{"id":17548,"date":"2019-02-22T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T05:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?page_id=17548"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:49:59","slug":"southern-districts-tennis-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/competitions\/winter-competitions\/southern-districts-tennis-association","title":{"rendered":"Southern Districts Tennis Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>SDTA Winter Juniors &#8211; key dates and team nominations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>2026 Junior Key Dates<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Online nominations open: 13 March<\/li>\n<li>Online nominations close: 7 April<\/li>\n<li>Start of season: 1\/2 May<\/li>\n<li>Byes: 5\/6 June, 10\/11, July, 17\/18 July<\/li>\n<li>Last Minor Round: 21\/22 August<\/li>\n<li>Finals two week series: 28\/29 August, 5\/6 September<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2026 Orange Ball Key Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online nominations open: 13 March<\/li>\n<li>Online nominations close: 7 April<\/li>\n<li>Start of season: 2 May<\/li>\n<li>Byes: 5\/6 June, 10\/11, July, 17\/18 July<\/li>\n<li>Final round: 6 September<\/li>\n<li>Matches will be played using a home and away fixture, no finals<\/li>\n<li>Matches are played from 10:45am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Team Nomination\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\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>Players nominated will be required to register and activate their own Universal Tennis Rating (UTR)\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 UTR rating 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=\"https:\/\/support.tennis.com.au\/articles\/register-nominate-a-team-to-a-competition\/\" 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\/sa\/files\/2018\/08\/TA_Extreme_Weather_Policy_July_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennis Australia Weather Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis.com.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F06%2FCode-of-Behaviour-Competitive-Play-FINAL-05062023.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjacinta.oloughlin%40Tennis.com.au%7C686d68511b6247f299eb08dba9c750cc%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C638290445739360797%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z3xp0lGzVlatAnDk9nr5jwWdMQGP3w%2FmNvbYS%2BAB4SA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Code of Behaviour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftennissa.wufoo.com%2Fforms%2Fxk7wbl173xv9m%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjacinta.oloughlin%40Tennis.com.au%7C686d68511b6247f299eb08dba9c750cc%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C638290445739360797%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sIpiPWGqDBRE%2BLnCsui85fRDYxTZL9191%2BsqVxGxCug%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Code of Behaviour Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/sa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bureau of Meteorology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Match Rules Junior 2026<\/li>\n<li>SDTA Club Contact List 2026<\/li>\n<li>SDTA Venue List 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tennis SA SDTA Junior League Coordinator<\/strong><br \/>\nJacinta O&#8217;Loughlin<br \/>\njacinta.oloughlin@tennis.com.au<br \/>\nph: 0481 476 629<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SDTA Winter Juniors &#8211; key dates and team nominations 2026 Junior Key Dates Online nominations open: 13 March Online nominations close: 7 April Start of season: 1\/2 May Byes: 5\/6 June, 10\/11, July, 17\/18 July Last Minor Round: 21\/22 August Finals two week series: 28\/29 August, 5\/6 September 2026 Orange Ball Key Dates Online nominations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5870,"featured_media":0,"parent":20175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17548","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17548","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=17548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17548\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}