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CONGRATULATIONS TO NATALIE CHEONG AND REDD OWEN FOR WINNING THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS IN THE 2015 ITA WINTER MASTERS TOURNAMENT!!!
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FREE PRACTICE COURTS TODAY FROM 3:30 TO 8:00 PM AT LIBERTY PARK
DETAILS - TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS MAY PRACTICE TODAY - MONDAY THE 19TH - AT LIBERTY PARK FROM 3:30 TO 8:00 PM. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, 4 PLAYERS PER COURT AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR TIME TO 30 MINUTES. ENJOY! COMPLIMENTS OF THE TOURNAMENT! THANKS FOR PLAYING IN THE 2015 WINTER MASTERS TOURNAMENT!!!
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IMPORTANT NOTE TO BOY'S 18 PLAYERS AT ECCLES ON SUNDAY
THE ECCLES TENNIS CENTER WILL NOT BE OPEN UNTIL 7:50 AM ON SUNDAY.
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SPONSOR THANKS!!!
UTAH TENNIS ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE UTAH SPORTS COMMISSION FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR'S USTA INTERMOUNTAIN LEVEL 4 WINTER MASTERS TOURNAMENT!
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INTRODUCING A NEW SPONSOR TO THE WINTER MASTERS TOURNAMENT - DIADEM!
Diadem is a new tennis string company leading the way in string technology. Diadem Created and developed Star Core technology (patent pending), which enhances player's spin generation, precision, power and performance. This Star Core Technology is featured in Diadem's new Solstice line of performance tennis strings. Now, all players can experience how Diadem is changing the game of tennis. The co-founders of Diadem, AJ Bartlett and Evan Specht, are both former Intermountain standouts, College and ATP players. AJ and Evan have a strong passion for the game of tennis and never want to leave it. They decided to take their passion and competitiveness from the court to the business side of the game. Diadem's goal is to continue to design and develop new performance equipment and products by implementing Diadem's unique, cutting-edge technology. COME VISIT THE DIADEM BOOTH AT CHECK-IN FOR A QUICK STRING CONSULTATION AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU (FREE!) THE STRING BEST FIT FOR YOU!
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WELCOME!
WELCOME TO THE 2015 INTERMOUNTAIN LEVEL 4 WINTER MASTERS TOURNAMENT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UTAH SPORTS COMMISSION. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO FABULOUS TENNIS MATCHES AND ARE EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN HOST THIS GREAT EVENT!!!
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PLAYER CHECK-IN
Player check-in will be on Friday, January 16th, and will be held from 12:00 to 4:00 PM. Check-in will take place at the Crystal Inn - located at 818 East Winchester Street, Murray, UT 84107. This hotel is right off of the I-215 belt route. If you are not able to attend check-in, please make sure that you have someone else check-in for you. FINAL DRAWS AND MATCH LOCATIONS WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT THIS TIME!
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DRAWS
UNTIL CHECK-IN, CHANGES IN THE DRAWS CAN AND OFTEN DO OCCUR!!! Many draws will change as people drop out of events and are replaced by alternates. THE DRAWS ARE NOT FINAL UNTIL YOU SEE THE DRAWS THAT ARE GIVEN OUT AT CHECK-IN!!! The Utah Tennis Association office will be closed for the Holiday from 4:30 PM on Friday, January 16th, until 9:00 AM on Tuesday, January 20th. Draw information will not be available over the phone. Doubles matches will start at 3:00 PM on Friday the 16th, Singles matches will start at 8:00 AM on Saturday the 17th. Please make your travel plans accordingly.
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HOST HOTEL - CRYSTAL INN
THE TOURNAMENT HOST HOTEL IS THE CRYSTAL INN. The Crystal Inn is located at 818 East Winchester Street, Murray, UT 84107. This hotel is right off of I-215. It is the closest hotel to the Sports Mall and Cottonwood Country Club. This hotel also has easy access to the belt route for quick driving times to Coach Mike's Tennis Academy, Eccles Tennis Center and Salt Lake Tennis Club. The Crystal Inn offers a very nice complimentary full hot breakfast buffet and light dinner, free high speed internet, an indoor swimming pool and hot tub, an exercise facility, and in-room microwaves and refrigerators. Room rates are $96.00 + tax per night. Rate valid with 2 Queen beds. The reservation cut-off date is December 30, 2014. Please call (801) 293-2051 and ask for a room in the WINTER MASTERS room block to book your room and receive this Tournament rate. Please open the attached link for more information about the Crystal Inn.
