Club Tournaments
All Senior Members are welcome to enter the Club Tournaments played in the Summer season each year. These are usually played as Knockout rounds, with random draws for the initial ties and for partners in the Doubles competitions.
Tournament format and rules for 2022
Men’s and Ladies Singles
Matches comprise 2 normal tie-break sets, plus a Championship tie-break (1st pair to at least 10 points, by 2 clear points). Sudden Death on 2nd Deuce. The Finals will be played as 3 normal tie-break sets.
Men’s Veteran Singles
Matches comprise 2 normal tie-break sets, plus a Championship tie-break (1st pair to at least 10 points, by 2 clear points). Sudden Death on 2nd Deuce. The Final will be played to the same format as the other rounds.
Men’s, Ladies and Mixed Doubles
Matches comprise 3 normal tie-break sets. Sudden Death on 2nd Deuce. The Finals will be played to the same format as the other rounds.
IIf a player is injured during a match and cannot continue, they must forfeit the match and their opponent will progress to the next round. If a player cannot play the tie by the set dates, they must forfeit their place to a Lucky Loser.
Players are asked to play their matches in good time to keep the tournaments on schedule and all participants should be pro-active in arranging dates.
The winning player(s) should write the results on the sheets on the Clubhouse noticeboard (if the Clubhouse is open) or otherwise send an email to the Tournament Organiser, Stephen Wade at stepgron@btinternet.com
Club Matches
The Club arranges mid-week friendlies with other local clubs during the Summer months for Ladies Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
Matches comprise eight tie-break sets, with each pair playing four sets: two sets against one pair, and two against the other pair, from the opposing club.
Match Fixtures for Summer 2022
14th July - Ladies (Home) vs Sundridge - postponed (to be re-arranged)
16th August - Mixed (Home) vs Bromley - postponed (to be re-arranged)
Match Results for Summer 2022
16th June - Ladies (Away) vs Sundridge: Lost 2-6
30th June - Ladies (Away) vs Bromley: Lost 2-4
5th July - Men’s (Away) vs Bromley: Won 8-0
26th July - Mixed (Away) vs Bromley: Lost 2-6
2nd August - Men’s (Home) vs Bromley: Won 7-1
9th August - Ladies (Home) vs Bromley: Won 6-2
Interested in playing?
If you are interested in playing matches for the Club, please get in touch. We are keen to establish a pool of handy players we can call upon and we share appearances between those in the pool as far as we can.
To register your interest, send a message to the Club via the Contact page on the website - don’t forget to include your email address.
For Men’s and Mixed Doubles, please address your message to Brian Keegan.
For Ladies Doubles, please address your message to Kuniko Sato.