Hello all! As you may or may not have noticed, the rules for this year’s Team Championships have been refined and updated. These will be the official rules:

Rules

– During Round Robin, all teams must play all 5 matches for every tie (note: when one team plays another team, it is called a “tie”). In the playoffs, once the outcome is decided, it is at the discretion of the winning team to play the final match.

– In case of teams finishing with identical results during Round Robin, the ranking will be decided based on the order below until a result can be decided:

1. Head to head tie result (if only two teams finish equal)
2. Matches won from the ties between teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal)
3. Sets won from the ties between teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal)
4. Total matches won in all ties
5. Total sets won in all ties
6. Total point difference between teams in question
7. Total point difference in all matches
8. Lottery draw

– Each registered player on the team may play a maximum of 2 matches per tie, but the same player may not play in the same event in each tie. i.e. A player cannot play in both Mixed Doubles A and Mixed Doubles B.

– Each registered player on the team must play at least two matches on each day of the team championships.

– In the event that a team member have not played two matches on the match day, there will be an automatic forfeit in the final game of the day equal to the amount of matches remaining that they are required to play.

– Mixed Doubles A must be the stronger team, this will be determined via rankings and common sense.

*The governing body will reserve the right to change or add any rules with proper notification.