Mellor Cups &
Stevens Shield
2010 Rules
Team captains are asked to adhere to the rules below.
- Format. Each team to consist of two pairs.
- A
player is ineligible to play for more than one Club and one team from that
club in the same event.
- Each Club
will be informed of their next round matches.
- All
semi – Finals to played at Northampton Tennis Club during week commencing
23rd/30th August with the Finals at the same club on Sunday 12th
September
- Home
team to provide 1 can, of 4 new LTA/ITF approved balls.
- The
match format for the day will be:
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Home
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v
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Away
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Round 1
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Pair 1
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v
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Pair 2
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Pair 2
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v
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Pair 1
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Round
2
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Pair 1
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v
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Pair 1
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Pair 2
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v
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Pair 2
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Team captains to decide at the beginning
of the match which team change courts – it is suggested that a simple toss of
coin could decide.
- All
rubbers to be decided by best of three sets. Sets 1 & 2 to be tie break sets. Set 3 to be played as a championship
tiebreak i.e. first to 10 points by 2 clear points wins the match.
- If a
rubber is not played then the winning pair is deemed to have won 6-0, 6-0.
- If
the match has to be suspended due to inclement weather, then the match
will be played within 7 days with the home team arranging a suitable
time. Scores will resume from
those of the suspended matches.
- If a
pair retires during a match then the completed sets and games will count
with the incomplete games to secure a full match score being awarded to
the winner.
- The
team winning 3 rubbers or more will win the match.
- When
the rubber have tied at 2 all then the following criteria will apply to
decide the winners:
- Team
winning highest number of sets and if still level by;
- Team
winning highest number of games (championship tie-breaks count as both 1
set and 1 game) and if still a tie then;
- A
championship tie – break will be played between any two players from each
team to determine winner of the match.
- Both
team captains to complete the Results sheet and post to Romano Gallo, following
completion of the match.
- Winning
team will be notified of their next match and venue.
- A
team playing an illegible player will lose all their rubbers in which the
player took part, with the score 6-0, 6-0.
Romano Gallo
11 The Jetty, Creaton, Northampton, NN6 8NZ.
Tel. 01604 505468, mob. 07860 273111 email.
Romano.gallo@premierfoods.co.uk