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   8/4/2009 
Mass Squash Adopts PAR-11 Scoring 

On August 3, 2009, the Executive Board of Massachusetts Squash adopted the World Squash Federation’s "World Squash Singles Rules 2009" for League and Tournament play, including the new international standard PAR-11 scoring system. The scoring change will affect the upcoming 2009-2010 regular leagues season, but will not change the way in which the handicapped leagues (Summer and 50+) are scored.

PAR-11 will be the standard scoring system for the 2009-2010 regular leagues.  However, the Board also adopted a "player-choice option" that will permit the two players in any individual league match, by mutual agreement, to play instead by either of the alternative scoring systems recognized by the World Squash Rules, those being (i) "Server Only Scores - the previous standard scoring system" (HiHo 9), or (ii) "Point-a-Rally (PAR) to 15".

Mass Squash League Rules (Rule 3.A.) now provide:

 

3.A. League matches and matches in MSRA sanctioned singles tournaments shall be played according to the World Squash Singles Rules 2009 (eff. April 1, 2009) (the "Rules").

        
For leagues, the scoring to be used depends on the league as follows: 
 

1.  Open and Women’s league matches shall utilize standard, PAR-11 scoring as defined in Section 2 of the Rules, provided that in any individual league match the two players may by mutual agreement choose instead to play either of the alternative scoring systems specified in Appendix 7 of the Rules, being (i) "Server Only Scores - the previous standard scoring system" (HiHo 9), or (ii) "Point-a-Rally (PAR) to 15".

 

2.  Handicapped 50+ and Summer league matches shall utilize point a rally scoring to 15, specified in Appendix 7 as "Point-a-Rally (PAR) to 15", modified:
(i) to account for handicaps as defined in Section 4 of these rules, and
(ii) to provide that the player who scores 15 points first wins the game, regardless of any tie at 14-all. 

The World Squash Singles Rules 2009 can be found on the WSF website: http://www.worldsquash.org.uk/2009docs/090608SinglesRulesV3.pdf.