Business House - celebrated 50 years of Business House at the club in 2017-18
Taranaki Newspapers achieved the amazing feat of having a team each year in the 50 year old competition.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Business House at Pukekura Park Tennis Club, thoughts were given to having a restaurant dinner reunion in September to celebrate 50 years of Monday Night Business House.
The teams that competed in 2017-18 are:
Section 1: Hooker Pacific, Ear Nose and Throat, Govett Quilliam, KDG, QP Sports, Liquigas, Team Bring It, The Floater
Sections 2: Taranaki Newspapers, BNZ, Todd Tennis Team, NPDC Projects, Worksafe Warriors, Puke Ariki, Late But Keen
Competition Format:
There are 15 teams this season with the teams being split up into 2 graded sections.
Section 1 with 8 teams and Section 2 with 7 teams and a bye.
There will be two complete rounds played, one round of 7 matches before Xmas and one round of 7 matches in the New Year.
After completion of the first round, 2 teams will drop down to Section 2 and 1 team will go up to Section 1,
therefore for round 2, section 1 will have 7 teams and a bye while section 2 will have 8 teams.
Points system:
Each night will be 3 x 30 minutes of doubles (starting sharp at 5.30pm).
3 points per team overall for a win on the night (most games won on the night).
2 points per team for an overall team draw on the night.
1 point for an overall team loss within 6 games.
The second round starts Monday the ? January 2021.
The dates of play are: 1st February, 15 February, 22 February, 1 March, 8 March, 15 March, 22 March (being final night and prize giving).
Promotion / Relegation:
QP Sports and Liquigas were relegated to Section 2 and Late but Keen were promoted to Section 1 for the second round after Xmas.
Draw:
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Business House at Pukekura Park Tennis Club, thoughts were given to having a restaurant dinner reunion in September to celebrate 50 years of Monday Night Business House.
The teams that competed in 2017-18 are:
Section 1: Hooker Pacific, Ear Nose and Throat, Govett Quilliam, KDG, QP Sports, Liquigas, Team Bring It, The Floater
Sections 2: Taranaki Newspapers, BNZ, Todd Tennis Team, NPDC Projects, Worksafe Warriors, Puke Ariki, Late But Keen
Competition Format:
There are 15 teams this season with the teams being split up into 2 graded sections.
Section 1 with 8 teams and Section 2 with 7 teams and a bye.
There will be two complete rounds played, one round of 7 matches before Xmas and one round of 7 matches in the New Year.
After completion of the first round, 2 teams will drop down to Section 2 and 1 team will go up to Section 1,
therefore for round 2, section 1 will have 7 teams and a bye while section 2 will have 8 teams.
Points system:
Each night will be 3 x 30 minutes of doubles (starting sharp at 5.30pm).
3 points per team overall for a win on the night (most games won on the night).
2 points per team for an overall team draw on the night.
1 point for an overall team loss within 6 games.
The second round starts Monday the ? January 2021.
The dates of play are: 1st February, 15 February, 22 February, 1 March, 8 March, 15 March, 22 March (being final night and prize giving).
Promotion / Relegation:
QP Sports and Liquigas were relegated to Section 2 and Late but Keen were promoted to Section 1 for the second round after Xmas.
Draw:
| business_house_draw_jan_2018_v1.pdf |
Points Table:
| business_house_points_table_round_2_at_competition_completion.pdf |