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Gold Coast Regional Behaviour Policy

The Gold Coast Regional Behaviour Policy has been created to reinforce and maintain a positive experience for all participants, spectators, officials and tournament deliverers.

The Policy is an educational tool to reinforce appropriate on-court and off-court behaviours displayed at all Gold Coast Coloured Ball & JDS Tournament Circuits.

Violation of this policy through specific offences will result in a code violation, code violations are associated with the following:

Gold Coast Coloured Ball Tournament Circuit

  • Point deductions, these points will be deducted from the players’ series points race total.
  • The severity and nature of the code violation has been considered in determining the number of points to be deducted.
  • Repeat offences, along with the accumulation of too many points, will result in more serious punishment.
  • Point deductions are across a rolling year. (For example, receive points deduction in May, point deductions will stay until May the following year). 

Gold Coast JDS Tournament Circuit

  • All penalties are aligned to the Tennis Australia Code of Behaviour: Competitive Play National Policy, which can be viewed here.

The Gold Coast Regional Behaviour Policy can be viewed here.