2010 ARTTSL First Division Draw Announced

ARTTSL Director Bernard Elksteine has announced the 2010 ARTTSL First Division Draw.

The season will run for eleven rounds, with each side playing five home and five away matches. Round 6 has been deemed an "Exhibition Round", with matches to be played in regional areas across Australia and New Zealand, and possibly in other countries.

The top six finishers will enter the 6-way finals series similar to that used in the 1997 Australian Super League series.

When asked, Mr Elksteine said it was just coincidence that Newcastle and Perth were scheduled to play each other in round 1, a replay of the Pre-Season trophy final, however to be played at Newcastle instead of Perth.

"The draw was finalised a week before the match was decided", Mr Elksteine assured the media scrum at the press conference. "But needless to has it will be a highly charged match and the Newcastle players and fans will be eager for revenge".


Australasian Rebound Table Tennis Super League (ARTTSL) First Division Draw, 2010

Round 1
Melbourne v Gold Coast-Tweed (in Melbourne)
Canberra v Sydney (in Canberra)
Singapore v North New Zealand (in Singapore)
Brisbane v Sunshine Coast (in Brisbane)
Newcastle v Perth (in Newcastle)
Illawarra v South New Zealand (in Wollongong)

Round 2
Gold Coast-Tweed v Illawarra (in Gold Coast)
Sunshine Coast v Canberra (in Sunshine Coast)
Sydney v Brisbane (in Sydney)
Perth v Singapore (in Perth)
North New Zealand v Newcastle (in Auckland)
South New Zealand v Melbourne (in Christchurch)

Round 3
Singapore v Brisbane (in Singapore)
North New Zealand v Sunshine Coast (in Wellington)
Newcastle v Illawarra (in Newcastle)
Perth v South New Zealand (in Perth)
Melbourne v Canberra (in Melbourne)
Gold Coast-Tweed v Sydney (in Tweed Heads)

Round 4
Brisbane v North New Zealand (in Brisbane)
South New Zealand v Newcastle (in Christchurch)
Illawarra v Perth (in Wollongong)
Sydney v Melbourne (in Sydney)
Canberra v Gold Coast-Tweed (in Canberra)
Sunshine Coast v Singapore (in Sunshine Coast)

Round 5
Brisbane v Perth (in Brisbane)
Sunshine Coast v Newcastle (in Sunshine Coast)
Melbourne v North New Zealand (in Melbourne)
Gold Coast-Tweed v Singapore (in Gold Coast)
Canberra v South New Zealand (in Canberra)
Sydney v Illawarra (in Sydney)

Round 6 (Exhibition Round)
North New Zealand v Perth (location TBA)
Melbourne v Illawarra (location TBA)
Gold Coast-Tweed v South New Zealand (location TBA)
Canberra v Brisbane (location TBA)
Sydney v Sunshine Coast (location TBA)
Singapore v Newcastle (location TBA)

Round 7
Singapore v Melbourne (in Singapore)
North New Zealand v Gold Coast-Tweed (in Auckland)
Illawarra v Canberra (in Wollongong)
South New Zealand v Sydney (in Queenstown)
Newcastle v Brisbane (in Newcastle)
Perth v Sunshine Coast (in Perth)

Round 8
Gold Coast-Tweed v Sunshine Coast (in Tweed Heads)
Canberra v Newcastle (in Canberra)
Sydney v Perth (in Sydney)
Singapore v Illawarra (in Singapore)
North New Zealand v South New Zealand (in Wellington)
Melbourne v Brisbane (in Melbourne)

Round 9
Perth v Canberra (in Perth)
Newcastle v Sydney (in Newcastle)
South New Zealand v Singapore (in Christchurch)
Illawarra v North New Zealand (in Wollongong)
Sunshine Coast v Melbourne (in Sunshine Coast)
Brisbane v Gold Coast-Tweed (in Brisbane)

Round 10
Sydney v Singapore (in Sydney)
Brisbane v South New Zealand (in Brisbane)
Sunshine Coast v Illawarra (in Sunshine Coast)
Melbourne v Perth (in Melbourne)
Gold Coast-Tweed v Newcastle (in Gold Coast)
Canberra v North New Zealand (in Canberra)

Round 11
Illawarra v Brisbane (in Wollongong)
South New Zealand v Sunshine Coast (in Christchurch)
Newcastle v Melbourne (in Newcastle)
Perth v Gold Coast-Tweed (in Perth)
Singapore v Canberra (in Singapore)
North New Zealand v Sydney (in Auckland)

Preliminary Finals
3rd v 6th [Game P1]
4th v 5th [Game P2]

Quarter Finals
1st v 2nd [Game Q1]
Winner P1 v Winnner P2 [Game Q2]

Semi Final
Loser Q1 v Winner Q2 [Game S1]

Grand Final
Winner Q1 v Winner S1