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THERE ARE STILL ROOMS AVAILABLE AT THE HAMPTON INN IN LEHI.
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HAMPTON INN IN LEHI
The HAMPTON INN is located at 3576 North Maple Loop, Lehi, UT 84043. It is the closest hotel to the Ivory Ridge Tennis Club. The Hampton Inn offers a nice complimentary continental breakfast with 2 to 3 hot items daily. Also offered is free high-speed internet access, microwaves, mini refrigerators and an indoor swimming pool and exercise room. They are located very close to Thanksgiving Point, the Dinosaur Museum, IKEA, Cabela's and a new outlet mall. They are also next door to JCW's my favorite hamburger place! Room rates are $89.00 + tax per night for a Double Queen room. The reservation cut-off date is January 2, 2015. Please reserve a room in the WINTER MASTERS room block to receive the tournament rate. Call (801) 786-1186 to make your reservation.
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COTTONTREE INN IN NORTH SALT LAKE
The COTTONTREE INN is located at 1030 North 400 East, North Salt Lake, UT 84054, just off of I-15. This is the closest hotel to the Eagleridge Tennis Club. The CottonTree offers a full hot breakfast that includes a self serve waffle bar, eggs and sausage or biscuits and gravy, assorted bagels and cream cheese, juices, hot chocolate, coffee and tea. They also offer a complimentary airport shuttle, an indoor swimming pool and hot tub, and free high-speed wireless internet access. Room rates are $119.95 for Thursday, $109.95 for Friday, Saturday & Sunday, $119.994 for Monday, for a Double Queen room. The reservation cut-off date is January 2, 2015. Call (801) 292-7666 and request a room with the WINTER MASTERS group rate.
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HAMPTON INN IN SALT LAKE CITY
The HAMPTON INN is located at 1345 South Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. This hotel is the closest hotel to Coach Mike's Tennis Academy, and has easy access to Salt Lake Tennis Club, Eccles Tennis Center and Coach Mike's Tennis Academy at Liberty Park. They offer a complimentary continental breakfast, free wi-fi, an indoor pool and hot tub, a fitness room and a business center. Room rates are $99.00 for a Standard King or Double Queen + tax per night, and $119.00 for a King or Double Queen Suite + tax per night. The reservation cut-off date is December 22, 2014. Please use the attached link to book online and receive our WINTER MASTERS Tournament rate.
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HYATT PLACE
The HYATT PLACE is located at 3090 East 6200 South, Holladay, UT 84121. This hotel is right off of the I-215 belt route with easy access to the main roads. It is also close to the Cottonwood Country Club and the Sports Mall. This hotel offers a complimentary breakfast, a year round heated swimming pool with Jacuzzi, complimentary Wi-Fi internet access, fitness center,and a 24/7 bakery cafe. Rooms have a refrigerator with a microwave available upon request. Room rates are $119.00 + tax per night. Rate valid for room with King or Double Queen, both with a corner sectional sofa bed. The reservation cut-off date id December 30, 2014. Please use the attached link to register to receive your WINTER MASTERS tournament discount.
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SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO ONE BOY AND GIRL FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING BEHAVIOR BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT. A SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO ONE PARENT FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING BEHAVIOR DURING THE TOURNAMENT. A NEW PAIR OF HEAD TENNIS SHOES WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH OF THE THREE SPORTSMANSHIP WINNERS. THANK YOU TO HEAD / PENN RACQUET SPORTS FOR DONATING THE SHOES!
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RESPECTFUL REQUEST
Please obey all rules and policies for the hotels and tennis venues. Anyone involved in any questionable conduct at guest facilities will be defaulted from the tournament. Please be respectful of others, be courteous to tournament staff and volunteers - an occasional thank you goes a long way! Please help to keep the tournament sites clean by picking up your trash on the grounds and courts. THANK YOU!
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MATCH SITE ABBREVIATIONS ON THE DRAW
SM = Sports Mall, ECC = Eccles Tennis Center, SLTC = Salt Lake Tennis Club, CCC = Cottonwood Country Club, PC = Park City MARC, ER = Eagleridge Tennis Club, IR = Ivory Ridge Tennis Club, CM = Coach Mike's Tennis Academy, CMLP = Coach Mike's Tennis Academy at Liberty Park, OAC = Ogden Athletic Club.
