2016 Adult Tournaments Grand Prix - Gold River Racquet Club (NTRP, Senior Category III, $3,000 Open)

Due to the current weather forecast for this weekend, the 2016 Adult Tournament Grand Prix - Gold River Racquet Club (508301616) will be rescheduled to Friday, October 21 through Sunday, October 23, 2016.
The NorCal happy hour event will be rescheduled to Friday, October 21 from 4:00pm – 6:00pm.
The NTRP Player of the Year Lunch will be rescheduled to Saturday, October 22 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm.
All match times will remain as is on their respective dates. For example, the match times that were schedule for Friday, October 14 will be the same match times on Friday, October 21. The draws have been updated with new dates.

Under the USTA NorCal rules, the lateness penalty starts at the scheduled match time regardless of court availability and will be enforced. Please make sure you allow enough time to find the site, for parking, and to check in. All players must come to the tournament desk to check in for their match.

Gold River Racquet Club is located at: 2201 Gold Rush Dr, Gold River, CA.
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The draw format will be first round losers consolation with a 3/4 playoff. Any event with 3 players/teams may have a round robin draw.

The match format for the NTRP and Open divisions will be best of 3 tie-break sets for main draw and 2 sets with a 10 point match tie-break in lieu of the 3rd set for consolation.

The match format for the Age divisions (Senior) will be best of 2 out of 3 sets with a match tie-break in lieu of the 3rd set.

We will have a free player lunch for all Grand Prix players at Gold River Racquet Club. We will present the Player of the Year awards and take a group picture of the POY recipients. Player of the Year winners should do their best to be present at this time even if they are not in the tournament. We will try to get a big photo of all recipients.

IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE ENTRIES CLOSE, PLEASE WITHDRAW ONLINE. IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW AFTER ENTRIES CLOSE, PLEASE SEND THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AN EMAIL AT WILSON@NORCAL.USTA.COM STATING YOUR NAME, THE DIVISION, AND THE REASON FOR YOUR WITHDRAWAL. IF YOU ARE WITHDRAWING THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR MATCH AFTER 8:00 PM OR ON THE DAY OF YOUR MATCH, PLEASE CALL (510) 263-0446 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE IN ADDITION TO SENDING THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AN EMAIL.

The preferred hotel for this tournament is Holiday Inn Rancho Cordova. The hotel is less than 2 miles from Gold River Racquet Club. Full service hotel with big rooms, free WiFi, restaurant and Starbucks. Rate is $89.00 for either a King or Double Queen room on October 13, 14 and 15 that includes hot breakfast and 2 drinks at their daily evening reception (per room). The Holiday Inn Rancho Cordova also offers complimentary parking, Guest Laundry, Fitness Room and Business Center. They also have an outdoor pool, Jacuzzi and Sauna room.
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All pets with the exception of service animals are not allowed at Gold River Racquet Club.

Child care is not available for tournament players. Children under 12 must be under the direct supervision of parents at all times.

The Adult/Senior Age Division Events have been designated as a National Category III Tournament by National. Click "more info" to find out more information regarding Category III Tournaments.

The prize money break down for the Men's Open Singles Division will be 1st = $1000; 2nd = $500; 3rd = $250

All Draws Limited to 8 Players/Teams per event (16 for Men's Open Singles)

Matches will be played with Wilson US Open Extra Duty balls

Players may play no more than 1 singles, 1 doubles and 1 mixed doubles event. If you are a player who qualifies for more than 1 division in an event, please email wilson@norcal.usta.com and let us know which you prefer to play if you were to qualify for both. All Rules and Regulations including the minimum # of tournaments required to play this tournament are at the attached link. Exceptions for not playing the minimum # of tournaments will not be granted. Please do not register if you have not met the minimum # of tournament requirement.
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Seeding will be done in accordance with the USTA NorCal Adult Tournament Rules and the 2016 Friend at Court.

A player shall not be entered at the time entries close in two or more USTA sanctioned tournaments scheduled to take place at the same time, in whole or in part, unless each Tournament Committee involved understands the situation, concurs in writing, and each agrees to accommodate the player’s schedule. The final decision rests with each tournament committee. If one tournament agrees to accept concurrent entries and accommodate the player's schedule but the concurrent tournament does not, the player may not enter both. If entries for the overlapping tournaments close on different dates, approval must be received from all Tournament Committees no later than the entry closing date that occurs last. Players who enter a tournament and play it to completion, may then enter another tournament with overlapping dates without permission. If a player violates this concurrent tournament rule ranking points earned in any concurrent tournament played will not count toward ranking or the Grand Prix Points Race and the concurrent tournaments will not count toward the minimum tournament requirement to qualify for Grand Prix.

ONLY IN THE EVENT OF RAIN - OCTOBER 22-23 MAY BE USED AS RAIN MAKE UP DAYS

Unfortunately, we are sorry to inform you that we will not be considering special scheduling requests for this tournament. In this event, we have players playing in multiple events with multiple people at multiple levels. This is a tournament players play all year to get in to, so please understand, all divisions should plan to play 1 match per day... no exceptions. Players entering in the Men's Open Singles Division should plan on playing 2 matches a day. Generally, we follow a standard tournament format playing singles first, then doubles, then mixed each day. Players should plan on playing on Friday. We will be using the whole day on Friday to play the tournament.

ESR ratings do not apply to tournaments.

NOTE, NO MATTER WHAT A PLAYERS GRAND PRIX POINT STANDING MAY BE, PLAYERS MUST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT TO QUALIFY

DOUBLES- BOTH PLAYERS MUST REGISTER AND INDICATE THEIR PARTNER.