Swindon & District Tennis League

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SDTL Awarded the LTA Protect Where We Play Award

5 months ago

The committee is pleased to announce the League has won the Wiltshire Tennis LTA award for “Protecting Where We Play” for their efforts in offsetting emissions from league matches. We would like to thank all league clubs for their support.

2025 Annual General Meeting

6 months ago

Minutes The minutes of the meeting can be found here. Rules The updated league rules are now live and can be found on the header and the Documents page of the website. A document compare of the updated rules against previous can also be found on the documents page. The following is a summary of the changes: Results Sheet Following comments from some clubs we have updated the results sheet to reflect changes to the online system. The latest version of the online system expects set scores vertically whereas previously they were horizontal. The new form mirrors the new system…

Extreme Heat Policy

11 months ago

The league and the LTA take the safety and well being of players, spectators and officials extremely seriously. The LTA has introduced an Extreme Heat Policy in addition to the Adverse Weather Policy to provide guidance to players and tournament officials during a heat wave. This new policy is inline with those of the ITF, WTA and other leading federations. Any wheelchair competitions should follow the ITF Wheelchair Circuit Regulations. Heat Stress Index The Heat Stress Index Chart provides a general guideline for assessing the potential severity of heat stress. Individual reactions to heat will differ. It should be remembered…

Documentation for upgraded League Software

2 years ago

We have added a link to the LTA League Support Page on the top of the website. The page contains a number of documents and videos to help club, team captains and players with the new system. As always if you have any problems then please contact Jackie Wood or Andy Dickinson.

Neil Allen becomes life member

3 years ago

Congratulations to Neil Allen of Swindon Tennis Club who at the 2023 AGM became a life member of the League.

LTA Advantage Membership Venue Affiliation

4 years ago

With the adoption of the LTA Advantage database in Tournament Software all players need to register with LTA Advantage and affiliate to their venue. Just becoming an LTA Advantage member is not sufficient. We have added instructions on the documents page to assist players in creating a valid LTA Advantage membership. This can also be found by click here.

LTA Advantage membership login details lost

4 years ago

There have been a few league players who have been unable to login to their LTA Advantage account. It is not possible to create a new account when one already exists for the individuals name and date of birth. If attempts to reset the account using forgotten username and/or password don’t work, then players should use the LTA Contact form using a version of words similar to the below replacing the words in [] with their own details. Once access has been re-established, the player should ensure they are linked to their venue. Hi, I am a member at [club]…

David Lukens becomes life member

5 years ago

Congratulations to David Lukens of Royal Wootton Bassett Tennis Club who at the 2021 AGM became a life member of the League.

Match postponement

6 years ago

Please can all captains ensure that if a match has to be postponed that they inform the opposing captain as soon as possible and that the message has been received and understood. Please refer to the league rules for more information.

Bill Wells becomes a Life Member

9 years ago

Congratulations to Bill Wells of Great Bedwyn who at the 2017 AGM held last night (28th November 2017) became a life member of the League.