TEAMS & TOURNAMENTS

Our thriving club strives to offer everyone who wishes to play competitive tennis an opportunity to do so all year-round. A rise in memberships has enabled us to enter more teams than ever into the county doubles tournaments.

County Results

To view all results for Men's, Women's, Mixed and Vets Doubles, click on the link below to visit the LTA website. Simply click through to your draw and group and you will be able to view all team and individual results of every club in Leicestershire.

What Next?

Want to find out more about playing competitive tennis with Rothley Ivanhoe Tennis Club? Contact the relevant captain by following the link below:

Several women's, men’s and mixed teams are entered each year in the summer and winter leagues. The club also has teams in the summer over 40s and over 60s leagues for men and women and enters the mixed Mercury Cup competition. Summer teams are selected during match practices (prior to the season starting) in March (see Tennis Calendar for dates). There is a £2.20 match fee paid by those playing and the home team sometimes provides light refreshments (in which case an additional £1 may be levied). In the summer, men’s and women’s matches are played in an evening starting at around 6pm. Mixed matches and winter league matches are normally played at weekends, and are selected based on playing ability throughout the year.

Match practices are run for 5 weeks at the start of the season (starting mid-March – women on a Thursday and men on a Friday prior to matches starting). If you cannot make these, or join after the matches have started but would like to play, please contact us and we will put you in touch with the relevant captain

The club also offers year-round, regular opportunities to play competitive (but social) tennis. These include Sunday tournaments, the annual Club Championship, and floodlit tournaments. They are the perfect opportunity to get practice in between matches, or socialise with other members. The full tournament schedule is available at the top left of this page.

We also enter in the LTA Leicestershire County Doubles League in both summer and winter.

Club Championships
The Club Championships is an annual tournament - members enter alone for mens/ladies doubles, mixed doubles, singles and vets and are drawn a partner at random (restrictions on first team members playing together). The draw is made in early June and players arrange their own matches ensuring they meet deadlines for the different rounds with the finals being played on Finals Day in September.

Even though Finals’ Day this yet was rather wet, all finals still managed to get played. It was great entertainment for all, complemented by some great cakes and samosas courtesy of Debbie W and Sanjay V. The button below lists the winners for each tournament.

Sunday Afternoon Competitions
The Sunday afternoon competitions are a range of doubles, singles and team tournaments starting at 2pm and lasting till around 5pm. Most events are drawn where you enter on your own and get drawn with a partner, but occasionally an event can be invitation where you ask someone from the club to play and enter as a pair. In previous years there has been a senior/junior doubles where juniors will be drawn with seniors as well as the tie break singles. To enter, simply contact the Tournaments Secretary no later than a week before the scheduled event.

Floodlight Competitions
The floodlight competitions encourage play throughout the winter and is very well attended. The competition is made up of mixed teams - each with a range of abilities - made up of up to seven players.

This year there are 8 teams, with each team playing once a week on either a Monday or a Wednesday evening. Each evening session sees 4 teams play in a round robin, which lasts no longer than 90 minutes. The matches are played between early November and Easter of the following year. If you have been selected to be in charge of the evening session, please see the notes below.

Winter Mixed Doubles Competitions
These tournaments are for pairs from the club (find your own partner, or contact the Tournaments Secretary to see if you can be matched up with someone). The competition involves 3-4 matches played through February and March. Pairs arrange their own matches.

Singles Box League - Short Tennis

This league allows players of all standards to pitch their singles skills in a friendly (but competitive) league. Players usually play about 2 or 3 singles matches per session with promotions and relegations ensuring that all matches are evenly balanced.

The league starts at the conclusion of the Club Championships and continues until early the following year.