Old College Club Championships - Entries are now open!

Dear Member,

The Old College 2023 Club Championships is now open for entries. This year, we are introducing an exciting new format under the guidance of our head coach Alex Heath: the Championships will be a festival of OC tennis for two weeks from June 17th to July 1st with all matches completed during that fortnight.

Throughout each evening and weekend there will be matches on all courts. The bar will be open and food will be available. So please send your entries in by Sunday May 21st , and even if you don’t enter, come along with your family and friends to eat, drink and watch the matches.

As usual, there will be Open, Veterans and Junior events as follows:

Open Mens/Womens Singles

Open Mens/Womens Doubles

Open Mixed Doubles

Veterans Mens/Womens Singles

Veterans Mens/Womens Doubles

Veterans Mixed Doubles

U18 Boys/Girls Singles

U16 Boys/Girls Singles

U14 Boys/Girls Singles

U12 Boys/Girls Singles

U10 (green) Singles

U9 (orange) Singles

U8 (reds) Singles

KEY DATES

The deadline for entry is Sunday May 21st.

The tournament will take place from June 17th to July 1st

For events with a large number of entries we will have a qualifying round the week commencing 10th June.

All finals will be played on Finals Day on July 1st. You must be available on this date if you reach a final.

The Championships

The Tournament Director is our Head Coach, Alex Heath.

Matches for all adult events will be played at weekends and in the evenings and will be scheduled by Alex using LTA tournament planner. All courts have been booked and you will not have to arrange matches or book courts.

You must be available to play for the majority of the 2-week period of the Championships. We understand that there may be work or personal commitments and we will try and accommodate you if you cannot play on 2-3 dates during this period (please provide us with advance notice, if this is the case). If you cannot play when scheduled or at a reasonable alternative time, then you will have to forfeit the match. The decision of the Tournament director is final.

Junior matches will be played during the normal after-school club period: 4pm - 6.30pm.

Results for all events will be entered into the LTA Tournament planner daily and all members will be able to keep up to date with results and draws..

How to enter

This year, all entries will be managed through the LTA Tournament planner. This means that results will be recorded and will contribute to your World Tennis Number.

You MUST be a LTA Advantage member. This is free and very easy to join, just go to this link: https://www.lta.org.uk/advantage/

To enter the Championships, go to this link: https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/567D5EBE-7B24-4727-BCFE-46A9345DE6DF. The cost is £5 per event.

Doubles entries: Both players from each doubles pairing have to enter. The fee is £2.50 per entrant.

Don’t have a partner? - Let Alex (alexheathtennis@gmail.com) or Hamid (hamid.irshad65@gmail.com) know and they will try and match you up.

Remember, the deadline for entries is Sunday May 21st!

03/05/2023