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2025/26 Associations Junior Pennant (AJP)

AJP will move to a Summer season with Round 1 to be played on Sunday 19 October.

A and B sections will play Sunday afternoons (instead of Sunday mornings) and there will no longer be a 10 and underage group.

Our member clubs will be directly contacted to nominate financial members/players from their club that they think would benefit from participation in AJP in the updated format. These players will then be invited by Waverley to submit an EOI to participate in 2025/26 AJP.

SCHEDULE

The 2025/26 Associations Junior Pennant season will be played across 10 home and away rounds, as well as a Grand Final for the two highest ranked teams in each Section at the end of the home and away season.

Date	Round
Sunday 19 October 2025	Round 1
Sunday 26 October 2025	Round 2
Sunday 9 November 2025	Round 3
Sunday 16 November 2025	Round 4
Sunday 23 November 2025	Round 5
Sunday 1 February 2026	Round 6
Sunday 8 February 2026	Round 7
Sunday 15 February 2026	Round 8
Sunday 22 February 2026	Round 9
Sunday 1 March 2026	Round 10
Sunday 15 March 2026	Grand Finals
Sunday 22 March 2026	Back Up Grand Final Date

Matches will be played on Sunday afternoons commencing at 1pm (ceasing at 5pm) for A and B grade competition (these are the only grades into which Waverley will consider entering teams).

Competitions are available for 12 and under, 14 and under and Open categories for both boys and girls. Players must be of age as of 22 March 2026.

Eligibility (also applies to emergency players) for Waverley selection

Players must be a financial member of the club that nominates them and, in the opinion of the club, be able to benefit from playing AJP over and above playing Waverley weekend competition.

Clubs that nominate players should be able to provide a home club for teams that would typically have one of their members as a player.

EOI Process to participate in AJP 2025/26

Member clubs will be invited to nominate eligible players using the EOI form they will receive from the Association Secretary.
Nominated players will then be invited to submit an EOI and commit to meeting Waverley Tennis participation requirements.
The Waverley Junior Committee will select teams from the EOIs submitted.
Selected players will pay a competition deposit (refundable after finals if Waverley Tennis competition participation requirements have been met) AND competition entry fees.
Team managers will be appointed.
Home venues for teams will be confirmed with club.

Please note that submitting an EOI to participate in AJP is not a guarantee of selection to a team.

Waverley AJP Participation Requirements

Players must be approved to play by their club.
Players must pay the team entry fee prior to the start of competition.
Players must be within the specified age range for the competition and/or meet the TV specified requirements for playing out of age-group.
Players must be available to play the full season, all rostered matches, be available as an emergency player and be available to play finals, in accordance with the published competition schedule.
Parents of players must commit to taking on team management responsibilities.
Players/parents must notify the team captain or coach of any unavoidable absences via medical certificate or valid legitimate proof.
Players and parents must demonstrate good sportsmanship and adheres to the Association's code of conduct.

More detailed information about AJP 2025/26 can be found at: Tennis Victoria - Associations Junior Pennant

Associations Junior Pennant - 2023

Teams

10 A MIXED
Marcus O’Reilly
Hugo Yuen
Zayden Hanslo
Raymond Wu
Ludwik Szymanski
Nicholas Lu

12 A 1 BOYS
Aditiya Dogra
Harvey Shi
Will Brooks-Gay
Tyler Zeuschner

12 A 2 BOYS
Jaden Zhou
Max O’Reilly
Matthieu Fissot
Eliott Feruglio-Tai
Levi Rodd

12 B BOYS
Henry Seeber
Jenson Holm
Roman Shrestha
Lucas Vastea
Sameer Hira

14 A 1 BOYS
Thom Kannampuzha
Khang Khuu
Eric Xiao Chen
Goran Girski
Timothy Kannampuzha

14 A 2 BOYS
Jack Keown
Ben D’Costa
Thaadhie Karunanayake
Jovan Celic
Adithya Shyam

14 B BOYS
Alexander Marshall
Kai Hurst
Finn Ruskin
Ryan Tong
Zihao (Thomas) Wei
Tom Wood

JUNIOR OPEN A BOYS
Seif Saleh
Steven Klasan
Vincent Gazzini
Christian Jelic
Kanta Nishimoto

JUNIOR OPEN B BOYS
Nathan Rato
Ayush Salunkhe
Dejan Razumic
Raymond Zhao
Yishan Feng
Timmy Burns

