{"id":15358,"date":"2020-05-14T13:19:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T05:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=15358"},"modified":"2020-06-23T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T06:14:12","slug":"internal-club-competition-structure-winter-tennis-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2020\/05\/14\/internal-club-competition-structure-winter-tennis-league","title":{"rendered":"Internal Club Competition Structure &amp; Winter Tennis League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As previously advised, under the State Government\u2019s COVID-19 WA Road Map, from 18 May, Phase 2 conditions will be applied to WA Communities, which will allow for further relaxation of Community Tennis Guidelines, and the introduction of <strong>Intra-club (Internal) competitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tennis West will support the tennis community with Internal Competition options, followed by a delayed Winter League, to get players back on court and enjoying the health benefits of our sport in a phased approach, whilst respecting the social distancing practices needed to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The new competitions structure has 2 Stages:<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Stage 1: Internal Competition<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Competition Builder feature in League Manager allows clubs to organize play while controlling and recording attendance, which is a key criteria for the authorities, to allow tracking should an outbreak occur. The TW League team are ready to assist clubs with setup and management.<\/p>\n<p>Club League Coordinators are likely the most familiar with League Manager and the software is designed for Club Users with \u201cwalk me\u201d \/ Guidance features.<\/p>\n<p>Fact Sheets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news-and-events\/news\/covid-19-updates\/internal-competition-formats\">available via this link<\/a>\u00a0for the following Internal Competition Formats:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Challenge Ladders<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juniors, afternoons and Sunday mornings, managed by coaches, using timeslots allocated to groups of players up to 20<\/li>\n<li>Adults, weeknights and weekends, using a court booking system, options of singles or doubles to sign up online. Court numbers are restricted to adhere to the 20 person limit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Flex Leagues, using pre-determined court availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Modified Club Championships <\/strong>(using Tournament Planner)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult round robins spread over a number of weeks and scheduled according to court availability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Clubs wishing to charge their members a fee to participate, the system allows for online payment in order to avoid cash handling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news-and-events\/news\/covid-19-updates\/internal-competition-formats\">CLICK HERE FOR THE FACT SHEETS FOR THE INTERNAL COMPETITIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Stage 2: Winter Tennis League <\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Proposed 9-round season for both Junior and Adult teams:<\/p>\n<p><em>Below is the proposed Calendar, however please note this is subject to change based on COVID-Restrictions. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Club team numbers may be limited in accordance with COVID-19 Safety Plans to control court availability and venue attendance, monitor the 4sqm rules, and Hygiene Protocols in place.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that there will be <u>no tournaments during July school holidays<\/u>, but Leagues will be played during this time<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>TIMELINE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"255\"><strong>DATES<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Close Nominations<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Mid-June<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Complete Grading<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Third week of June<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Complete Fixtures<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">End June<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Round 1 begins<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">First Saturday in July<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Summer League Entries Open<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Mid August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Round 7 complete<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Third week of August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Finals (top 4 &amp; lower 4)<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">End August to beginning September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Backup weeks<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Beginning September to mid-September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Summer League Entries close<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Mid September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Summer League Fixtures\u00a0published<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Second week October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Club Open Days<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Third Saturday October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">Summer League &#8211; Round 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Fourth Saturday October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, or would like any assistance in setting up an Internal Competition at your club, please reach out to your club&#8217;s Participation Leaders or Loretta &amp; Chris in the Competitions Team:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Loretta Hughes<\/strong> &#8211; Tournaments &amp; Competitions Manager &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:lhughes@tennis.com.au\">lhughes@tennis.com.au<\/a> | 0419 929 916<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Crosby \u2013 <\/strong>Tournaments &amp; Competitions Coordinator &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:ccrosby@tennis.com.au\">ccrosby@tennis.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously advised, under the State Government\u2019s COVID-19 WA Road Map, from 18 May, Phase 2 conditions will be applied to WA Communities, which will allow for further relaxation of Community Tennis Guidelines, and the introduction of Intra-club (Internal) competitions. &nbsp; Tennis West will support the tennis community with Internal Competition options, followed by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5812,"featured_media":15364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}