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Magic Challenge rules for October 2025

Matches played to date

General information and rules

23/24 and 24/25 events

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Current positions:

update 05-11-25
				P	W	L		magic rise		last match
1		rob miles		11	11	0				30/10/2025
2		chris hindle		12	8	4				13/08/2025
3		luke butler		20	8	12				14/10/2025
4		mark stewart		13	8	5				02/11/2025
5		nicola d'orazio		11	6	5				29/09/2025
6		adrian bonnett		14	9	5				11/06/2025
7		simon dover		14	9	5				29/09/2025
8		duncan huleatt-james		3	2	1				30/10/2025
9		silvio sinibaldi		4	3	1				24/09/2025
10		peter spencer		21	13	8				06/10/2025
11		john bright		10	4	6				19/06/2025
12		gerry lynch		1	1	0		+15		05/11/2025
13		jessica bonnett		6	2	4				05/11/2025
14		jacob haddad		3	2	1				23/10/2025
15		tom gunning		4	3	1				03/11/2025
16		bruce mcarthur		7	3	4				15/10/2025
17		kelly mitchell		5	1	4				02/11/2025
18		james sapwell		14	5	9				08/07/2025
19		teresa ravenscroft		9	4	5				24/09/2025
20		bob chapman		2	2	0				17/02/2025
21		ben mcarthur		4	2	2				01/11/2025
22		mark franklin		3	2	1				04/10/2025
23		cameron mcarthur		3	0	3				03/11/2025
24		matthew stewart		1	1	0				09/10/2025
25		lisa ford		2	0	2				15/10/2025
26		krassimira jeliazkova-jones		9	0	9				23/03/2025
27		aaron kaye		1	0	1				06/08/2025
28		dan terrett		0	0	0
29		dimitri deschaume		0	0	0

 

The general ladder rules can be found lower down.  However, for October 2025 special rules come into force!

Magic Challenge Month - Revised rules.

October 2025 is another Magic Challenge Month, with a change from the last one in June 2025.

Every player in the ladder will now have UNLIMITED magic challenges for the month, where they can challenge anyone on the ladder, with no restriction on the number of places above.

However, only one active challenge allowed at a time still applies, and you can only challenge the same person once under a magic challenge in October.

Should the challenge be successful, then the winner will take the loser’s position in the ladder with the loser dropping directly below them - not swapping places. (Please ensure you update the ladder in the clubhouse when doing this). 7 days must pass before challenging back after a loss, in order to allow another challenger to try their luck.

All magic challenges MUST be recorded before played and the result recorded on the ladder WhatsApp group to be considered valid.

Please try and play challenges as quickly as possible - aim to complete within 10 days max.  If you can’t complete and have to concede, it’s only 1 place after all.

Challenges can be issued from this Wednesday 1st October right up until 31st October inclusive, but must be completed by end of 14th November.

Hopefully that’s clear, and people will use it to make some big moves.

Good luck.

 

 

Matches played

in matches underlined, the winner moved up the ladder.

