MAXI-Tennis Rules

The current rules for MAXI-Tennis at Hampton-In-Arden Tennis Club are shown below along with the responsibilities for each captain (home and away teams).

Rules for Each Match

Games will be played on a tie break basis until the winning player reaches ten points
Where matches are played between players from different pools the match starts with a handicap of -2 +2. Where first-team players are involved, they have a "purple nasty" handicap applied to their match of -4 +4 when they play against other non-first team players
The winner of the toss shall have the choice of ends or whether to serve first
Players shall change ends every six points
The scores from each match e.g. 10-9 shall be entered onto the score sheet for the fixture
The winning team shall be the team with most points won over the eighteen games. If both teams have the same number of points in total the winning team will be the team winning the most games
The home team is responsible for entertaining the opposition after the match.

Rules for the Tournament

Fixtures to be played on the same weekend as the 2007 Six Nations games as shown below:

MAXI-Tennis Fixtures for 2008
	1.15pm to 2.45pm	2.50pm to 4.20pm	4.30pm to 6.00pm
Sunday January 20	England v Italy	Scotland v Wales	Ireland v France
Sunday January 27	------------------- Blank Week - No Matches -------------------
Sunday February 3	Ireland v Italy	England v Wales	Scotland v France
Sunday February 10	------------------- Half Term - No Matches -------------------
Sunday February 17	------------------- Half Term - No Matches -------------------
Sunday February 24	Wales v Italy	Ireland v Scotland	France v England
Sunday March 2	------------------- Blank Week - No Matches -------------------
Sunday March 9	Ireland v Wales	Scotland v England	France v Italy
Sunday March 16	Italy v Scotland	England v Ireland	Wales v France
Sunday March 23	------------------- Easter Sunday - No Matches -------------------

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Positions in the event of a tie to be determined by results between the teams.

Finals Day matches will take place as follows: 2.30pm to 4.00pm, Sunday April 13th 1st place v 2nd place

Teams to play in country colours. If there is a colour clash (Scotland, France and Italy) home team plays in white.

Postponement of fixtures is discouraged as squads should be big enough for all teams to field enough players. If it is unavoidable then the postponing captain is responsible for rearranging an appropriate time convenient for the other team and for ensuring the courts are booked in the booking sheets held in the clubhouse. If no time is convenient to the opposition the match shall be conceded by a score of 160 to 140.

Captains should select 1 player from each of the 6 pools. If availability problems dictate, then a player from Pool A may represent Pool B and vice versa, a player from Pool C may represent Pool D and vice versa and a player from Pool E may represent Pool F and vice versa. If this happened then the handicaps should be adjusted. Please try to avoid playing a junior as an adult Pool player. If this is unavoidable through severe shortage of players then a Pool E junior should play as a Pool B adult and a pool F junior should play as a pool D adult. Loans of players between consenting captains is not a problem.

Responsibilties of the Home Captain

- Ensure that the away team is properly entertained after the match.

Responsibilties of the Away Captain

- Confirm with the oppostion captain that the match will be played.
- Download score sheet from the Hampton Tennis Club web site and complete the order of play.
- Email completed score sheet to John Cable or return to 124 Old Station Road.

Other Responsibilities

- Steve Ray to ensure that the home captain of the first match has three tubes of new balls.

Contact Details

Hampton-In-Arden Tennis Club
Shadowbrook Lane
Hampton-In-Arden
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 0DQ
Telephone: 01675 442284

Secretary: Chris Barnes
01675 443572

Coach: Ian Poole
07968 451956