Junior Interclub Rules
Hotshots Orange Grade - NEW GRADE
- Matches will all be played at Wallace park in Palmerston North.
- Players can be aged between 7-10
- Games will start at 8.30am -9.45am
- 3/4 court with special marker lines placed out to shorten the length of the tennis court, first serve over arm with second serve being a bounce feed.
- Scoring will be up to 4 games using traditional scoring except all deuces will be sudden death.
- Teams of 4
- Players will have singles and doubles matches each week
- 8.30am start
Hotshots Green Grade
- Green Ball Division - Ages between 7-11 only
- This grade will be mixed gender
- This grade is part of the Hotshots development and is the last stage before players move into yellow ball. Low compression green dot balls will be used for this stage.
- Full court games with both serves being over arm
- Matches will be played up to 7 games with normal scoring (15,30,40,deuce & advantage)
- In order to get the rallies going, first year players are able to do a bounce underarm serve but must land in the correct box on the second serve. This will apply to first year players only.
- Teams of 4
- Players will have singles and doubles matches each week
- 8.30am start
Challengers Grade
- This division is for S11 & S12 Ranked players. If you have new players to interclub who are older than 11, this grade would be a perfect starting point.
- This grade will have a Boy’s and a Mixed Division
- Best of 3 short sets to 4 games (must win by 2 games or more, tiebreaker at 4-4) Super-tie breaker to 10 points for 3rd set, must win by 2 points. Same scoring for Doubles.
- Teams of 4
- Players will have singles and doubles matches each week
- 8.30am start
Futures Grade
- This division is for lower ranked S10 players and high ranked S11 players
- This division will be a mixed division
- Matches are best of three sets to 4 games, with third set been super tie breaker
- Players will have singles and doubles matches each week
- 10.30am start
Premier Juniors Grade
- This division is for players ranked S9 or high ranked S10 players .
- This division is mixed.
- Teams of 2.
- Highly ranked girls (S7 or S8) could play in the boys grade if required by clubs
- Singles matches are best of three sets to 6 with third set being a super tie break to 10 points.
- Doubles matches are best of three sets to 4 with third set being a super tie break to 10 points.
- Players will have singles and doubles matches each week
- 10.30am start