Bayside Regional Tennis Association and Moorabbin & Districts Junior Tennis Association are calling for nominations for players to compete in the 2022 Associations Junior League (AJL).
AJL is a Tennis Victoria event and brings together competitive players from across the Melbourne Metropolitan area and Geelong.
Key points
- Grading is within age groups
- 10 & Under (mixed teams - but it can also be all boys and all girls)
- 12 & Under (boys and girls)
- 14 & Under (boys and girls)
- 16 & Under (boys and girls)
- 18 & Under (mixed teams - 2 boys and 2 girls)
- Home and away matches are played on Sunday mornings
- Play commences at 8.30am (9am for 18/U’s) and concludes by 1pm
- This is an 11-week competition - a 10-week season (no play 18 September/25 September/2 October/30 October – Bye Weekends)
- Round 1 - Sunday, 14 August.
- Week 11 - Grand Final - Sunday, 20 November
- Each week there are four singles rubbers (best of two sets with the third set being a match tiebreaker) and two doubles rubbers (8 game sets)
There is more travel for AJL compared to local competition. Matches are played on neutral courts hosted by BRTA and MDJTA clubs. Each team will have a Team Manager. Generally, all players who nominate will have the opportunity to join a team. Team selection is considered an important step in the Junior Development Pathway.
Good team and club management is required if a player wishes to play in their local Sunday competition at the same time as AJL. Please consider your availability carefully.
Fees
The cost to play AJL is $60 per player. This fee includes team entry fee, eight new tennis balls for each round, a pre-season launch event and any venue costs.
Uniform
Players are expected to wear the team shirt. The cost to purchase the shirt is $32.00. These must be pre-ordered by us and have a 5 week turn-around. When completing the google registration form, we suggest ordering a size larger than normal. We have a very limited number of hoodies available at $40.00 each that will be made available at the pre-season launch event. The smallest available Hoodie size is Men’s medium.
Please note that we have a small supply of shirts in limited sizes from previous years. These shirts are the same design as the current shirts and can be purchased for $10.00 each.
There is no payment required at this stage. An invoice will be sent before the start of the season.
Out of Age
It is possible for exceptionally high performing players to request to play out of age in a higher age group. This is determined at the absolute discretion of Tennis Victoria. If you wish to request consideration for a higher age group, please email your request and reasons why to either of the addresses below - no later than Friday 24th June.
Nominations
We invite interested juniors to nominate via the following link:
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Nominations close and must be received by Friday 24th June 2022.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions:
Michael Juste (AJL Coordinador) ajl@baysidetennis.asn.au
Craig James (President) president@baysidetennis.asn.au
Colin Price (President) mdjtacommittee@gmail.com
We look forward to receiving your nomination.