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🎾 CHH Autumn League 2026 – Canberra Heavy Hitters

The CHH Autumn League is Canberra’s premier unrated, flexible-schedule singles tennis competition. Players organise their own match times and locations across Canberra courts, providing competitive match play without fixed weekly fixtures.

This event is run on the Challonge online league platform.

  • This is not a Universal Tennis event – results do not directly impact UTR.

  • New Challonge users should use “CHHFirstnameSurname” as their account username.

  • Please read all event details before registering.

📅 Key Dates

Registration: 9 March – 15 April 2026
Round Robin: Monday 20 April – Sunday 7 June 2026
Finals: Monday 8 June – Sunday 5 July 2026

Registration Deadline:
8:00 PM Wednesday 15 April 2026
(Strict deadline – no late entries)

💰 Registration Fee

Approximately $50 AUD

Payment is processed in USD via Challonge, plus standard online transaction fees.

👥 Divisions

Div 1 – Premier League (Ages 14–65)
UTR 6.5 – 9.0

Div 2 – Club League (Ages 13–65)
UTR 5.0 – 7.0

Div 3 – Challenger League (Ages 12–65)
UTR 3.0 – 5.0

Player Caps

  • Maximum 45 players per division

  • Junior player limits

    • Div 1 & Div 2: 1 junior (<15) per group

    • Div 3: 2 juniors (<15) per group

Players who do not meet the UTR requirements (including unrated players) must apply for a CHH Grading Exemption before registering, otherwise registration may be withdrawn.

Grading information:
https://www.heavyhitters.com.au/grading

🎾 Match Format

All divisions play:

Best of 2 tiebreak sets + Match Super Tiebreak

The match super tiebreak is played to 10 points to decide the match.

👦 Junior Players

CHH leagues include adult and advanced junior players in a competitive environment.

Players 14 years and under must first register on the Juniors Waiting List before being invited into a division.

Parents or guardians of players under 14 years of age must contact CHH before registering to discuss the player’s physical readiness, maturity, and on-court independence.

All new under-18 players must have a parent/guardian complete the CHH Under-18 Consent Form:

https://forms.gle/cmV7vZ9D4V91CzhR8

📜 Conditions of Registration

By registering, players agree they’ve read and will abide by:
1. CHH Rules and Regulations

2. CHH Juniors Policy (All Adult players must read this before competing against Juniors)

All new CHH players will also be added to the CHH Newsletter email list to receive updates about future leagues and events. Players can unsubscribe at any time.

🗓 How CHH Leagues Work

CHH leagues operate on a flexible scheduling format.

Players receive a list of opponents for the round robin stage. The home player contacts their opponent to organise the match.

Matches can be played:

  • On any day of the week

  • At any Canberra tennis court

  • At a mutually agreed time

Once the scheduled match has been organised or rescheduled, players may play other matches out of order.

Players who are unavailable most weekends due to external tournaments should not register.

📩 League Communication

After registration closes:

  • An email will be sent to all players with league information and contact details

  • Players will receive WhatsApp group invites for their division

  • The draw will be released on Challonge

Although Round 1 begins the following Monday, matches can usually start as soon as the draw is released.

🏆 League Structure & Prize Money

Full details on how CHH leagues operate and how prize money is calculated:

https://www.heavyhitters.com.au/leagueinfo

🍁 Leaf it all on the court 🍁

PLAYERS CONTACT LIST DETAILS

Players will be sent players contact list to the supplied registration email.

The players contact list will also available in the League WhatsApp Group, players can access this by going to the League WhatsApp Group -> Settings -> Group Info -> Media and Docs

Players must check their contact details and email CHH if any changes are required otherwise no-contact forfeits may apply during the league.

COMMUNICATION - WHATSAPP

WhatsApp Message is the primary means of contacting your opponents so players can see when their opponent has read their message, however players can alternatively use SMS.

CHH uses WhatsApp for league management and communication. It's free to download and is encrypted/safe to use. Look it up and download in the AppStore or on Google Play. You can ‘mute notifications’ in WhatsApp for specific groups so use this feature if it help keep the notifications less distracting.

Players will be invited to the below groups before registration closes.

  • CHH League Group (Compulsory):

    This League Group is the primary way CHH will contact players with important updates during the league. Players can also do a shout-out using this group if they are looking for a practice match/hit-up outside of the league matches.

  • CHH Hitups/PracticeMatch Group (Optional):

    Feel free to join this group to find CHH standard players for a hit-up or practice match outside of the Leagues.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

https://heavyhitters.com.au/rules-regulations

CHH JUNIORS POLICY

Must be read by all players and parents: https://www.heavyhitters.com.au/juniors

HOME PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The ‘home’ player must initiate contact the week before the scheduled match.

  • The ‘home’ player must supply new balls.

  • The ‘home’ player will arrange court bookings on a good quality surface and pay all fees (players can share lights fees)

  • The ‘home’ player must submit match results on the Challonge league site after their match.

GRADING EXEMPTIONS

Not everyone’s UTR reflects their current standard. Some players have been awarded Wildcards or UTR Exemptions – each of these promotions have been carefully considered and approved. These players will need to meet division standards to reapply for the next league.