The year is two thousand and six, Scotland puts up its Junior Open and as usual information on proceedings is non existent or sketchy or too late. PR?? - could stand for pretty rough and Frankly extremely irritating and disrespectful to competitors' home country supporters and associations.

Yes os nothing too link to on scotish web site, still only first match tims and lucky to finding this on this site.

I totally agree that the lack of information on the SJO is disgraceful: in previous years it has been much better. It is incredibly frustrating as a parent (who after all make it possible for the competitors to be there), not to have any information. Even the first match times are inaccurate.........the G u19 left out at least one of the competitors (a seed).
It must be particularly annoying for those parents overseas trying to keep up with progress.
Surely we can do better than this in 2006?

I agree with you Mrs. Williams, but why is it neccesary for you to specify that the left out player was a seed? Are you trying to imply that as a seed she is more important that the other players?

all players are important. Shame that the information flow was so poor for everyone. Lets hope that the British coming up shows how it should be done.

English squash can be relied upon as can many other countries. Pity Scotland doesn't give their juniors a quality platform they deserve.Half-hearted.

I agree, the Scottish used to be one of the best junior events. The organisation has gone right down the pan this year with several players having their first matches moved forward (some by a day) without notification. Two girls only arrived in time because they had sisters playing on the first day.

I think it has become a victim of its own success. The numbers have increased each year & they have struggled to cope. Every position was played out which made the event appealing to players of average ability. Limiting play to three matches in some events disenfranchises these players and has taken away what made this event special.

Maybe Scottish Squash could learn from Irish Squash or Squash Wales how to run an event for all abilities and keep players informed in advance of correct start times.

Please don't use the Irish Junior open as an example of how a tournament should be run! Did Dublin this year and NEVER EVER again!

Reason for specifying 'seed', is that seeds are more difficult to miss out because there are a number of reminders that they exist (eg ESF rankings etc) - I just wanted to illustrate the level of carelessness involved. Everyone is equally important.
The whole thing has gone downhill since Horizon stopped doing it - yet there is now an ESF 'tax' on entry fees. Competitors (ie parents) are paying more for less.

Parents do support junior squash hugely and their views should count.
When you see how the British Junior Open is run in such an excellent way with many more entrants than the Scottish perhaps Scottish Squash should collaborate with England Squash to learn how to handle things better. It will be a pity if the Scottish Junior Open is allowed to deteriorate.
Steve Cubbins reporting on the British was as usual first class. Thank you Steve and Squash Site it really makes the event for the many who cannot be there.