Munster Senior Tournaments and Rankings for 2015/16 season

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Munster Senior Tournaments for 2015/16 season:

  1.  Killarney Open – Gleneagle, September, Friday 4th & Saturday 5th
  2. Munster Senior Open (MSO) – Cork, October, Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th.
  3. Sunday’s Well Open – Sunday’s Well, December, Thursday 10th – Saturday 12th.
  4. Munster Senior Closed (MSC) – Cork, date to be confirmed (TBC) with Irish Squash. Presently scheduled to be in late January (29th-31st) but may change to later in the season.
  5. Senior Inter-Provincials – Will be held in Munster at the end of the season (April or May), venue and date TBC with Irish Squash. Presently scheduled for early April (8th & 9th) but may change to later in the season.

N.B. Munster Players will have to play in the MSC to be eligible* for selection to represent Munster and team selection will be largely based on performance in that competition. The winner of the MSC will be guaranteed to be number 1 with the Munster Captain having the final say on team order thereafter.
*(Exceptional cases will only be considered if players contact the Munster Captain and explain their case if they cannot play in the MSC, Munster Captain will have the final decision).
Munster Senior Leagues for 2015/16 season:

League rules:

  • Entry fee is €100 euro per team to be made payable to Munster Squash before commencement of the league.
  • Teams will be made up of 5 players, with a suitable number of subs (to be determined by each club).
  • Matches will be best of 5 games.
  • Scoring in games will be Point-A-Rally (PAR),
    •        Div 1 and 2 will be up to 11 and must win by 2 clear points,
    •        Div 3 and 4 will be up to 15 and must win by 2 clear points.
  • League matches will commence at 7:30pm on league nights.
  • The order of play will be 5,4,1,3,2.
  • The matches will be refereed by the Home and Away teams as follows: 1st match = Home, 2nd match = Away, 3rd match = Home, 4th match = Away, 5th match = Home.

Team submission date:

************* Div 2 teams and Div4 teams are to be submitted to the Munster Captain by 6pm Monday 14th December 2015 *************

Start dates

  • Division 1 league (Tuesdays) League completed before Christmas.
  • Division 2 league (Tuesdays) League completed after Christmas.
  • Division 3 league (Thursdays) League completed before Christmas.
  • Division 4 league (Thursdays) League completed after Christmas.
  • Division 5 league (Tuesdays) commenced 5th April 2016.

Promotions:

An assessment of the league results from last season were carried out, and a number of players were deemed too strong to compete again at the same division as last year, so the following mandatory promotions will apply for this coming season (2015/16):

Division 2 – No mandatory promotions

Division 3 – Mandatory promotions to Division 2 as follows:

  • Brendan Lawton U.C.C.
  • Jan Mikolaj Silver Springs
  • Eoghan Meaney U.C.C.

Division 4 – Mandatory promotions to Division 3 as follows:

  • Martin Gleeson Thurles
  • Adam Dewhurst Sunday’s Well
  • Aidan Daly U.C.C.
  • Colum Gavin Ennis
  • Micheál Hassett Thurles
  • John O’Donnell Thurles

The League Committee for each division will be comprised of 3 personnel: the Munster Captain, the Munster President, and a League Secretary* for each respective division.
Each team that enters a league, on submission of their team listing, must have a nominated Team Captain for communication with the League Committee, and must supply a candidate for League Secretary of that division (it will be acceptable to have one person fulfill both roles if necessary).
*For each division the League Secretary will be drawn out of a hat containing all of the candidates pertaining to their respective league, and the club that supplied the League Secretary for the previous season for each league will be exempted from each draw accordingly.

Any complaints are to be directed via the Team Captains to the League Secretary for communication to the League Committee members. Complaints will be put before all 3 members of the respective League Committee for discussion before coming to a decision.

At the half-way point in the league the team orders may be reconsidered and re-submitted by the Team Captains, and subject to unanimous approval by their respective League Committee may be allowed to be re-ordered.
N.B. Any late-comers not on the originally submitted team listing may only be introduced onto a team at the half-way point, and only if sanctioned by the league committee.

If a sub(s) that is below the standard of the league and is not listed on their team listing is required at short notice to fill the bottom place(s) in a team on a league night, in order to fulfill a commitment to field a team as a gesture of goodwill towards the opposing team, the League Committee must be consulted in advance of playing, and subject to unanimous agreement may be approved.

 

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