Pennant


		Tennis Victoria Pennant' commenced on 16th April 2011. Essendon Tennis Club has 10 teams competing. The ladies teams play on a Saturday morning from 9am. Esendon has two Grade 1 Ladies teams, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 5 and a Women's Opens Doubles team. The mens teams play on a Saturday afternoon from 1pm. Essendon has a Grade 3 team, Grade 4 and two Grade 6 teams. The Tennis Victoria Pennant competition is the largest club representative competition in the country with over 3,500 junior and adult players representing 150 clubs. Tennis Victoria provides two essential metropolitan competitions, Pennant and Junior Pennant, that give players the opportunity to be involved at a state level. The competitions have been designed to encourage high standards of competition play. These competitions strive to improve the positioning and value perception of its core state competitions and add value to member clubs and associations by providing services to improve the quality of their competitions.
		Men’s and Women’s Competitions – Saturdays & Sundays. All grade levels available.
		Maintenance Fees applicable Contact – Lyn Robinson – pennant@essendontc.com.au
		TENNIS VICTORIA PENNANT - THE TWO TIERED COMPETITION The format of Tennis Victoria (TV) Pennant (Tier 1) features Saturday and Sunday morning and afternoon play. Singles and doubles are the best of three tie-break sets. TV Pennant is played over 14 weeks, with eight teams per section and up to four sections per grade. Singles and doubles are played on alternate weeks. The State Grade format has singles and doubles play on the same day. The Senior's and Women's Open Doubles grades play a best of 3 tie-break sets, doubles-only format every week. Winners of each Grade/Section will be awarded trophies by Tennis Victoria. Winners of the TV Pennant will be eligible to progress to Tier 2, the Grade finals.