*** Women's Divisions that are less than 8 players will be played over two days - Saturday and Sunday ***

Tournament: 2024 Ontario Open Championships presented by ONTAB

Dates: March 22-24, 2024 (please note matches will start as early as 4:30 pm Friday and may go until mid-late afternoon Sunday)

Registration Deadline: March 13, 2024

Divisions: Men's & Women's Open, A, B, C, D, E and Age Groups 40+, 50+, 60+ and Men's 70+ 75+ (Divisions with less than 4 players will be combined)

Players are guaranteed three matches, a quality souvenir, one meal, prizes and medals for top 3 finishers
Additional or late entries will be added to a waitlist and refunded if they do not get a spot in the main draw
Registration is first come, first served. Draws limited to first 16 players registered for all divisions, except for the Open division (32 players), which will be based off PSA rankings and then club locker ratings. If they draw has over 32 players at the deadline, the bottom ranked players will be placed on a waitlist.
Open division - $30+ HST (no player package), $4500 prize pot split between the two draws. Top 6 to be paid out but all scheduled matches must be played in order to receive prize money... no defaults.

Host Venue: Mayfair Lakeshore, 801 Lakeshore Boulevard East, Toronto, Ontario, M4J3W9

Tournament Chair: Manu Dutt

Entry Fee: $95 plus HST (late entries may be accepted if feasible and will be subject to a $5 surcharge)

Start Times: Will be published by end of day on Wednesday and draws will be posted by end of day on the Thursday, the week of the tournament. Requests to change or specific start times cannot be accommodated due to the nature of the event.

Eyeguards must be worn by ALL players at Ontario Championships. Officials will be monitoring the use of eyewear.

Refunds: any withdrawals before the entry deadline will receive a refund less 15% admin fee. Any withdrawals after the entry deadline will not receive a refund

Additional policies and resources can be found on the Squash Ontario Policies webpage

PSA SATELLITE - OPEN DIVISIONS

Squash Ontario is unable to provide Inivtation Letters for Visa purposes.

Entry fee for Open divisions - $30 plus hst (no tournament souvenir or player package included)

Open division (32 players) will be based off PSA rankings and then club locker ratings for secruing spots in the draw and seedings. If they draw has over 32 players at the deadline, the bottom ranked players will be placed on a waitlist. Open matches will begin at 1pm on Friday.

All players must play out their required matches to receive prize money.

Top 6 will be paid out for each draw:

1st - 750
2nd - 550
3rd - 350
4th -250
5th - 200 (winner of 2nd Cons for men, winner of cons for women)

6th - 150 (runner up of 2nd Cons for men, runner up of cons for women)

Squash Ontario Recommended Division Play Based off of Ratings

Men’s Open – players should be 5.9 or higher
Men’s A – players should be 6.0 or lower
Men’s B – players should be 5.25 or lower
Men’s C – players should be 4.5 or lower
Men’s D – players should be 3.75 or lower
Men’s E – players should be 3.25 or lower

Women’s Open – players should be 4.8 or higher
Women’s A – players should be 4.8 or lower
Women’s B – players should be 4.15 or lower
Women’s C – players should be 3.5 or lower
Women’s D – players should be 2.85 or lower
Women’s E – players should be 2.25 or lower

REFEREE ASSESSMENTS

Any Club Level Referees are invited to email tournaments@squashontario.com if they are interested in having their refereeing assessed at this event. Assessors will be on hand throughout the event.

If you are not yet a Club Level Refere initial certification is offered through the Club Referee Course and Exam which is located at https://thelocker.coach.ca/.

You will be required to have an NCCP number to access the course/exam. Simply create a profile if you don’t have one.

After logging into your NCCP profile, click on ‘eLearning’, filter results by choosing ‘squash’ in the dropdown menu, and click on the ‘Online Referee Certification’ on the left hand side.

The tutorial will take approximately 60 minutes to complete, but you can go at your own pace and complete it in stages. The only exception is the final exam — once you start this, you must answer all questions. If you quit the program before answering all the questions, you will have to start from the beginning of the final exam the next time you log in. The cost is $35.00.

Successful completion of this course and exam will lead to a Club Referee designation.

OTHER INFORMATION

OUT OF PROVINCE PLAYERS

Please contact tournaments@squashontario.com to pay the entry fee and be added manually into the tournament. Please do not sign up through Club Locker as you DO NOT need to purchase a Squash Ontario membership, this is for Ontario residents only.

REFUND POLICY

Any withdrawals before the entry deadline will receive a refund less a 15% admin fee. Any withdrawals after the entry deadline DO NOT receive a refund.

ABOUT ONTAB INC

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