NORTHERN SUBURBS TENNIS ASSOCIATION Inc.

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1 NORTHERN SUBURBS TENNIS ASSOCIATION Inc. SUNDAY MORNING COMPETITION TERM PLEASE NOTE: Reserves must be of the same NSTA grade or lower, or similar ipr, than the player they are replacing Teams which receive forfeits are the winning team and therefore must submit the result as Forfeit: Home/Away Team do not enter scores Result cards must be completed by the players during the match and the winning captain to retain to enter the results online. If there is an objection lodged, then the result card must be submitted to NSTA PLAYERS MUST NOT CHANGE SINGLES ORDER FROM WEEK TO WEEK POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED GREEN LOW PRESSURE balls must be used in Divisions 9 and 10 8AM START NSTA EVENTS Primary Schools Challenge: Saturday 8 th November pm Entries close Friday 31 st October Family Challenge: Sunday 16 th November 1-5pm Talus Street Entries close Wednesday 12 th November North Shore Open Platinum Australian Money Tournament: Wednesday 17 th Sunday 21 st December 2014 at Talus St and Tennis Valley Entries close Wednesday 3 rd December NSTA Open Junior Gold OJT: Played 2 nd 5 th January 2015 Entries close Friday 19 th December RESULTS MUST BE ENTERED ONLINE THROUGH XPOINT see instructions within DIVISIONS Please note that divisions are in numerical order and ABSOLUTELY NO COMMUNICATION WILL BE ENTERED INTO regarding your division. You have been placed there based on your ipr NORTHERN SUBURBS TENNIS ASSN Inc Talus Street, Naremburn 2065 Tel: Fax: sue@nsta.com.au Website: RND 1 Oct 19 1 v 6 3 v 4 5 v 2 1 v 6 3 v 4 5 v 2 7 v 8 RND 2 Oct 26 8AM AND 10.30AM TIMESLOTS RND 3 Nov 02 (Home team mentioned first) RND 4 RND 5 Nov 09 Nov 16 RND 6 Nov 23 RND 7 Nov 30 DRAW FOR DIVISIONS OF SIX (6) TEAMS 4 v 1 6 v 5 2 v 3 1 v 3 5 v 4 6 v 2 5 v 1 3 v 6 2 v 4 3 v 5 4 v 6 1 v 2 6 v 1 4 v 3 2 v 5 1 v 4 5 v 6 3 v 2 DRAW FOR DIVISIONS OF EIGHT (8) TEAMS 4 v 1 6 v 7 2 v 3 8 v 5 1 v 2 6 v 4 3 v 8 5 v 7 5 v 1 2 v 4 7 v 3 8 v 6 1 v 8 6 v 2 3 v 5 4 v 7 3 v 6 4 v 5 2 v 8 7 v 1 1 v 3 5 v 6 7 v 2 8 v 4 FINALS Dec 07 1 st v 2 nd on points 1 st v 2 nd on points 8.00 AM START DIVISIONS Please note that divisions are in numerical order and NO COMMUNICATION will be entered into regarding your team s division Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 1 KOOROORA 13 1 TENNIS VALLEY 13 1 STG 7 2 KOOROORA 14 2 LOVE n DEUCE 18 2 KWTA 4 3 LOVE n DEUCE 15 3 TENNIS WORLD 8 3 TENNIS VALLEY 14 4 KWTA 1 4 KWTA 2 4 KOOROORA 17 * 5 LOVE n DEUCE 17 5 RVILLE LAWN 1 5 RVILLE LAWN 2 6 KOOROORA 15 6 RIVERVIEW 1 6 TENNIS VALLEY 15 7 TENNIS VALLEY 12 7 FTC 2 7 KOOROORA 16 8 LOVE n DEUCE 16 8 TENNIS WORLD 9 8 TENNIS WORLD 10 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 1 KWTA 5 1 ARTARMON 2 1 LOVE n DEUCE 24 2 WOTS HOT 1 2 TENNIS VALLEY 17 2 WOTS HOT 2 3 PRIMROSE PARK 3 LOVE n DEUCE 22 3 TENNIS WORLD 14 4 LOVE n DEUCE 19 4 TENNIS WORLD 13 4 STG 12 5 KWTA 6 5 RVILLE LAWN 3 5 TENNIS WORLD 16 6 TENNIS WORLD 11 6 LOVE n DEUCE 20 6 TENNIS WORLD 15 7 TENNIS WORLD 12 7 LOVE n DEUCE 21 8 TENNIS VALLEY 16 8 LOVE n DEUCE 23 Division 7 Division 8 Division 9 Green ball 1 STG 10 1 KOOROORA 20 1 LOVE n DEUCE 25* 2 STG 11 2 KOOROORA 21 2 ARTARMON 3 3 KWTA 7 3 TENNIS WORLD 17 3 KOOROORA 22 4 KOOROORA 18 4 TEAM SWAG 4 KOOROORA 23 * 5 KOOROORA 19 5 STG 13 5 LOVE n DEUCE 26* 6 KWTA 3 6 DOUBLE TROUBLE 6 KOOROORA 25 7 RIVERVIEW 2 7 KWTA 8 8 BYE (no match) 8 KOOROORA 24 * Check Directions to Courts 8am continued over /

