{"id":24536,"date":"2020-12-08T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=24536"},"modified":"2020-12-08T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T06:15:06","slug":"2021-country-week-update-entries-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2020\/12\/08\/2021-country-week-update-entries-now-open","title":{"rendered":"2021 Country Week Update &#8211; Entries NOW OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tennis Victoria Country Week 2021 \u2013 Entries now open!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tennis Victoria is delighted to announce Country Week 2021 is open for entries<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 has created numerous challenges\nfor all of us, and Country Week is no different.&nbsp; We are sure everyone will understand that with\nCOVID-19 restrictions in place across Victoria we have had to adapt Country\nWeek to ensure it is safe \u2013 for players, volunteers, staff and for our local\ncommunities.&nbsp; Tennis is committed to\ncreating a safe and inclusive sport for all, and Country Week is at the heart\nof this commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below details of your new\nlook COVIDSafe Country Week 2021.&nbsp; We\nencourage everyone to read this information carefully before registering.&nbsp; The new look event is based on feedback from\nour Country Week 2020 Survey \u2013 with huge thanks to everyone who completed this\n\u2013 and Victorian Government COVID-19 restrictions <strong>at the time of writing<\/strong>.&nbsp; It is\nquite possible restrictions will change again before the event takes place,\nregistered participants will be kept up to date with how such changes might\naffect Country Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure we deliver a COVIDSafe event,\nwithin Government restrictions we must cap entries for 2021 at 200 teams with a\nmaximum of 8 and minimum of 4 players per team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries that have already been received are\nconfirmed as having a place in the tournament \u2013 please therefore let us know if\nyou no longer wish to participate so we can offer your place to another team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries must be completed online, and\npayment must be via bank transfer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisvic.wufoo.com\/forms\/2021-country-week-team-entry-form\/\">Click\nhere<\/a> to complete the Country Week 2021 Entry\nform. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Playing format<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current Victorian Government\nrestrictions allow us to have a maximum of 1000 patrons on site at any one\ntime. This includes those playing on court, those waiting to play and those who\nhave just finished playing. The planned playing format within these\nrestrictions is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Each day of play will be broken into 3\nsessions (no change from 2020)<\/li><li>Teams will play 4 x 8 game sets in a\nmatch (no change from 2020). &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please be aware, under current\nrestrictions, each team will only be permitted to have <strong>6 people <\/strong>onsite\nper session. This may change before the event commences, we will continue to\nadvise of changes to restrictions before the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Player and Official\nDeclaration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure we keep our community safe,\nand play within COVIDSafe regulations, each player and official is required to\nsign the <strong><em>Player and Official Declaration<\/em><\/strong> before attending and playing at\nCountry Week. &nbsp;This will be sent to all\nregistered participants one week prior to the event and you will be asked to\ncomplete it online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social activities in 2021 will be\ndifferent to previous years, but will still be a lot of fun and in keeping with\nthe spirit of Country Week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday\u2019s Welcome Night at the Swan Hill Lawn\nTennis Club will go ahead. Under current restrictions we look forward to\nwelcoming everyone to the Country Week event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social activities throughout the week\nwill look different.&nbsp; Instead of having one\nbig venue for everyone to attend each night, we will announce a number of\ndifferent venues open each night for you to book into.&nbsp; Attending the social events supports the Swan\nHill Lawn Tennis Club as the host of Country Week, and we hope everyone will\nstill have a great night out, albeit in smaller venues around the town.&nbsp; Details of booking evening activities will be\nsent to those registered for Country Week nearer the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country Week Forums <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We appreciate that these updates might\nleave you with a few questions, so we\u2019ll be hosting two virtual forums for you\nto join and ask any questions you might have regarding Country Week 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both forums will be the same. To join\none of the forums, please register your details via the links below and we will\nsend you a confirmation email with a link to join. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisvic.wufoo.com\/forms\/tennis-victoria-country-week-2021-forums\/\">Thursday\n10 December at 12.30pm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisvic.wufoo.com\/forms\/tennis-victoria-country-week-2021-forums\/\">Monday\n14 December at 7pm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accommodation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those still looking for\naccommodation, the following venues have confirmed they have availability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td> A<strong>ccommodation<\/strong>   <\/td><td>   <strong>Contact Number<\/strong>   <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Comfort Inn Campbell   <\/td><td>\n  5032 4427\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Lazy River Motor Inn\n  <\/td><td>\n  5032 2123\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Big4 Riverside\n  <\/td><td>\n  5032 1494 (sites only)\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Big 4 Swan Hill\n  <\/td><td>   5032 4372 will have 3 new cabins by then and are willing to take bookings for them now   <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Pental Island Holiday Park\n  <\/td><td>\n  5032 2071\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Swan Hill Holiday Park\n  <\/td><td>\n  5032 4112\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pental Island River Retreat B&amp;B   <\/td><td>\n  0427 908 965\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\nAlthough Country Week 2021, will be different we know the spirit and tennis\nwill be just the same.&nbsp; We are looking\nforward to connecting with you after a very long 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions please feel free to join one of the\nCountry Week forums or email us at <a href=\"mailto:countryweek@tennis.com.au\">countryweek@tennis.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you on the court,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tennis Victoria Country Week team<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria is delighted to announce Country Week 2021 is open for entries! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6293,"featured_media":23158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}