BUCS Team Tennis 2017-18 Harrison Fernandez Lewis Higher Education Tennis Administrator harrison.fl@bucs.org.uk

Overview My Role BUCS Team Tennis: League & Knockout Competitions BUCS Team Tennis Timeline Other BUCS Competitions Your Role What Next? FAQs

My Role BUCS Tennis competition & event support BUCS Tennis league & knockout competitions BUCS National Premier League Super Weekends BUCS National Team Finals BUCS Individuals Qualifying & Finals BUCS Tennis key contact Matchday queries (e.g. rules & regulations, team sheets) Tennis results submission Key relationships: Tennis Foundation/LTA Support TF in promotion of their HE tennis programme Marketing & communications support for HE tennis BUCS Tennis competition support Support tennis captains with inputting BUCS results to the LTA. Point of contact for any related queries including match queries e.g. rules & regulations, tennis results submissions

BUCS Team Tennis: Introduction 355 teams 102 Universities Over 12,000 competitive matches per year

BUCS Team Tennis: League League competition takes a pyramid structure (as shown in Men’s 2017-18 example on screen) Top of pyramid is National League – 6 best 1st teams in the UK – who play every Wednesday plus two Super Weekends at centrally-hosted location Premier league = North & South divide; promoted to National via play off between 2 top-placed 1st teams and bottom placed Nat league; automatic relegation to appropriate regional league in Tier 1 Tier 1 = regionally split leagues; promoted to Prem via play off with other regionally-appropriate teams Tier 2 & below = regionally split leagues; automatic promotion & relegation between tiers

BUCS Team Tennis: Knockout More conventional/familiar tennis tournament structure Championship All National League teams plus all 1st teams in North A & South A Trophy All 2nd teams in North A & South A plus all Tier 1 teams Conference Cup Split regionally All teams from Tier 2 & below Championship = all Nat League teams + all 1st Teams in Prem Trophy = 2nd teams in Prem & all teams in Tier 1 Finals held University of Nottingham (Nottingham Tennis Centre) 21st March 2018 Conf Cup = regional competitions for all teams Tier 2 & below; finals held regionally

BUCS Team Tennis Timeline Sept 2017 17-18 Captains’ details BTM sign ups 29th Sept 2017 Scotland squad declaration deadline 4th Oct 2017 First BUCS matches (Scotland) 6th Oct 2017 All other teams squad declaration deadline 11th Oct 2017 All other teams first BUCS matches Figure (%) captains details sent through  keep them coming! BTM free for all University students, get them signed up ASAP before season start for LTA input Squad declarations in before deadlines Before first matches look out for email from me with relevant attachments for throughout season

BUCS Team Tennis Timeline Every Wednesday Results submission to University Every Friday (Midday) Results submission to LTA 19th Oct – 23rd Oct 2017 Semester 1 Ranking Window 25th Jan – 29th Jan 2018 Semester 2 Ranking Window 21st March 2018 BUCS Big Wednesday End of 17-18 BUCS Season!!! Speak to AU for team entries 2018-19 Every Wednesday submit results to AU ASAP after fixture for submission to BUCS; Every Friday submit results to LTA website – more info with step by step guide in email before first fixture Re-ranking windows for new players/squad changes End of the 17/18 season speak to AU about team entries for following season (stay same/more/less)

Other BUCS Competitions BUCS Individual Championships Regional qualifiers Centrally hosted finals (19th-22nd April 2018) London Universities Sport Leagues (LUSL) Exclusive to universities & colleges in London jason.michalski@bucs.org.uk (LUSL Coordinator) BUCS Indys = singles & doubles competition; regional qualifiers; dates soon to be released; online sign ups  Indy Finals @ Loughborough 19th-22nd April LUSL = competitive tennis opportunities exclusive to London-based universities and colleges; all enquiries to JM

What Next? 2017-18 Tennis Team captain details Squad Declarations Friday 29th September 2017 (Scottish teams in Tier 1 and below) Friday 6th October 2017 (All Premier Tier [National + A] teams, and all English & Welsh teams in Tier 1 and below) £250 fine & walkovers BTM sign ups Results submission support Figure (%) captains details sent through  keep them coming! Squad declarations in before deadlines otherwise fines & walkovers Sign up players for BTM Support captains with results submission

FAQs FAQ document https://www.bucs.org.uk/homepage.asp harrison.fl@bucs.org.uk BUCS main office: 020 7633 5080 List of FAQs will be sent before first fixture. Anymore enquiries send to my email/call BUCS office

Thank you & good luck for the 2017-18 season!!