06/11/2025		James beat Teresa
05/11/2025		Gerry beat Jessica
03/11/2025		Tom beat Cameron
02/11/2025		Mark S beat Kelly
01/11/2025		Ben w/o Helen
30/10/2025		Rob beat Duncan
23/10/2025		Jacob beat Tom
22/10/2025		Jessica beat Ben
15/10/2025		Tom beat Bruce
15/10/2025		Ben beat Lisa
14/10/2025		Luke beat Mark S
09/10/2025		Matthew beat Lisa
06/10/2025		Luke beat Peter
05/10/2025		Bruce beat Kelly
04/10/2025		Mark F beat Ben
29/09/2025		Mark S w/o Nicola
29/09/2025		Simon beat Peter S
24/09/2025		Teresa beat Bruce
24/09/2025		Simon beat Silvio
30/08/2025		Duncan beat Peter S
16/08/2025		Peter S beat Kelly
13/08/2025		Chris beat Nicola
08/08/2025		Peter S beat Luke
07/08/2025		Rob beat Mark
06/08/2025		Jacob beat Aaron
13/07/2025		Nicola beat Mark
13/07/2025		Peter S beat Kelly
11/07/2025		Rob beat Luke
09/07/2025		Duncan beat Simon
08/07/2025		James beat Mark F
01/07/2025		Rob beat Jacob
25/06/2025		Mark S beat Luke
21/06/2025		Peter beat James
20/06/2025		Silvio beat Simon
19/06/2025		John beat Bruce
17/06/2025		Kelly beat James
13/06/2025		Mark F beat Cameron
11/06/2025		Adrian beat Simon
02/05/2025	F	Rob beat Chris
22/04/2025	SF	Rob beat Simon
13/04/2025	SF	Chris beat Luke
07/04/2025		Luke beat John
07/04/2025		Mark w/o Nicola
23/03/2025		Tom beat Krassimira
22/03/2025		Rob beat Adrian
16/03/2025		Simon beat Mark
01/03/2025		Adrian beat Jess
01/03/2025		Rob beat Simon
24/02/2025		Mark beat Peter S
17/02/2025		Silvio beat Andrew
17/02/2025		Bob beat Peter F
15/02/2025		Simon beat Nicola
09/02/2025		Bruce beat Cameron
08/02/2025		Silvio bt Krassimira
25/01/2025		Simon beat Peter S
19/01/2025		Chris beat Simon
14/01/2025		Bob beat Andrew
21/12/2024		Simon beat Peter S
15/12/2024		Simon beat Helen
09/12/2024		Simon w/o Bobby
26/11/2024		James beat PeterF
24/11/2024		Simon beat Krassimira
18/11/2024		Luke beat Adrian
17/11/2024		Nicola beat Mark
11/11/2024		Andrew w/o Krassimira
28/10/2024		Mark w/o Helen
12/10/2024		James beat Bruce
29/09/2024		Bruce beat Cecily
21/08/2024		Mark beat Bobby
23/07/2024		Mark beat Andrew
21/07/2024		Nicola beat Peter S
12/06/2024		Adrian beat Luke
05/06/2004		Neil beat Bobby
26/04/2024	F	Rob beat Chris
02/04/2024	SF	Chris beat Adrian
01/04/2024	SF	Rob beat David
24/03/2024		Adrian beat Luke
22/03/2024		Chris beat Peter S
17/03/2024		Nicola beat John
13/03/2024		Peter F beat Andrew
08/03/2024		Teresa beat Peter F
06/03/2024		Peter S beat Luke
03/03/2024		Neil bt James
23/02/2024		Andrew beat Cecily
20/02/2024		Bobby beat Jess
17/02/2024		Nicola beat Neil
16/02/2024		Ceily beat Krassimira
13/02/2024		Peter S beat Luke
09/02/2024		Andrew beat Krassimira
07/02/2024		Peter S beat Bobby
02/02/2024		Peter F w/o Ben
26/01/2024		David beat Adrian
26/01/2024		Neil beat James
09/01/2024		Neil beat Teresa
24/12/2023		Andy beat Krassimira
15/12/2023		Teresa beat Andrew
08/12/2023		Andrew beat Krassimira
27/11/2023		Chris beat Nicola
23/11/2023		Adrian beat Luke
14/11/2023		Peter S beat John
11/11/2023		James beat Taylor
10/11/2023		Peter S beat Bobby
09/11/2023		Adrian beat David
01/11/2023		Luke beat Adrian
31/10/2023		Rob beat John
30/10/2023		Steve beat James
28/10/2023		Steve beat Teresa
27/10/2023		David beat John	Luke beat Bobby
25/10/2023		Adrian beat Chris
23/10/2023		Neil beat Krassimira
22/10/2023		Nicola beat James	David beat Luke
16/10/2023		Jess beat Taylor
08/10/2023		Chris beat James
07/10/2023		Peter S beat Helen
06/10/2023		John beat Bobby
04/10/2023		John beat Luke
02/10/2023		Peter S beat Teresa
29/09/2023		Rob beat Chris
28/09/2023		Adrian beat David
27/09/2023		Luke beat Teresa
24/09/2023		Chris beat Luke	Adrian beat John
23/09/2023		Luke beat Taylor	James beat Teresa
22/09/2023		Teresa beat Helen
21/09/2023		David beat James
19/09/2023		Peter S beat Jess	Bobby beat Helen
17/09/2023		David beat Bobby	John beat James

 

 

 

We revived the club's singles ladder in autumn 2023.

