New pilot event running from mid Jun through to Aug 2022.

7th Aug 2022 - Finals

Congratulations to the Wombles of Wimbledon winning 6 2 in the final against Goran's Graf-ters. So completes a very successful and enjoyable pilot team league.

25th Jul 2022 - End of Group Stages

The Pilot team doubles league group stages finished yesterday. For the last 6 weeks, 8 teams have battled it out by playing 3 matches each. The winners of the 2 groups are Goran's Graf-ters (captained by Joe D) and The Wombles of Wimbledon (captained by Michael R). Both teams will now play in a play-off final, scheduled for 7th Aug.

Runners-up in the groups were The Borg Identity (Joe Mc) and Murray's Young Guns (Paul N).

3rd in each group were Bjorn Again A team (Shakil A) and McEnroe Flyers (Darren G).

4th in the groups were Lord of the Strings (Alan G) and Roddick's Rascals (Larry C).

It has been a good and enjoyable 6 weeks and hopefully the play-off match(es) will be the same.

Teams

Lord of the Strings - Alan Gaffney (capt), David MacAuley, Iona Roberts, John Taylor, Brian Thomas, Andrew Warner

Goran's Grafters - Joe Docherty (capt), Iain Dewar, Caroline Gould, Mark Joseph, Anne Halliday

The Borg Identity - Joe McSorley (capt), Mark Hone, Ally Louden, Dhirendra Mahadeva, Craig Cracknell, David Geddes

Bjorn Again "A" Team - Shakil Ahmed (capt), Yousif Ahmed, Rafi Ahmed, Sherif Amer, Danielle Gordon, Gerry McKelvie

Roddick's Rascals - Larry Conway (capt), Belinda Conway, Ronnie Faulds, Aniket Santini, Eileen Barr, Karen Coyle

McEnroe Flyers - Darren Gilmour (capt), David Whittaker, Jonathan Banks, Mike Lynch, Michaela McGowan, David Blockley

Wombles of Wimbledon - Michael Rodger (capt), Jamie Hughes, Stephen Moore, David Bennie, Robert McGowan

Murray's Young Guns - Craig Stevenson (capt), Paul Newman, Ian James, Iain MacDonald, Sandy Bonar

List of Reserves

Tony Shand, Alan McLardie, Thomas Travis, Sam Dance, Johnathan Cranstoun, Muriel Finnigan, Karl Ingram, Chris Park, Douglas Robertson, Craig Norton, Teresa Murio, Bob Valerio

Matches

Match Format

Each match is played over 2 courts and should take no longer than 2 hours. There are two rounds, each with 2 rubbers, for each match i.e. 4 rubbers per match.

1st Round
1st court - Team 1 pair 1 vs Team 2 pair 1
2nd court - Team 1 pair 2 vs Team 2 pair 2

2nd Round
1st court - Team 1 pair 1 vs Team 2 pair 2
2nd court - Team 1 pair 2 vs Team 2 pair 1

Each rubber plays 2 sets, first to win 5 games (no tie break), all sudden death deuce. e.g. 5-2 1-5
One point awarded for each set won, in total 8 points (ie 4 rubbers x 2 sets each).

Winning team (ie most sets) wins the match.
If 4 sets all, there will be a championship tie break shootout (first to 10 points, 2 clear) to decide the match winner (captain picks 1 player from each pair to play the shootout).

Example Scorecards