MA Squash is pleased to announce plans to host its Junior Round Robin Program for the 2015-16 season. This is a series of Sunday afternoon round robins, held at Harvard’s Murr Center, for beginner/intermediate junior players to play games in a friendly, less competitive environment.
Efforts are made to group kids into “pods” with players of similar ability, where possible. Pod 1 is the strongest group (players participate in high level tournaments); pod 2 level players regularly participate in tournaments; pod 3 level players are beginning to play tournaments; pod 4 players have some match experience; and pod 5 players can carry on points but have little or no match experience.
There are two separate sessions held on these Sunday afternoons. We’ll start the season with pods 1, 2, and 3 playing from 2:00 to 3:30pm. Pods 4 and 5 will play from 3:30 to 5:00pm. Depending on the numbers of players registering for each pod, we may shift the playing times of the pods in order to better balance the numbers of players and courts. If appropriate, players may shift pods as the season progresses.
This program is free, with preference given to MA/US Squash members.
To register for the 2015-16 season, please send an email to Jon Ross (jon.d.ross@comcast.net) with the following info: child’s full name, age, birthday, US Squash membership number (if applicable), and the pod number (1-5, see above) where the child should be placed at the start of the season. Also include parent’s name, email, and phone number.
The MA Squash Junior Committee will send out a reminder to those registered about 2-3 weeks prior to each session. Also, reminders are included in the frequent MA Squash general email blasts; to receive those, add your name to the MA Squash general email list on the main MA Squash web page.
Volunteers are always needed. Parents are encouraged to help out at any of the sessions—no prior experience necessary. Just let the Round Robin site coordinator know when you arrive on the day of play.
Dates for the Junior Round Robin program for the 2015-2016 season have been recently confirmed (in some cases different from those previously posted) and are as follows:
Sunday, September 13
Sunday, October 18
Sunday, November 15
Sunday, January 3
Sunday, February 7
Sunday, March 20 (revised 9/1/15)
We look forward to another active season and enjoyable Sunday afternoons!
Jon Ross, MA Squash Junior Committee (jon.d.ross@comcast.net)