The initial group of members were placed on the "Ladder", in a random order drawn by Fatima Whitbread and David on Sunday 17th. September.

General rules for challenges & playing matches

Any current ladder player may challenge any other player up to 4 places above. 

The challenge must be accepted and the match played within 2 weeks, or the challenger will be deemed the winner and the challenge expunged.  Should a player withdraw from an agreed challenge, the challenger shall be given a walkover, along with any associated changes to the ladder positions.

The winner of each match will take the place of the loser, if the loser was higher on the ladder, with the loser moving down one rung.  If not, the players remain in their same positions.   (Rule updated October 2025).

At any time, players can have only one live challenge match in progress.

No-one can challenge the same player more than twice within any 4 week period. 

Matches will be one long set only, first to 8 games by 2 clear games, with a tie-break at 8-8 if required.  (So someone could win 9-7 without going to a tie-break).

New entrants that want to join for the first time will be given one initial "magic challenge" to enable them to challenge in at a suitable level (advice on this can be given).  If they win they take the place of the loser (as above); if they lose, they join the ladder at the bottom.  A new joiner won't appear on the ladder until they play their first match.  (Rule updated October 2025).

All members must be prepared to play regularly and ideally at least once every 2 weeks, or lose their position.

The ladder board is displayed in the hut, and it is the responsibility of the challenge winner to update any positional changes as soon as the match is completed. It would help if the winner could also take a photo of the board after the update and share via the WhatsApp group (or email). In that way we should have good "point in time backups" should we need them. 

At this point in time, there is no requirement to record the match scores, although it would be good to share details of proposed challenges and results with other members (via email or ladder WhatsApp groups). 

Except where stated above, usual rules of tennis apply.

Any queries or disputes over the rules should be directed to the ladder organiser (David B) or his assistant (John Bright), whose decisions will be final.

 

Summary of 23/24 and 24/25 events:

On April 7th. 2024, the top 4 players were decided.  Number 1 (David)  played Number 4 (Rob), and Number 2 (Chris) played Number 3 (Adrian) in the two-semi-finals in early April.  The two semi-final winners (Rob & Chris) met in a grand final on 26th April.  Rob was the ladder champion for 2024.

Special rules came into force for the conclusion of the 24/25 competition.

From close of play on 16th March 2025, the four players on the top 4 places of the ladder were not able to challenge each other, but were obliged to accept one last challenge from eligible players (those within 4 places) who are outside of the top four. The challenging "up to four places above" rule still applied.  If the challenger won, they would take the place in the top 4 - however in this situation the loser could challenge them back within 7 days to try and regain their place. 

On 7th April, the top 4 players were decided. 

Number 2 (Chris) prevailed 9-7 against Number 3 (Luke) in a very close match in the first semi-final.  On 22nd April Number 1 (Rob) beat Number 4 (Simon).  The two semi-final winners played in a grand final on 2nd May.  A very high-quality match, watched by a big crowd - Chris went a break up to get a 5-3 lead, but Rob recovered to win the last 5 games and prevail 8-5.  Photos below.  A new ladder year now commences, to find the champion for 2025-26.  Rob is the ladder champion for 2024/25.  

As before, the ladder competition will continue to roll on throughout the year in parallel with the club's summer tournaments, with the aim being for a champion to be crowned on the 1st May every subsequent year.  Should there be deemed to be any conflicts with the summer tournament games then ladder matches should be deferred as necessary. 

Good luck!