Following feedback last summer about problems with court availability in the evenings, particularly during June when the evenings were at their longest and all 13 Tournament events were in full flow, this year we are going to spread the events over a slightly longer period to hopefully improve this situation.
Open Tournament : Doubles finals Saturday 18th July, Singles finals Saturday 12th September
Veterans Tournament : all finals Sunday 19th July
Handicap Finals : Ladies singles, Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles Saturday 26th September
Men’s Singles & Ladies Doubles Sunday 27th September
Please do not enter a tournament if you are not available for the relevant finals days listed.
As only one third of our courts are shale, we are only going to have one of the three tournaments on shale this summer which will also hopefully help balance court utilisation.
The Final of the Open and Handicap tournaments will be on the HARD courts, and the Veteranswill be on the SHALE. Where possible earlier rounds should be played on the corresponding surface, but obviously court availability may mean this is not always possible.
The suggestion was raised at the AGM of returning the finals to a “best of three-sets” rather than having a champions tie-break to 10 points instead of a full third set. However, after lengthy discussion and feedback from finalists, members, families and organisers, we have decided to keep the champions tie-break system for this season’s tournament finals. Earlier rounds will continue to be best of three sets.
EMAIL UPDATES AND MATCH DEADLINES
As last year, we will continue to send out regular email updates of any competitions members have entered, so please ensure you include your email address on your membership details, or advise Janet of any changes to your details.
As this means you will have no excuse for not being aware of your opponents or when deadlines for playing matches are, we will again be strictly enforcing the play-by dates without exception. Each round will have at least 3 weeks and frequently longer for you to get matches played
We have reduced the entry fee to £3 per person per event, which must be paid at the same time as the entry is submitted, or your entry will not be accepted.
Open and Veteran Tournament entries must be in by 1st April, and Handicap Tournament entries by 1st June.
In all cases, subs and tournament entry fees must be paid – for doubles events this means both partners must have paid for the entry to be valid. If entering a doubles event without a partner simply specify “partner wanted” and all such entries will be randomly drawn into pairs, or entry fees returned if none available.
Note that all the Handicap tournament doubles events will have partners drawn.
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