{"id":21490,"date":"2026-02-05T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=21490"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:41:25","slug":"state-leagues-return-for-the-pointy-end-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2026\/02\/05\/state-leagues-return-for-the-pointy-end-of-season","title":{"rendered":"State Leagues Return for the Pointy End of Season\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Christmas and New Year break is\u00a0over,\u00a0and State League and Junior State League\u00a0return\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0local clubs.\u00a0It will be all to play\u00a0for\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0finals beginning next month.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The finals system this season sees the top four teams advance to the knockout semifinals with top spot playing fourth spot at home and second position playing third spot. The two winners will face off in the final a week later with the higher ranked team hosting the final.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Women’s State League\u00a0Cottesloe\u00a0remains\u00a0the only side undefeated with five wins and\u00a0sit\u00a0firmly on top. 15 points behind them sit\u00a0last season\u2019s\u00a0premiers\u00a0Hensman Park\u00a0who are hanging onto second spot. The Hensman Park side does have a\u00a0favourable\u00a0draw with their last three fixtures all against sides below them on the ladder.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dalkeith have had an indifferent season, sitting in fourth place with only the one win this season, however the side will be\u00a0buoyed\u00a0by the fact their one win was an impressive win over last year\u2019s\u00a0premiers\u00a0Hensman Park.\u00a0They do however have a tough run home, playing Hensman Park again plus ladder leaders Cottesloe then finishing with a massive last round clash UWA which could end up being a battle for fourth spot and the last place in finals.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Kings Park (third place) will still\u00a0fancy\u00a0a top two\u00a0finish\u00a0and a home semifinal. They face the top two sides but wins against those sides will cement their spot in the top two and give them the confidence to know they can match it with the best.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0a race for top spot in the men\u2019s\u00a0State League\u00a0with Cottesloe on top spot by 11 points over Claremont\u00a0and this week could not be a better time to see who\u00a0is the\u00a0best team in the competition\u00a0with the two sides up\u00a0against each other. Mt\u00a0Lawley\u00a0sits\u00a0in third spot but will be under pressure, having lost their last two matches before Christmas after a strong start to the season.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander Park will also be a team to\u00a0look out\u00a0for and have the potential to climb the ladder. They are another side that has had some impressive wins but also some shock losses. Again, another big clash this week sees fifth place Royal Kings Park play Alexander Park. A win for either side will cement a spot in the\u00a0top four.\u00a0Sitting in sixth position is UWA and while they have only won the one match, they have been unfortunate with two washouts and only sit four points from fifth and\u00a0eight points from fourth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0a similar story in the Junior Girl\u2019s State League with Cottesloe sitting well on top and\u00a0remain\u00a0the only undefeated side. Mt\u00a0Lawley\u00a0holds\u00a0onto second position then\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a tight race for the next two\u00a0finals\u00a0spots with Mosman Park, UWA and Hensman Park all within striking distance of each other.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The key\u00a0match\u00a0this week will be Mt\u00a0Lawley\u00a0(second) and Mosman Park (third). A win for Mt\u00a0Lawley\u00a0keeps them in the race for top spot and solidifies second spot and a home final while a win for Mosman Park gives them a chance to take second place\u00a0later on\u00a0in the season.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Junior Boy\u2019s State League, Reabold\u00a0are\u00a0the team to beat, sitting 23 points in the clear up the top. It may be a race for second place with UWA occupying that position with\u00a05-1 win-loss record.<\/span><\/p>\n

UWA,\u00a0Cottesloe\u00a0and Hensman Park round out the next three\u00a0finals\u00a0spots while Applecross Casey will have some work to do\u00a0to climb into the final four. The Applecross side has won its last two matches before Christmas and comes up against North Beach (sixth place) who are hot on their heels.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Division One started a week earlier and has seen Cottesloe and Royal Kings Park jump ahead as the top two teams. The competition is tight with only four rounds to go as only one point separates fourth\u00a0(Mt\u00a0Lawley)\u00a0and fifth\u00a0(UWA)\u00a0spot.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Men\u2019s Division One is\u00a0arguably even\u00a0closer with three\u00a0sides\u00a0neck and neck in the top three. Cottesloe (first), Mt\u00a0Lawley\u00a0(second), and North Beach (third) have all won seven matches each\u00a0and only six points\u00a0separates\u00a0the top three sides.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Catch all the State League action on Tennis West Facebook and Tennis West YouTube.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Christmas and New Year break is\u00a0over,\u00a0and State League and Junior State League\u00a0return\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0local clubs.\u00a0It will be all to play\u00a0for\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0finals beginning next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6359,"featured_media":21491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21490","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\/21490","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\/6359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}