How are places decided if a red, orange or green tournament is full?

Q: How are places decided if a red, orange or green tournament is full?

Under the LTA Acceptance & Seeding Criteria for mini (ball-colour) events: Grade Who gets in if it's oversubscribed Seeding Grade 5 (local) First come, first served by date and time of entry; exact ties decided by Recent Form Recent Form Grades 1 to 4 (county, regional, national) Recent Form at the closing deadline; ties drawn by lot Recent Form Recent Form is your child's best three individual tournament performances at that ball colour in the last six months. Tips that follow from the rules: For local (grade 5) events, entering early matters. Note the withdrawal deadline on the fact sheet. Pulling out after it brings Withdrawal Points (except in 8U events). Wild cards can be given for up to one in every eight places in a draw. Your child can only enter their own age group and the one above.

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Under the LTA Acceptance & Seeding Criteria for mini (ball-colour) events:

Grade	Who gets in if it's oversubscribed	Seeding
Grade 5 (local)	First come, first served by date and time of entry; exact ties decided by Recent Form	Recent Form
Grades 1 to 4 (county, regional, national)	Recent Form at the closing deadline; ties drawn by lot	Recent Form

Recent Form is your child's best three individual tournament performances at that ball colour in the last six months.

Tips that follow from the rules:

For local (grade 5) events, entering early matters.
Note the withdrawal deadline on the fact sheet. Pulling out after it brings Withdrawal Points (except in 8U events).
Wild cards can be given for up to one in every eight places in a draw.
Your child can only enter their own age group and the one above.