Rain delay for sunday the 18th at 830a
Courts are drying fast, all matches will stick to the 1.5 hour delay. Please start makeing your way to the club. We will not update this message unless it begins to rain. Lateness penalties will be strictly enforced so make sure you arrive early!
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format change
All doubles is canceled for the tournament and we will be sticking to the shortened format of one regular pro set to 6. A 7 point tie breaker will be used at 6-6. Regular scoring will be used. We are trying to maximize the amount of matches every player can play today! Good Luck!!
Thank you again for your patience!!
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Rain delay for sunday the 18th at 8a
It rained overnight and the courts are soaked. We are squeegeeing now. Courts are drying nicely All matches are delayed 1.5 hours thats one and a half hours from their original start time. We will update this message again at 830am. Looks like a good day!
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Rian delay for Sunday the 18th at 7a
It rained overnight and the courts are soaked. We are squeegeeing now. All matches are delayed 1 hour from their original start time. We will update this message again at 8am.
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Rain Delay info for sunday the 18th
It is 6a on sunday the 18th. The courts are soaked. It is not raining. We are squeegeeng and blowing the courts. We will announce a possible delay at 7a.
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New Draws are posted, Please check for your new start time
New draws have been posted. All doubles has been canceled. The draws have been redone to maximize the amount of matches for all players. All doubles is canceld and due to the rules we will continue to use a shortened singles format.
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Rained out for saturday the 17th.
All remaining matches for sat the 17th are canceled. We will reschedule tonight. Please check the draws before you goto bed and when you wake up. We will redo them using a 6 game pro set format for tomorrow!
Thanks for your patience during the delay!
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Rain delay! Courts are drying Sat the 17th at 130p
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at about 130p and courts are drying quickly. We are blowing and squeegeeing the courts as hard as we can! Please start heading to the club using your current delay to determine your match time. We will not update this message again unless it begins to rain! All matches from 9a to 11a are delayed 6.5 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are delayed 4 hours from their original start time. The one match scheduled at 8a is now delayed 7.5 hours from the original start time. All matches originally scheduled for 3p or later today are now canceled for the day. All doubles is canceled for the tournament. If you would like to withdraw from the tournament please email the director. Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out and need to know about the rain delay. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!!! Tonight sometime we will post the new schedule after we see what happens today.
Again, thank you for your patience during the delay!
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Court update
It is sat. the 17th at 230p. Courts should be dry by 330p if weather holds. If you get here early and ck in and your opponent gets here early and cks in, we may be able to get you on early! If it starts raining in your area and you are on route then call the rain hotline at 925 9372582.
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Match format change
Due to the rain delay and the forecast we will be switching to a 6 game pro set format for the singles. All doubles is cancelled for the tournament. We will reschedule the entire tournament tonight depending on how many matches that we get in today. The forecast is a bit better tomorrow. We will update the delay for tomorrow sometime tonight or at 6am tomorrow depending on if it rains or not.
Thank you for your patience! My staff is working extremely hard to dry courts.
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Rain Dealy for Sat the 17th at 1230p
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at about 1230p and currently drizzling again. All matches from 9a to 11a are delayed 6.5 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are delayed 4 hours from their original start time. The one match scheduled at 8a is now delayed 7.5 hours from the original start time. All matches originally scheduled for 5p or later today are now canceled for the day. All doubles is canceled for the tournament. We will update this message next at 130p. We wil give it a few more hours to se if it breaks. The tournament will be all rescheduled later tonight so make sure to look at the draws before you goto bed and when you wake up. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light! If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the director. Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out and need to know about the rain delay. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!! We will not cancel matches for today until noon due to the rules! Because it may clear up in the afternoon we may delay longer. We are experts at drying courts and have lights so if there is a decent chance, we will try to play today! Tonight sometime we will post the new schedule after we see what happens today.
