LVLTA 37th WINTER TOURNAMENT RULES

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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

1. 1. Matches are marked “H” for HOME and “A” for AWAY and must be adhered to unless it is mutually agreed otherwise with your opponents. Court playing surface to be chosen by the home team.
   2. Please arrange Matches as early as possible, try not to change the dates and note that although responsibility for arranging the match lies primarily with the HOME team, it does not preclude the AWAY team making enquiries. We request that you aim to complete at least 3 matches before the end of December. Both teams have a responsibility to ensure that the match is played before the closing date.

    

   3. Each Match is 3 short sets, (i.e. tie-break at 6 all) and the “HOME” team is responsible for providing new tennis balls.

    

   4. Wherever possible matches should be played outdoors. However, if you need to use indoor facilities or floodlights, opponents must be given advance warning of any potential costs which should be

    

   5. If you are only able to play at weekends, then you need to be available on both Saturdays & Sundays and please try to be as flexible as possible by offering several dates to your opponents.

    

   6. ALL MATCHES HAVE TO BE PLAYED & COMPLETED BEFORE THE

   CLOSING DATE. No extensions will be given

   7. “WALKOVERS” AND CONCEDED SETS AND GAMES ARE NOT

   PERMISSABLE AND CANNOT BE INCUDED IN YOUR SCORE so if a Match is unfinished for any reason, it must be completed at a later date and should be restarted at the score (Sets & Games) when play stopped.

   8. If a couple withdraw from a division without completing all of their matches before the closing date, all of their accumulated points are voided and deleted from all score sheets in their division.
   9. If 2 pairs are unable to play or complete their final match, then in the interests of fairness to the other players in the division the scores for that match for both pairs will be zero
   10. The total score for each match is 4 points in EVERY case so ensure that ALL 4 POINTS are shared between you and your opponents for each match when completing the scoresheet.

   11.SCORING

   1 POINT FOR EACH SET WON +1 POINT FOR WINNING THE MATCH = 4 POINTS

   Using the HORIZONTAL line with YOUR name enter the number of sets you have won under your opponents’ name plus 1 point if you won the match.

   Using the HORIZONTAL line with YOUR opponents’ name enter the number of sets they have won in the column under your name plus 1 point if they won.

   In the event of a tie in the division then the result of the match between the couples involved shall decide the winner

   12. In general the only circumstances in which you can change your partner after the tournament start date is if you have not played any fixtures and it has been agreed by the tournament organiser. Please note that any replacement partner must be of a similar standard to your retiring partner.
   13. As a general rule the winners of each division at the end of the tournament (except Premier) will be promoted to the next highest division and the last placed couple in each division (2 in Premier) will go down a division. If a couple had withdrawn from the previous years’ tournament it is not guaranteed that they will be placed in the same division the following year.
   14. The Committee will at their discretion promote or demote more than one couple depending on the volume and the playing standard of the entrants in the following years’ tournament and may also move couples across divisions to provide a variety of opponents for the new Tournament year.
   15. Refunds of the entry fee will not be given.

   ANY OTHER QUERIES NOT COVERED BY THE RULES PLEASE REFER TO

   Beulah Sell  [email protected]