Finnish Championships 2009
26-Apr-09 20:05 Filed in: Squash
The main draw of Wilson Finnish Championships 2009 was also a PSA tournament with Closed Satellite status. This year Finnish Nationals gathered a century record number of players, in total 144 players, to Tampere to enjoy well arranged tournament and fight for the medals. Draws and results can be found here.
Main draw matches on the video court will be available on this site’s video page (Friday and Saturday) and here (Sunday). Following persons made the videos available: Jari Hämäläinen (recording stand), Olli Tuominen (hard drive transportation), Nalle Parmonen (camera, recording, and editing), and Antti Lind (editing). Thanks to everyone.
Main draw matches on the video court will be available on this site’s video page (Friday and Saturday) and here (Sunday). Following persons made the videos available: Jari Hämäläinen (recording stand), Olli Tuominen (hard drive transportation), Nalle Parmonen (camera, recording, and editing), and Antti Lind (editing). Thanks to everyone.
Broken rackets are dangerous
19-Apr-09 21:40 Filed in: Squash
It is pretty common to see a squash player to use a racket with damaged bumper strip or even to play with a racket that has a broken frame. Does it matter if the racket frame is broken or the bumper strip has sharp edges? Certainly it does. Think about how much bigger damage a broken racket may cause if one hits the other player.
All players should respects the opponent and not to play with a broken racket nor a racket with damaged bumper strip. An easy way would be to use protective tape on the bumper strip to prevent the bumper strip damage or to use tape to cover the damaged part until broken bumper strip until it is replaced with a new one. Naturally it would help if rackets are sold with a couple of extra bumper strips or it would be easier to buy replacement bumper strips.
In a tournament referee is responsible for the fairness and safety. Therefore referee should pay more attention to the rackets and especially to the bumper strips the players are using. Actually referee must not allow a player to enter the court with a broken or damaged racket. WSF rules (appendix 5c) say: “The bumper strip of squash racket must be made of a flexible material which cannot crease into sharp edges following abrasive contact with the floor or walls”.
In the case that an accident happens, it helps if the players use protective eye guards. “The WSF recommends that all Squash players should wear protective eye guards” (WSF rules, appendix 6)
All players should respects the opponent and not to play with a broken racket nor a racket with damaged bumper strip. An easy way would be to use protective tape on the bumper strip to prevent the bumper strip damage or to use tape to cover the damaged part until broken bumper strip until it is replaced with a new one. Naturally it would help if rackets are sold with a couple of extra bumper strips or it would be easier to buy replacement bumper strips.
In a tournament referee is responsible for the fairness and safety. Therefore referee should pay more attention to the rackets and especially to the bumper strips the players are using. Actually referee must not allow a player to enter the court with a broken or damaged racket. WSF rules (appendix 5c) say: “The bumper strip of squash racket must be made of a flexible material which cannot crease into sharp edges following abrasive contact with the floor or walls”.
In the case that an accident happens, it helps if the players use protective eye guards. “The WSF recommends that all Squash players should wear protective eye guards” (WSF rules, appendix 6)