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Junior Ranking System
The rankings system has been developed with the following
visions:
- To establish a clear competition pathway, integrated with
the National Junior Excellence Programme;
- To ensure appropriate competition between all players, while
recognising their particular stage of athletic development;
- To encourage participation in the Scottish Junior Circuit.
All domestic tournaments will be designated either A or B
status with appropriate points allocated for finishing places.
All tournaments will be run on a monrad system with all competitors
playing off for final positions.
The year will be broken into quarters. Players are commended
to play a minimum number of tournaments in each quarter of
the year. If more than this number is played, the best results
are taken as "counting". If fewer than the minimum
tournaments are competed in, the players ranking divisor is
still increased.
Quarter Required Tournaments
1. August / September / October 2
2. November / December / January 2
3. February / March / April 2
4. May / June / July 1
For example, if a player competes in three tournaments in
the first quarter, his best two results "count",
with the third discarded for ranking purposes.
Through this discarding, players are given more scope to experiment
and put under less pressure without the idea that one win
or loss could mean everything for their season.
Conversely if the player then doesn't compete in the second
quarter his divisor still goes to four, even though he has
not earned more points.
Through this a player does not have the option of making a
strong start to the season and then withdrawing from competition.
Points earned from ESF tournaments will count towards Scottish
rankings, however they may make up only one tournament in
each quarter.
The rankings will be used as one of the guides for representative
selections.
Players over the age of sixteen are able to enter any of
the Senior Domestic Closed tournaments and have them count
both for participation purposes and for rankings points. In
order for a junior player to take points from the Senior Domestic
Closed tournament they must finish in the top two
thirds of the field.
The goal of the ranking system is to ensure that players have
appropriate and integrated competition to complement the Junior
Excellence Programme.
Both training and competition are necessary if Scotland is
to produce senior players of the highest calibre and this
is a clear and simple step towards further facilitating that
goal.
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