2 Division 10 Green ball 1 LOVE n DEUCE 27* 2 KOOROORA 27 * 3 KWTA 10 4 TENNIS WORLD 18 5 HUNTLEYS COVE 6 KWTA 9 7 KOOROORA 26 8 KWTA AM START DIVISIONS Please note that divisions are in numerical order and NO COMMUNICATION will be entered into regarding your team s division * Check court directions carefully Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 1 LOVE n DEUCE 1 1 KOOROORA 1 1 TENNIS WORLD 3 2 LOVE n DEUCE 2 2 KOOROORA 2 2 LOVE n DEUCE 5 3 TENNIS VALLEY 2 3 TENNIS VALLEY 6 3 LOVE n DEUCE 6 4 TENNIS WORLD 1 4 STG 1 4 KOOROORA 6 5 KOOROORA 28 5 TENNIS WORLD 2 5 KOOROORA 5 6 TENNIS VALLEY 4 6 RIVERVIEW 4 6 KOOROORA 3 7 RIVERVIEW 3 7 TENNIS VALLEY 5 7 KOOROORA 4 8 TENNIS VALLEY 3 8 LOVE n DEUCE 3 8 LOVE n DEUCE 4 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 1 TENNIS VALLEY 8 1 KWTA 16 1 LOVE n DEUCE 9 2 LOVE n DEUCE 7 2 KWTA 17 2 TENNIS VALLEY 10 3 SIDE LINERS 3 LOVE n DEUCE 8 3 KOOROORA 8 4 KOOROORA 7 4 KWTA 18 4 TENNIS VALLEY 9 5 KWTA 14 5 KWTA 19 5 NEUTRAL BAY 6 KWTA 13 6 TENNIS WORLD 4 6 LANE COVE 1 7 KWTA 15 7 FTC 1 7 TENNIS WORLD 5 8 TENNIS VALLEY 7 8 ARTARMON 1 8 KOOROORA 9 Division 7 Division 8 Division 9 1 LOVE n DEUCE 10 1 KOOROORA 11 1 STG 5 2 KOOROORA 10 2 LOVE n DEUCE 13* 2 STG 9 3 STG 3 3 TENNIS WORLD 6 3 LANE COVE 3 4 LOVE n DEUCE 11* 4 LOVE n DEUCE 14* 4 KWTA 20 5 TENNIS VALLEY 11 5 STG 6 5 KOOROORA 12 6 RIVERVIEW 5 6 LOVE n DEUCE 12* 6 LANE COVE 4 7 LANE COVE 2 7 RIVERVIEW 6 8 STG 4 8 TENNIS WORLD 7 * Check Directions to Courts DIRECTIONS TO COURTS ARTARMON (ACADEMY of TENNIS) Mark Nissen At Artarmon T C, Cnr Barton & Hampden Rds, Artarmon DOUBLE TROUBLE Sally Rajaratnam At Castle Cove Country Club, 68 Deepwater Road, Castle Cove FTC : FORESTVILLE TENNIS CLUB Tim Bigg/Nick Mytkowski All teams at Forestville Tennis Club, Cnr Melwood and Landford Avenues, Forestville HUNTLEYS COVE Mark Rutkis At Mortimer Lewis Drive, Huntleys Cove (at Huntleys Cove café, down steps) (off Victoria Road) KOOROORA Julia Kraemer Teams 1 16, 18 22, at Kooroora Tennis Club, 5A William Street, Roseville Teams 17, 23, 27 and 28 at NSTA, Talus Street, Naremburn KWTA Kim Warwick All teams at Hornsby Racquets, 12A Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby (park in Hornsby Girls High School) LANE COVE Andrew Scanlan At Lane Cove Tennis Club, Central Park, Kenneth Street (near corner River Road), Longueville LOVE n DEUCE Di Roger Courts Teams 1 10, at 11 Wheatleigh Street, Naremburn Teams 11 14, at NSTA, Talus St, Naremburn NEUTRAL BAY Janet Meagher At Neutral Bay Club, 3 Westleigh Street, Neutral Bay PRIMROSE PARK David Chapman Court 3, Primrose Park, Matora Lane (off Young Street), Cremorne RIVERVIEW Simon Causley At St Ignatius College, Tambourine Bay Road, Riverview (entry through College gates on Riverview Street) ROSEVILLE LAWN Team 1 Rachel Hooke Team 2 Emilia Forsyth Team 3 Leo Bernhardi At Roseville Lawn Tennis Club, Recreation Avenue, Roseville SIDE LINERS Del Warner SYDNEY TENNIS GROUP (STG) Ina Su All teams at Killara Lawn Tennis Club, 8 Arnold St, Killara TEAM SWAG Alex Cox TENNIS VALLEY Col Ritchie At Tennis Valley, (Willis Park) 325A Eastern Valley Way, Chatswood TENNIS WORLD Jason Den-Toll All teams at Tennis World, 16 Epping Road, North Ryde WOTS HOT Annette Watts

3 NORTHERN SUBURBS TENNIS ASSOCIATION Inc. SUNDAY MORNING COMPETITION --- R U L E S --- RESULTS TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE See instructions RESULTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE BY: WINNING TEAM INCLUDING ANY TEAM RECEIVING A FORFEIT HOME TEAM IF MATCH IS UNFINISHED (no result), DRAWN OR UNPLAYED DUE TO WET WEATHER RESULTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE BY PM ON THE MONDAY OF THE MATCH PLEASE ENSURE CORRECT PLAYERS ARE NOMINATED WHEN COMPLETING RESULTS ANY RESERVES NOT ON XPOINT DATABASE ARE TO BE REGISTERED FIRSTLY WITH NSTA FORMAT 8.00 AM START Green low pressure balls must be used in divs 9 and 10 STARTING TIME: