ENROLMENT PROCEDURE for 2024 Winter Competition
🔴STEP 1 - CALL TO NOMINATE
JUNIORS – Jana Rilett, Junior Manager - 0435 061 539
SENIORS - Nathan Ryle, Senior Manager - 0449 172 549
🔴STEP 2 - CREATE COMPETITIVE PLAYER PROFILE - new players only!
Please click HERE to create Competitive Player Profile. This is when a player has a Match Centre account and UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) account linked together. Record for yourself all login details, Tennis ID from Match Centre and UTR from Universal Tennis.
🔴STEP 3 - CHOOSE CLUB's MEMBERSHIP
By registering your membership, or in some cases letting us to register you over the phone, you are accepting the Terms & Conditions of MVTC & you are agreeing to pay the relevant Membership Fee by the Due Date.
Note: you will not be able to pay the Membership Fee at the end of joining the Membership - use your Internet Banking to deposit the fee into our club account as described in next Step 4 below.
Click HERE (or go to Memberships page in the above menu) to select the Membership allocated to you by Jana or Nathan.
🔴STEP 4 - PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEE
Fees due - SATURDAY, 11th MAY 2023
Use your Internet Banking to pay the fee into club's account:
NAME = Morphett Vale Tennis Club
BSB = 105 136 (Bank SA)
ACCOUNT NO. = 5134 92640
REFERENCE FIELD= <player's name(s)>
If you have difficulty meeting the Due Date please call 0435 061 539 for alternative arrangements.
CONGRATULATIONS - You are now a Member of Morphett Vale Tennis Club ready to compete!
🍀🎾GOOD LUCK 🍀🎾
🎾SPECIAL OFFERS for COMPETITION MEMBERS:
✅FREE Social Tennis (Seniors)
✅FREE Access to Courts (Conditions apply)
🎾COMPETITION DETAILS:
Click HERE - Terms & Conditions of MVTC
JUNIORS - Click HERE - TENNIS SA: DATES, RULES, VENUE ADDRESSES etc.
SENIORS - Click HERE - TENNIS SA: DATES, RULES, VENUE ADDRESSES etc.
Click HERE - MATCHCENTRE : FIXTURES, SCORESHEETS, PLAYER RATINGS, COMPETITION LADDERS.
Click HERE - TENNIS SA: Competition Policies & Guidelines - here are some links:
Parent Responsibilities/Expectations - https://www.tennis.com.au/sa/doc/24309-2
Player Responsibilities/Expectations - https://www.tennis.com.au/sa/doc/24310-2
Team Manager Duties - https://www.tennis.com.au/sa/doc/24311-2
Venue Supervisor Guidelines - https://www.tennis.com.au/sa/doc/24312-2
Code of Behaviour - https://www.tennis.com.au/competitiveplay/regulations
Inclement Weather Update - If all matches are cancelled due to bad weather you will be notified on your teams messenger chat group around the 'updated' times as per Tennis SA website (see the times below). Make sure to check that before your departure, especially if you are playing in the Hills or some further location.
Click HERE to see the Tennis SA weather announcements done in the following times:
- Saturday morning matches starting at 8.30 am - updated by 7.00 am
- Saturday morning matches starting at 10.45 am - updated by 9.00 am
- Saturday afternoon matches starting at 1.00 pm - updated by 11.00 am
🎾What is SDTA & Tennis SA?
Our club is a member of SDTA (Southern Districts Tennis Association). We compete with other clubs of that association. They are located from Goodwood to McLaren Vale (inland, not along the coast). This association has some of the strongest clubs in SA and it is reflected in the quality of competition. Our club as well as SDTA is associated with Tennis SA. Traditionally tennis was played in Summer and football in Winter. However Winter season is now becoming also popular as we play on hard surfaces, not grass.
Some Winter competitions are organised by Tennis SA and due to lower number of teams you might have to travel to other clubs outside of SDTA. You might be surprised that Winter competition is often stronger then Summer as those really devoted to tennis play whole year around. Therefore if you want to be ready for Summer season Winter season is recommended as a preparation for it! And you might also enjoy playing in cooler weather.
SDTA's Competition Committee creates the competition for the associated clubs before each season's start. This usually takes few weeks and hence the need to enrol for Summer Competition while the Winter Competition is finishing and vice versa.
As a rule of thumb every second weekend we compete in our club and every other week we play at the competitors' club. The competition is divided into the following categories:
- Juniors - Orange Balls (age 8 - 10)
- Juniors - Green Balls (age 10 - 12)
- Juniors - standard yellow ball (under 18)
- Seniors - standard yellow ball (age 18+)
Junior Premier League & Junior Div 1 plays on Friday evenings at 6:30pm. Juniors Div2 & lower start Saturday morning at 8:30am. The rest of the Junior divisions, Green & Orange Balls start at 10:45am. Seniors compete at 1pm.