SATURDAY MORNING JUNIOR TENNIS
COMPETITION INFORMATION
The Clifton Tennis / Fitzroy Tennis Junior Competition is run on a
joint basis, with both clubs drawing from the same pool of junior players
to be allocated to play at either club.
Home and Away competition runs over a two-term period, with 14 home and
away games being scheduled, February to June, and July to November, with
finals being played in June and November/December. In general, no games
are played on long weekends or during the school holidays.
Games are played on Saturday mornings – the singles/doubles competition
starting at 8:00 am, and the doubles competition starting at 8:45 am. The
association we play in is the North East Junior Tennis Association, which
includes teams from Northcote, Ivanhoe, Greensborough and Eltham.
Junior players first entering competition will generally start playing
with a team of 5 players, playing only doubles games in one of the lower
sections (the lowest being about Section 26). If they continue playing,
they and their team would progress up the ranking season by season. When
they reach about Section 14, they play in a team of 4 players, playing
both singles and doubles games. Teams are selected before the end of each
season, with input from players, team managers and coaches.
Prospective players should be able to commit to the full season – which
understandably will affect both football and cricket players, as the
tennis season overlaps the playing seasons for both of these.
Consideration can be made in some cases, if there are enough players in a
team to cover those playing other sports.
Parents would generally need to commit to two Saturday mornings per season
to either drive the team to an away game and supervise them, or supervise
the team at a home game. Teams usually have one or two extra players so
players are rostered off every few weeks.
Members of Saturday morning competition need to be paid up junior members
of either Clifton or Fitzroy Tennis Clubs.
If you are interested in playing junior competition, for more information
please call:
Tony Mc Lynskey Phone 9489
9998 (Junior Secretary, Clifton Tennis Club)
Jenny Clark 9489 6471 (Junior Secretary, Fitzroy Tennis Club)
