{"id":15402,"date":"2018-08-03T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T05:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?page_id=15402"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:33:25","slug":"southern-district-tennis-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/competitions\/summer-competitions\/southern-district-tennis-association","title":{"rendered":"Southern Districts Tennis Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>SDTA Key Dates and Team Nominations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0Seniors 2025\/26 Key Dates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Online nominations open, Monday 11 August<\/li>\n<li>Online nominations close, Thursday 4 September<\/li>\n<li>Start of season, Saturday 11 October<\/li>\n<li>Last match before Christmas, 13 December<\/li>\n<li>Season recommences, 31 January<\/li>\n<li>Last round to be on, 14 March<\/li>\n<li>Finals, 21 March &amp; 28 March<\/li>\n<li>Matches will not be played over the Adelaide Cup Long Weekend \u2013 7 March<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Juniors 2025\/26 Key Dates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Online nominations open, Monday 11 August<\/li>\n<li>Friday Juniors online nominations close, Thursday 4 September<\/li>\n<li>Saturday Juniors online nominations close, Thursday 11 September<\/li>\n<li>Start of season, 17\/18 October<\/li>\n<li>Last match before Christmas, 12\/13 December<\/li>\n<li>Season recommences, 30 January\/31 January<\/li>\n<li>Last minor round to be, 13\/14 March<\/li>\n<li>Finals, 20\/21 March &amp; 27\/28 March<\/li>\n<li>Matches will not be played over the Adelaide Cup Long Weekend \u2013 6\/7 March<\/li>\n<li>Friday Night matches to commence at 6:30pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Orange Ball 2024\/25 Key Dates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Played over six to eight Saturday mornings split into two seasons in Term 4 and Term 1<\/li>\n<li>Term 4 Dates\n<ul>\n<li>Nominations Open: Monday 11 August<\/li>\n<li>Nominations Close: Thursday 4 September<\/li>\n<li>Start Date: 18 October<\/li>\n<li>Final Round: 13 December<\/li>\n<li>Matches will not be played during the Christmas Pageant &#8211; 1 November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Term 1 Dates\n<ul>\n<li>Nominations Open: 22\/12\/2024<\/li>\n<li>Nominations Close: 21\/01\/2025<\/li>\n<li>Start Date: Saturday, 31\/01\/2025<\/li>\n<li>Finals Round: Saturday, 28\/03\/2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Matches will be played using a home and away fixture<\/li>\n<li>Matches are played from 10:45am<\/li>\n<li>Matches will not be played over the Adelaide Cup Long Weekend &#8211; 7 March<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Team Nomination\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>A Tennis Club affiliated with Tennis SA may nominate a team to compete within SDTA<\/li>\n<li>Nominations shall be submitted online via League Manager \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leaguemanager.tennis.com.au\/#\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Nomination will require a nominating club to name in Order of Merit the players which it proposes to play in its team. Players who are listed as reserves will not be taken into account when grading and require approval if they wish to play<\/li>\n<li>All players nominated must have registered and activated their own Competitive Player Profile to compete\n<ul>\n<li>Clubs can no longer create a profile. A profile must be created by a player or parent\/caregiver<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/competitiveplay\/register-and-activate-your-utr#:~:text=Register%20and%20Activate%20your%20UTR%20Rating&amp;text=Simply%20register%20with%20Tennis%20Australia,have%20already%20completed%20these%20steps.&amp;text=Login%20to%20your%20existing%20account,directed%20to%20a%20new%20screen.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instructions found here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Players with a Competitive Player Profile can only be selected<\/li>\n<li>Select preferred division<\/li>\n<li>Clubs will receive an invoice once teams are final<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/support.tennis.com.au\/?s=online+nominations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Team Nomination Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Other Information<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TA-Extreme-Weather-Policy-effective-13-Oct-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennis Australia Weather Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/compete\/getting-started\/code-of-behaviour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Behaviour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tennissa.wufoo.com\/forms\/xk7wbl173xv9m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Behaviour Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Seniors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Senior Match Rules 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/leagues\/23767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Fixture 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/divisions\/57387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Seniors Mixed Doubles Fixtures 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Club Contact List 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Venue List 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Juniors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34213\">SDTA Junior Match Rules 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/organisations\/1069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Saturday Junior Fixtures 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/leagues\/23715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Friday Junior Fixtures 2025\/2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Club Contact List 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Venue List 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Orange Ball<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2024\/04\/HSMP-Orange-Ball-Rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Match Rules 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/leagues\/23717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDTA Orange Ball Fixtures 2025\/26<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tennis SA Junior League Coordinator<\/strong><br \/>Jacinta O&#8217;Loughlin<br \/><a href=\"Jacinta.oloughlin@Tennis.com.au\">Jacinta.oloughlin@Tennis.com.au\u00a0<\/a><br \/>ph: 0481 476 629<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennis SA Senior League Coordinator<\/strong><br \/>Steve Dawson<br \/>stephen.dawson@Tennis.com.au<br \/>ph: 0481 463 698<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SDTA Key Dates and Team Nominations \u00a0Seniors 2025\/26 Key Dates Online nominations open, Monday 11 August Online nominations close, Thursday 4 September Start of season, Saturday 11 October Last match before Christmas, 13 December Season recommences, 31 January Last round to be on, 14 March Finals, 21 March &amp; 28 March Matches will not be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5870,"featured_media":0,"parent":20171,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15402","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15402\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}