NO LATER than 8.00 am when the forfeit rule applies (see Rule 2) FINISHING TIME: NO LATER than am or as mutually agreed by both teams prior to the commencement of play, OR court letting times apply. Finish the game being played, which also includes tie-breaks. FORMAT: Each set is a tie-break set, except the tie-breaker commences at 5 GAMES ALL (not 6 all). All games are played with a short deuce, i.e. 3 points e.g. score 40/30, deuce, add in/out, deuce, game. A BALL PERSON and UMPIRE are required for ALL SINGLES matches AM START STARTING TIME: NO LATER than am when the forfeit rule applies (see Rule 2) FINISHING TIME: NO LATER than 1.00 pm or as mutually agreed by both teams prior to the commencement of play, OR court letting times apply. Finish the game being played, which also includes tie-breaks. FORMAT: Each set is a normal tie-break set (ie 6 games all, long deuce). PLAYING ORDER FOR BOTH 8.00 AM & AM STARTS Each team will consist of two (2) persons numbered 1 and 2, i.e. the best player at No. 1, the second best No. 2. Each person will play one (1) set of singles and two (2) sets of doubles. The singles order should not be changed from week to week except in the case of reserves who should play in their correct position on standard. The playing order will be: (see Rule 2 below) Set 1 Doubles Set 2 Singles ) Set 3 Singles ) Set 4 Doubles Visiting Captain to decide RULES (These rules are to be read in conjunction with the NSTA Competition Rules) 1. At least 2 balls must be provided for each match, however 3 balls must be provided at Centres using courts of plexipave type surface. Good used balls may be used for the 8.00 am timeslot, but new balls must be provided for the am timeslot. Balls must be as approved by Tennis Australia. 2. The above set order cannot change unless both Captains agree. However, if a team has only one player available at starting time, that player may play singles against his/her appropriate opposite number to avoid a set being forfeited, and the match will then revert to the order above. If neither player in a team is ready to play at the stipulated commencing time, that team must forfeit set 1 (doubles) and an additional set shall be forfeited for each 15 minutes elapsed when no pair or player is available to play. Any set which has been forfeited must be immediately noted on the result card by both captains (or team member present) or the forfeit shall not apply. 3. Where only one team member presents for a match, he/she may play his/her singles against his/her opposing number only (ie. one set will count, the remaining 3 sets forfeited). 4. A match forfeit will not be awarded if there is no play commenced in the relevant time slot due to wet weather at the Centre where the intended match was scheduled to be played. continued over/ 5. Players are entitled to a five minute hit-up before their first set ONLY. 6. Umpires and ballpersons may be arranged by Captains by mutual agreement, but if one team insists, then umpires and/or ballpersons must be arranged. 7. Finals will be played between the 1 st and 2 nd placed teams at the conclusion of the rounds and where possible, will be played at either the NSTA Talus Street Centre or the Wheatleigh Street courts. 8. If a team qualifying for the finals requires a reserve, the reserve must be approved before the match by the NSTA Competition Secretary or NSTA Administrator. 9. If a team qualifying for the finals requires two reserves, then their team will not be eligible to compete in the finals, but the next placed team will be invited to participate. Spectators (including parents) must not sit court-side or speak to the players during a match NO-ONE, other than the Club/coach s nominated Competition Secretary, may contact any representative of the NSTA over any matter relating to the current competition.

