Rules

Three parallel leagues run in the season: Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Each has its own fixtures, table and champion.

You may enter more than one league (for example Men's plus Mixed), but each entry is a separate signup and a separate £20-per-player donation.

Under nine teams in a league: one division, full round robin, everyone plays everyone once.

Nine to sixteen teams: two divisions, seeded by ability, round robin within each, finals day between the top two of each.

Over sixteen teams: three or four divisions, with promotion and relegation for season two.

This structure may be fluid pending on the amount of teams who enter.

Ten day windows. One catch-up week after round three and another before finals. Every fixture is generated at the start so you can plan around holidays; each round is revealed once the previous window closes.

Best of three sets. Tiebreak at six games all. Third set played as a championship tiebreak to ten points, win by two. Roughly seventy minutes — one court booking.

• Win: 3 points
• Loss having won a set: 1 point
• Loss in straight sets: 0 points

1. Points
2. Head to head result
3. Set difference
4. Game difference
5. Games won

Not played inside the window: whoever logged an availability offer and got no reply wins a walkover, recorded 6-0 6-0.

Neither offered: match void, zero points each.

Admin overrides anything.

If your partner genuinely can't make a match, you may nominate a substitute to fill their spot so the game still gets played. Each pair has 3 lives for the season, use them wisely.

Subs must be agreed with the opposing captain before the match and flagged to the admin. Once your 3 lives are spent, further no-shows fall under the walkover rules above.

No moaning. Line calls, luck, weather, the wind, the net, your partner — none of it. Play the next point.

Do not apologise for net cords. It's the oldest lie in racket sport. You meant it. We all know. Own it.

The winning captain submits. The opposing captain confirms or disputes. Auto-confirms after 72 hours of silence. Disputes come to the admin.