2023 Swan Hill Carnival | Tennis Seniors

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We are calling for entries to play for NSW at the National Teams Carnival in Swan Hill, Victoria from 8-13 January, 2023. More than 80 grass courts in one place beckon players with courts just as good as those we experienced in Busselton, 2020.
You will find the entry form on our website  https://www.tsnsw.com.au/tournaments at the end of the 2022 NRT events.

The Carnival is contested each year by all the states, plus there are usually a few other teams from New Zealand, Japan and sometimes other countries who wish to enter.

It commences on the Sunday evening with an Official Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Function. Attendance at this is optional as the tennis starts on Monday morning.

The Teams’ week consists of friendly rivalry and is a really good chance to get to know players from our own state as well as the other players who participate. Each state has a “State Dinner” on the Tuesday night, with both ‘old’ and ‘new’ representatives joining in a spirit of fun and camaraderie, sometimes they are on the dance floor until almost midnight – then have to get to tennis by 8am the next morning! TSNSW subsidise this dinner so its great value.
Teams of between four and eight players can be organised by yourselves or you can enter individually or as part of a team and our state Selectors will endeavour to complete your team.

You compete in up to two time slots per day. Each division has to play at either 8am and 1.20pm or 10.40am and 4.00pm, with each match lasting up to two and a half hours. All play is doubles and you start with two pairs playing two sets on adjoining courts. When those first two rubbers are completed you play two more sets on each court. If you use the same four players you must change pairs. You can introduce two new players if you have a team of 6-8 but only 6 can play in each match. Play ceases when the bell rings at the end of the two and a half hour session. Age groups are defined in 5 or 10 year increments depending upon the number of entries for Men and Women. Players can sometimes play eight sets in one day with a team of 4, but with larger teams, they get to have a rest. Play continues from Monday to Thursday in that format and there are semis or finals played on the Friday. You normally get a session or two, being a morning or an afternoon, off during the week

Averages are kept for each state’s matches throughout the week, and the winning state is the one with the highest average. Each night there is a dinner function arranged by the Swan Hill Tennis Club and the week culminates with a Presentation Dinner Dance on the Friday night. Attendance at all social functions is optional but our subsidised State Dinner and the Friday night Dinner Dance finale are highly recommended. If you stay on for the Individual Championships they don’t start till Sunday or Monday so Saturday can be a well earned rest!

Tennis Seniors NSW Committee