6. Eligibility criteria for participation of Under-19, Under-17, Under-15, Under-13, Under-11 and Under-9 boys and girls in all the major events of the State:
The Junior (Under-19) Boys and Girls events shall be open to only those players, who are born on or after 01.01.2007.
The Junior (Under-17) Boys and Girls events shall be open to only those players, who are born on or after 01.01.2009.
The Sub-Junior (Under-15) Boys and Girls events shall be open to only those players, who are born on or after 01.01.2011.
The Cadet (Under-13) Boys and Girls events shall be open to only those players, who are born on or after 01.01.2013.
The Hopes (Under-11) Boys and Girls events shall be open to only those players, who are born on or after 01.01.2015.
The Hopes (Under-11) Boys and Girls events shall be open to only those players, who are born on or after 01.01.2017.
The Age Certificate to be produced by a player as per the GSTTA Guidelines for submission of Date of Birth Certificate.
7. PENALTY :
7.1 Any player who gives a walkover without any valid reason in any State Ranking Tournaments / State & Inter District Championships will be awarded a penalty of minus 10 points which will be deducted from his/her accumulated ranking points.
7.2 If he/she is a regular defaulter, apart from docking points as a penalty, he/she may attract any other punishment as decided by the competent authority.
7.3 An entry once given can be withdrawn by the player or his/her representative before the last date of withdrawal as per prospectus issued from time to time.
7.4 Penalty points however, can be withdrawn in case of a genuine reason provided with sufficient evidence to the competent authority.
8. SEEDING RULES :
8.1 The Ranking List announced for the previous year will be considered for seeding purpose for the First Tournament of the current year. For 2nd Tournament, the points of the State championship of previous year and the points of the First Tournament of current year will be considered for the seeding purpose. From the 3rd to the 5th tournament only the points of the tournaments of 2024 will be considered. However, from the 6th tournament onwards the points of best 4 Tournaments of 2024 will be considered for Seeding purpose.
8.2 National Ranking will also be considered in special cases.
8.3 Seeding will be announced at the tournament venue through Open Draw (for Top-12 ranked players in Seniors and for Top-8 ranked players in all other categories) system for all State Tournaments.
8.4 In case of a tie, then Technical Committee may decide by lots.
8.5 The seeding by ranking will be in accordance with the regulations of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) are as under:
(a) The first ranked player or pair shall be placed at the top of the first half of the draw and second ranked player or pair at the bottom of the second half but all other seeded players or pairs shall be drawn by lot among specific places in the draw as follows.
(b) The third and fourth ranked players or pairs shall be drawn between the bottom of the first half of the draw and the top of the second half.
(c) The fifth to eighth ranked players or pairs shall be drawn among the bottom places of the odd numbered quarters of the draw and top places of the even numbered Quarters.
(d) The ninth to sixteenth ranked players or pairs shall be drawn among the bottom places of the odd numbered eighths of the draw and the top places of the even numbered eighths.
(e) The seventeenth to thirty second ranked players or pairs shall be drawn among the bottom places of the odd numbered sixteenths of the draw and the top places of the even numbered sixteenths.
(f) The rest of the entries will be drawn at random among the vacant positions in the Draw.
(g) The draw shall Inter-alia be conducted on the basis of entries by Association nominations as per TTFI rules.
(h) The regulations for alteration to the draw will be inter-alia be according to the TTFI Regulations as adopted by GSTTA.
