Schools Tennis

Advice & Support

Tennis Scotland works closely with the Tennis Foundation  to provide the appropriate advice and support, to assist all involved with the delivery of schools tennis.

The Tennis Foundation has launched a new and exciting interactive Schools Tennis DVD, which will be part of a comprehensive Primary Schools resource package, to include a 3 hour teacher training workshop, lesson plans and equipment packs.

If you are interested in finding out more about setting up tennis within your school, please contact one of our Tennis Development Managers in the Tennis Scotland office

Scottish Schools Championships

Welcome to the Scottish Schools Team Tennis Championships 2011/12. Please find information on this year’s competition to help you prepare for your matches.

Draw

The draw is viewable online here. To find your team, please filter through the leagues until you find your school name. To view your fixtures click on the ‘matches’ tab. The team listed first is the home team.

Format

Each match will consist of two tie break sets and a championship tie break to 10 for the 3rd set. In the first two sets a tie break shall operate at 6-6, whilst the third set shall be determined by one match tie break (up to 10 points). In the event that the total number of matches should be 3-3 then a doubles match tie break to 10 points should be played to determine the winning team. The doubles pair must consist of one player from each of the original doubles pairings.

Team Contacts

The list of team contacts can be found here. To view team contact information, simply click on the opposing team name. Their details will then appear. It is both team captains responsibility to contact each other before the match. We suggest contacting all opponent captains before your first match. If you give the captaincy on match day to another person please make sure they have the necessary information.

British Tennis Membership

To be eligible to compete in the Scottish Schools Team Tennis Championships, players must be British Tennis Members (BTM) – this is free to all club members and registered schools. As team captain it is your responsibility to make sure every player in your team is BTM registered. More information is available at here.

Results

An online results process is used to record results.  Round robin stages must be completed by the 30th March 2012.

View the 2011-12 Tournament Conditions

If you have any queries please email schools@tennisscotland.org

Results from the 2010-11 Scottish Schools Team Tennis Championships

View the completed Girls Draw from the 2010-11 event

View the completed Boys Draw from the 2010-11 event