GREENWICH TENNIS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021
Rules for Entry
All members (including junior members who feel they are capable of competing with adult members) are invited to enter the 2021 ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Key points are:-
You need to be available for at least part of the nominated days:
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OPEN Championship Players
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SPECIAL Championship Players (Handicap Round Robin Event)
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The OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP will be played in the same format as previous years, with early matches to be arranged personally between the players concerned. Further details below.
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The SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP will be run in a Round Robin format again this year similar to the current Internal Saturday Competition. Further details below.
EVENTS
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Ladies' and Men's Singles
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Ladies' and Men's Doubles
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Mixed Doubles
Note: SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP events are available to those with an equivalent handicap of 4 or more for the Saturday Internal Competition (as at entry closing date). Individual handicaps will be reviewed by the Match Committee. See Match Play Rules below.
Members and friends are welcome as spectators, particularly on FINALS DAY when the Club will provide some refreshments. Trophies will be presented at the Club Christmas Party - to be held this year on the same day as the OPEN FINALS - November 28th.
JOIN IN AND HELP MAKE THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS A MAJOR CLUB EVENT!
ENTRIES
Completed ENTRY FORMS stating name(s) and events to be entered may be made:
If you do not have a partner for a doubles / mixed doubles event, state “PARTNER REQUIRED” and the Competition Secretary will try to find one for you.
ENTRIES CLOSE
at 5pm Saturday 23rd October (Open Men's Singles)
at 5pm Saturday 30th October (All Other Draws)
- OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW ARRANGEMENTS The OPEN Championships draw will be posted on the clubhouse window and online on the website and sent by email to all players. The phone number and email address of each player will be on the draw sheet to facilitate contact between players. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP players must complete all matches up to and including the Quarter Finals by the end of Friday 19 November, after which the time draw for semi-finals will be made and then sent to all players involved. Players who qualify for semi-finals may send an email to the Competition Secretary requesting that they not be drawn at a particular time on SEMIFINALS DAY. Every effort will be made to accommodate the request, if possible. However, if your request cannot be satisfied and you are unable to play then regrettably you will have to forfeit. For a valid reason a replacement partner may be substituted up until the time of the first scheduled match by notifying theCompetition Secretary prior to the match being played.
- SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW ARRANGEMENTSThe SPECIAL Championship (Handicapped) draw will be posted on the website and sent by email to all players a week before the weekend of play commences.
- MATCH PLAY - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS - In OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP events, matches before the semi-finals will be one set, the winner(s) to be the first to win 8 games by a clear margin of 2 games, but a standard 7-point tiebreak to decide if the score gets to 8 all. In semi-finals and finals, matches will be 2 sets (standard tiebreak at 6 all), but if sets are tied at 1 each, the winner to be decided by a ‘super’ tiebreak to 10 points, with a clear margin of 2 points.
- MATCH PLAY - SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP events prior to the Finals will be played in the same format as the Saturday Internal Competition, with players playing each other in a Round Robin format in the best of 8 game sets – each event estimated to take 90 minutes maximum (The winners will be the ones with the most points). Details will be provided once the draw has been finalised. If a winner has not been decided based upon the Round Robin matches then a SPECIAL Finals match is to be played - one "set" of 12 games, with the winner being the player(s) with the most points (after adding their games won to their factored handicap). In the event of a tie after 12 games then the next game wins.
The draw for each event will be available on the club’s web site. It will also be posted in the club house. It is incumbent on each player in the OPEN draw to arrange a time with their respective opponent. The result of each match should be emailed to the Competition Secretary at admin@greenwichtennis.com.au and written on the draw sheet in the club house.