Junior competition is held in both Summer and Winter Seasons, with games consisting of both singles and doubles. Happy Valley Tennis Clubs plays in the Southern Districts Tennis Association (SDTA) competition.
ALL players will require a Competitive Player Profile which links your Tennis ID and UTR (Universal Tennis Ranking) prior to being able to play. The link to so this is here: Create your CPP | Competitive Play | Tennis Australia
Summer Season 2024-2025
Season details are
Fees
Fees for the 2024-25 Summer Season will be $160 for 1st child and $140 for the 2nd child and are DUE BY 17 November 2024. You can pay by cash or by EFTPOS on Saturday mornings at the Club or you can direct deposit your fees into the Happy Valley Tennis Club account – BSB no. – 085-741 Account no. – 205-068-092. Account name – Happy Valley Tennis Club. Please put the players name in the reference/description. Please do not pay fees to Simon during coaching if possible.
Fees paid after the due date are $180 for 1st child & $160 for the 2nd child.
Orange Ball Fees
Orange ball fees are $80 or $60 for the 2nd child
Registration forms are due back to the club no later than 1st September 2024
Inclement Weather
- Cancellation of any matches will be notified on the Tennis SA inclement weather website page – https://www.tennis.com.au/sa/competitions/inclement-weather
- by 4pm for Friday night Juniors,
- by 7am for first session Saturday teams and by
- 9am for second session Saturday teams.
Summer
- Junior matches will be cancelled where the forecast temperature for match time is 36 degrees or higher
Winter
- the players of each team shall attend at the courts specified for the playing of matches even if the weather is inclement
- In the event of no play after 1 hour from the scheduled start time for a Friday evening or Saturday morning junior match then the match is abandoned.
- Tennis SA/SDTA may cancel all matches, please check the inclement weather page at the appropriate time for your team
General information
The weekly teams and venues will be emailed each week on either Wednesday or Thursday each week during the season.
Depending on the season and division, matches may either be played on a Friday night (Summer Season Premier and Div 1 teams) or a Saturday morning. There are two time slots on a Saturday. The first session is 8.30am-10.45am and the second session is 10.45am-12.45pm. Teams will be advised which session they are playing in prior to the season commencing.
An information sheet will be sent out to all registered players prior to the season commencing.
SDTA-Senior-Junior-Competition-Match-Rules-2023-24
TA Tennis Ettiquette and Rules for Non Umpired Matches
Reminder: You can check upcoming matches and premiership tables on the Tennis Australia Match Centre website – http://leagues.tennis.com.au/
Junior Coordinators
JAKE DAVIES : 0451 304 421
SUE HOPPO : 0421 615 777