IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PLAYERS AND PARENTS
February 28, 2017
Dear Parent of Player or Player,
Thank you for entering the High Point Spring Challenger. Your draw, along with playing times and sites, are available by clicking on the “Draws” tab above.
This webpage will be used for any updates concerning bad weather, postponements, revised schedules, etc. You may also call 972-941-7170, option 1, for any updates concerning bad weather. Tournament staff and/or volunteers will not have the time necessary to call players in case of bad weather, postponements or revised schedules. Players are responsible for checking the website or calling High Point in case of such event.
Draw sheets will be available for viewing (only) at each site. It is recommended that all players print their own draw sheets and/or check the tournament homepage frequently throughout the tournament for results and scores. Site directors and tournament volunteers are not responsible for a player’s match times. Players are ultimately responsible for reading the draw sheets correctly.
Please check in thirty minutes before your match time at your playing site.
Thank you.
Tournament Committee
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DRAWS ARE POSTED---HERE'S HOW TO CHECK YOUR DRAWS
To check your draw, please click on "DRAWS" and find your player's name in his/her age group draw. Please note that there are multiple draws that are named after professional tournaments (the tournament names are random and have no significance). Once you have found your child's name in the draw, please print the draw sheet or carefully note the time and location of his/her first round match. All boys and girls 10's matches will be played at High Point Tennis Center.
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HIGH POINT CHALLENGER 10'S PLAYING SITES AND DIRECTIONS LISTED BELOW
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The abbreviations for the sites are:
HPOB = High Point Tennis Center HPGB = High Point Tennis Center
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CLICK ON "MORE INFO" LISTED WITH EACH SITE TO VIEW MAP AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS
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HIGH POINT PARK TENNIS CENTER, (HPGB) (HPOB) 421Springcreek Pkwy., Plano, TX75023
Central Expressway North (from Dallas) to Exit 31 (Spring Creek Pkwy), go left under the highway and stay on Spring Creek for about ½ mile. Tennis Center is on the right side.
more info
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PARENT/PLAYER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
In
case of rain or inclement weather during the tournament, we will communicate to
players and parents in three ways: 1. Messages
will be posted as needed on the tourney homepage. Players and parents should check the homepage
often in case of weather delays. 2. The
same message will be emailed to the email address in the tournament player’s
USTA membership account. Players and
parents should make sure the email address on the player’s membership account
is up to date and accessible during the tournament. (If you did not receive
this message by email, please check the email address on the player’s USTA
account). 3. We
will post the same message on our phone system. To access the weather message recording,
please dial 972-941-7170, option 1.
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PARENT/PLAYER REMINDERS
The Tournament Committee recommends that you check your child's draw again on Friday night (December 9)--just to make sure you have read everything correctly and that there have been no changes to your child's draw (such as a player withdrawal). To ensure a smooth running tournament, your child should check in for his/her first round match site a minimum of 30 minutes before the scheduled match time. Players are responsible for arriving on time and at the correct playing site--no exceptions.
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Please check in thirty minutes before your match time at your playing site.
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TOURNAMENT HOTEL
Fairfield Inn & Suites Dallas Plano North 3415 Premier Drive, Plano, TX 75023 972-423-9944 $75 tournament room rate/new hotel/five minutes from High Point Please use the reservation link to make your online reservations.
more info
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IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW YOUR CHILD PLEASE PROVIDE PLAYER NAME, EVENT, AGE GROUP AND REASON FOR WITHDRAW.
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Youth Tennis Texas Website: For more information on Challenger, CMZ, or SCMZ schedules, and "Junior Know The Rules," please visit www.youthtennistexas.com
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10 & Under – USTA Texas regulations mandate that all junior sanctioned tournaments offer 10 & Under Orange Ball Division (orange ball, 60 foot court and 25 inch racquet) and 10 & Under Green Ball Division (green ball, 78 foot court and 27 inch racquet). For the full 10 & under regulation, please visit our website www.texas.usta.com, click on 10 & Under Tennis.
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First-off Consolation – All Challengers and CMZs use the First Off Consolation Format. This format will show as Single Elimination on the tournament homepage, but all players are guaranteed two matches. This format eliminates “maybe matches” and almost every player in consolation will play their first consolation match on Saturday. How does it work? Players that lose in the main draw will be fed into the consolation draw in the order that they come off the court (i.e. the first player to come off the court will go on line one, the sixth player to come off the court will go on line six). This new format ensures more players playing on Saturday and an overall better tournament.
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Excessive Overrule Guideline: The USTA Texas Officials Committee along with the Competitive Department has established a guideline in reference to excessive overrules as clarified in the Friend at Court. This guideline states "Once a player has been overruled for a second time in a match, they will be cautioned that after another overrule, they will be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct under the point penalty system."
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Inappropriate umpire/spectator communication, whether it be about a ruling or any other facet of a tennis event is prohibited while a match is in progress. Being a parent, coach, etc. does not endow special privileges. With the only exception of the right to remove their own child from competition at any time, a parent or coach is merely a spectator.
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USTA Texas "No Late Entries" Policy for Juniors Due to a new USTA Texas internal procedure, junior division players will NOT be able to register for a tournament after the online published deadline. We are aware that currently parents reach out via email or phone to the USTA Texas staff and/or tournament director requesting to be manually added to the tournament after online registration has closed. If a player misses the registration deadline, then he/she will not be permitted to participate in that tournament
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Registration Confirmation: As a parent or player it is your responsibility to assure registration in the event. Regardless if you register on the website or mobile app after completing the registration you should visit the USTA web driven site and confirm your registration by finding the player in the applicants list. If you select to skip this process please be aware that should any malfunctions of the system occur, players will not be granted late entrance in the event due to a system error.
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Watch out For Watches: Due to recent advances in watch technology, many watches now allow communication by text or email. Just a cellphone use prohibited on court, we are going to ask that players not wear watches on court. Please do NOT be offended if you forget and go out on court with a watch and are directed to remove it during play by tournament officials. If your watch or device is a medical necessity to monitor bloods sugar levels as in the case for type one diabetes or you have another medical or ADA consideration, please inform the tournament director and the referee at check-in. Please be prepared to show documentation.
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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 Sunday, February 19, 2017 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: 800034017 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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