13 March 2015 | Tennis Victoria

FAST4 competitions are about to kick off around Victoria with 5 selected venues running pilot FAST4 tennis competitions. These pilots will be the starting point for FAST4 before the national roll out in October this year.

What is FAST4 Tennis?

FAST4 is a new modified social play, competition format developed with the time-poor adult in mind, the FAST4 format ensures that everyone, anywhere has time for tennis. The fundamentals of the sport stay the same, but there are four innovative rules that ensure matches are fast, competitive, exciting and can be completed in a reasonable period of time.

The 4 innovative rules include:

1. Play Lets
2. No Ad Scoring
3. Tiebreaker at 3 games all
4. First to 4 games wins

FAST4 tennis competitions consist of a 60 minute experience, consisting of 3 FAST4 doubles sets time capped at 20 minutes per set.

You don’t have to have played tennis before. These FAST4 tennis competitions have two sections catering for all playing standards. Social/Beginner for those who haven’t necessarily played a tennis competition before and Intermediate/Advanced for the past player who have a more confidence in their ability.

FAST4 Tennis Competitions will be at the following Venues:

• Warrnambool Lawn Tennis Club- Thursday nights from 5^th March – 26^th March
• Dingley Tennis Club- Tuesday nights from 17^th March – 28^th April
• Hume Community Tennis Centre- Monday nights from 23^rd March – 27^th April
• Hume Community Tennis Centre- Saturday mornings from 28^th March – 2^nd May
• Boroondara- Thursday nights from 2^nd April – 7^th May
• Royal Park- Sunday afternoons from 12^th April – 10^th May

With the focus on participate rather than result, random spot prizes will be given out at the end of each nights play for categories such as best dressed team or most enthusiastic player.

To enter a FAST4 competition click here.  Choose the venue you wish to play at and fill in the online form.  When entering players don’t need to commit to all weeks of the competition, instead you can pick the weeks that suit you best.