4 NSTA TENNIS ETIQUETTE PARENTS AND PLAYERS ARE REQUESTED TO ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING TENNIS ETIQUETTE WHICH HAS BEEN ENDORSED AND ADOPTED BY THE NORTHERN SUBURBS TENNIS ASSOCIATION FOR ALL COMPETITION PLAY: When you are the home team, try to identify your opponents before the match starts, welcome them and tell them which court the match will be played on Display good sportsmanship at all times. It is very important to be calm while you are playing and not lose your temper or throw your racquet. Staying calm will assist you to play better and improve your tennis Return the balls along the ground to the server Don t walk at the back or side of the court when a point is being played Say sorry or hold up your hand if you get a net cord Don t return faults unless the ball is very close Compliment good shots Don t talk during a point unless to say yours etc. If your partner is playing his/her singles, do not talk to the players on court Don t talk to the umpire as it can disrupt his/her concentration Don t question the umpire s calls and especially don t hassle the umpire. Accept mistakes if they are made (mistakes are made at Wimbledon) It is very important for parents and other spectators to also accept the umpire s calls, whether they are correct or not, and not interfere with the play from off the court Spectators (including parents) should not sit court-side or speak to the players during a match Umpiring * concentrate * call the balls and score loudly after each point * call fairly remember the edge of the line is in Spectators should clap good shots on both sides and be particularly careful not to clap mistakes, e.g. double faults TENNIS AUSTRALIA TENNIS ETIQUETTE It is your obligation to call all balls on your side, to help your opponent make calls when the opponent requests it, and to call against yourself (with the exception of all first serves) any ball that you clearly see out on your opponent s side of the net. Each player is responsible for all decisions in his/her half of the court. He/she should be completely honest on all calls but, if in doubt, he/she should give his/her opponent the benefit of the doubt and play the ball as good. You should not play a let. In doubles, when returning service, the partner of the receiver should call the service line for him/her, with the receiver calling the centre and side service lines. Any out, let or fault call must be made instantaneously (i.e. made before either an opponent has hit the return or the return has gone out of play); otherwise the ball continues in play. If you call a ball out, and then realise it was good, you should correct your call. Do not enlist the aid of spectators in making the line call. If players cannot agree on the score, they may go back to the last score on which there was agreement and resume play from that point. To avoid controversy over the score, the server should announce the game score before starting a game and the point score prior to serving each point. Players are prohibited from checking the mark of the ball on their opponent s side of the court. Wait until a point is over before walking behind a court where a match is in progress. To retrieve a ball from another court or to return a ball to another court, wait until the players have completed a point. Do not stall, sulk, complain nor practice gamesmanship. When ball persons are not available all balls on your side of the net are your responsibility to pick up and where appropriate, return direct to the server. The receiver should not return the first service if it is an obvious fault let it go by or ground it.