JUNIOR OPEN A GIRLS
Chloe Sitas
Sophia Brooks-Gay
Coco Philp
Samantha Morales
Siena Murone
Molly Thao

12 B GIRLS
Melissa Fitzgerald
Bella Wang
Tihana Razlimic
Lulu Philp

14 A GIRLS
Victoria Shi
Diahna Srikanth
Teodora Delic
Chloe Koyee Lai
Dinanya Talagala
Sanvi Arora

Tennis Victoria Associations Junior League - 2022

Waverley Tennis entered 11 teams in the Tennis Victoria Associations Junior League (AJL) 2022 season. Nine of our eleven Waverley teams made it through to the Grand Final.

10B Boys

(from L to R)

Marcus O'Reilly, Max O'Reilly, Jenson Holm, Samuel Zuo, Hunter Zhou, Roman Shrestha defeated Western Region 5-8-55 to 1-2-22

12B Boys

(from L to R)

Jaden Zhou, Noah Hession, Ryan Tong, Finn Ruskin, Harvey Shi, defeated North Suburban 6-10-64 to 0-0-24

Absent from the photo: Aditha Shyam

12C Boys

(from L to R)

Yenul Samarasinghe, Levi Rodd, Niduk Liyanage, Tom Wood, Jacob Wong and Tyler Zeuschner, defeated North Eastern 4-7-55 to 2-3-35

14A Boys

(from L to R)

Cooper Pearson, Seif Saleh, Niki Zandes, Chiren Gamalath, Bryan Baik, defeated North Suburban 4-6-52 to 2-4-42.

14B Boys

(from L to R)

Dejan Razumic, Max Chen, Nathan Rato, Zac Waterston, Goran Girski, defeated North Suburban 4-7-59 to 2-3-41.

16A Boys

(from L to R)

Aryan Karnani, Anton Jusayan, Liam Kindler, Steven Klasan, Callum White, Joshua Reynolds, defeated Bayside 5-6-51 to 1-4-39.

12A Boys

Our team lost to Bayside, 2-4-44 to 4-6-50.

14D Boys

Our team lost to Bayside, 2-3-40 to 4-7-56.

12A Girls

Our team lost to North Suburban, 3-4-35 to 3-6-53. It was a great effort by the girls, missing the no. 1, no. 3 and no. 5 due to injuries and school commitments.

Overall the 2022 AJL season was a challenging one for Waverley Tennis having to find 17 additional players for emergencies throughout the season. Although this created some team imbalance, we congratulate the players who stepped up to the challenge and played their best tennis for their teams.

The competition would not function without the dedication and support of the following parents who volunteered to be team managers: Patrick O’Reilly, Lucy Pearson, Mel Sitas, Tina Keown, Tara Pointer, Michelle Wood, Lee Pearson, Michelle Rato, Tania Kondres, Kathleen Kindler and Chisa Nishimoto.

I would also like to extend my thanks to the following Clubs who allowed us to use their excellent facilities throughout the season: East Burwood, Belgrave Heights, Whites Lane, Wheelers Hill and Doveton.

We look forward to another successful season in 2023.

Brian Hovey
AJL Co-ordinator

About Associations Junior League ( AJL)

Tennis Victoria's flagship junior competition,AJL (Previously named Junior Pennant), is a team based inter-association competition where players are selected to represent their local metropolitan association. AJL competition consists of:

Ten rounds of matches
Four player teams
Played Sunday morning late August - end November (no play first two weekends September/October school holidays and Melbourne Cup weekend)
Play commences at 8:30 am and concludes by 1 pm
Four singles rubbers (best of two sets) and two doubles sets in each home and away match
Graded within age groups 10/u to 18/u as at end of year.

To be eligible you must:

have played at least 6 matches in Waverley senior, junior or night tennis in the previous 12 months between 1st of July the previous year and 30th June of the current year.
be available for the duration of the 11 week season
have completed and submitted an application form with the appropriate payment by the due date.

Age Group - Playing Standard Guide

10 and Under D Special 1 and above
12 and Under C Special 3 and above
14 and Under B1 and above
16 and Under A Reserve and above
18 and Under President's Cup

2025/26 Associations Junior Pennant (AJP)

Associations Junior Pennant - 2023

Teams

Tennis Victoria Associations Junior League - 2022

10B Boys

12B Boys

12C Boys

14A Boys

14B Boys

16A Boys

12A Boys

14D Boys

12A Girls

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