Academy Tournament

Junior Hidden Doubles Tournament August 2023

With 20 of the Academy’s keenest juniors taking part in the first tournament since 2020, the competition was both fierce and friendly. Much fun was had by all and great to see so many new faces this year!

Most Valued Contribution

Marc Burton

The rules:

• 20 people are put into 5 groups of four, split by players’ abilities.
• Each of the players then play the 3 other people in their group.
• Each match is five games long and each game is 5 minutes long so every game starts and finishes at the same time, at the blow of Adam’s whistle!
• At the end of the match, the overall points are tallied up for each player and added to their totals from their earlier matches.
• Once all the matches have been played across all of the groups, the scores for each player are added up and joined secretly to another players by way of ‘names-out-of-a-hat’; randomly pairing two players together to combine their scores in the finals placings… hence the name “Hidden Doubles Tournament”.

The fun of a tournament like this is that nobody knows who is going to win until the very end at the prize giving when the final pairings are revealed, not even ADAM knows til then!!

It’s a great way to get to know other players, play some great squash against people of your own ability and have some fun because everyone has a chance of winning! Of course there are prizes as well for group winners but the overall title could go to anyone!!

Congratulations to all our winners and to all that took part!

We’re already looking forward to the next tournament on the Island.