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Exeter & District Tennis League - Appeal Procedures
1) The Chairman should circulate the appeal and any relevant
correspondence to the committee (see note 2)
2) Any committee member (interested party) who is involved or from the
same club as the appellant cannot be involved and cannot comment or vote
on the appeal, Committee members, must reply only to the Chairman in
confidence on their decision on the appeal as otherwise they can
influence others’ initial decisions. Committee members playing in the
same division should indicate an interest but may respond. All decisions
must be independent at this stage. Committee members should not discuss
the appeal with the appellant, whose contact re the appeal is with the
Chairman only.
3) All decisions must be made on the basis of the rules.
4) If the appeal is not a straightforward yes or no the Chairman may
need to identify options for the vote.
5) On receipt of the responses the Chairman may send a summary of the
anonymous comments to the respondents who vote for a final time (Accept
or Reject), replying to the Chairman only. This enables the committee to
amend their response on consideration of others’ comments.
6) Once a result is obtained, the Chairman should only circulate the
decision – not the breakdown of the voting to the full committee
including any members omitted from the appeal as interested parties.
7) The Chairman should write to the appellant notifying them of the
result of the appeal, excluding the breakdown of the vote and any
reasons for the decision.
19th February 2025
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Exeter & District Tennis League - A Simple Playing up Guide
Imagine for simplicity your club has 3 teams, A,
B, C -Players registered for the A team can only play for the A
team.
Players registered for the B team can only play for the A or B
team. Once they have played their third match for the A team
they will be re-registered to the A and can only play for the A team
going forward.
Players registered for the C team can play for the A, B or C
team. Once they have played 3 matches for teams other the C
team they have to be re-registered.
1) if they have only played up for the A team they will be re-registered
for the A team
2) if they have only played up for the B team they will be re-registered
for the B team and can only play for the B team going forward.
3) if they have played up in both the A and B teams then the club must
decide which team to re-register them to (A or B). They can then only
play matches for that team going forward. Players can never play
for a team lower than the team they are registered for.
All players must be registered for a specific team at the start of the
season.
New players can be registered during the season by contacting the League
match secretary.
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