THE COMPETITION IS TO BE PLAYED AMONGST 6 TEAMS

THE FIRST ROUND STARTS ON SATURDAY 15TH MARCH 2008
. SHOULD AN ENCOUNTER BE POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER OR POSTPONED BY THE ORGANIZERS, THIS ENCOUNTER WILL BE PLAYED AS DIRECTED BY THE ORGANIZERS.

PLAYERS

(A) PLAYERS ARE TO BE LISTED IN THEIR ORDER OF SELECTION.

(B) ALL PLAYERS MUST PLAY AT LAST SIX (6) ENCOUNTERS

SHOULD THERE BE A POSSIBILITY THAT A PLAYER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY ALL HIS/HER MATCHES AS IN CLAUSE B; THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SHALL BE OBLIGED TO INSERT THE NAME OF THAT PLAYER IN HIS/HER CATEGORY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE TEAM CAPTAIN. A WALKOVER WILL BE GIVEN TO THE OPPOSING TEAM.

(C) IN THE CASE OF AN ABSENCE BY A MEMBER OF THE TEAM WHERE NO RESERVES ARE AVAILABLE, THE CAPTAIN MAY PROMOTE A PLAYER FROM A LOWER CATEGORY. THE PROMOTED PLAYER MAY ALSO PLAY IN HIS CATEGORY IN THE SAME ENCOUNTER. THE MATCH PLAYED BY THE PROMOTED PLAYER DOES NOT SATISFY CLAUSE B.

A CAPTAIN MAY OPT NOT TO REPLACE A SCRATCHED PLAYER. IN THIS CASE
AND THE CASE OF A PLAYER SCRATCHING IN THE 2ND ROUND, THE SCRATCHED PLAYER MAY ONLY BE REPLACED BY LOWER RANKED PLAYER. A BOTTOM PLAYER MUST ALWAYS BE REPLACED EXCEPT IN THE SEMI-FINAL OR FINAL MATCHES

TEAM SELECTION

THE SELECTION LIST IS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE ORGANIZERS 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE STARTING TIME OF THE FIRST MATCH, DULY SIGNED BY THE CAPTAIN. NO AMENDMENTS CAN BE MADE AFTER THE SELECTION SHEET HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE ORGANIZERS. IF PLAY IS INTERRUPTED THE UNFINISHED ENCOUNTERS ARE TO BE PLAYED AS DIRECTED BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE; NO AMENDMENTS MAY BE MADE TO THE TEAM SELECTION PRESENTED TO THE ORGANIZERS .

PERMANENT REPLACEMENTS FOR INJURED PLAYERS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED UP TO THE END OF THE 1ST ROUND AND ON THE PRODUCTION OF A MERDICAL CERTIFICATE.
POSSIBLY, A RESERVES' LIST MUST BE COMPILED BY THE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE CAPTAINS MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURNATMENT. IF NO PRE-LISTED RESERVES ARE AVAILABLE ANOTHER SUITABLE PLAYER MAY BE FOUND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CAPTAINS. IF NO CONSENSUS IS REACHED THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY

ANY PROTEST MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THEIR OCCURRENCE. PROTEST WILL BE DEALT WITH BY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND ANY DECISION TAKEN BY THE ORGANISERS SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING

SCORING

EVERY MATCH SHALL CONSIST OF TWO SETS. TIE BREAK WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN THE SCORE IS SIX ALL. ONE POINT SHALL BE GIVEN FOR EVERY SET WON. A ROUND ROBIN ON A TWO ROUND BASIS SHALL BE PLAYED BETWEEN THE SIX TEAMS. THE FIRST FOUR PLACED TEAMS WILL PASS TO THE SEMI-FINALS. THE FIRST PLACED TEAM SHALL PLAY THE FOURTH PLACED TEAM AND THE SECOND SHALL PLAY THE THIRD. THE WINNERS OF THESE ENCOUNTERS SHALL PLAY FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE

IF TWO OR MORE TEAMS OBTAIN AN EQUAL NUMBER OF POINTS, THE WINNER OF (SETS DIFFERENCE) WILL BE DECLARED WINNER, SHOULD THIS DO NOT PRODUCE A WINNER, THEN THE TEAM WITH THE GAMES DIFFERENCE ( BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS) WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER. SHOULD THIS DO NOT PRODUCE A WINNER, THEN THE TEAM WITH THE GAMES DIFFERENCE (OF ALL MATCHES PLAYED IN THE QUALIFYING) WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER.

IN THE SEMI FINALS AND FINALS SAME RULE APPLY WITH THE RESULT OF THE TIE BREAK BE APPLIED ONLY SHOULD THE ABOVE DO NOT PRODUCE A WINNER.

IF A PLAYER IS NOT IN THE PREMISES WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THE SCHEDULED TIME OF PLAY OR 5 MINUTES (PROVIDED PREVIOUS MATCH HAS TAKEN MORE THAN 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES) AFTER THE PREVIOUS MATCH HAS ENDED, ONE POINT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE OPPOSING TEAM. IF THE PLAYER IS STILL NOT IN THE PREMISES AFTER A LAPSE OF FURTHER 15 MINUTES ANOTHER POINT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE OPPOSING TEAM. IN BOTH CASES THE SCORE WILL BE REGISTERED AS 6-0.

PLAYERS WHO SCRATCH OR GIVE A WALKOVER WITHOUT VALID REASON MAY HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD .

TEAMS/MATCHES/TIME OF PLAY

EACH TEAM WILL CONSIST OF 12 MALE PLAYERS AND 9 LADY PLAYERS CATEGORIZED AS FOLLOWS

THE FOLLOWING ENCOUNTERS WILL BE PLAYED

MALES

 

A CATEGORY	1 MEN’S DOUBLES  ‘A/A’
B CATEGORIES	1 MEN’S DOUBLES  ‘B/B’
C CATEGORIES	1 MEN’S DOUBLES  ‘C/C”
D CATEGORIES	1 MEN’S DOUBLES  ‘D/D’

A CATEGORY	1 LADIES’ DOUBLES  ‘A/A’
B CATEGORY	1 LADIES’ DOUBLES  ‘B/B’
C CATEGORY	1 LADIES’ DOUBLES ‘C/C