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How the NJS Grand Prix ranking system works
Norfolk Junior Squash Grand Prix co-ordinator, Tony Henden, explains how the tournament player ranking system works.
The NJS Grand Prix ranking system is designed to help players monitor their progress, to reward their achievements and also to assist organisers with seeding players for the tournaments and coaches in the selection of Norfolk county squads.
Each junior player's participation in a grand prix is awarded percentage ranking points depending on their final finishing position in the individual tournament. These are spread equally from 100 to the person finishing first in the top group, down to between 2 - 3 points for the person finishing last in the bottom group.
In addition any person winning a group (other than group 1), will be awarded the finishing position of the person finishing last in the group above them, and vice versa. This gives one position bonus points to each player winning a group.
After each Grand Prix, every player's percentage points are averaged out to give their new Grand Prix Points figure.
To encourage and reward participation, any player missing a Grand Prix will be deducted one percentage point from their points' total.
To qualify for a valid ranking position, a player must play in a minimum of one in three Grand Prix, and a minimum of three over the ten-month season. Anyone falling below this appearance level will continue to be shown on the Rankings, but with an invalid attendance.
At the end of the season, awards will be presented in various categories including: overall winners, most group wins and participation awards.
The rankings are shown on the home page of the Norfolk Junior Squash website and are updated after each Grand Prix. They also show each player's finishing position for every Grand Prix, club, group wins and number of tournaments entered.
Any enquiries about the ranking can be directed to its creator Tim Butler at timbutler@f2s.com .
