Moors junior tennis from June 4

The annual junior ranking tennis singles championships 2005 of Moors Sports Club will be conducted at their Braybrooke Place courts from June 4 to 12.

The events will be for boys and girls under the age groups of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.

A competitor may enter for three events. Entries will be accepted at the Moors Sports Club office till 6 p.m. on 30th 2005. The draw will be held on 2nd June. Matches in the age groups of 8 and 10 will be first to reach 7 games.

In the other age groups, the first player who wins four games, wins that set, provided there is a margin of 2 games over the opponent. If the score reaches 4 games all, a tie-break game shall be played to decide the set.

When the score is one set all: one tie-break game shall be played to decide the match. No advantage rule will apply in all sets.

This is a popular tournament especially conducted for juniors, who require experience in tournament play. Last year's main sponsor was Shiran Dissanayake of the ABC Group of Companies.

The co-sponsors R. Renganathan, Director-General Manager - Ceylinco Insurance Company Ltd, Thilak Meddegoda of United Sports, Anton Godfrey of AG International, Thilak Godamanna, of the Nine Hearts Group and Mrs. S. D. R. Arudpragasam of Darley Butler & Co. Ltd.

Attractive trophies will be awarded to the winners and runners-up and certificates of participation to all players.