ZAMBESI TENNIS CLUB: CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021
                                                                   GENERAL COMPETITION RULES

1. Entry forms will only be accepted from contestants whose championship and membership fees are paid up to date. Completed entry forms and confirmation of payment must reach the committee (see clause 3) by Saturday 16 January 2021. Seeding will be done in accordance with the rankings ladders.

2. The championships officially commence on Saturday 23 January 2021 and the final matches and price giving function will be held on Saturday 13 March 2021. Matches will be contested in a morning and afternoon session on Saturdays. The men’s and ladies’ doubles will take place during the first 4 weeks of the competition, whereafter the singles and mixed doubles will be contested.

3. Order of play will be published on a WhatsApp group and on SportyHQ by the preceding Tuesday. You may also contact the committee for confirmation:
Cerita Joubert Jaco Bruwer
cerita@telkomsa.net jakes.bruwer@gmail.com
082 572 9806 082 468 8412

4. Tennis rules as laid down by the TSA, will apply for all club championship matches.

5. Contestants are expected to be available for the full duration during which their entered items take place. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, a contestant becomes unavailable to play as scheduled the committee must be informed forthwith. The committee will give directions on how to handle the situation.

6. Contestants qualify as veterans if born before 1967. Junior members born before 2010 (who at least turn 12 this year) may enter the open categories of the club championships.

7. The committee will determine the format of matches in a competition based on the number of entries and will allocate doubles partners where necessary. Where too few entries are received contestants that entered the veteran division will be placed in the corresponding open category.

8. Knockout and final matches will be determined by playing the best of three (3) tiebreak sets, whereby the final (3rd) set will be a 10-point tiebreaker. A player who loses in the first knockout round will automatically be placed in the plate draw. The round robin matches will consist of 13 games. If the score is 6 all, a 7-point tiebreaker must be played to determine the winner.

9. No match umpires will be provided by the committee. If required, a club member who is accepted by all contestants may act as umpire.

10. The starting times of matches will be subject to the completion of any prior scheduled matches. Contestants, who fail to arrive within fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled starting time of matches in the knockout format, will forfeit that match as well as their entry fee.

11. If a contestant becomes injured during a match a maximum of 10 minutes injury timeout will be allowed. If such contestant is not able to complete a match in the knockout format, the opponent will receive a walk-over. In the round robin format, any continued participation will be in the exclusive discretion of the committee.

ENTRY FEES:
      Singles Events = R40
      Doubles Events = R30 per person

NOTE:
    • THE COMMITTEE WILL MATCH DOUBLES PARTNERS WHERE REQUIRED.
    • IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH VETERAN ENTRIES, THE VETERAN PLAYERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED IN THE MAIN OPEN DRAWS.