HOW TO JOIN

  • STEP ONE

    All participants are required to join the WhatsApp group (Men’s, Ladies, Mixed) of the Ladder they want to participate in.

  • STEP TWO

    To join a WhatsApp group, request a link for the ladder group you'd like to join and wait for approval from the Ladder Admin.

  • STEP THREE

    Once joined and approved by the Ladder Admin, send through your team name onto the group. This is the name that will represent your team in the matches.

  • STEP FOUR

    The Ladder Administrators will update the WhatsApp™ Ladder groups.

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HOW IT WORKS

  • Any teams entering the Padel Ladder will be placed at the bottom of the ladder.

  • There is a WhatsApp™ Ladder group for each of the ladders. The Ladder Administrators will update the WhatsApp™ Ladder groups.

  • There are three Ladders: Men, Ladies and Mixed. Players may enter both applicable ladders if they wish e.g. Men’s and Mixed or Ladies’ and Mixed Ladders, and may have one entry per ladder.

  • Teams must send the match results to the WhatsApp™ Ladder group as soon as possible after the match. Any doubts or questions must be sent to the Ladder Admin, who will handle it.

LADDER GROUP RULES

CHALLENGES

The ladder groups are exclusively for proposing, organizing, and sharing results for all ladder matches. Keep all communications directly related to challenges.

SCORES

After completing your challenge match, please share your results in the group. This allows for transparency and tracking of progress within the community.

DATES

Please refrain from discussing dates and times for challenges in the group. Instead, use direct messaging to resolve scheduling conflicts with the relevant team.

RESCHEDULING

All rescheduling must be done in Playtomic and we encourage using the app chat for this purpose. Any rain-related changes will follow our Rainy Day Policy at the club, which is subject to change.

MATCH PLAY

A team can challenge those up to 3 places above or 1 place below them.

Matches must occur within 10 days of a challenge. Challenges must be accepted within 48 hours, or the challenged team loses.

Teams can't challenge each other consecutively.

Both teams must make scheduling adjustments, offering at least 3 date/time options, including a weekend day, weekday, and evening. If scheduling fails, the offending will receive a yellow card and the challenge will be released.

The winning team of the challenge will take the higher position on the ladder and all the teams below will move down one place on the ladder.

Challenges must be promptly responded to. Once scheduled, matches can't be rearranged or cancelled unless both teams agree within the original 10 days, otherwise, the offending team will receive a yellow card.

If you cannot find a match in a month, then you will be moved into the social pool (position 29).

OFFENCES

  • YELLOW CARD

    • Missed challenge deadlines
    • ⁠Not finishing a match correctly
      (i.e. not playing to a clear winner)
    • Not arriving at a match on time
    • Not responding to a challenge request
    • Not offering an initial match date working 48 hours (challenging team)

  • RED CARD

    • Two (2) Yellow Card infractions in any season
    • No-show for a match (instant forfeiture)
    • Any abuse on the WhatsApp group, on the court or in the club surrounds

  • PLEASE NOTE

    Multiple red card offences will result in a suspension (1 week) from the ladder and an immediate demotion to the bottom of the next ladder block.

    The Club reserves the right of admission and play.

THE LADDER LAYOUT

THE SOCIAL POOL

Anyone in the Social Pool can challenge any of the bottom 3 (26, 27, 28) of the D2 (last group). The Top 1 of the group cannot challenge another top 1 in another group.

JOIN A LADDER GROUP TODAY

Thank you for reviewing the rules of our Padel Ladder competition. We look forward to an exciting season filled with competitive spirit and sportsmanship - best of luck to all participants.

Play fair, play hard, and enjoy the game!

MEN'S WHATSAPP GROUPLADIES WHATSAPP GROUP
MIXED WHATSAPP GROUP

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