Again, thank you for your patience during the delay
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Rain Delay for Saturday 17th at 1130a
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at about 1130am and currently clearing and drying up. All matches from 9a to 11a are delayed 5.5 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are delayed 3 hours from their original start time. The one match scheduled at 8a is now delayed 6.5 hours from the original start time. All matches originally scheduled for 6p or later today are now canceled for the day. All doubles is canceled for today. We will update this message next at 1230p. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light! If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the director. Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out and need to know about the rain delay. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!! We will not cancel matches for today until noon due to the rules! Because it may clear up in the afternoon we may delay longer. We are experts at drying courts and have lights so if there is a decent , we will play today! Tonight sometime we will post the new schedule after we see what happens today.
Again, thank you for your patience during the delay!
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Rain Delay! Saturday the 17th at 1030a
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at about 1030am and currently lightly drizzling and foggy. All matches from 9a to 11a are delayed 4.5 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are delayed 2 hours from their original start time. The one match scheduled at 8a is now delayed 5.5 hours from the original start time. All matches originally scheduled for 630p or later today are now canceled for the day. All doubles is canceled for today. We will update this message next at 1130a. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light! If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the director. Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out and need to know about the rain delay. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!! We will not cancel matches for today until noon due to the rules! Because it may clear up in the afternoon we may delay longer. We are experts at drying courts and have lights so if there is a decent , we will play today! Tonight sometime we will post the new schedule after we see what happens today.
Again, thank you for your patience during the delay!
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Rain Delay! Saturday the 17th at 930a
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at about 930am and currently lightly drizzling and foggy. All matches from 9a to 11a are delayed 3.5 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are delayed 1 hour from their original start time. The one match scheduled at 8a is now delayed 4.5 hours from the original start time. We will update this message next at 1030a. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light! If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the director. Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out and need to know about the rain delay. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!! We will not cancel matches for today until noon due to the rules! Because it may clear up in the afternoon we may delay longer. We are experts at drying courts and have lights so if there is a decent , we will play today!
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Rain Delay! Saturday the 17th at 9a
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at about 9am and currently raining. All matches from 8a to 11a are delayed 3.5 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are not delayed at this point. We will update this message next at 930a. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light! If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the director. Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out and need to know about the rain delay. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!! The rain may let up this afternoon. We are experts at drying courts and have lights so if there is a decent , we will play today!
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Rain delay! Saturday the 17th at 8a
Hi, It is currently Saturday the 17th at 8am and currently raining. All matches from 8a to 11a are delayed 3 hours from their original start time. All matches scheduled from 1130a are not delayed at this point. We will update this message next at 9a. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light! Please call the Director's cell only if you are coming from more than 2 hrs out. The rain hotline at 925 937-2582 should only be used if you do not have acces to a computer or are en route and it starts raining. Thanks for your patience during the delay!! The rain may let up this afternoon. We are experts at drying courts and have lights so if there is a decent , we will play today!
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We have a rain delay!!
Attention all players, it is currently 8p on friday the 16th and is lightly raining at the club. All matches scheduled on Sat the 17th from 8a till 11a are delayed 2 hrs from their original start time. All 1130a and later matches are not delayed at this point. We will update this message next at 8am. Please do not head out until this message give you the green light. You will have at least 2 hrs to get to the club. If you are coming from further you may call the director directly at 925 937-2582. See below for more details about rain delays etc.
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Rain delay info and hotline!
We will update this message 2hrs before the start of all matches on a given tournament day if it is raining. If it is raining after 8p on the night before the tournament, we may start a delay then. Please check this section of the notes to stay up to date on a possible delay. We will not cancel a day before noon due to the rules. We have lights, so plan on playing under them if we experience delays due to rain. The rain hotline is 925 9372582. Please only call this # in case of an emergency or if you are en route to the club and it begins to rain. If you are driving from more than 2 hrs out then you may call the director directly. Unfortunately, usually we will not be able to start a delay more than 2 hrs before the first match times.
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Draws
Draws will be posted no later than Wednesday before 8am. Please only ck the internet for your start time. Phone requests for start times will not be accepted. Seeding will be done using norcal/usta standard seeding rules. For questions on seeding please call the norcal/usta office at 510 7487373. Make sure to check your start time every day before and after the tournament. Rain and other factors may change the schedule. You are responsible for finding your start time and any changes to it.
