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I see. Rules and
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During
the league matches, you can’t give a walkover in the no.1 position. If
your no.1 player is not there, the no.2 must move up, and so does the
rest of the team....accordingly. You can give a walkover at the no.4
position. For example, if the no.2, 3 and 4 player has played, and the
no.1 player didn’t turn up to play that day, the whole team will be
disqualified. The team captains must submit the names, the line up of
the team, half an hour before the games start. |
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Oh, and what
happens if a team submits themself in a weaker division for a better
chance to win? Won’t that be unfair? |
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Correct.
That’s why there is a manager’s meeting one week before the
tournament. The draws and listings are out by then......so when all
the managers look at the player’s name, and if they find that the team
is too strong for that particular division, they will voice it out.
From there, the tournament directors will decide. They will look at
the team list, and then check with the other team managers. If the
other team managers agree, the team considered, will be upgraded.
There are cases where when upgraded, the team pulls out. |
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The tournament director
is the organiser, Y.C. Soong. The organiser will be there to brief
all the managers; rules and regulations of the league
games......what to do and what not to do. So, if at all there’s
any complaint, they’ll have to bring it out at the meeting. |
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Ha......a
question frequently asked by players......any plans to increase the
prize money? |
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Of
course there are people saying about the prize money being so little
and all. Honestly, to us, we feel that this is not about the
money......it’s more for socialising like I said earlier; a get
together for club members. If we come up with more funds, we intend to
have a Division Five, instead of putting additional money in all four
divisions. That’s to enable those in the lower level to join the game. |
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Yah......for
sure, but won’t the league be more prestige if the prize money
increases? |
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In a way yes, but
when people participate for the money, firstly, the game won’t be so
fun anymore and secondly, when it comes to refereeing, there’ll be a
lot of problems. As everybody wants to win, the decisions sometimes go
unfair, they put themself in weaker divisions......it becomes over
competitive. We don’t want them arguing in the court over little
things. |
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Who actually does
the refereeing? |
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The players
themselves will referee and mark. After the matches of the day are
over, the winning team will fax the results to the tournament
director. |
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Hey, any comical
thing happened during the league matches? |
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Ah......in a game, as an experienced squash player, you’ll know when
to ask for a let and when not to. But in this type of club level,
instead of asking or appealing for one, some of them actually TELL the
referee that it’s a let like, “Let, this is a let!” or “Hey, this is a
stroke!”. This sort of reaction, you know. In fact, I encountered this
with my own team while I was watching one of them play! He wanted to
ask for a let, but instead he shouted at the referee, “Hey, let la!!”.
They ask in a way that as though the referee MUST give them one! It
looked funny from the outside. |
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Haha. I’ve seen that happening before! Suits the objective of the
league then. Will there be a KL League next year? |
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Yes! Why not?! I
think as long as the sponsor is there, the KL League will be there. |
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One word to
describe the SYSPOR KL League, like the British Open - priestige, what
would it be? |
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Socialising. |
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Thanks for the
chat. Hope you enjoyed the pie! |
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I did! |
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