• The Lower Mainland
• Vancouver Island
• The Interior
• The North

1. Summer Competitions will be given a weekend free from any other sanctioned competition in the same local area. These competitions will be between May 1st and September 1st.**
2. Local Competitions will be given a weekend free from any other sanctioned competition in the same local area.**
3. Regional Competitions will be given a weekend free from any other sanctioned competitions in the same region.**
4. National and Provincial Competitions will be given a weekend free from any other sanctioned competitions within the Province.**
5. A tournament package consisting of balls, score pads, digital draw sheets, mailing labels and other material may be provided to the host of sanctioned tournaments held at FULL MEMBER CLUBS.
6. All sanctioned events and only sanctioned events will be listed on the official tournament schedules published by Squash BC.
7. Results from all sanctioned competitions held at FULL MEMBER CLUBS, (except summer events,) will be used for rankings.
8. Tournaments held at Associate Clubs will be put on the tournament schedule but will not be used or rankings or receive a tournament package.
   
   **Junior and Doubles events may be exceptions provided they are considered to be non-conflicting.

• The entry cost will be variable depending on the value given.
• The emphasis is on “FUN!”
• Will not be used for ranking purposes

• The entry cost will be in the lowest cost range.
• The event organizers assume most entrants will be from the local area.
• These events will have very little in the way of prize money or prizes.
• There may not be a souvenir or food/beverage offered at these events.

• The entry cost will be in the low to medium cost range.
• The tournament organizers assume most entrants will be from the surrounding region.

  These events will have prize money or prizes for all categories.
• There should be a souvenir and or food/beverage offered at these events.

• The Club/Organizing committee awarded this status will have a proven history of running well organized, quality events.
• The entry cost will be in the medium to high cost range.
• These events will have minimum prize money of $2000.00 for the Open Draws, quality prizes for 1st, 2nd and Consolation Winners.
• There will be quality food/beverage and souvenir offered at these events.

  The event should draw entrants from the entire province.
• There will be no more then five “AAA” events in the province per year.

• The Club/Organizing committee awarded these events will have a proven history of running well organized, quality events.
• The entry cost will be in the high cost range.
• These events will have minimum prize money of $3000.00 for the Open Draws, quality prizes for 1st, 2nd and Consolation Winners of all other draws.
• There will be quality food/beverage and souvenir offered at these events.
• These events will draw entrants from the entire province.

• The host venue/tournament organizer agrees to pay the appropriate sanction fee.
• Each host club or tournament representative/contact should sign this basic agreement and return to Squash B.C. by July. 1st of the previous season in order to ensure the event in question is sanctioned and is placed on the protected list. One agreement per tournament.
• The host club will be responsible for all aspects of running the tournament, (except for the Provincial Championships,) including the raising of any prize money or obtaining any sponsorship. They will be expected to run a fair event at a reasonable entry fee with the best possible value provided for that entry fee.
• It is the responsibility of the host to ensure that all participants are individual members of Squash BC. All fees collected for new individual memberships and temporary memberships are payable to Squash BC. If the host accepts the responsibility for administering this, Squash BC will pay a hosting grant based on a percentage of the membership dues collected.
• Entry forms shall be distributed one month prior to the starting date of the tournament.
• All entry forms shall include the following information:

  a) That the tournament is a Squash BC sanctioned event.
  b) The Squash BC logo is on the entry form. (size and location is unrestricted)
  c) A place to enter a Squash BC Membership Number.
  d) That all participants MUST be current individual members of Squash BC.
  e) Two (2) entry fees are described, one as the entry fee for current individual members of Squash BC. The other, which is $10 more, as a temporary member of Squash BC.
  f) Out of Province entries are accepted as current members of Squash BC.
  g) The official Ball is the "Dunlop Revelation Pro" (double Yellow dot).

• The rankings are maintained on the Squash BC web site (www.squashbc.com) on a regular basis. The host should access those rankings and use them for seeding the tournament. If any doubt occurs or any help is needed, Squash BC should be contacted.
• The host club will be responsible for saving ALL results from beginning to end and sending them into the Squash B.C. office within one week of the completion of the tournament. Electronic draws or a results document will be provided by Squash BC. Faxed draws will not be used for rankings.
• Follow up articles and/or pictures will be accepted for distribution in the newsletter or on the Squash BC web site provided they are received in a very timely fashion. Old news is no news.

Sanction Fees:

1. Regular Adult Tournaments $100.00
2. Doubles Tournaments $75.00
3. Junior Tournaments $50.00
4. Tournaments at Associate Clubs $50.00
5. Women’s/Men’s Weekends $50.00

• Squash BC will make up and distribute the entry forms upon request provided the following is agreed to:
  • A fee of $150 over and above the sanction fee will be payable by the host venue.
  • The information to be included on the entry form is provided no less than 5 weeks prior to the event.

Squash BC’s Online Tournament Registration:

• Squash BC will provide an online registration for the tournament on Squash BC’s web site provided the information is no less then 5 weeks prior and the section agreement is filled out. The person who will be collecting the data for the registration needs to contact Squash BC and that person will receive detailed information for this.
• The tournament organizers will have to decide if they want to process the credit cards themselves or have it done by Squash BC. If they decide they can do it themselves, they can follow the directions sent to them for getting the CC information. If the tournament organizers want Squash BC to process the credit cards, there will be a 3 ½% charge on the total amount collected. Squash BC will process 100% of the Credit Card entries for that tournament. Please fill out the sanctioning form, sign it and send it to Squash BC.
• After the entry form has been set up online, people can then enter your tournament. The person whose e-mail was put on the sanctioning form will receive notices when a person has entered online. These will be your only entry forms you receive from these people. Print them, file them, then put them in a data base.

Submitting Results:

1. A disc will be provided in your package with many draw formats that you are likely to use. In some cases you may have to adapt it to suit your event, however it can be copied right onto your hard drive in which case once your tournament is complete, you can email your results in directly to the Squash BC office. We are providing this disc because we will only accept clearly type written results with correct spelling for ranking purposes. Sorry, but we will no longer accept faxed draw sheets for rankings.
2. Equally important is the SPELLING of names and the completeness of names (FIRST & LAST NAMES) on the draw in EVERY round.
3. Please submit the results at the very earliest possible time. If results are delayed too long after the event has taken place, they will not be accepted for rankings. Results entered in the wrong order in which they are played can make a significant difference to a players ranking.
4. If you do not have access to a computer, please ask a volunteer within your club to help you out by doing this for you….and us.