Junior Box League
We are delighted to announce that as of November 2021, we have launched our new junior box league!
The junior league will run alongside the adult box league with the same format and scoring – see Operation of the Junior Box League [PDF]. These box leagues will give our junior members an ideal opportunity to start competing and playing matches on a regular basis against players of similar age and ability.
Joining the junior box league
If you are interested in joining the league please use the address above to email your name (plus parent name for a junior) and suggested approximate box entry level – we suggest you ask your coach (if you are having coaching), or find out by playing other members during club nights etc.
For more information or to join the league, please email Olly Culwick at oliver@berkhamstedtennisfit.com.
Viewing the singles box leagues
Click one of the buttons below to view the junior box league tables.
Firstly select the correct round/date and then scroll down to find your box (or, with most desktop browser versions, more quickly by Ctrl-F and entering part of your surname in the ‘Find’ box).
When you find your box you will see that the contact details for the other players are shown. You will also post your own match scores (see section below) via this same web page using the pull down menus adjacent to each of the score squares in your box.
Playing your matches
These leagues will be singles boxes played with the yellow ‘full ball’ tennis ball.
Matches will be the approved ‘Two Short Sets Format’ Two sets up to 5 (Standard Tie-break game at 4-4: i.e., first to 7 points). Then if you reach one set all, play a single ‘Championship Tie-break’ – first to 10 points.
To start off, players will be grouped according to age and ability and will then move up/down depending on their league position every 6-8 weeks. There will be a note with all the box league rules sent out prior to the league starting. All match results will be exported onto the UTR platform which in time will give our juniors a universal rating of their tennis level.
Recording your match result
After the match, if you won, you are responsible for posting the match score on the system. You do this online via the Tennis League Boxes page.
If you were the losing player, please try and find the time to visit the box leagues web page sometime soon afterwards to verify that the correct score has been posted! If it’s wrong, let us know and we can correct it.
Note: The system does not handle individual set scores so the winner of a completed match should always post 10. The loser simply scores the total number of games they won throughout the course of the match. So, for example, if you won 5-2, 1-5, 1-0, you would record this on the system as 10-7, i.e. 10 for you, 7 for your opponent.
Post the match score carefully in the score box: enter the number of games you won in your row, and in your opponent’s column. Then enter the number of games your opponent won in their row, under your column. Unless all the completed score squares appear in a symmetrical pattern either side of the diagonal of blank squares – someone has entered a score in the wrong square! Check that it all looks correct before pushing the ‘Save’ button.
For full details and rules governing how our Singles box leagues operate please see our Tennis Singles League Details [PDF] download.
