Deep River Fun-Handicap Squash Tournament

The Deep River Curling and Squash Club (DRCSC) homepage is presently at http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/drcsc/

(Thanks to Gerald McPhee for passing this inforamation)

The main aim of the Deep River Fun-Handicap Squash Tournament was to construct a tournament that Bob Donders would not win. History reports that he won them all anyway. The most recent Fun-Handicap was reported to have been in around 1997-98.

• Level A player vs Level A player: One handicap each
• Level B player vs Level B player: One handicap each
• Level A player vs Level B player: Two handicaps for the Level A player, one handicap for the Level B player

• Weaker player always has the option of swapping handicaps, even between games.

Method: Pick cards representing a handicap out of a hat. Special card option of choosing your opponents handicap.

Handicaps that can be remembered

• hockey helmet and gloves
• eye patch
• flippers
• bounce a racquetball between each shot
• bungee cord connecting wrists (running between legs)
• racket with duct tape covering the strings
• no drops shots allowed (ball had to bounce behind the service line)
• only drop shots (ball had to bounce ahead of the service line)
• must touch a wall between each shot
• must spin 360 degrees between each shot
• etc