Texas Longhorn Racquetball

The challenge ladder will be brought to club nights. It will be taped onto the glass of court #6. On racquetball club nights first you must place a check in the box next to your name.

At 7:00 PM you may begin challenge ladder matches. You may challenge the next person above you who has checked in. If someone challenges you that is lower than you, you must accept the challenge that night. If you can't play the match then, you must schedule it within 7 days.

You may challenge up 3 spots on the ladder if you not in the top 10. You may only challenge up 2 spots if you are ranked between 1 and 10. If on a club night, there is no one present whom you are elligible to challenge, you may challenge the next closest person who has checked in on the challenge ladder.

You may challenge the same person as many times as you want. However the person being challenged has the right to challenge up first. This person has 7 days to challenge up or else they can be challenged again. (This is now called the Jesse Wells Rule)

Matches will be played the same as a tournament. 2 out of 3 games. First 2 games are to 15 and the tie-breaker, if necessary, is to 11.

When someone challenges you, you must try to play that night. If this is not possible, you have 7 days to accept the challenge. It is the responsibility of the person being challenged to find a time that he can play. This time does not have to be on a club night. If in 7 days the challenge match has not taken place, the challenger wins by forfeit. You must email the person who you want to challenge and schedule a time to play. The 7 day time peroid starts at this time. This message must also be sent to the contact person below to veryify the date.

All new people to the club will start at the bottom of the ladder, and they are entitled to one and only one Open Challenge. A new person may challenge anyone on the ladder. If he wins, he will move above the person he challenged, and everyone below that will move down 1 spot. If the challenger loses, he will have to remain on the bottom of the ladder and work his way up. You have one month from when you join the club to use your open challenge.

Club members absent for more than 4 club meetings in a row will be lowered in their ranking according to the following: If in the top 10, drop 2 spots. If out of the top ten, drop 3. When higher ranked players don't come, it prevents the lower ranked people from moving up.

If a lower ranked player on the ladder beats a higher ranked player in a USRA Sanctioned tournament, the lower ranked player moves to the higher ranked position, the higher ranked player moves down 1 spot.

If the lower ranked person wins the challenge match, he or she should email contact person the results.