Mark Johnson or Alex Zaslavsky, if you have any questions or comments.
Thinking of joining the Brown Squash Club?
Read the New Member FAQ first.
To play league:
2. You need to be a Brown Student or a Member of Brown's Recreation Facility
4. You need to do your best to play your matches on League Night. League nights for 2018-2019 are Monday = A; Tuesday = B; Wednesday = C; Thursday = D.
Ladder/Challenges
The ladder and all challenge matches are maintained at ClubLocker.com
Follow the above link and click as follows:
Enter Score > Ladder > Brown University Squash Club
You can get a free account at ClubLocker.com.
Once you have an account, contact Mark Johnson and he will make sure you're on the ladder.
During the RI Squash season, each player on the continuous ladder will be assigned to a team. The ladder will automatically be updated every time you enter a score into Clublocker. Team lineups will be based on the ladder as of Friday evening and team captains will use that roster when scheduling team matches or contacting substitutes for the coming week.
At the beginning of the season (~ September 1), the ladder will be reset based on USSquash Ratings. During the season, you can only challenge players who are within five positions.
If you receive a challenge you are expected to play within two weeks. However, you are not required to play more than one challenge a week. If you challenge a player and lose, you will not be able to issue another challenge for 7 days. If you are having trouble getting an opponent to play a challenge match, please contact Mark Johnson and we'll see if we can persuade the offender.
Players returning to the ladder after injury, will be inserted based on their current USSquash Rating.
League Schedule
League nights are being planned for the 2018-2019 Season. Least year, A teams will played on Monday, B teams on Tuesday, C teams on Wednesday, and D teams play on Thursday.
League night generally advances by one day for each league.
League Play
Every attempt should be made to play your league match on the scheduled day. Rescheduling of matches was banned during the 2015-2016 season. It is your responsibility to let your captain know well in advance that you will miss a match. This will allow your captain to arrange a sub. Please let your captain know if you are unavailable as early as possible (like the week before or sooner).
League matches should always be refereed. After you play, ref the next match on court. There are a number of reasons why this is a good idea. First, you learn about the game by reffing. Second, its a really nice thing to do for the players: they don't have to worry about any funny business from their opponent or keeping track of the score. It is important that the rules be consistently applied, particularly for rules that have been designed with safety in mind (e.g. how to "turn"). Refing is intimidating but you will find that with a little practice you will rapidly get used to making calls. Keep in mind that players refing your match are doing the best job they can. Accept the call and keep playing. Getting angry at them just makes it harder for you to find a ref next time.
Suitable eyewear is required for all league matches. This is a serious liability issue and RI Squash rules state that a player without suitable eyewear defaults the match. Here again it is a lot easier for a ref to enforce the rule rather than having to inform your much better opponent that you would be happy to trounce him if only he would find and wear somebody else's sweaty and fogged goggles.
If you see recreational players on court without suitable eyewear or if they are not wearing non-marking shoes, you are encouraged to tell the players to get proper equipment. We have had problems in the past with dirty courts, which rightly make the Brown squash coaches angry.
Team standings can be seen on the RI Squash web-site. Team captains will be responsible for entering match results via ClubLocker and USSquash.
Courts
You are responsible for booking a court for all of your home league matches. You can do so here. Book a court five days in advance to make sure you have one for league night.
The Brown University varsity teams run practices from 2:30pm to 7:00pm everyday.
