Tournaments

Canterbury Tournament Road Series - NEW for the 2020 season!!!

The tournament road series is a new initiative started by Squash Canterbury coming in 2020. The idea of the series is to reward those committed souls who play more squash tournaments and travel further than anyone else.

The aim of the tournament road series is to increase player variety in tournaments and make Squash Tournaments in Canterbury the best tournaments in NZ. How the series works is players will receive point per placing, please see below;

Points per placing:

(8 draw $35/entry)

1^st	200
2nd	150
3rd	120
4th	100
5th	90
6th	80
7th	60
8th	50

Canterbury Open & SI PSA: (16 draw $40 entry fee)

1^st	300
2^nd	240
3^rd	200
4^th	180
5^th	160
6^th	140
7^th	130
8^th	120
9th	120
10^th	110
11^th	100
12^th	90
13^th	80
14^th	70
15th	60
16^th	50

Prizes:

Prizes will be presented at the Squash Canterbury Annual Awards to the top 5 placings of the Tournament Road Series.

Additional points:

To encourage travelling to different reaches of our vast region player will earn;

1.5x their points if they travelled >50km
2.0x their points if they travelled >200km.

Distance travelled will be determined by where a player’s home club is as opposed to where they live to the club where to tournament is held.

Monitoring placings:

You will be able to monitor yours and other’s placings throughout the year via Squash Canterbury's Newsletter, Facebook, Instagram and Website.

Player experience:

Each club in the series will be running their own tournaments still and we have tried to help add to the experience of the players by introducing a few things that each tournament will have:

8 draws (16 draw for Canterbury Open and SI PSAs)
$200+ for Winners of the Open Draws
Food available at the club
A Saturday night social event
$35 entry fee ($40 for Canterbury Open & SI PSAs)
Discounted accommodation or billeting available
Squash NZ ball rules

2020 Tournaments included in the series are:

#1 Nelson Open 13 & 14 March @ Nelson Squash Club
#2 Marlborough Open 3-5 April @Stadium 2000
#3 Waimea Open 17 & 18 April @ Waimea Squash Club
#4 Football Open 1 - 3 May @ Christchurch Football SC
#5 Kaikoura Open 8 -10 May @ Kaikoura Squash Club
#6 Linwood Open 22-24 May @ Linwood Squash Club
#7 Takaka Open 29 - 31 May @ Takaka Squash Club
#8 MCOB Open 5-7 June @ MCOB SC
#9 Motueka Open 12-14 June @ Motueka SC
#10 Canterbury Open 19-21 June@ Christchurch Squash Club
#11 Burnside Open 3-5 July @ Burnside Squash Club
#12 North Canterbury Open 7-9 Aug @ Oxford & Rangiora SC
#13 Christchurch Open 21-23 Aug @ Christchurch Squash Club
#14 South Island Championship PSA Satellite September @ Christchurch Football SC

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