Amazon Tennis

Welcome to Sydney’s only lesbian tennis competition. This is a graded competition to be held on a weekly basis with a view to providing a challenging and fun sporting environment for lesbian tennis players of all levels.

Amazon is a non profit and fully volunteered operated tennis club. All monies paid to the competition will be used for court hire, plus goes back into the club to keep the competition running efficiently.

Teams: Each team will consist of 2 players of equal or similar standard.

Playing Format: 3 standard sets of doubles with short deuce & tie break at 6 all.

Grades: 
Division 1:    A & B Grade
Division 2:    C Grade
Note: there may only be 1 grade depending on numbers

Time & Venue:
Mondays 7.15pm. Start playing 7.30pm (sharp) – 9.30pm
Cintra Park, Gipps St, Concord, NSW 2137
PH: (02) 9744 2767

Competition Fees:
$10 per week (Upfront payment for the season play is required). Final amount is always determined once all registrations are received. Approx. amount is between $120 - $150 per person for the season.

Reserves System:

• Players are responsible for finding their own reserves of equal or similar ability.
• Players are responsible for organising the $10 cash back from the reserve they have asked to play on their behalf.

• General competition for points.
• Semi finals for the top four teams.
• Finals for the top two teams.
• 3 standard sets of doubles with short deuce

Point Allotment:

• 1 point per set won, 1.5 points each awarded on rainy days
• Maximum points are awarded to the opponents of the forfeiting team.

Awards: Trophy for the winners and runner-up.

Regulations:

1. 5 mins warm-up time.
2. Play commences at 7.30pm sharp.
3. The winner of a coin toss (Team 1) choose if they want to serve or receive, whilst Team 2 choose the ends. 
4. Balls to be collected at the beginning of the night from the Competition Supervisor and are to be returned to the locker together with set scores at the end of the night.
5. Any disputes are to be taken to the Competition Supervisor. The Competition Supervisor’s decision shall be final and binding.
6. Forfeiting – If a team forfeits a match, they are required to inform their opponents and Cintra Park at least 24hrs prior to the match. If the courts are not cancelled 24hrs before the match, the players will be required to pay their opponents $20.
7. Semis & finals - If one person in your team is unavailable for the semis or final then you must find a reserve from either the comp or the current reserves list. The same two people must play in the semis & final, otherwise you must forfeit. If a team forfeits the finals then the team they played in the semis will take their place. Players are to pay $20 for the 2 weeks play before playing the semis. This will pay for the semi’s and finals playoff.
8. For wet weather enquiries: Cintra Park, 9744 2767 (after 6pm)

RESERVES

The rules state that reserves need to pay $10 on the night of a game they are playing. We suggest that competition players ask the reserve to give $10 to your partner, so your partner can return the money back to you when you resume play. We have notified the reserves of this procedure.

Please do not rely on the meeting organiser to collect the $10 for you as most of the time, we do not know who is reserving for who.

FORFEITING

If a team forfeits, they should immediately inform the opponent team that your team cannot play. As the courts are now all pre-paid, there will be no refunds. The only exception will be an injury that has meant you cant play for the remainder of the season.

However, we do have some suggestions about how the courts can be utilised in event of a team forfeit.
 
Option 1:
The team who did not forfeit, can still turn up to play singles against each other.
 
Option 2:
If the courts are cancelled at least 24 hours before of the match, you can then reschedule your match to other time. Either to another day or if we do not use up the rain extension weeks, it can be used for forfeited matches. There will be no extra payment for this re-match. This way, no one looses out on the pre-payment of the court money.
 
We hope you understand why we have these rules in place and our suggestions aim to make it a fairer on everybody.