New Club Singles League

If you are interested in playing singles at the club, contact Mac and he will add you to the NSCTC Singles WhatsApp group. The ladder is placed in the clubhouse and updated on the WhatsApp group weekly. Rules below.

Object of  the Ladder

The object of the ladder is to get as high a ranking as possible by the end of the season, the overall winner will be the person at the top of the ladder at the end of the season, there will be a summer league and winter league. ALL matches will be over two sets of standard tennis, first to 6 (with 2 clear games), tie break at 6 all, and a third set of a Championship Tie-Break. Championship Tie-Break is first to 10 points by 2 clear points. Players can by mutual agreement play a third full set to decide the winner but this must be agreed before the match has started.

Challenges & Rankings

Players move up the ladder by challenging higher ranked players and winning the match, in this case they move immediately above them in the rankings, if they lose then both players simply stay where they are. Players are required to play a minimum of one match every four weeks (holidays etc may be the exception to this rule), there is no maximum other than what players schedules allow. Players can have up to two pending outgoing challenges before they can make any more, this includes outgoing challenges that have been accepted but not played. Players can have up to two incoming challenges before they cannot accept a new challenge, this includes incoming challenges that have been accepted but not yet played. Players must accept a challenge unless the above rule applies. Players must respond to a challenge within 48 hrs by phone or text to discuss and set an agreeable time for the match to take place, discussions can be ongoing there after. Failure to respond may result in a Walkover Win for the challenger, holidays etc are an exception to this rule.

Challengers to supply NEW tennis balls for each match. In the case where a challenger loses a match they must challenge one other player before challenging the same player for a rematch. Players ranked 20th – 10th can challenge players a max of 4 places above Players ranked 9th – 1st can challenge players a max of 3 places above If a player has not played a single match within a four week period this may result in them dropping one place. Holidays etc are an exception to this rule.

Walkovers

A player may claim a walkover win if they are unable to arrange a match at any time with another player, due to the opponent being unable to play. To be able to claim a walkover, the challenger must have offered at least three dates to play on, and the opponent must have refused these dates, and not offered any alternative dates – if both players have suggested a date then no walkover can be claimed. If a match has been arranged and one player fails to turn up on the arranged date, the other player should claim a default win of 6-0, 6-0.

Wildcard Challenges

Players will have one Wildcard challenge each, which allows a player to challenge a player much higher ranked, up to 10 places, than the normal rules allow. Any new players joining the ladder will be placed at the bottom but they will also have a Wildcard challenge.

Posting Challenges & Match Results

Please post you Challenges and match results on the NSCTS SINGLES WhatsApp group. A ladder will be positioned in the clubhouse and updated on the group weekly.