SECOND CONSOLATION DRAWS
The second or extra consolation round draws will be posted by 10:00 P.M. tonight.
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10:00 Saturday update
B-10's and Girls 10's will start at 12:00 NOON now - the hard courts are still too wet. All other divisions on clay will be ready to go at 11:00 at HTC and ACA.
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3 HOUR RAIN DELAY
6:25AM SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 17, RAIN DELAY. ADD 3 HOURS TO YOUR ORIGINAL START TIME. 8:00AM MATCHES WILL NOW START AT 11:00AM. WE WILL UPDATE AGAIN AT 10:00AM.
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Girls 12 red division...
We had a player pull out this evening. We have adjusted the draw. The #2 seed will now receive the first round bye. We will contact the participants Friday morning.
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WEATHER DELAY INFO HERE
There is a high percentage chance of rain Friday night into Saturday morning. ALL UPDATES WILL BE RIGHT HERE WITH TIME AND TOURNAMENT INSTRUCTIONS. We will update Saturday morning by 6:30 am.
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Questions about tourney? EMAIL please
joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com
my direct office line is 256-883-3988 if you want to leave a message.
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MEDICAL RELEASE FORM
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Wednesday, March 14th Update
We are no longer taking late entries. We are going to be scheduling match times today. All draws and start times will be posted by 3:00PM CST Thursday. All divisions will by playing on clay courts except for the boy's and girls 10's division.
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HUNTSVILLE TENNIS CENTER
Huntsville Tennis is the Main site - directions are linked
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ATHLETIC CLUB ALABAMA
Athletic club Alabama is our alternate site that is 1/3 of a mile away from Huntsville Tennis Center. Directions are linked.
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Lunch Menu @ Athletic Club Alabama
Athletic Club Alabama is our alternate site 1/3 of a mile away. They have a very nice renovated lunch and bar area. Attached is the link that has their lunch menu.
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Tournament Check-In
No Friday mandatory check in. Just show up 30 minutes prior to your first match at the site where you play. ALL T-shirts will be handed out at HTC. If you are playing at ACA, you can come by HTC anytime to get your T-shirt.
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Practice Courts
Friday afternoon practice courts will be first come first serve. We are going to be packed with Adult USTA league from 5:30-7:30pm on the clay courts, and a High School tennis match on the hard courts. There will be practice clay courts available each morning at HTC from 6:30am to 7:45am. Once 8:00am arrives, there will be no practice courts available at either site. Grissom High School has 6 hard courts open for the public.
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LATE ENTRIES
please email all late entry requests to joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com with name and USTA #.
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PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED
If you signed up for 2 divisions - you will be selected to play in the older division. Non of the draws are full, so everybody that registered has been accepted.
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Sunday, March 11th Update
Entries close tonight at 11:59PM CST. If there are less than 32 applicants in your division, you will be selected. Southern's will send us an official selection list Monday, but it looks like everybody is in currently. If there are less than 24 players in your division, it will be a single 32 player draw. If there are 24 or more players in your division, then we will split the draw up into two, separate draws of 16 players each.
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CLAY COURT & HARD COURTS WILL BE USED
Sunday, March 11th update. The Boy's and Girls 12's Divisions will be playing on clay courts schedule permitting. We will know when the entries close tonight. We will update on Monday, March 12th.
The 10's and 12's divisions (boys and girls) will be played on hard courts at HTC and ACA. 14's, 16', & 18's will be played on clay courts at HTC and ACA.
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SELECTION PROCESS
Southern Selection Process: The top 32 players applying, from the most current usta/southern standings list, will make the draw. For Boys and Girls 12-18: 28 players from the current age group will be selected, and up to 4 players from the younger age group, who are eligible, from the younger age group will be selected. The younger players who have a ranking in the top 40 of the younger age group, and are not in the selected 28, will be selected. The names of the player who have been selected will appear as competitors. Alternates are listed in the report section. Players are allowed to enter two divisions with these guidelines: #1. players selected to both age divisions they apply for will automatically be selected to the older age division. they would be removed from the other age division. #2. players not selected to either divisions would remain on the alternates lists for both divisions but would be obligated to play the division they first get in, from the alt. list. they would be removed from the alternate list in the other division. #3. players selected to one age division would be removed from the alternates list of the division they were not selected. #4. once a player is selected for any one division no changes can be made.
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SINGLES ONLY
This is a singles only tournament. No doubles. You will get a third singles match if you lose your first two singles matches.
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TOURNAMENT FORMAT
32 entrants for each division will be split into two draws of 16 each. The 32 players will be split as follows via the most current southern standings list:Red 1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16,17,20,21,24,25,28,29,32Blue 2,3, 6,7,10,11,14,15,18,19,22,23,26,27,30,31Seeding will be made after the players have been split. Players from the lower age group that were selected and meet the seeding criteria will be seeded according to the STA directions. *If draws are less than 24 players, there will only be one draw for that division.
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HOTELS + LINK
The three closest hotels will be Double Tree Suites, Hilton Garden Inn South, and the Hampton Inn South. These three hotels are within 5 minutes of Huntsville Tennis Center - NOTE THERE IS ROAD CONSTRUCTION AT THESE THREE HOTELS - TRAFFIC CAN GET BACKED UP. The next two closest hotels will be Spring Hill Suites, and Embassy Suites at 5-10 minutes away. The remaining hotels are 10-15 minutes away.
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PLEASE NOTE: B/G 14-18 will play on Claycourts and B/G 10's
& 12's will play on Hardcourts. This could change if weather
dictates.
Youth Progression for 10 and under Events:
All Players ages 10 and under must play thru the new Youth Progression System. Starting with 2017 Tournaments players will only be allowed to enter tournaments at their approved level or one level below. No playing up will be allowed. In general players will find the progression from Orange 2(entry Level, will count as a level 5) to Orange 1(intermediate Level will count as a level 4) the quickest, then from Orange 1 to Green Level 10's(Advanced will count as at least a level 3) slightly more difficult, then from Green Level 10's to Yellow Ball play in 12's more difficult. Once a player ages up to 11 they will be eligible for Yellow Ball Play automatically. We hope the New Progression Pathway will help all players find their natural pathway.
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Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
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