How to register your event
The Play Your Way to Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone, junior tournament (previously called Road to Wimbledon) gives most players under the age of 18, an opportunity to follow in their heroes footsteps and compete for the title at Wimbledon and as a county we are seeking to get as many clubs and venues across Wiltshire involved.
There have been a few changes this year with the Entry FREE for all venues to host an event and also the organiser packs are FREE. Plus venues can now, if they so wish, create an ‘Open Event’ perhaps grouping local clubs together to run a joint event for their players or run a closed event just for members.
Also new for 2022, there are two Play Your Way To Wimbledon junior pathways:
- Play Your Way To Wimbledon Singles (ages 11-14)
- Play Your Way To Wimbledon Doubles (ages 11-18)
Players Information
Players can enter into both the singles and/or doubles pathway, with separate competitions for boys and girls.
They must have an LTA Advantage membership number and an ITF World Tennis Number between 20.0 and 40.9 at the time of the event they’re competing in. A players singles and doubles ITF World Tennis Number will be used for the relevant pathway.
Once a player has won a venue stage event they automatically qualify for the county finals (singles) or regional finals (doubles).
Play Your Way To Wimbledon Singles
- Any junior player under the age of 14 and born between 2008 and 2011 can enter.
- Players can only enter a competition in their play county, e.g. if they play in Wiltshire, they can only enter a Play Your Way To Wimbledon event in Wiltshire.
- The only exception to this is if the LTA Registered Venue the player is a member at is hosting an event. This would only be relevant if a player lives in a county over the border from the venue they are a member at.
- Players start by competing locally at an event taking place at a local club, park or school with the winners progressing through to the Wiltshire County Finals at Swindon Tennis Centre on the 9th/10th July and and then onto the National Finals at Wimbledon the 7th-13th August 2022.
Play Your Way To Wimbledon Doubles
- Any junior player under the age of 18 and born between 2004 and 2011 can enter.
- Players can pair up with any other eligible player within their region ie South and South West only
- Players start by competing locally at an event taking place at a local club, park or school with the winners progressing through to Regional Finals (TBC), and then onto the National Finals at Wimbledon the 7th-13th August 2022.
Venue sign up
All venues hosting a Play Your Way To Wimbledon competition must be LTA registered venues (clubs, parks & schools).
Venues can run an ‘Open’ event for all eligible players to enter by creating their event on the Competition Management System (CMS) or a ‘Closed’ event for members only by completing an online form at https://fs18.formsite.com/ltaadmin/nhsyo3z9gd/index.html
We are encouraging as many venues as possible to run ‘Open’ events, to allow local players the opportunity to compete in the event.
Details
- Venues can run a maximum of one ‘Open’ event and/or one ‘Closed’ event at their venue during the competition period
- Venues can run Singles and/or Doubles events for boys, girls or both
- All events run by venues must be open to all eligible players
- Organisers can choose a format relevant to their venue, however, we recommend delivering the event over half or one day using an quicker format, such as fast4
- Player entry will be on a first come first served basis
- All venue stage events will be Grade 6 if ‘Open’ and Grade 7 if ‘Closed’
- Venue events must take place between 1 March – 5 June 2022
- Venues that publish or enter the event by 20 March will receive a venue pack w/c 28 March
- Venues that publish or enter the event by 17 April will receive a venue pack w/c 25 April
Venues can register to host an event at www.LTA.org.uk/play-your-way-to-wimbledon
Our juniors are the future of tennis and this is a great opportunity for them and we hope as a club/venue you will be able to fit this event into your schedule.
Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Sam Kingdon, Wiltshire County Competition Co-ordinator, on email [email protected]
2022 Report
The 2022 County Finals were held on a very hot day at Swindon Tennis Centre.
Congratulations to Samuel and Annie who have qualified for the finals at Wimbledon.
Thank you to all the players and parents, the team from Wiltshire Tennis and Swindon Tennis Centre for making the event such a great day.
Please click here to read the full report.