Dear Warwickshire coaches,
Team Challenge is a local, fun, team competition. It is aimed at club players who may be less experienced in playing tennis competitions with limited, if any, experience of playing in external competitions. Team Challenge events run throughout the county, bringing clusters of clubs together to provide opportunities for club juniors to play.
As part of the county closed event, we are intending to offer two Team Challenge events. These will be restricted to players with a rating of 9.1 or lower, so offering opportunities to players who are less likely to play in the traditional County Closed event. The format will depend on the numbers entering but will involve doubles and where possible singles.
We have decided to run this on the family day of Wednesday 28 August, where a barbecue will be available for participants.
We are inviting each club in Warwickshire County area to submit one team of up to 4 players for each event. We anticipate the maximum number of players for each event will be 40. If you do not have a team of 4, please feel free to enter individual players or pairs and they will be part of teams across clubs.
Two events will be run as follows:
13.00 Event for 14 and under players, boys and girls mixed.
15.15 Event for 18 and under players, boys and girls mixed.
The format of the Team Challenge has key features to maximise player enjoyment:
• Time friendly for families, with a start/finish time within 2 to 2.5 hours
• Team scores based on games/points won, not rubbers won
• The scoring format will enable matches against a range of opponents
Entry fee, payable on the day, is £5 per player. However, advance booking is necessary, which should include the name of the club, a list of players and contact details.
This should be sent to Alison Isaacs by Friday 23 August at warwickshirelta@gmail.com
Late entries will only be accepted if there is space available, so please ask players to book early.
We hope you will support this event and enable a wider group of players to be part of our county closed activities.
Thank you.
County Closed Organiser