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MATCH LOCATIONS
BOY'S 18's and GIRL'S 18's matches will be rotated between two sites - Sports Mall - located at 5445 South 900 East, Salt Lake City, as well as at the Eccles Tennis Center - located at 550 South Guardsman Way, Salt Lake City. BOY"S 16's matches will be played at the Salt Lake Tennis Club - located at 2471 South 1700 East, Salt Lake City. GIRL'S 16's matches will be played at Park City MARC - located at 1200 Little Kate Road, Park City, as well as at the Salt Lake Tennis Club - located at 2471 South 1700 East Salt Lake City. BOY'S 14's matches will be played at two sites - Coach Mike's Tennis Academy - located at 1216 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, as well as at Coach Mike's Tennis Academy at Liberty Park - the entrance to Liberty Park is located at 650 East 900 South, Salt Lake City. GIRL'S 14's matches will be played at two sites - Eagleridge Tennis Club - located at 711 Parkway Drive, North Salt Lake, as well as at Ogden Athletic Club - located at 1221 East 5800 South, Ogden. BOY''S 12's matches will be played at Ivory Ridge Tennis Club - located at 62 East Club View Lane, Lehi. GIRL'S 12's matches will be played at Cottonwood Country Club - located at 1780 East Lakewood Drive, Salt Lake City.
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CONFIRMATION OF MATCH TIMES
Players, please remember that as per Friend At Court, the players are solely responsible for learning the time and place of their matches. Tournament desk personnel will give out match times to players, but "The players should not rely on being told the time of their matches and should check the draw." The exceptions to this rule would be if we reschedule a match because a previous match ran long, or a blizzard hit and roads were closed. In those type of instances the Site Director will let the players know the new time that the match will be played. In all circumstances, you should always confirm your match times against the draw.
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CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS FOR PRACTICE COURT AVAILABILITY AND FEES
Sports Mall - (801) 261-3426. Coach Mike's Tennis Academy at Liberty Park - (801) 328-4711. Salt Lake Tennis Club - (801) 487-3206. Coach Mike's Tennis Academy - (801) 583-9451. Eccles Tennis Center - (801) 581-7075. Eagleridge Tennis Club - (801) 397-2582. Ivory Ridge Tennis Club - (801) 331-6006. Gold's Gym in Orem - (801) 765-4653. Park City MARC - (435) 615-5400. Ogden Athletic Club - (801) 479-6500.
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FRIGID TEMPERATURES!
We are expecting very frigid temperatures here in Utah during this tournament. Matches will be played in bubbles at several of the tournament sites. The temperatures inside of the bubbles are fine for the players, but are cold for the spectators. Please - IF YOU WILL BE WATCHING A MATCH IN A BUBBLE - PLAN ON BRINGING A WARM COAT, BLANKET, ETC.!
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VIDEO TAPING GUIDELINES
There will be a Video Taping Permission Form available at the Tournament Desk. Parents or guardians of tournament participants will need to fill this form out in order to be able to video tape anything that will include the other player. This form will require a parent or guardians consent and signature to allow video taping of the full court match. You of course can always video tape your own player, but for the protection of the other minor player you will need to fill out the form prior to video taping anything that will include the other player.
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SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 20th
One round of the singles back draw will be played, followed by the singles finals and the 3rd & 4th place singles playoff. Then the final matches of the day will be the semi-finals of the back draw. Please remember that the finals of the singles back draw will not be played. PLEASE MAKE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
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OFFICIATING
Play will be subject to the rules of the USTA. The USTA Point Penalty System will be enforced throughout the tournament. UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! USTA Certified Umpires will be present at all playing locations.
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PARKING AT ECCLES TENNIS CENTER
Parking Notice - Please park in the parking lot directly East and across the road from the Eccles Tennis Center. There will be a $1.00 fee for the parking meter that will be good for all day. There is also parking along the street adjacent to the facility, the parking meters along the street need to be fed every 2 hours.
