RULES:

1. It is up to the challenger to make contact with their opponent. You may challenge anyone else on the ladder, up to and including 3 places above you.

2. The initial ranking of the players on the ladder is set up by the organiser.

3. New players can join the ladder at any moment. When you join the ladder, you may challenge any player within the bottom 3 places of the ladder. If you win, this is your new position in the ladder, if you lose, you enter the ladder at the bottom.

4. A player who is challenged must agree to a match with the challenger no later than two weeks after the challenge has been made unless:

a. The challenged player already has 2 other matches to play

b. The challenged player is unable to play due to injury, holiday etc.

c. The two players cannot mutally agree on a date and time for a match.

5. The challenger is responsible for providing reasonable tennis balls for the match.

6. It is the responsibility of the winner of the match to report the score to the ladder organiser.

7. The time of the match should be mutally agreed to by both players. Therefore if either party is more than 15 minutes late in attending an agreed match, then the late or non-attender loses the match (unless sufficient reason) Please decide before playing the game what will happen if it rains or the game has to be abandoned for any reason.

POSITIONS ON THE LADDER FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF A MATCH CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:

a. If the winner has the higher position , there is no change.

b. If the winner has the lower position, he or she takes over the higher position. The loser and all others below the winner move down one position. The calculation is based on the position of the two players when the match is recorded, not those at the time the challenge is made. It’s not unusual to find the positions of the players have changed during that interval. Please observe good sportsmanship and play your match even if you find your respective positions have changed.