STARTS 1ST OCTOBER 2019
To enter please send your name and phone number to Olly O at shub_star@yahoo.co.uk. The first round of fixtures will be published on October 1st, so please enter by September 29th!
MEN AND LADIES WELCOME
• 4 matches per round (each round runs for 2 months) – 3 rounds in total.
• Each match is 12 games – should only take an hour or so of your time.
• Players are grouped into divisions consisting of players of similar levels.
• Promotions and relegations means divisions are mixed up after rounds 1 and 2.
• 6 months of singles play leading to being declared the KLTC Singles Box League Champion!
• Good fun and good competitive tennis – get to play people from the club you may never have faced before.
KLTC SINGLES BOX LEAGUE 2019/20 RULEBOOK
(October 2019 – March 2020)
- EACH MATCH CONSISTS OF 12 GAMES (SCORES CAN RANGE FROM 12-0 TO 6-6) – MATCHES WILL THEREFORE RARELY LAST LONGER THAN 1 HOUR
- IF FLOODLIGHTS ARE REQUIRED, IT’S £5 FOR AN HOUR (PLAYERS TO SPLIT THIS)
- PLAYERS WILL BE GROUPED INTO DIVISIONS BASED ON THEIR PLAYING LEVEL
- EACH DIVISION WILL CONSIST OF 5 PLAYERS – MEANING EACH PLAYER WILL PLAY 4 MATCHES PER ROUND (POSSIBLY 5 MATCHES IF IN A DIVISION OF 6 PLAYERS)
- EACH ROUND WILL BE PLAYED OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD (GIVING ENOUGH TIME TO ARRANGE YOUR MATCHES)
- ROUND 1 (OCTOBER – NOVEMBER) | ROUND 2 (DECEMBER – JANUARY) | ROUND 3 (FEBRUARY – MARCH)
- AT THE END OF EACH ROUND THERE WILL BE PROMOTIONS AND RELEGATIONS ACROSS THE DIVISIONS – SO YOU GET NEW PLAYERS TO PLAY EACH ROUND
- UP TO YOU TO ARRANGE YOUR MATCHES AT TIMES TO SUIT YOU – BUT ALL MATCHES MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF EACH ROUND (THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS AS WE ROLL STRAIGHT INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF MATCHES)
- REMEMBER TO USE ‘CLUBSPARK’ TO BOOK MATCHES / CHECK COURT AVAILABILITY
- 1 POINT IS AWARDED FOR EVERY GAME WON (SO SCORECARDS MUST STATE THE FULL SCORE PLEASE)
- NO POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR UNPLAYED MATCHES (NOTHING CAN BE CLAIMED OR CONCEDED)
- BONUS POINTS
~ 2 BONUS POINTS FOR EACH WIN (OR 3 BONUS POINTS FOR EACH WIN WHILST IN DIVISION 1)
~ 1 BONUS POINT FOR EACH COMPLETED MATCH
~ BONUS POINTS BASED ON WHERE YOU FINISH IN A DIVISION (FROM 5 TO 1) - IF THERE IS A TIE AT THE END OF A ROUND – CRITERIA IS HEAD TO HEAD, THEN NUMBER OF WINS, THEN GAMES WON & FINALLY COIN TOSS
- FOR PLAYERS WHO PLAY 5 MATCHES, YOUR BEST 4 RESULTS ARE CHOSEN
- A LEAGUE TABLE WILL BE POSTED AT THE END OF EACH ROUND – THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST POINTS AT THE END OF ROUND 3 WILL BE CROWNED “SINGLES BOX LEAGUE CHAMPION!”