Competition

2024 Annual Tennis Tournament - Entries Open

We are pleased to let you know that you can now enter Woldingham Tennis Club's Annual Tennis Tournament 🏆😀

The finals day will be on Sunday 15th September. Junior finals will be in the morning, with the adult finals from 12pm (noon).

Anyone with a  realistic chance should ensure they are available to play on finals day.

Please note and important: all players are responsible for contacting their opponent (s) as early as possible to arrange a time to play their match. If a match due is well beyond the" play by date" a coin may be spun to decide the winner (s). This is so to avoid holding up the draw.

Subject to sufficient interest the following events will be: 

🎾 Adult Events 🎾

Men's singles. Ladies' singles. Men's doubles. Ladies' doubles. Mixed doubles. Men's vets' singles. Men's vets' doubles. Ladies' vets' singles. Ladies' vets' doubles - vet's events are over 50's.

Adult scoring format is below:

All adult matches will be the best of three sets, with the final set (at one set all) being a full set, unless both/all players agree to play a match tiebreak instead at the beginning of their match.

🎾 Junior Events 🎾

U/8 singles (Red). U/9 singles (orange). U/10 singles (Green). U/11, U/12, U/14, U/16, U/18 yellow ball singles - all the junior age groups will have a girls' and boys' singles event, except the red and orange ball, which will be a round robin format on the final's day itself.  This is only open to 7 years & older. (Confident 6-year-olds may be considered for the red ball event depending on experience).  You do need to register for all these competitions.

 

January to December 2024

Age Group

For players born in

8U (red)

2016 or later

9U (Orange)

2015 or 2016

10U (Green)

2014 or 2015

11U

2013 or 2014

12U

2012 - 2013

14U

2010 - 2013

16U

2008 - 2013

18U

2006 - 2013

 

Junior scoring format is below:

- Red and orange: one match tie break to 10 points with 2 points clear.
-10U: one FAST 4 set.
-11U to 18U: best of 2 FAST 4 sets, with a match tiebreak at one set all.  

Celia Edwards and Patrick Gorman will be the tournament organisers so please do contact them if you have any questions or need help.

🎾 To Enter 🎾

Please email Celia on celiaedw@yahoo.co.uk by the deadline 6th June and write 'Woldingham' in the subject line so that play can start mid-June. Please provide the following details:

          - your name
          - your contact details (email and mobile number)
          - the list of events that you would like to enter
          - if playing doubles (adults) the name of your chosen partner

If you would like to play doubles, but do not have a partner, please us know, and we will endeavour to link you with someone.
 
Kind Regards


Celia Edwards (LTA Tennis Referee)
Patrick Gorman (Head Coach)
The Tournament Organisers and Tennis Committee