Good Luck and
Refuse to Lose
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Match format
The Match format for singles is best of three sets with a match tiebreak in lieu of a third set. Doubles will be an 8 game pro set. Open and Challenger players format is single elimination. Novice players format will be first round match loser consolation. All novice players will be guaranteed to have the opportunity to play 2 singles matches. Novice consolation matches will be 6 game pro set. There is a mandatory playoff for third and fourth place in all divisions. If you sign up for a novice singles division and there are no other or only one other entry, we may opt to put you in the challenger division. Same goes for Challenger to Open singles. We will only bump you up one division and/or age group not two and we will never move you down a division or age group in singles. Make sure to check other draws following these parameters if you cannot find the draw that you signed up for.
Please sign up for doubles with a partner before the deadline. You must have your partners usta # to sign up. This # can be found on the norcalusta website. Your partner must also sign up with you or you will not be put into the draw. All doubles players must sign up for doubles in the same age category and division that they signed up for in singles. The tournament will not move you up a division or age category in doubles if there are not enough entrants. Your entry into the doubles is free due to the combined entry fee. If you email the director we will put you on a "looking for a partner" list but cannot guarantee a partner. Please email us at least 1 week before the deadline or we will not be able to attempt to find a partner for you.
If you sign up for a novice singles division and there are no other or only one other entry, we may opt to put you in the challenger division. Same goes for Challenger to Open. We will only bump you up one division and/or age group not two and we will never move you down a division or age group. Make sure to check other draws following these parameters if you cannot find the draw that you signed up for.
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Draws are subject to change
All draws are subject to change if the tournament makes an error. Please recheck draws for changes in times and/or withdrawals. All changes made within 24 hrs of tournament start will be phoned to the affected parties. Any changes outside of 24hrs will not be communicated to the player. Please recheck your start time on thursday or friday before the tournament. Also, again, please recheck your start times every night during the tournament.
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Contacting the director, entry fee, check in and withdraws
If you need to pay your entry fee to the tournament, please bring a check payable to the HGA for the entry fee or cash. Make sure to have exact change if you bring cash. Please pay the fee to the tournament desk before your first match. No player will be allowed to play until the entry fee is paid. If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the director at hunterhg@comcast.net. Please list the players name, age, division and reason for the withdraw. make sure to state exactly what matches you are withdrawing from in your email. If you do not notify us immediately that you will participate in the consolation, playoff or other match in your email then we will withdraw you from all other play as well. An excused withdraw is due to emergency, illness or injury. All withdraws are subject to 2 penalty points assesed by the usta after the tournament. You need 10 penalty points in a year to be suspended from playing tournaments. The director will contact you to confirm the withdraw. If you need to withdraw before the deadline then use your confirmation # and/or credit card to withdraw online before the deadline. Your credit card will be fully refunded. unfortunately no refunds will be issued if you withdraw after the deadline. All players should check in at least 15 minutes before your scheduled match time. Make sure you check in directly to the site that you are assigned. Lateness penalties will be strictly enforced if you check in to the wrong site. Also, lateness penalties will be strictly enforced if you run into traffic. Please plan ahead so that you may arrive safely and early. If your opponnent has checked in and we have a court, we may be able to put your match on early. We use many alternate sites during our tournaments. LTC is the Lafayette Tennis Club. NGH is Northgate High School. RDP is Rudgear Park Tennis Courts. LP is Larkey Park. DVC is Diablo Valley College. Your site will be listed on the draw by your start time. The notes below will have detailed directions to each site! All sites will be accepting entry fee checks!
Refuse to Lose!!
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Directions to Lafayette Tennis Club, LTC
For directions to the Lafayette Tennis Club (3125 Camino Diablo, Lafayette, CA 94549, (925) 937-2582), please use the following link to Yahoo maps --> Off of the 24 take the Pleaseant Hill Rd exit North, rt on Stanley then Right on Camino Diablo. You will see our exit sign first. Keep going and you will hit our entrance sign, then turn right down a steep drive. We are located in a hidden glen. Make sure to allow ample time for traffic. We are located close to the freeway so it is an easy drive for most players.
