 The
World Squash Federation gives world junior squash a hearty
boost today with the introduction of the WSF World Junior
Circuit and accompanying World Junior Rankings.
The Under-19 age groups of countries' National Junior Opens,
along with the regional championships that take place on the
continents of the world - with the World Junior Championship
titles at the pinnacle - will form the WSF World Junior
Circuit.
Results from these events will be used to compute quarterly
WSF World Junior Rankings for young men and women at
Under-19 age level.
Announcing the initiative, WSF President N Ramachandran
pointed out: "Our member nations and regions go to great
lengths to foster the development of young talent and we can
now recognise their efforts at world level by linking
together the calendar and providing world rankings.
"We already know that this principle has been well received
within the sport and we look forward to seeing our talented
youngsters from across the world benefitting from it."
WSF Chief Executive Andrew Shelley added: "Details on
how the circuit and rankings work have been sent to the
nations. Events, including July's World Junior Individual
Championships, will come on stream from June onwards, in
advance of the first WSF Junior Ranking Lists appearing in
October.
The WSF will not be setting regulations for the events, but
once the rankings are up and running they will certainly
provide a strong guide for seedings, and for the world
rankings that players can use to measure their progress."
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