Competition

There are multiple options to play squash competitively.

Squashbond
The national squash association offers a competition that is ordered per region. As a member, you can participate in regional competition and join clubladder. A few members signed up for this competition, which means they have acquired an official ranking. As for Boosters as a club, we do not yet partake in this competition, because it is more costly and because only a single match is played in the team tournament competition. http://www.squashbond.nl

Kleine-Kompetitie
The other competition is the Kleine-Kompetitie. We, as the Boosters, usually participate in this southern regional competition that unites a diverse poule of players, ranging from beginner to veterans with 25 years of battle experience.

The competition is comprised of two semesters. The first half starts during October and the second half starts in around March and runs into June. In between the two half year's competition you will either promote, degrade or stay in the same poule.
Each team currently consists of a minimum of three players. If there are more, players rotate from game to game. All games are played on Friday nights, approximately once every three weeks. You then play two games per person. An evening starts around 20:00 and ends, depending on how fast the game is played, at 23:00 at the latest. The playing location depends on where the home team comes from. This could be Berkel-Enschot, Eindhoven or Nijmegen. The locations can be reached within one hour by car or 1.5 hours by public transport.

What to expect from an evening of competition?
- Two matches against opponents of a similar level of play.
- A match is played in the best-of-five games format.
- Every game you win is worth a point. This means you can win three points per match. If you have won two out of three matches as a team, you earn two bonus points.

What are the advantages of being a competition member?
- Priority access to the competition trainings on Wednesday evenings (19:00-20:15 and 20:15-21:30).
- It's matchday every three weeks! Here you play against two opponents with a different style or strategy.
- After the matches are played, there are usually drinks and bites!

What are the costs of playing in the team competition?
- Full year: 35 euro for students and 45 euro for non-students in addition to the recreational membership.
- Half year: 20 euro for students and 25 euro for non-students in addition to the recreational membership.

If you have any questions, reach out to the board (Milo or Ivo), or the technical committee (Yoeri, Willeke or Chris)! To sign up contact us via bestuur@deboosters.nl.