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SEEDING
This Tournament will be seeded on January 5th so that we can include the results from the Winter Nationals in the Standings List. INTERMOUNTAIN SEEDING PROTOCOL - Seeding for all of the Intermountain tournaments will be taken straight off of the current ITA Standing's Lists except if there is an exceptional player aging or playing up. An exceptional player is defined as a player listed in the top 100 of he most current National Standings List in the lower age division. This exceptional player will be CONSIDERED for seeding. DOUBLES SEEDS will be taken directly from the most recent ITA Individual Doubles Standings Lists. Partners ranks will be averaged and seeded accordingly. Consideration for seeding will be given for exceptional doubles teams, which are teams comprised of players who are ranked in the top 100 of the Combined National Standings in the lower age group. AS SHOWN ON PAGE 71 IN FRIEND AT COURT - Number of seeds - The number of players seeded shall equal a power or two (for example, 2, 4, 8. 16, or 32). The maximum ratio of players seeded shall be one in three, except that any draw may have two seeds.
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DRESS CODE
All Tennis Players will be required to wear appropriate tennis attire and dress in a manner consistent with the facilities expectations as well as the expectations of a participant in the USTA Intermountain Winter Masters Tournament. Boy's - no tank tops or very low riding shorts. Ladies - top and skirt should touch when checking in for your match. Questionable attire is subject to the Site Director's discretion.
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SINGLES
All singles matches will be the best 2 out of 3 sets with a 7-Point Tiebreak at 6 games all. Please remember that the singles draw of the USTA Intermountain Winter Masters Tournament will only run for four days, as per the Intermountain Junior Competition Committee's scheduling policy. This format only allows enough time for players to reach the finals of the back draw, but not enough time for the finals of the back draw to be played. Thank you for your understanding. Singles will be a 48 draw, with a full feed-in consolation.
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DOUBLES
Doubles matches will be 8 game Pro sets until the Finals. Finals will be the best 2 out of 3 sets, with a 7 Point Tiebreak at 6 games all. Doubles will be single elimination. IF YOU ARE PLAYING DOUBLES, YOU MUST SIGN UP ONLINE WITH YOUR PARTNER. PLEASE REGISTER BY THE DECEMBER 16TH DEADLINE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLAY DOUBLES BUT DO NOT HAVE A PARTNER, YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT rwise@utahtennis.com PRIOR TO THE DECEMBER 16TH DEADLINE AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO PAIR YOU UP WITH A PARTNER. I will start to pair up doubles partners on the 19th, after the acceptance list is published. If you know who your doubles partner will be but did not register as a team online, please contact me by January 1st and let me know who your partner will be and I will pair you up online. That will give me time to get everyone entered online. Seeds will be posted on January 5th so that the results of the Winter Masters will be included in the Standings List. Right after that I will start to work on the draws. Players please check the competitor's list and verify that you are paired with the correct doubles partner. You must play doubles in the same age division as you are playing singles. Your partner MUST be in the same age group as you. For example, if you are playing in the Boy's 14's Singles division, your partner can NOT be playing in the Boy's 16's Singles division. Unfortunately those types of requests cannot be accommodated due to the potential scheduling and match location conflicts. The doubles event is very important, especially for those players who are interested in playing college tennis.
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LATE REGISTRATION
A $15 late fee will be charged any player who registers for the USTA Intermountain Level 4 Winter Masters Tournament after the December 16th online registration deadline. In addition, a late registration will only be accepted into the main draw if there are less than 48 players in that division. For divisions with more than 48 players, late registrants will be placed at the bottom of the alternate list for that division.
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TOURNAMENT ACCEPTANCE
If any one division has more than 48 players applying, acceptance will be based on the most recent ITA Standings List for that particular division draw. The top 48 players - APPLYING - ONLINE - ON TIME - will be accepted. Players registering online and receiving a confirmation number are NOT guaranteed acceptance - this is only confirmation that registration was performed correctly. Due to the size of this event and he number of people coming from out of state, time avoidances are not available. I will publish the accepted competitor's list by Friday, December 19th.
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PLEASE BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOMS EARLY! THIS IS A VERY BUSY SKI WEEKEND IN UTAH!
The holiday weekend is a very crowded ski weekend and hotel rooms are normally filled to capacity with skiers. Please book your hotel rooms now! After the cut-off dates, and if the hotels still have rooms available, it will be at the full rate on a space-available basis.
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Entry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:59:00 PM Mountain Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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