RULES FOR INTER-PROVINCIAL PRIMARY & HIGH SCHOOL TRIALS/PLAYOFFS

ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE TSA WEBSITE UNDER INTERPOVINCIAL SCHOOL TRIALS GUIDELINES
TSA Schools Week - Tennis South Africa (tennissa.co.za)
1. PLAYERS MUST B E AVAILABLE FOR ALL DATES RELATING TO TRIALS
2. THE GETA CLOSED TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED UNDER THE OFFICAL TSA TOURNAMENT RULES OF 2023 & TSA CODE OF CUNDUCT RULES
3. ALL HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS WHO ARE UNABKLE TO ATTEND TRIALS / PLAYOFFS, DUE THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE REPRESENTING SOUTH AFRICA, PLAYING IN A MASTERS OR ITF TOURNAMENT DURING THE TIME OF TRIALS (WITH PROOF OF PATRICIPATION), WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO CHALLENGE THE TOP 6 PLAYERS CHOSEN FROM THE TRIAL, IN A POST TRIAL PLAYOFF EVENT, TO BE HELF ON SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2023 AT GETA COURTS.
HOWEVER, THESE PLAYERS WOULD STILL NEED TO ENTER THE CLOSED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POST TRIAL EVENT.
THE TOP 6 PLAYERS CHOSEN FROM THE TRIALS MAY NOT DECLINE A CHALLENGE AND HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE DATE OF THE POST TRIAL PLAYOFF EVENT AS WELL OR MAY FORFEIT THEIR PLACE IN THE TEAM.
*DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS MAY BE CHALLENGED BY DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS.
4. 2 PLAYERS OF COLOUR (development players) WILL BE CHOSEN FROM TRIALS FOR EACH TEAM, BOYS AND GIRLS, ACCORDING TO THE HIGHEST POSITION REACHED IN THE TRIALS OR POST TRIAL CHALLENGES.
5. EVERYONE CAN PLAY TRIALS & BE SELECTED FOR TEAMS, PROVIDED THEY RESIDE IN THE GETA DISTRICT, ATTEND A PRIVATE/GOVERNMENT OR HOMESCHOOL IN THE GETA DISTRICT AND ARE SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS.
6. THE FORMAT OF TRIALS/PLAYOFF WILL BE DEPENDENT OF THE AMOUNT OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.
7. NO ENTRIESWILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PROOF OF PAYMENT OR AFTER THE CLOSING DATE ON 6TH OCTOBER 2023
8. NB!! PLAYERS SELECTED FOR TEAMS WILL HAVE TO COMMIT TO FURTHER COSTS INVOLVED FOR INTER-PRO WEEK & BE AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGH/PRIMARY SCHOOL INTER-PROVINCIAL WEEKS, OTHERWISE FORFEIT THEIR PLACE IN TEAM:
HIGH SCHOOLS WEEK :
8TH – 12 JANUARY 2024 IN PRETORIA
PRIMARY SCHOOLS WEEK :
Tentative date : AUGUST 2024 IN BLOEMFONTEIN
9. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, THE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
10. NO COACHING OR ASSISTANCE FROMA PARENTS/COACHES OR OTHER PLAYERS WILL BE TOLERATED DURING ANY INTER-PROVINCIAL EVENT.
11. ONLY RECOGBISED TENNIS APPAREL WILL BE PERMITTED.

Date(s):

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Location(s)

3 Country Lane
Lakefield
Benoni, Gauteng East, Ekurhuleni - Benoni, Gauteng 1525
South Africa

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Morris Avenue
Morehill
Benoni, Gauteng East, Ekurhuleni - Benoni, Gauteng 1501
South Africa

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39 WATERMEYER ST
BOKSBURG, Gauteng Central, City of Johannesburg - Alexandra, Gauteng 1459
South Africa

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5 FINCH ST
ATLASVILLE
BENONI, Gauteng Central, City of Johannesburg - Alexandra, Gauteng 1501
South Africa

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This is a Gauteng East Tennis Association sanctioned event.