APPENDIX 8.1 - POINT-A-RALLY SCORING
The standard
scoring system described in
Rule 2
The Scoring is the approved scoring system for singles Squash.
If Point-a-Rally scoring (PARS) is used, the following text
replaces Rule 2.
2. THE
SCORING
2.1 Either
player may score points. The server, on winning a stroke,
scores a point and retains the service; the receiver, on
winning a stroke, scores a point and becomes the server.
2.2 A match
shall consist of the best of three or five games and each
game shall be played to nine or fifteen points at the option
of the organisers of the competition.
Where each
game is to fifteen points, the player who scores fifteen
points wins the game, except that on the score reaching
fourteen-all the receiver shall choose, before the server
delivers the next service, to continue that game either to
fifteen points (known as "Set one") or to seventeen points
(known as "Set three") In the latter case the player who
scores three more points wins the game. The receiver shall in
either case clearly indicate this choice to the Marker,
Referee and the opponent.
Where each
game is to nine points, the player who scores nine points wins
the game, except that on the score reaching eight-all the
receiver shall choose, before the server delivers the next
service to continue that game either to nine points (known as
"Set one") or to eleven points (known as "Set three"). In the
latter case the player who scores three more points wins the
game. The receiver shall in either case clearly indicate this
choice to the Marker, Referee and the opponent.
The Marker
shall call "Set one" or "Set three" as applicable before play
continues.
The Marker
shall call "Game ball" to indicate that either player requires
one point to win the game in progress, "Match ball" to
indicate that either player requires one point to win the
match, "Match ball, game ball" if the server requires one
point to win the match and the receiver requires one point to
win the game in progress and "Game ball, match ball" if the
server requires one point to win the game in progress and the
receiver requires one point to win the match.
4.
THE SERVICE
The spin of a
racket decides the right to serve or to receive first.
Note: The
Marker’s use of the terms "Game ball", "Match ball", and
"Stroke" must be adjusted to comply with the Point-a-Rally
scoring system.
