GETA CLOSED PRIMARY & HIGH SCHOOL IPT TRIALS

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VENUES:
FRIDAY:
Boys u/13 Harmelia tennis club
Girls u/13 Curro Serengthi
Boys u/15 Atlasville tennis club
Girls u/15 Parkrand tennis club
Boys & Girls u/19 GETA

SATURDAY/SUNDAY:
Boys & Girls u/13 Curro Serengthi
Boys u/15 Harmelia tennis club
Girls u/15 Parkrand tennis club
Boys & Girls u/19 GETA

Format for play:
No advantage receivers choice
Live net rule for serving
Round robin phase will be Friday afternoon & Saturday morning
Followed by main draw/playoffs & gold draws from Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.
Main draw will consist of top 2 players from each round robin group.
Playoffs will start after 1st round of main draw.
Gold draws will consist of the remainder of players from round robin phase.

Scoring:
U/13’s:
play 7 games in round robin phase & gold draws & playoffs (if 3/3 play 7 point tiebreaker)
9 games for main draw matches (if 4/4 play 7 point tiebreaker)
Live Let rule applies and no advantage, receivers choice.

U/15 & U/19’s:
play 9 games in round robin phase & gold draws & playoffs (if 4/4 play 7 point tiebreaker )
11 games for main draw matches (if 5/5 play
7 point tiebreaker )
Live Let rule applies and no advantage, receivers choice.

‼️MAIN DRAW SEMIS, 3/4 & FINALS ‼️
PLAY IPT SETS:
2 NORMAL SETS STARTING AT 2/2
IF SET EACH,3rd SET IS A 10 POINT TIEBREAKER

ALL GOLD MATCHES & PLAYOFFS FROM POSITIONS 5 DOWN PLAY GAMES

U/13’s:
7 GAMES GOLD MATCHES
9 GAMES POSITIONS 5 DOWN MAIN DRAW

U/15’s & U/19’s:
9 GAMES GOLD MATCHES
11 GAMES POSITIONS 5 DOWN MAIN DRAW

Starting times :
Friday 2:30pm
Saturday 8am
Sunday 8am
Players have to be available for all days no exceptions.
Singles only
Format/draws & order of play will be available on Wednesday 4th September
Please note that this tournament is ONLY open to Players who are schooled in the Ekurhuleni District including those that are home schooled & live in district.
High Schools-Only players who will turn 14yrs and not older than 19yrs by the 1st of December 2025 are eligible for the High school trials. Criteria Grade 8 to Grade 12 in 2025 only.
Primary Schools- Only players who are 10 years old as of 1st December 2024 & turning no older than 13 years old as of 1st December 2025 are allowed to enter Primary school trials, cut off Grade is Grade 7.
RULES FOR INTER-PROVINCIAL SCHOOL TRIALS.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE TSA WEBSITE UNDER INTERPROVINCIAL SCHOOL TRIALS GUIDELINES
TSA Schools Week - Tennis South Africa (tennissa.co.za)
1. PLAYERS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL DATES & TIMES RELATING TO TRIALS
2. THE GETA CLOSED TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED UNDER THE OFFICIAL TSA TOURNAMENT RULES & TSA CODE OF CONDUCT RULES
3. ALL PLAYERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND TRIALS, DUE THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE REPRESENTING SOUTH AFRICA IN TENNIS WILL BE GIVEN A CONCESSION. HOWEVER, THESE PLAYERS WOULD STILL NEED TO ENTER THE CLOSED TRIALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CONCESSION TO THEN BE CONSIDERED FOR IPT TEAM.
4. THE TOP 2 PLAYERS OF COLOUR WILL BE SELECTED FROM TRIALS FOR EACH TEAM, BOYS AND GIRLS, ACCORDING TO THE HIGHEST POSITION REACHED IN THE TRIALS OR BECAUSE OF CONCESSION BASIS. ANY TEAM MAY NOT HAVE MORE THAN 4 WHITE PLAYERS ( ACCORDING TO TSA SCHOOL ITP RULES) TEAMS CONSIST OF 6 BOYS &6 GIRLS (2 extra reserves for boys & girls per team, will be selected from trials as part of team in case of injury)
5. EVERYONE CAN PLAY TRIALS & BE SELECTED FOR TEAMS, PROVIDED THEY ATTEND A PRIVATE/GOVERNMENT OR HOMESCHOOL IN THE EKURHULENI DISTRICT AND ARE SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS.
6. THE FORMAT OF TRIALS WILL BE DEPENDENT OF THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.
7. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PROOF OF PAYMENT OR AFTER THE CLOSING DATE ON 30TH AUGUST 2024
8. NB!! PLAYERS SELECTED FOR TEAMS WILL HAVE TO COMMIT TO FURTHER COSTS INVOLVED FOR INTER-PRO WEEK & BE AVAILABLE FOR THE SCHOOL INTER-PROVINCIAL WEEK, OTHERWISE FORFEIT THEIR PLACE IN TEAM:

IPT HIGH SCHOOLS & PRIMARY SCHOOLS WEEK 2025:
9-12th JANUARY 2025-
HIGH SCHOOLS TO BE PLAYED IN PRETORIA
PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO BE PLAYED IN BLOEMFONTEIN

9. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR(S) WILL MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
10. NO COACHING OR ASSISTANCE FROM PARENTS/COACHES OR OTHER PLAYERS WILL BE TOLERATED DURING ANY ROUND OF INTER-PROVINCIAL TRIALS EVENT.
11. ONLY RECOGNISED TENNIS APPAREL WILL BE PERMITTED.
12. ALL PLAYERS NEED TO HAVE A TSA NUMBER TO ENTER TRIALS AS IT'LL BE RUN ON SPORTYHQ