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Practice courts
During the tournament no practice courts will be open at the Lafayette Tennis Club. Acalanes High School is a stones throw away from the club and is open to the public. The address is 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd. Take the Pleasant Hill rd exit North and continue on Pleasant Hill until you see the courts on your right hand side. The Lafayette Tennis Club is a 2 minute car ride away
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Tournament hotel
For hotel accommodations, please contact the Embassy Suites in Walnut Creek. Tel: 800 EMBASSY. Ask For the Lafayette Tennis Club Special Rate. It should be no more than $149 per night for a great room! They have a complimentary breakfast, Ice machines, Indoor swimming and a gym! The address is 1345 Treat Blvd, Walnut Creek Ca 94597. Pleas Check out the link to their website for more information!
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LTC is home to the Hunter Gallaway's Tennis Academy
For more information about the club and Hunter Gallaway's high level Excellence I Junior Academy please check out our website on the link provided. We have great lower level year round program as well.
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Dress Code
Proper tennis attire is required on the courts at all times. Collared shirts are not required. All running shoes including non marking running shoes ar prohibited. Black soled shoes except for barricades and other tennis shoes are prohibited as well. You will be defaulted if you cannot find a replacement pair of shoes within 15 minutes after your match time. This rule will be strictly enforced, no exceptions. Shorts, skirts or sweats with pockets or some system to hold an extra ball is required. No cuttoff jeans are allowed on the courts. If you look good on the court you will play better!!!
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Tournament Evaluation
Without your support we will not be able to continue hosting tournaments. We strive for Excellence! Our goal is to run a fair well organized event. We hope that you are able to check the yes box on all of the questions! If you liked the tournament please check Excellent. If you mark down "average", this is bad. Thanks again for your participation! We appreciate your support!
Refuse to Lose!!
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This is a tournament director selection where draws are limited
Players will be chosen for the open level based on a bottom up cutting system. Lower ranked players will be eliminated first. Novice players will be cut from the top down. Higher ranked players will be cut first in this situation. Novice draws will be limited to 5. Open draws will not be limited. Total players will be limited to about 125.
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Draws will be rescheduled by 10p tonight
All players please ck for their new start times at about 10p tonight and double ck them when you get up in the am. We may start a rain delay late tonight if it is raining hard after 8p or at the lates at 6am on sunday the 18th if it is wet. The forecast is better for tomorrow. Please make sure to get to your match 15 to 25 minutes early even if we have a delay. Lateness penalties are strictly enforced!
Thank you for your patience during the delay!
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No late entries will be accepted. Please do not call for your
start time. You may find your start time and site on-line. make
sure to directly check into your site. Lateness penalties will be
strictly enforced. Come play a tournament at the Lafayette Tennis
Club. We are a private club with brand new US Open Blue courts and
a remodeled clubhouse with a players lounge. Match format for
singles is best of three sets with a match tiebreak in lieu of a
third set. Doubles will be 8 game pro sets. We will playoff for
third and fourth palace in all divisions. Please sign up for
doubles with a partner before the deadline. Please check in
directly to the Lafayette Tennis Club or the Northgate High School.
Please check in 15 minutes prior to the start of your match.
Practice courts are at Acalanes High School. Directions to Acalanes
will be posted at the tournament desk. Snacks will be provided
daily but no lunch food can be purchased at the club. A player
party will be held on the first Sunday of the tournament. If it is
raining Friday afternoon/evening before the tournament, we may
start a rain delay on-line after 8pm. If it is raining, at 5:30 am
everday of the tournament, we will update our rain hotline 925
937-2582 and on-line which is your best way to check on a possible
delay. Please only use the rain hotline in case of an emergency or
if you are en route to a tournament site. We will never cancel a
day before noon! If you are withdrawing from the tournament please
email the Tournament Director at hunterhg@comcast.net. Make sure to
list your full name, division, age group and reason for
withdrawing. Good Luck and Refuse to Lose!!!
Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Saturday, November 10, 2012 11:59:00 PM Pacific Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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