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CLARINDA TENNIS CLUB ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
Clarinda Tennis Club, located at 4-14 Crawford Road , Clarinda, is holding its 41st  Annual Tennis Tournament over the Labour Day long weekend, 10-12th March, 2012. 

Events  – Open, B, C & Veterans for mens, ladies and mixed, and age groups 12, 14, 16 and 18 for boys and girls. Some Round Robin events.  Go to our website: www.tennis.com.au/clarindatc for all the details or email garrygayle@optusnet.com.au for more information.

PAYMENTS BY DIRECT DEPOSIT TO THE BRTA BANK ACCOUNT
A number of clubs are now taking advantage of the ability to make payments via bank transfer direct to the BRTA bank account. If you wish to use this payment method, would you please note that it is essential to include a description with the bank transfer so that it can be identified. The description should include: 
(1) the name of the club (abbreviated if necessary), and
(2) what the payment is for, for example team fees or an invoice number.

Any amounts which cannot be identified will be held in a suspense account within the BRTA accounting system. The following amount(s) are currently unidentified:
  6 Dec 2011 - "Lindsay Thompson" $35.00

If you can provide information about the above payments would you please contact the BRTA Treasurer.

 
IS YOUR CLUB FINANCIAL?
If not, you may be missing out on match points!
The BRTA Committee may determine that a club has become ineligible to receive match points, due to non-payment of an overdue debt. No teams from these clubs will receive any match points until the outstanding debt is paid. Match points lost are not generally reinstated. Clubs currently ineligible for match points are:
  Elsternwick Park
  Melbourne Grammar
  Narre Warren
Clubs currently in danger of becoming ineligible for match points are:
  Aspendale
  Hampton
  South Hawthorn
  St Joan of Arc
For more information about the "no points" penalty, see the News Page. 

JUNIOR PENNANT SUCCESS 2011
Congratulations to all of the Bayside-Moorabbin teams on a successful season during 2011. Check out the Junior Pennant Results which show three of our teams WINNING.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Check out our FAQs page here. 
(Updated 9 April 2011)

 
HEAT OUTS
As provided in the Association ByLaws, matches may be stopped due to excessive temperatures.
Refer to this link for selected current temperature readings: BOM - Latest Weather Observations for the Melbourne Area

CHANGE IN ADVERSE WEATHER BY-LAW
The paragraph in By-Law 12 regarding adverse weather was amended at a Special General Meeting held on 17th October 2011. The amended wording is as follows:

"In the case of wet days, the away team Captain may contact the home team Captain or authorised representative of the home club, to determine if their courts are playable that day. If both Captains agree to abandon play for the day, the home team will advise the Association that the game was a washout and points will be divided equally between both teams."

Under the previous wording, both teams were required to attend at the venue, and play could not be abandoned until 60 minutes after the stipulated starting time.

The amended by-law is effective immediately. Note that the visiting team should not contact the home team until 1 (one) hour before the starting time of the match.