A Box Ladder is a ladder tournament broken down into round robins (boxes), where you play against every other player in your group. At the end of a period, players are regrouped using promotion, relegation and addition of new players.

1. Boxes will have 4 players in each (based on player levels as assessed by senior players at the club)
2. Box #1 would therefore be the best 4 players and so on
3. When the cycle ends, 1 player would move one level down and 1 player from the box belowwould move up (relegation / promotion style)

Ladder Format

1. The 4 players in a Box are expected to play each other at least once in an official game
2. A match should be 2 full sets or 1 full set and a 10 point tie-break (players can agree what works for them)

Scoring system

1. Winner (both sets): 4 points / loser: 1 point
2. 1 set each won: 2 points to both players

Ladder Admin

1. Ateesh will manage the results table - just send your scores to him after playing and he'll circulate updated tables every two weeks
2. If it's a success, we'll sort getting dedicated software but for the first cycle, Ateesh will stick to Google sheets

Ladder Cycle / timeline

1. We are planning to start the ladder cycle from 7 April 2025 (Monday) and all matches need to be completed by 15 June 2025
2. We'll lock down the Ladder Boxes on 5 April (Friday) so more people are welcome to join the Ladder till then. Anyone joining after that date would have to join the bottom box

If you don't fancy the ladder, you are still very welcome to join the Whatsapp Singles matches enthusiasts group to arrange ad hoc hits or matches. It has already proven quite a hit with lot of folks.

As of 14:41 26 March 2025, the WhatsApp group has 20 members of whom 15 have already signed up for the Ladder. We would welcome more people to join!!

If you are keen to get on the Singles Enthusiasts WhatsApp group, please contact Sylvia, Ateesh or any of the folks who you might know are already on the group!