The Junior Development Series (JDS) ACT is a group of tournaments for beginner to intermediate players. They are designed to give players their first experience in playing a series of tournaments throughout the year.<\/p>\n
The tournaments are round robin and can offer both singles and doubles events in the 10\/U (Orange Ball), 12\/U (Green Ball), 12\/U (Yellow Ball), and 18\/U (Yellow Ball) age groups.<\/p>\n
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2026 Orange Ball Participation Points Race<\/strong><\/p>\n To help build the depth in the Orange Ball pathway, we are introducing a participation points race in 2026, that encourages consistent involvement in both JDS events and Orange Ball CTL Leagues. This builds on the existing JDS Champion of Champions event, where participation already plays a key role in player eligibility.<\/p>\n Top 8 players (based on JDS + Orange Ball CTL participation) will be invited to the ACT Champion of Champions<\/p>\n Point allocation as follows:<\/p>\n Points go towards competition for Champion of Champions.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n JDS Champion of Champions \u2013 Invitational Event Please Note: Players can enter the Champion of Champions Age Division that they are eligible for as at 1 November 2026, regardless of which Age Division they qualified in.<\/p>\n To enter an event please click on the tournament name below.<\/p>\n WHAT IS THE JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SERIES? The Junior Development Series (JDS) ACT is a group of tournaments for beginner to intermediate players. They are designed to give players their first experience in playing a series of tournaments throughout the year. The tournaments are round robin and can offer both singles and doubles events in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"parent":18546,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
<\/strong>The 2026 ACT Champion of Champions will be held at the Canberra Tennis Centre on 28 November.
Players will be invited to ACT Champion of Champions if they<\/p>\n\n
WHEN CAN I PLAY IN 2026?<\/h3>\n
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\n \u00a0Date<\/strong><\/td>\n Tournament <\/strong><\/td>\n Entries close<\/strong><\/td>\n Contact <\/strong><\/td>\n Phone<\/strong><\/td>\n Email <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7-8 Feb<\/td>\n JDS Noel Murray Cup<\/a><\/td>\n 28 Jan<\/td>\n Craig Bernard<\/td>\n 0423 416 703<\/td>\n info@jerratenniscoaching.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14-15 Feb<\/td>\n JDS Melba<\/a><\/td>\n 4 Feb<\/td>\n Sarina Kang<\/td>\n 0403306454<\/td>\n sarina@onthelinetennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21-22 Feb<\/td>\n JDS Tennis World Canberra #1<\/a><\/td>\n 11 Feb<\/td>\n Gonzalo Lopez Cervino<\/td>\n 1300836647<\/td>\n ctctournaments@tennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18-19 April<\/td>\n JDS South Canberra<\/a><\/td>\n 8 April<\/td>\n Robert Jamieson<\/td>\n 0432 118 204<\/td>\n robert@csot.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18-19 July<\/td>\n JDS Tennis World Canberra #2<\/a><\/td>\n 8 July<\/td>\n Gonzalo Lopez Cervino<\/td>\n 1300836647<\/td>\n ctctournaments@tennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1-2 August<\/td>\n JDS Weston Creek<\/a><\/td>\n 22 July<\/td>\n Robert Jamieson<\/td>\n 0432 118 204<\/td>\n robert@csot.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7-9 August<\/td>\n JDS Forrest<\/a><\/td>\n 29 July<\/td>\n Andrew Bulley<\/td>\n 0418295255<\/td>\n andrew@canberratennisacademy.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15-16 August<\/td>\n JDS North Woden<\/a><\/td>\n 5 August<\/td>\n Frank Calabria<\/td>\n 0438258624<\/td>\n frank.calabria@risingstartennis.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9-11 October<\/td>\n JDS Kippax<\/a><\/td>\n 29 Sep<\/td>\n Eliza Swiderski<\/td>\n 0422115293<\/td>\n office@ecctennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"