Club secretary Angela Solyom said a large number of players were unavailable for tomorrow's opening round which forced the match committee to shift it to October 18.

``We had notification from a number of players across all teams that were going to be unavailable for this weekend's opening round,'' she said.

``We decided on Tuesday night while selecting teams to delay the opening of the season so that all teams would have a better chance at having full lists.''

Solyom said the match committee discussed a range of options, including playing tonight or starting later on the Saturday, but felt the extra week off would benefit all teams.

She said that any players who were available should attend for a social hit at the courts from 3pm tomorrow.

``While a number of people will be unavailable, we understand that a large majority of the players will be keen for a hit,'' Solyom said.

``Hopefully we can get a good crowd at the courts tomorrow to have a practice hit and stay around for a few drinks.''

The match committee has released the six teams that will fight out the premiership this season.

Teams have been named after famous bands and include Bee Gees, Milli Vanilli, Village People, Abba, Kiss and Monkees.

Monday night ladies teams on page 49.

TeamsBee Gees - Glenn Driscoll, Howard Dunn, Robin Neilson, Steve West, Matt Howden, Tim Waring. Jade Cross, Anna Martin, Claire Kelly, Jenny Stevens, Maddi Jelly, Imogen Nooney.

Milli Vanilli - Shane Freeland, Rod Reading, Glenn Esnouf, Jack Tyzzer, Les McLeod, Luke Hendy. Carol Hateley, Chloe Antonio, Tracey Dark, Hayley Waring, Erin Cody, Nicole Holloway.

Village People - Murray Hart, Garry Wood, Brenton Potter, Matt Dwyer, Shaun Ellis, Harry Driscoll. M Mitchell/M Cross, Angela Solyom, Nicole Harding, Nellie Driscoll, Kristine Horrocks, Renea McCormick.

Abba - Ben Leslie, Shane Field, Mark McCormick, Doug Armstrong, Damien Stevens, Nick Seeary. Debbie Hart, L Cook/K Wiecek, Libby Joyce, Hanna Cody, Laura Jenkins, Natasha Armstrong.

Kiss - Blair Hart, P Hall/S Armer, Jack Kelly, Richard Blakey, Josh Dwyer, Jayden Rickard. Sue Blakey, Jaiden Bach, Sharon Trimble, Tiarnie Oram, Jesse Horrocks, Elly Homden.

Monkees - Joel Freeland, Andy Leithhead, Matt Freeland, Nick Limbourne, Brent Moloney, Zac Illig. Amy Antonio, Julie O'Callaghan, Liz Hall, Caitlyn Murphy, Leah Homden, Lauren Armstrong.