HILLIARD BRADLEY SPRING OPEN - COGP

Weather looks great for today. All matches on as scheduled. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY !!

This tournament will be held at Hilliard Bradley High School, address and map listed above. The tournament will be held May 6 to 8, which is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, The tournament is a fundraiser for the Hilliard Bradley Boys and Girls tennis teams. Thank you for your participation and support.

The Tournament Director is Donna Long - her contact information is listed above. Please contact her if you have any questions concerning the tournament. Please use email as your first source of contact, as it can be answered any time.

To withdraw from the tournament, go to the center of this home page for the tournament. This is the same web page upon which the player registered for the tournament. In the middle of the page there is a section called "Edit Registration". The third line down is labeled "Withdraw". The fourth line down is labeled "Find Confirmation Number", if you cannot find that number for withdrawal.

If the confirmation number the player received upon initial registration was lost or cannot be found, click on "Find confirmation number". Enter the players USTA number, and zip code of the players residence. A list of all the tournaments the player has ever registered for will appear. Write down the confirmation number of the tournament from which the player is withdrawing.

Go back to "Withdraw", and enter the players USTA number and confirmation number for the event in that tournament that you want to drop. Click to confirm the player is withdrawing form the tournament. Withdrawal will be done immediately, and the player is out of the tournament.

Racket stringing will be available at the tournament, master racket technician Allan Leinwohl will be at the tournament to attend to all your racket needs. His phone number is 614-902-0927, please call him if you have questions, or want to schedule help with your racket.

This is a USTA sanctioned tournament, and all players must be current USTA members of good standing. Players will earn points for every match that they win, which will contribute to their District and Sectional player ranking in their age group.

This tournament will abide by the USTA Rules, as set forth in the official USTA Rule Book, "Friend at Court". Please be familiar with the rules of tennis concerning playing, one need not concern themselves with administrative rules.The tournament will use a FMLC (first match losers consolation) format, so as long as there are 4 players in a division, every player will have at least 2 matches minimum. For this tournament, a THIRD SET MATCH TIE BREAK will be used in place of a full third set, should the players split the first 2 sets. Please familiarize yourself with the third set match tie break procedure as set forth in the rule book.

Summer tournaments can be played in very warm temperatures. Fluids are very important. BRING LOTS OF FLUIDS WITH YOU !! Rule of thumb is A MINIMUM OF A GALLON OF FLUIDS PER MATCH !! Best to have 2 one gallon containers, one can be refilled while the player uses the other. BRING ICE !! This should be USTA policy, but the big dogs in New York in charge at USTA HQ don't play any tournaments, and don't know how tough it is playing in hot weather. Players are responsible for their own equipment, clothing, rackets, grips, strings, socks, shoes, wrist bands, extra shirts, etc. We mention this due to some novice tournament parents think some of these items are provided because their child is participating. Tournaments provide the courts for competition, that is it. Be prepared, best o bring extra ice and extra towels.

Trophies will be provided for the Champion, Finalist, Third Place and Consolation Champion players. There will be a third place playoff between the semifinal losers, as long as there are more than six players. If there are less than 6 players, there will only be trophies for the Champion and Finalist.