TUESDAY 12:00 - PLAY POSTPONED TODAY
All Tuesday, April 14th Matches are postponed until Wednesday. Currently at noon, all the courts are still puddled and way too soft to even try to prep. We can't guarantee any courts will be ready by late afternoon, so we are going to postpone today. Please check the draws for your Wednesday times.
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7:15am Tuesday 4/15/14 Update
70's Singles Be Ready to play by 1:00pm. 60's & 80's Singles by 2:30pm. Doubles decision TBD by 1:00pm for the day. There will not be as many courts available today.
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Tuesday 4/15/14 Lunch
Reminder of Chicken and Wild Rice Lunch provided today 11am until 1pm
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Dear Players: Your thoughts are important to us!
Please take a moment to complete the 2014 Tournament Evaluation.
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RAIN DELAY, MONDAY 14th
All singles matches that were scheduled for 9:00am and 11:00am will now start at 12:00 Noon. The radar does not look very promising at this point. If the courts are not ready at 12:00 we will make a decision for the rest of the day at that time. We are going to do our best not to string you out all day. If there does look like a few hour window without rain, we are going to do our best to get all singles played today.
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HIGH CHANCE OF RAIN
If it is raining when we wake up, or if the courts are unplayable, we will have an updated message at 7:30AM with instructions. Thanks, Joc
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80's Draw now complete
The 80's singles and doubles draws are posted with first round start times.
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80's Division Note
Ladies, we have had seeded players withdrawal today in both the singles and doubles events. I'm expecting to hear back tonight about another seed pulling out of the tournament. This will affect both singles and doubles seeding and draw format. I will have the 80's draws and first round times posted by 10:00am Thursday morning. Thank you for understanding.
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Draws and First round times posted
We have the 60's and 70's draws and first round times posted.
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SEEDS ARE POSTED
If you have any questions about the seeds, please email me at Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com. Thank you to the seeding assistants that helped in each division!
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April 4th Update
Hello ladies - The seeds have been published. We will leave the seeds posted for a couple of days before we start to work on the draws. The draws will be posted Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
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March 30th UPDATE
All mailed in entries have been entered into the computer. All doubles partners should be current as well. If you do not see your name, or there is a mistake with your doubles partner, please send me an email to Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com.
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SEEDING
We will have the seeds posted on April 4th.
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PRACTICE COURTS
We will have practice clay courts available throughout the whole tournament.
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Housing Requests
We are tapped out of volunteers available for housing. Several of our past volunteers will be hosting again this year, but we've run out of availability. Please check our hotel link for nearby hotels.
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Tournament Entry Forms/Brochures
We mailed out the entry forms Friday, February 28th. Please send me an email to Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com if you do not receive one. You can also sign up online for the tournament.
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Mailed out Entry Forms
We should be receiving the mailing labels from USTA in the next 7 days. Once we receive those, we will mail out the Entry Form Brochures. If you do not think you will receive an entry form via the mail, send me your address and I'll mail you one. My email is Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com.
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HOTEL LINK
Attached is a hotel link. The three closest hotels are Double Tree Suites, Hampton Inn South (Aresenal), and Hilton Garden Inn South. These three hotels are all within 5 minutes. The next two closest hotels are Embassy Suites, and Springhill Suites by Marriot at 5-10 minutes away. The remaining hotels are 10-15 minutes away. So far, I've heard back from two of the hotels for special rates. Their information is below.
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Hampton Inn South (Arsenal)
Hampton Inn South/Arsnenal - $89.00 + Tax. 256-882-2228. 501 BLVD South.
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Hilton Garden Inn
Hlton Garden Inn - $97+tax. Includes breakfast buffet. Cutoff date March, 8th. 301 Blvd South. 256-881-4170
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ALL PLAY BEGINS SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH.
All draws will begin Saturday, April 12th. This will include all age divisions - singles and doubles. If you have a bye, you will not start that division until Sunday, April 13th.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, April 11th - Welcome party 5:00pm - 7:00pm. This is a come and go as you please gathering - nothing mandatory. We will be serving lasagna, salad, bread, dessert, and cocktails. Lunches will be served on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. Sunday, April 13th - we will have a tennis fashion show from 2:00pm - 4:00pm at the tennis center with cookies and lemonade. Monday, April 14th - there will be a Tea and Wine gathering at Sally Walker's house from 5:00pm - 6:30pm. A Southern Style Home:)
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Prize Money
Unfortunately, we won't be giving prize money. We try to give back the money to every player via the lunches and evening events. Thanks for understanding.
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ITF Sanction - Grade A National Championship. We will continue to use all factors seeding. Foreign players can obtain a free USTA account for entry by going to https://www.usta.com/en/home/account/create-account.html, or register directly with the tournament director. This tournament is sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as a national championship. Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. This tournament is a USTA CAT 1 National Championship and fulfills the eligibility requirement for USTA CUP selection. The Coman tiebreak will be used.
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REGISTRATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE AT THE YELLOW HOUSE TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN BUILDING
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For Adult & Senior National Rankings: This tournament will calculate as a Category I (10x). Champions will receive 1000 points.
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:59:00 PM Central Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 703214614 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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