HSBC Road to Wimbledon - 14 and Under National Challenge

ENTRY DEADLINE WAS 21 JANUARY 2008

2008 Entry Brochure (pdf)
2007 Road to Wimbledon tournament

HSBC banking on Henman to assist development of British tennis.

The HSBC Road To Wimbledon 14 and Under National Challenge is all about clubs, tennis centres and BSTA schools supporting their juniors and organising a HSBC Road To Wimbledon tournament to give opportunities for the keen juniors to progress to the County Finals and then onwards to the National Finals at Wimbledon.

The event is in three stages and is open to boys and girls of all standards.

Stage 1 the tennis facility organises a singles tournament in the spring of 2008 for a minimum of 8 boys and/or 8 girls. Some have a much larger entry but 8 is the minimum entry.

Stage 2 the winners and often the runners-up automatically qualify for the County Finals held on set dates in June/July 2008. This means that every club or tennis facility that enters is automatically represented at the County Finals. No player may represent a club facility at the County Finals that has not stages and run a minimum 8 player draw.

Stage 3 the National Finals held at Wimbledon in August 2008 where the 44 County Finals winners and 20 runners-up qualify to play at the famous Wimbledon grass courts.

2008 Entry Brochure (pdf)

THE HSBC ROAD TO WIMBLEDON 14 AND UNDER CHALLENGE 2008

Age Group:	14 and Under in 2008, i.e. born in 1994 or later. Players cannot reach the age of 15 during 2008.
Entry open to:	Clubs, tennis centres and BSTA schools in England, Scotland and Wales.
Timing:	21 January 2008 – closing date for clubs and schools to enter February– entered clubs receive entry packs Stage 1 events March/April/May Pre 26 May – singles draws completed Between 7 June – 21 July on set date(s) – County Finals 18-23 August – National Finals at Wimbledon
Entry Fee:	£12 per event i.e. £12 for boys’ event or £12 for girls’ event or £20 for both boys’ and girls’ events.
Ratings:	British Tennis Membership/Ratings: All juniors must have registered an interest with British Tennis Membership by logging on to www.lta.org.uk/BritishTennisMembership. All juniors who are members of an LTA Affiliated Club will then receive free British Tennis Membership in March 2008 (including a rating) for one year. Non Affiliated Club juniors can purchase the package in the New Year. Full details in the Organisers’ Pack, distributed after entries received.
County Organiser:	See Entry Brochure for full list of County Organisers
Referee:	Andrew Jarrett
Tournament Director:	Paul Hutchins
Entry Form	2008 Entry Brochure (pdf)

Message from HSBC

HSBC – Official Bank of The Wimbledon Championships – is delighted to extend its support for British tennis to The Road To Wimbledon National 14 and Under Challenge in 2008.

The tournament has grown enormously over the past 6 years with over 20,000 kids competing this year. HSBC look forward to working with the All England Club over the next 5 years, helping them in their mission to develop British tennis.

HSBC is committed to The Road To Wimbledon and the young players who will take part. Everybody here wishes all the young players the best of luck and looks forward to seeing a new generation of tennis players emerging from the programme.

Alan Keir, Group General Manager,
Commercial Banking HSBC Bank plc

Message from Tim Henman

Since it’s inception in 2002, it has become the UK’s largest national junior grass court tournament and has engaged thousands of young people at both national and local level. HSBC shares my desire to support British tennis at a grass roots level and to encourage
more kids to take up and enjoy the game.

I hope you will help us in our ambition to give more kids the opportunity to play at SW19 – by encouraging your young players to enter into The HSBC Road To Wimbledon. They too might one day get their day on Centre Court!

This event is sponsored by HSBC and the All England Lawn Tennis Club together with the LTA.