuit One Star Rajasthan Open Matunga Gymkhana Open U.P. Open M.P.Open Bhopal Open Delhi Open JO Status on the ESF Circuit Silver & Bronze Status on the ASF Circuit NB: Hosts for the above national tournaments must apply to the SRFI with the time scale as stipulated in the NJC & Ranking Guidelines. Annex B NATIONAL JUNIOR CIRCUIT & RANKING COMMITTEE Cyrus Poncha – Chairman Dr. B.I.Singh – (North) Hari Om Tripathi (South) Dalip Tripathi (East) Raj Arora (West) Dhiraj Singh (Central)
SRFI - RANKING POINTS CHART
Positions
Circuit Format Format Format Format Format Knock-out Circuit Knock-out Circuit Knock-out Format
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Five Star
675.00 450.00 337.50 251.25 202.50 180.00 161.25 135.00 112.50 97.50 93.75 90.00 86.25 82.50 78.75 71.25 40.00 20.00 675.00 450.00 262.50 262.50 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 40.00 20.00 540.00 360.00 270.00 201.00 162.00 144.00 129.00 108.00 90.00 78.00 75.00 72.00 69.00 66.00 63.00 57.00 32.00 16.00 540.00 360.00 210.00 210.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 32.00 16.00 405.00 270.00 202.50 150.75 121.50 108.00 96.75 81.00 67.50 58.50 56.25 54.00 51.75 49.50 47.25 42.75 24.00 12.00 405.00 270.00 157.50 157.50 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 48.00 24.00 12.00
Five Star
Four Star
Four Star
Three Star
Three Star
Two Star
Circuit Format
Two Star
270.00 180.00 135.00 100.50 81.00 72.00 64.50 54.00 45.00 39.00 37.50 36.00 34.50 33.00 31.50 28.50 16.00 8.00
One Star
One Star
Knock-out
Circuit
Knock-out
Format
Format
Format
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17/32 33/64
270.00 180.00 105.00 105.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 16.00 8.00
135.00 90.00 67.50 50.25 40.50 36.00 32.25 27.00 22.50 19.50 18.75 18.00 17.25 16.50 15.75 14.25 8.00 4.00
135.00 90.00 52.50 52.50 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 8.00 4.00
POINTS FOR QUALIFICATION EVENT
If a qualification event is played, points will be awarded as follows: a. 17-24 position - similar to 17/32 position as indicated in the chart above. b. 25-40 position - 75% of points received by 17/32 position. c. 41-46 position - 50% of points received by 17/32 position.
