How to…. organise your fixtures 2026
The organising of all fixtures will take place on 23rd February, starting at 7pm, in accordance with Rules 12 and 13. Captains and Club Match Secretaries will have one week to submit their club’s fixtures. An email with full instructions will be sent in due course to all the clubs’ Match/Tennis Secretaries. When offering […]
Forgotten your LTA log in details?
(ONLY THE PLAYER CAN CARRY OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS – THE NECLTL MATCH SECRETARIES ARE NOT AUTHORISED TO DO SO.) Please contact the LTA’s Technical Support Centre if you have forgotten your username and/or password by clicking on the relevant links below your log in details. There are 2 options; Forgotten your Username or Forgotten your […]
Guidelines for players moving down to a lower team.
In January the NECLTL Committee sent a document to all club’s match/tennis secretaries which shows the team a player is tied to for the forthcoming season. Please refer to this document first before contacting the NECLTL Match Secretaries. We appreciate that some players will be moving down to a lower team. Please refer to Rule […]
Check a player’s record from the previous season
Check your player’s rating for the previous year On 12th January 2026 the NECLTL Match Secretaries sent a document to all clubs called “Team Recognition”. All club match secretaries must refer to this document when deciding which team a player can play for. In the spirit of the game we always expect a player to […]
Check a Match Result
There is no formal facility to confirm a match result for an away captain. Within 48 hours of the match date, the home captain should enter and save a result, and also inform the away captain that the results are ready to be checked. Within 48 hours of the result being uploaded by the […]
Resolve an “Unknown Player” and avoid a £20 fine
The home captain entering results for a match will be able to see all the LTA registered players for the relevant clubs. If a player is not visible for either team, the home captain can locate a player for each team using the ‘Add player’ option, second from the top on the drop down player […]
Merge 2 LTA Advantage Accounts
If you have inadvertently created a duplicate LTA Advantage Account you must ask the LTA to merge the duplicate accounts so that you only have one. It is not permissible to have 2 accounts within the NECLTL and it causes enormous issues if you have 2 accounts especially, for the player. Here’s what you MUST do; […]
Understand Rule 20 – playing up/playing down.
Rule 20. Since the 2025 season, a player can only play up THREE times for a higher team(s) instead of FOUR times. On the fourth occasion of playing for a higher team(s) a player cannot then play back down for a lower team without being penalised. It is very important that all captains read and […]
Enter a match result
THIS MUST BE DONE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE MATCH BEING PLAYED 1. Locate the website competitions.LTA.org.uk 2. Login using your own personal LTA Advantage username and password (top right hand corner and then LTA member login). If you have forgotten your Username and/or Password, please follow the relevant links. You MUST NOT create a […]
Add your venue (your tennis club) to your personal LTA account
Match/Tennis Secretaries; Please ensure that all your team players have your tennis club as a venue on their personal account otherwise they cannot play in any NECLTL matches. Likewise, players must NOT have a duplicate LTA Advantage Account, (see the article ‘Merge 2 LTA Advantage Accounts’). Note: players can have multiple “venues” on their personal […]