Southern Districts Tennis Association
Winter 2024
We are well and truly into the winter season now, with finals starting on 24th August and Grand Finals on 31st August for seniors, and 30/31 August with the Grand Final being held on 6/7 September for Juniors..
Summer tennis is not far away!
See below for information regarding summer nominations.
Summer Nominations Open 12th August 2024!
Summer 2024/25 Key Dates
SENIORS
Nominations Open: Monday 12th August
Nominations Close: Thursday 5th September
Start of Season: 12th October
Last Match before Christmas: 14th December
Season recommences: 1st February
Last Minor Round: 15th March
Semi Final Week: 22nd March
Grand Final: 29th March
Adelaide Cup Bye: No matches will be played over the Adelaide Cup long weekend 8th March
JUNIORS
Nominations Open: Monday 12th August
Nominations Close: Thursday 5th September (Prem/Div 1/Div 2); Thursday 12th September (All other divisions)
Start of Season: 18/19th October
Last Match before Christmas: 13/14th December
Season recommences: 31 January/1st February
Last Minor Round: 14th/15th March
Semi Final Week: 21st/22nd March
Grand Final: 28/29th March
Adelaide Cup Bye: No matches will be played over the Adelaide Cup long weekend 7/8th March
GDTA - Grading will likely be the week before 8th of September. They are playing a 2 week finals series.
ORANGE BALL
Played over six to eight Saturday mornings split into two seasons in Term 4 and Term 1
Term 4 Dates
Nominations Open: Monday 12th August
Nominations Close: Thursday 5th September
Start of Season: 19th October
Final Round: 14th December
Christmas Pageant: No matches will be played during the Christmas Pageant - 2 November
Term 1, 2025 Dates
Nominations Open: TBA
Nominations Close: TBA
Start of Season: TBA
Final Round: TBA
Adelaide Cup Bye: No matches will be played over the Adelaide Cup long weekend 8th March
Matches will be played using a home and away fixture
Matches are played from 10:45am
Team Nomination
A Tennis Club affiliated with Tennis SA may nominate a team to compete within SDTA
Nominations shall be submitted online via League Manager – League Manager
The Nomination will require a nominating club to name in Order of Merit the players which it proposes to play in its team. Players who are listed as reserves will not be taken into account when grading and require approval if they wish to play
All players nominated must have registered and activated their own Competitive Player Profile to compete
Clubs can no longer create a profile. A profile must be created by a player or parent/caregiver
Players with a Competitive Player Profile can only be selected
Select preferred division
Clubs will receive an invoice once teams are final
TENNIS SA DATES
STATE LEAGUE
Nominations open: Wednesday, 31st July
Nominations close: Wednesday, 14th August
Start of season: Saturday, 12 October
Last match before Christmas: Saturday, 7th December
Season recommences: Saturday, 1st February
Last Minor Round: Saturday, 15th February
Finals to be run over 2 weekends, commencing Saturday, 22nd February, with the Grand Final on Saturday, 1st March
METRO LEAGUE
Nominations open: Thursday, 1 August
Nominations close: Sunday, 25 August
Start of season: Saturday, 12 October
Last match before Christmas: Saturday, 14 December
Season recommences: Saturday, 1 February
Last Minor Round: Saturday, 1 March
Finals to be run over 3 weekends, commencing Saturday, 15 March, with the Grand Final on Saturday, 29 March
Adelaide Cup Bye: No matches will be played over the Adelaide Cup long weekend 8th March
JUNIOR STATE LEAGUE
Nominations open: 31 July 2024.
Nominations close: 14 August 2024.
Start of Season: 18 October 2024.
Last Match before Christmas: 13 December 2024.
Season recommences: 31 January 2025.
Last Minor Round: 14 February 2025.
Finals: to be run over 2 weekends, commencing 21 February with the Grand Final on 28 February 2025.
Adelaide Cup Bye: No matches will be played over the Adelaide Cup long weekend 7/8th March
JUNIOR STATE LEAGUE 2
Nominations open: 31 July 2024.
Nominations close: 14 August 2024.
Start of Season: 18 October 2024.
Last Match before Christmas: 13 December 2024.
Season recommences: 31 January 2025.
Last Minor Round: 28 February 2025.
Finals: to be run over 2 weekends, commencing 14 March with the Grand Final on 21 March 2025.
Adelaide Cup Bye: No matches will be played over the Adelaide Cup long weekend 7/8th March
Weather Cancellations
In the event of extreme weather (including but not limited to rain or excessive heat) an update will be placed on the Tennis SA Website
Tennis SA Weather Update – click here
Congratulations also to those who either won or came Runners Up in the Green Ball State League, Les Tapp, and Inter-Association (both Juniors and Seniors) - see photos below
SDTA Green Ball State League Runners Up - Baylee Hannah (CLW), Olivia Todd (Happy Valley), Anthony Rapuano (Denman), Nicholas Rapuano (Denman).
SDTA Open Boys Les Tapp Winners - Kye Hussey (Happy Valley), Ben Chisholm (Reade Park), Henry Gray (Blackwood), Daniel Skuza (Flagstaff Hill)
SDTA Junior Inter association winners - Back Row: Man Hau Manko Law (Flagstaff Hill), Oliver Twelftree (Reade Park), Ruby Measday (Denman), Ben Chisholm (Reade Park), Kye Hussey (Happy Valley); Front Row: Delilah McBeath (McLaren Vale), Jemyma Loke (McLaren Vale), Zoe Logan (Blackwood)
SDTA Senior Inter association winners - Back Row: Jack Simula, Ben Perry, Nick Scott (Denman), Tom Roberts (CLW); Front Row: Gill Scott (Denman), Vittoria Peresano (Kingswood), Olivia Manzie (Denman), Jacqui Scott (Denman)