3rd County Team Championships 2011

This will be a one day event on Saturday October 29th between 9am-6pm. The AGM will take place at lunchtime.

3^rd NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 3^rd County Team Championships will again be held at Letchworth (the same venue as the Hertfordshire Open held in earlier in the year. Approaching 8 teams are already confirmed.

 Fees - £100 per team. £20 per player. Individual players can also enter and join a team organised by English Racketlon.

Payment for this tournament as an exception is via Bank Transfer only. This is because of the low entry volume (team based primarily) and high entry fee. This is a one off and entry will continue to be primarily web based for other English Racketlon events.

Bank Transfer to sort code, 205274 and account no 10607673. "english racketlon". email info@englishracketlon.org to confirm payment and team details.

8 teams have confirmed and will be participating in an 8 Monrad Draw

Herts 1 / Rest of Counties  - Captain: Keith Lesser CONFIRMED & PAID

Herts 2 - Captain: John Garland CONFIRMED

Middlesex Captain - Dominique Captain

Middlesex 1 - Vice Captain: Duncan Stahl - CONFIRMED

Middlesex 2 - Captain: Dominique Ford / Fabien Mauroy - CONFIRMED

Surrey - Captain: Rakesh Gupta CONFIRMED

Oxfordshire - Captain: Richard Lawrence - CONFIRMED

Essex - Captain: Darren Vickory / Daniel Gillett - CONFIRMED

Cambridgeshire - Captain: Dianne Baker CONFIRMED & PAID

Email info@englishracketlon.org for details to contact any of the above captains, or to nominate for teams not yet established.

Teams will be split by County or Regions EG Essex.  Some Counties already have captains and more will be appointed in the coming weeks. Teams and Captains can be nominated and entered by any members of English Racketlon. Please nominate yourself to info@englishracketlon.org as a team captain if one is not already confirmed. Captains will contact players in their region who are registered users on the website. Players can also contact captains directly to volunteer their services (via the website). Players can also enter Team Wanted if a team is required. If demand for a specific county (EG Herts) is high a 2nd team could well be appointed.

• The format will be as per the recent European Club Championships (Champions League) which have taken place. This means teams of four men and one woman. A match consists of two mens singles, one mens doubles and one ladies singles simultaneously. The total of all the points gives the winner.
• Registration will be on www.englishracketlon.org. The team registration fee is £100. For team wanted the registration fee is £20. If you want to enter via cheque or bank transfer contact info@englishracketlon.org Teams require a minimum of 4 men and 1 lady.
• There will be a maximum of 12 teams.
• The winners and 2nd placed teams of the competitiion will qualify for the FIR Champions League 2012 which will form part of the English Open in October 2012.
• Criteria to play for a county team is either birth in the county, residence in the county or a registration for a local club (any of the four component sports or a racketlon club). Checks will be made through a random sampling process.
• Each team will have a ranking list based on the UK Rankings and can decide for each match who is playing in singles and doubles. The singles has to be in ranking order.