5 NORTHERN SUBURBS TENNIS ASSOCIATION Inc. ENTERING RESULTS ONLINE (XPOINT) NSTA competitions are administered on XPoint and competition results are to be entered online by the winning captain/team (which includes teams receiving a forfeit) or the home team in the case of a washout or draw. 1. The Public Website: Go to: Click on your division and see Full ladders Draws Teams and players Venues and times by scrolling down the page. Save to favourites for quick access to your draw in future. 2. Player (Login Section) Go to: Click on Login (top right corner). Enter your address and password. Note: On player setup, the system automatically sends player passwords to their Inbox. If any issue occurs just click on Forgotten Password and you will be able to reset your password. If a player didn t supply an address when entering, then go to and state your first and last name, Club and address and send. Following this action your address will be registered on XPoint and you will then be able to apply for a password to login by selecting Forgotten Password. When logged in: Click on: My XPoint (very top menu), select My Matches from the drop down menu, and this now gives you access a) Online result lodgment b) Scorecard printing c) Team messaging d) Update/Edit your player details and profile a) Online result lodgment winning team to lodge results within 48 hours Under the heading Awaiting Results, click on Enter Results Icon (end of the line displaying opposing teams and division note pad and pen icon) then either accept player ranks or add substitute player by typing their name in the database link below. Drag and drop players into the correct team position, then Save Ranks. (Note: use the small symbol next to a player s name to drag and drop their position in the team for that match) Select either Normal, Washout/Unfinished, Home Team Forfeit or Away Team Forfeit. Then enter all individual full or partial set scores and Save. Adding a Player to a Team: Players already on the NSTA XPoint database may be added to a team as a permanent player or as a reserve. However, for NEW players, click on Home Contact then list the player s name, address, contact numbers and division/team name and then Send. Upon grading approval by the NSTA Administrator, a confirmation or refusal will be sent to the player with an link to establish a password. Dispute Result: Upon a player entering a result, the system s all players with a Dispute Result link which is active for 48 hours. If a player wishes to dispute a result, then they click on the Dispute Result link and the system automatically s an instruction to the player who entered the result to forward the original scorecard to the Competition Secretary for verification and action if required. Washouts: In the case of a washout, the Home Team Captain must enter the result online, selecting Washout/Unfinished Forfeits: In the case of a forfeit, the team receiving the forfeit must enter the result online, selecting Home Team Forfeit or Away Team Forfeit. NO SETS OR GAMES SCORES TO BE ENTERED FOR FORFEITED SETS OR GAMES b) Scorecard printing under the heading Upcoming Matches just click on Scorecard Icon and print. These cards are pre-filled so if players for the match are different to those on the card just cross out and write in correct names OR you can download and print c) Team messaging click on Blue Figure Icon and send your team a message d) Update/Edit your player details and profile click on profile (top left corner) to open and update your personal details and player wall (optional) 3. ipr System (International Player Rating) All players have been allocated an ipr player rating. Players ratings will alter the instant match results are entered and by the end of the comp The ipr compares player ratings and then predicts the match result down to a one game increment. This ensure that every game counts and it is possible to lose a set against a more highly rated player but still obtain a rating increase 4. My Xpoint is accessed by going to and logging in (top right corner.). This is a player s personal player wall (social media) and provides all match statistics, predicted match results etc. Please note that statistics will not become accurate until a minimum of 10 set results have been recorded.