BLTC Club Championships 2024
DRAWS & RESULTS :
RULES :
1. All competitors must be full adult members of Barnet L.T.C., young adults, students or juniors with senior status - it is not open to weekday members.
2. Finals Day is Saturday 20th July. Please do not enter if you are unable to play on this date. If you have other commitments this day please don’t enter. Please inform the Tournament Referee of any holidays etc. you have booked during the tournament period and you will be advised as to whether you will be able to enter. Players taking long holidays during the tournament has caused considerable problems in previous years. If players do this without giving notice they are liable to be scratched from the tournaments, as it is unfair on other competitors. Players must be available to play on both weekday evenings and weekends. It has caused major problems in recent years when players say they either can’t play during the week or they can’t play at weekends, so you must have some availability on both.
3. The Closing Date for entries for all events is 20th April. There is only on-line entry available this year.
4. The draw will be posted on the ‘Club Tournaments’ page of the club website within a few days of the closing date.
5. Both players/pairs are EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE for contacting their opponents. The player(s) who makes contact must give a choice of at least 3 dates within the play-by dates – at least 1 of these must be a weekend and at least one must be a weekday. If all the dates are refused then a walkover may be claimed. However, players should try to arrange matches within the spirit of a club competition and not deliberately try to engineer walkovers – for example, if players know their opponents are away for 3 days then offering those 3 days is not very sporting! It would also help the smooth running of the draw if the player/pair who qualify last contact the other players/pair to let them know they have played. The match winners must input the result in using the appropriate Google spreadsheet on the club website. Please do this within 24 hours of the match being played to aid the smooth running of the tournament. Your next opponent(s) may otherwise not know you have played.
6. The Tournament Referee is John Hall (Tel: 07713951489 (m), e-mail: johnhallbltc@gmail.com).. His decision in all matters is final.
7. Please note that all doubles matches this year will be 2 normal sets with tie-breaks at 6-6, and if tied at one set all a match tie break (first to 10 points and at least 2 points clear) shall be played. All singles matches will be full best of 3 sets with a conventional tie-break at 6-6 in all sets.
8. If you would like to enter a doubles event but have no partner please write `Partner Wanted' on your entry. We will then try to find a partner for you. Please do make an attempt to find a partner, as we cannot guarantee that we can pair everybody up. .
9. We always aim to involve a wide range of abilities by running ‘A’, ‘B’ and sometimes ‘C’ events depending on numbers.
10. Please observe the L.T.A. code of conduct in all rounds.