TTACT PENNANT

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Please visit the tabs below for more information about the Pennant or see below for a brief summary!

Relevant Personnel and Contact Details

TTACT Pennant Commitee - Song Chen (Chair), Larry Lim, Todd Kliendienst,

Alex Ellis, Rob Ogden and Sam Esposito (Ratings Central).

• All administrative pennant inquiries (fill-ins, team registration, rule clarification, Ratings Central, etc.) shall be directed to the Pennant Committee at pennant@tabletennisact.org.au
• Click on the link to access the weekly Team Ladders: Draws and Results

There will be four pennant competitions this year, aligned with the school terms. All pennant fixtures will consist of a round robin of 9 matches followed by semi finals and the final (top four teams). All pennant play will take place at Alfred Deakin High School on Tuesdays (div 1 and 3) and Thursdays (div 2 and 4.)

Pennant Schedule

Note:

1. Entries will only be accepted from players who are 2024 financial competition members of TTACT and have no outstanding debts to TTACT.
2. Entries will not be accepted beyond the closing date unless additional players are required to form a balanced competition.
3. If more entries are received than can be accommodated across the three divisions, places will be offered in order of receipt of entries.

Rating bands for each Division

These bands are strictly a guideline only. The division in which you are offered a place may vary from one pennant to the next depending on the number and overall standard of entries received for a given pennant. The bands are shown below:

Division 1 – 1300 and above

Division 2 - 1000 to 1299

Division 3 – 801 - 999

Division 4 - 800 and below

Note 1: Depending on final entry numbers and composition, players may be moved upwards or downwards to for the pennant teams.

Note 2: For pennant seeding, the rating used is equal to a player’s rating less their standard deviation. This is a more accurate method of assessing a player’s standard as it takes into account players that have not played for some time.

Note 3: The pennant Committee may place high performing players in a higher division than their rating points would place them, if they consider it would be beneficial to the player’s development.

Note 4: At the conclusion of the round robin section of each pennant season, the top two players in each division (apart from Division A) who have played at least 70% of available matches will be offered promotion to the next higher division in the following pennant season.

A more detailed discussion of how this works is found in the Pennant Committee Team Allocation Guidelines.

Cost for the season (10 weeks total)

• $90 Adult, $72 junior/concession
• Non-Members: must first become a TTACT Competition Member (you can register here)

New to the Pennant?

For those unsure of the general procedures required of you on competition night, please refer to the TTACT Pennant By-Laws for your reference whether you have played pennant previously at a different club or for the first time!

Are you a team Captain? Please read these responsibilities that you are expected to execute each week.