Antonine
Caroline Springs
Caroline Chisholm
CRC Sydenham
CRC North Keilor
CRC Melton
Emmanuel
Kolbe
MacKillop
Marymede
Penola
Salesian
St Monica's
Thomas Carr
Major Sports Carnivals
Junior Golf
Juniors
Carnival Dates
Intermediate
Carnival Dates
*Possible Boys and Girls Singles, Section A in Junior and Intermediate Tournaments – TBC by HoS Group
Senior
Carnival Dates
Senior entries competition are due to the Executive Officer Monday 18th February 2019.
Junior and Intermediate competition entries are due Friday 23rd August 2019.
Playing a match and organisation
No warm ups are permitted once the tournament begins. Courts are available from 8.30am for schools to use for warm up.
Prior to the start of a match, players from each of the schools must meet on the court introduce themselves and check the correct teams are playing
ALL serves must be overarm
The winning team will be responsible for delivery of the score slip to the organisers table. Both players of the winning school must initial the slip.
Assistants will be at the courtside, but students will be required to umpire their own matches.
In the case of a dispute, the point must be replayed with a staff member present. If you are unhappy with any situation that arises then please contact the organisers to assist.
It is the responsibility of the team manager and captain to make sure that all matches are completed.
Players should be aware of their matches and the courts that they are played on. It is the responsibility of the players to check their position on the ladders heading into the finals. If players are not able to be found for scheduled matches or finals, they may forfeit their match.
Reserves
Schools are responsible for bringing reserve players to cover for injured players if they wish to, only original doubles players must not be interchanged into other doubles teams. For example; -a boy in the Boys Doubles A cannot play in the Mixed Doubles but must play in the Boys Doubles A only.
Once an interchange has been made to a team, the removed player cannot play again throughout the day for that team or any other team.
Players can only compete in one team/ category for the day of competition; Eg- A player who is the singles player, can not also be in a doubles team.
Game Length
Juniors and Intermediates
For each match the first team to four (4) games will win. Teams must not play extra games! At three games all a tiebreaker will be played with the first team to five points declared the winner– NO 2 POINT ADVANTAGE REQUIRED
Seniors
For each match the first team to five (5) games will win. Teams must not play extra games! At four games all a tiebreaker will be played with the first team to five points or a two-point advantage declared the winner.
Scoring
No advantage will be played at deuce; the next point will win.
The ladder will be based on 4 points for a winning match and 0 for a loss.
To separate teams with the same number of wins, a column based upon games won/games lost will then be used.
Staff are encouraged to check the ladders regularly and report any concerns immediately.