The 2025 Handicap Tournament
Our next tournament on the itinerary for this year is The 2025 Handicap!
Designed to allow players of all skills to compete against each other.
Finals will be played on Saturday 27th September.
If rain disrupts finals day it will be rescheduled to the closest mutually convenient date for the players involved.
Scroll down to view the draws and rules.
Please make sure you have paid your £5 entry fee – this covers as many entries as you want in the upcoming Open, Veteran’s and Handicap Tournaments.
Payable to:
HSBC Bank
Sort Code: 40-32-02
Account No: 21539574
Best of luck to all those who enter and we sincerely hope you enjoy your tennis.
Mens Singles Handicap
Mens Doubles Handicap
Ladies Doubles Handicap
Mixed Doubles Handicap
Each match is the first to 11 games, if you get to 10-10 then next game wins. Every deuce is a sudden death, the receiving player/pair at Deuce can decide which side of the court to receive the serve. All matches to adhere to the Handicap Scoring Rules, see below for clarification.
| +40 (receive 40) | Start each game on 40pts |
| +30 (receive 30) | Start each game on 30pts |
| +15 (receive 15) | Start each game on 15pts |
| 0 (scratch) | Start each game on 0pts |
| -15 (owe 15) | Start each game on -15pts |
| -30 (owe 30) | Start each game on -30pts |
- If both opponents are on the same side of scratch, ie both Owe or both Rec then the Handicaps cancel each other out to an extent. ie if one is Owe 40 and one is Owe 15 then you will start at Owe 30 and scratch. You both will not be owing.
- Make sure you start each game on the correct side, ie if it is SCR vs Owe 15 then that is odd and you start on the left.
- If players are on the opposite side of Scratch ie Rec 15 and Owe 30 then you start every game with the first player on +15 and second player on -30. You do not cancel out in this instance.