{"id":189,"date":"2015-08-12T15:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T05:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:36:39","slug":"junior-development-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/competitions\/events-tournaments\/junior-development-series","title":{"rendered":"Junior Development Series ACT"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHAT IS THE JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SERIES?<\/h3>\n

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

Champion of Champions \u2013 Invitational Event
<\/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

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  1. Winner of a pool of a JDS tournament and <\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Have played a minimum of 3 tournaments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    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

    WHEN CAN I PLAY IN 2026?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    \u00a0Date<\/strong><\/td>\nTournament <\/strong><\/td>\nEntries close<\/strong><\/td>\nContact <\/strong><\/td>\nPhone<\/strong><\/td>\nEmail <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    7-8 Feb<\/td>\nJDS Noel Murray Cup<\/a><\/td>\n28 Jan<\/td>\nCraig Bernard<\/td>\n0423 416 703<\/td>\ninfo@jerratenniscoaching.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    14-15 Feb<\/td>\nJDS Melba<\/a><\/td>\n4 Feb<\/td>\nSarina Kang<\/td>\n0403306454<\/td>\nsarina@onthelinetennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    21-22 Feb<\/td>\nJDS Tennis World Canberra #1<\/a><\/td>\n11 Feb<\/td>\nGonzalo Lopez Cervino<\/td>\n1300836647<\/td>\nctctournaments@tennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    18-19 April<\/td>\nJDS South Canberra<\/a><\/td>\n8 April<\/td>\nRobert Jamieson<\/td>\n0432 118 204<\/td>\nrobert@csot.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    18-19 July<\/td>\nJDS Tennis World Canberra #2<\/a><\/td>\n8 July<\/td>\nGonzalo Lopez Cervino<\/td>\n1300836647<\/td>\nctctournaments@tennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1-2 August<\/td>\nJDS Weston Creek<\/a><\/td>\n22 July<\/td>\nRobert Jamieson<\/td>\n0432 118 204<\/td>\nrobert@csot.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    7-9 August<\/td>\nJDS Forrest<\/a><\/td>\n29 July<\/td>\nAndrew Bulley<\/td>\n0418295255<\/td>\nandrew@canberratennisacademy.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    15-16 August<\/td>\nJDS North Woden<\/a><\/td>\n5 August<\/td>\nFrank Calabria<\/td>\n0438258624<\/td>\nfrank.calabria@risingstartennis.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    9-11 October<\/td>\nJDS Kippax<\/a><\/td>\n29 Sep<\/td>\nEliza Swiderski<\/td>\n0422115293<\/td>\noffice@ecctennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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}]}}