Thank you to the many ladies who signed up for the Doubles Boxes. The primary objective of the boxes is to encourage players to have regular competitive games. The second objective is to help with team selection. However, box results are only one consideration in selecting teams. Past league performance and club championship results are also very important.
The first rotation of doubles boxes is now live and must be played by December 31st 2025.
The boxes work as follows:
- Each box consists of 5 pairs.
- There is no particular ranking within the individual boxes themselves and we have put people together as best we can into boxes of similar levels to ensure good games. They will automatically rank once games are played and results are entered.
- Each pair must play every other pair in their box before the cutoff date. The cut off date for this round of box matches is December 31st 2025. Do not leave them all to the last minute. If you don’t play you don’t get points and could be relegated.
- The winners of each match will be awarded points based on the number of sets they win. (E.g 2:0 = 2 points to the winner 0 points to the loser. 2:1 is 2 points to the winner and 1 point to the loser. )
- When all matches are played, the first two pairs in the box will be promoted to the box above and the last two pairs will be demoted to the box below.
- If 2 players are on the same points the system will rank them based on their head to head result i.e. who won the match between them.
- If a pair is not available to play a match after reasonable attempts by their opponents to schedule the match, the pair should award a walkover to their opponents and the opponents will earn 2 points.
- Matches shall be best of 3 sets with the 3rd set being a championship tie-break which is up to 10. Games will be played as normal, with deuce and advantage scoring for the first 2 sets. Also, the first 2 sets have a normal tie-break to 7 at 6 games all.
- Matches must be completed for the results to be entered. If for some reason you do not get to finish your match in the booked time, you will have to organise to finish the match at a later time convenient to all players.
- Our aim is to have results in the box league reflected on the doubles ladder. The ladder will be updated with the box results on a weekly basis. Double pairs are still welcome to challenge on the ladder as usual.
- Winners of the match are responsible for entering the results on Club Manager. You navigate to Box Leagues on the top toolbar and click on Results and Tables. Here you will be able to enter the results for your box matches.
- Players may change partners after each rotation if they wish.
- Players may take a break from boxes if they are injured or otherwise unavailable, and may be reinstated at an appropriate level in a future rotation.
- Please get in contact with members of your box as quickly as possible once a round commences. We will endeavour to avoid extensions of a round unless there are extenuating circumstances.
- It is useful to set up a WhatsApp group with the other members of your box when you have courts booked and your availability is known.
Most importantly, we hope everyone enjoys the boxes and gets to know more people across the club.
Here’s to great rallies and good fun — enjoy your tennis!
Jenny, Steffi, Catherine, Catriona & Livy
Your GLTC Ladies Committee
