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Applications are being invited for our competitions taking place between now and Easter 2011. In addition to several dozen one-day events in the Tennis UK matchplays.com programme we also have several tournaments taking place over the Easter period, including a grade 2 national level competition at Sutton Tennis Academy.
A one-day touchtennis event will take place at David Lloyd Cambridge on Sunday 13th February with prize money of over £400 on offer. For more details, see below.
With a particular emphasis on competition for adults juniors and mini-tennis players, the complete list of tournaments accepting applications between now and Easter is as follows:
- Sunday 13th February ONLY - 'touchtennis' Babolat Masters Series, David Lloyd Cambridge (NON-LTA event).Exciting one day mixed-singles event taking place indoors at David Lloyd Cambridge. Uses basic tennis principles played on a smaller court with soft balls to minimise the benefit of power and maximise the skills of strategy and touch. A real leveller with some innovative rule variations and over £400 in prize money! Open to all players aged 16 and over. Applications for this event close at 2:00pm on Monday 7th February.
- Saturday 2nd to Friday 8th April - Sutton Tennis Academy (Surrey), Easter No.1 Tournament.The first of three consecutive Easter tournaments at Sutton the Easter No.1 tournament is a grade 3 rankings competition including events for adult, junior and mini red, orange and green players. This tournament is expected to attract players from all over the south-east region and from further afield.
- Saturday 9th to Saturday 16th April - Sutton Tennis Academy (Surrey), Easter No.2 Tournament.A grade 2 NATIONAL LEVEL tournament for junior and mini tennis players. Including mini red, orange and green players, this competition is expected to include some of the top british juniors in Great Britain. Separate grade 3 mens and ladies open events will also be staged too.
- Sunday 17th to Saturday 23rd April - Sutton Tennis Academy (Surrey), Easter No.3 Tournament.
A grade 4 tournament intended for players of beginner and intermediate standard. Separate grade 3 mens and ladies open events will take place along with mini-green events.
- Friday 22nd to Monday 25th April - The West Middlesex Easter Open (Ealing).Long established tournament for veterans, adults and older junior players taking place over the Easter weekend. For the first time in 2011, this competition has been upgraded to a grade 3 tournament. Includes over 35's and over 45's events in addition to Mens and Ladies Open singles and doubles categories. (Players taking part in the OPEN singles events at the Sutton Easter No.3 tournament may also enter this tournament as open singles events at Sutton will finish on or before Thursday 21st April).
- EVERY WEEKEND
One-day indoor and outdoor events taking place at Hatfield (Herts), Sutton (Surrey), Eton College (Berks), Limpsfield LTC (Surrey/Sussex) and the LTA National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. Programme published to the end of May 2011.
All events take place at the weekends in the afternoons and evenings. Matchplay events are run in several age groups and provide an excellent means of match practice for both adults and juniors against opponents of similar standard. Results are submitted to the LTA for ratings purposes and the programme has now been established more than 8 years.
Matchplay events are very popular in the spring, especially in the weeks leading up to the LTA's end of season ratings assessment - the next one covering all results played up to 31st March 2011. An early application is therefore recommended. Please remember that you may cancel any application without charge up to the published cancellation deadlines (4:00pm on the Tuesday prior to each event). Players and parents are reminded that applying for multiple events on the SAME DAY (within the Tennis UK matchplays.com programme) IS permitted – our system ensures that no player can be selected for more than one matchplay event/venue per day. Players submitting multiple applications stand a far greater chance of selection.
Please visit www.tennisuk.net now to make an online application for any of these competitions. DO remember that unlike many tournaments which use the LTA's online entry system, we do not charge you when you make an application for an event. We only bill players once they are ACCEPTED for a competition.
Cancellations are also permitted without charge (up to stipulated deadlines) for ALL of our competitions.
We have also published a provisional schedule of tournaments taking place from May to August 2011 which include a number of competitions new to the TSUK calendar. Full details of these will be published over the forthcoming weeks, although you can preview the complete list by clicking here.
We look forward to receiving your applications to these tournaments and wish you every success with your tennis in 2011.
If you need any further information then please do not hesitate to contact us by email or telephone.
David Fuchs
Tennis Services UK Limited
4th February 2011
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