REPRESENTATIVE COMPETITION
ISLTA Junior Branch is proud to represent the Illawarra area in the Interdistrict and Challenge Cup competitions.
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ISLTA has proudly been a part of Interdistrict since 1947 with junior, senior and veteran events in the eight-week competition.
In the Challenge Cup, ISLTA players are able to compete against the teams from SDTA (Southern Districts Tennis Association) in an annual one-day competition competing for the Challenge Cup trophy.
INTERDISTRICT
ISLTA Junior Branch is proud to be a part of an annual inter-district competition where teams of different age groups and genders compete against each other.
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Players from the Illawarra district (St George and Sutherland Shire) must trial for a position in their age group's team. The team goes on to represent Illawarra by playing against teams from more than 17 Sydney metropolitan associations.
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🎾 Age groups: 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s in both boys’ and girls' teams
🎾 Ages are as at 30 September 2025
🎾 All age Open tournament is also available
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Trial date: Sunday 4 May 2025
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Illawarra Tennis Centre at Rockdale
Registration forms must be submitted to Tracy Charas by no later than Sunday 4 May
2025 Tournament Dates:
Note: this competition is played on Sundays
27 July and 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 August
No play on 7 September for Father's Day
Semi-Finals and Play-offs: 14 September | Finals: 21 September​ (location TBC)
Players must be available to play on all Sundays and at all locations
Tournament time: 12.30pm until finish
🎾 All players are required to have a Tennis Australia 66333 number and it is the responsibility of each player to provide that when registering. This also applies to reserves. Tennis NSW has provided a step-by-step guide on how to request your 66333 number, but should you have any queries or issues obtaining it, please contact Tracy Charas or Tennis NSW;
🎾 Registration for Interdistrict is FREE to all players already registered and playing in an ISLTA competition.
Non-ISLTA players will be charged an administration fee (amount TBC);
🎾 Team shirts will be provided free of charge to all successful players placed into a team;
🎾 Courts at Rockdale Tennis Club will be available free of charge each week for 1.5 hours for players to practise on before the tournament begins;
🎾 Updates will be published on the ISLTA Interdistrict Facebook page;
🎾 Although there have been changes to the international rules regarding coaching from off the court, this does not apply to Interdistrict. Coaching or interference from outside the court boundaries are not permitted.
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Contact Tracy Charas for more information:
E: interdistrict@islta.com.au | M: 0418 248 396
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Illawarra is proud that the name Illawarra Tennis has been engraved on the George McKerihan Shield
as the champion association 33 times since 1947.
CHALLENGE CUP
The Challenge Cup is an annual one-day junior event which is played on a Sunday each year between junior teams from our association (ISLTA) and Tennis Macarthur (SDTA - Campbelltown area association.)
Due to changes at Tennis Macarthur, this year's Challenge Cup has been postponed and will be held in early 2025
(Date TBC: Sunday ***).
Location: Tennis Macarthur
Wests Tennis Centre: 16 Old Leumeah Road Leumeah 2560
Teams of boys and girls are formed in the following age groups:
10s, 12s, 14s and 16s (age as at 30 October 2024)
To be eligible players must not have played Interdistrict. Coaches will submit players' names for nomination to play. Nominations close on Thursday 27 October (TBC). Players will be selected on their ability; the final decision on players and teams will be made by the ISLTA – JB Committee.
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Tournament information:
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Registration for the Challenge Cup is free to all players already registered and playing in an Illawarra Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association – Junior Branch (ISLTA – JB) competition;
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Team shirts will be provided free of charge to all successful players placed into a team;
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Players will need to arrive at the courts by no later than 8:30am on Sunday 20 November to collect their shirt;
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After an introduction players will split into their teams with matches commencing at 9am;
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Games will follow a format of two (2) sets of doubles and one (1) set of singles;
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Players can organise, with assistance if required, seeding i.e. players ranking themselves 1, 2 or 3;
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This will ensure that players play the opposition’s ranked players in correct seeding.
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Morning tea and lunch (lunch details TBA) will be provided for the players.
What players need to bring with them:
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A plate of fruit or cakes for morning tea to share;
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Their own drinks (not required to share);
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Sunscreen;
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Tennis racquets and whatever tennis/sporting equipment they normally use.
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We anticipate that the day will conclude at approximately 3pm.
A trophy presentation will take place after the matches have been played at approximately 2:30pm.
All players are required to remain at the courts for the trophy presentation.​
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Contact Grahame Ross:
0423 487 584