Rain out Info
Hi, unfortunately Mother Nature did not cooperate with us this weekend! We have another junior Challenger Tournament on February 23rd-24th and Another one after that on March 2nd. Please let me know if you are interested in these events. All players that completed a match unfortunately due to usta rules cannot receive a credit or refund for their entry. All other players that did not play a match please email me at hunterhg@comcast.net to arrange your entry fee compensation. The active.com fee is non refundable and a $2 rain out fee is charged if you would like a PayPal, Venmo or hard check refund. Thank you for your patience during all of the delays and look forward to seeing you at many of our Challengers and Opens this year!!!
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Rain Delay
UPDATE: All doubles and consolation will be cancelled today. It is 11:15am on Sunday the 3rd and rain just soaked the courts. All matches before 12:30pm are delayed by 6 hours and all matches 12:30 or later are delayed 3 hours. Next update at 1pm. Please wait until our next update before leaving. Thank you for your patience.
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Rain Delay
Hi all, it is Sunday the 3rd at 11a and it has stopped raining and the courts are drying nicely. This is your green light to start heading to the club. The forecast has changed to only 20% rain all day!! All matches from 9a to 12p are delayed 4 hours from their original start time. All 1230p and later matches are delayed 3 hours from their originals start times. Please come early for your match if you can and if your opponent is here and we have an open dry court we will get you on early!!! All Courts should be playable by 1p if drying conditions continue. We will not update this message again unless it begins to rain. the rain hotline is 9259372582 if you are en route to the club and dont have access to the internet. Thanks again for your patience during the delays!!!
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Rain Delay
It is Sunday the 3rd at 10a, It is currently raining lightly, all 9a -12p matches are delayed 4 hours from their original start times. All 1230p and later matches are delayed 3 hours from their original start time. The next update will be at 11a. The forecast is for 30% rain at 11a and 12p but after that it looks dry until the late evening. So as soon as it stops raining we will start squeegeeing the courts. Thanks for your patience during the delays!
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Reschedule info and rain delay for tomorrow
Hi all players and parents, It is Saturday the 2nd at 6p. All matches that were not played or in the process of being played today are now scheduled for Sunday the 3rd at the same time that they were scheduled for today. The date change will not be reflected on the draws. We were able to get most of our 8am matches completed so no matches are scheduled to start until 9a on Sunday the 3rd. Of course now that it is raining we now are going on a 3 hour delay from your start time for all matches rescheduled for Sunday the 3rd. We will update this message again at 10a on Sunday the 3rd.. Please do not come unless we give you the green light. We cannot cancel a tournament due to rain until 12p on a given day. Thanks again for your patience during the delays! The forecast is not great for tomorrow.
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Rain out for today
Hi all, it is Saturday the 2nd at 2:50pm and we just had a shower that soaked the courts. All remaining matches are cancelled for today. Please check the website after 8pm tonight for information about tomorrow. we will most likely have all matches that were on court today scheduled for first thing tomorrow at 8a and then all other matches will be played at the same time that were scheduled for today. if it is raining after 8p tonight then we will start a delay the same way we did it today. Thanks again for your patience during the delays!
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Rain Delay
Hi, it is Saturday the 2nd at 11a, The courts are drying up nicely. This is the green light to start heading to the club!!!! All matches originally scheduled from 8a to 12p are delayed 5 hours from their original start time. All Matches originally scheduled at 1230p and later are delayed 3 hours from their original start times. All consolation and doubles matches are cancelled for today. We will update this message immediately if it should begin to rain. If it rains again, we will most likely cancel the day. Sorry that tennis link went down. Many courts are dry and ready to go. If you get here early and your opponent is here early then we will put you on earlyif there is a dry court! The forecast is for dry until the eve at about 530p. The match format will be changed due to the delay to 6 game pro sets regular scoring with a 7 point tie break at 6-6. Thanks for your patience during the delays!!!
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Rain Delay
Hi, it is Saturday the 2nd at 10a, all matches originally scheduled from 8a to 12p are delayed 5 hours from their original start time. All Matches 1230p and later are delayed 3 hours from their original start times. The next update is at 11a. Sorry that tennis link went down. Be sure to jot down the rain hotline 9259372582. do not come to the club please until we give you the green light. No matches are cancelled for today at this point. We cannot cancel a day until 12p due to the rules. Courts are drying so there may be a window to play today. We are out squeegeeing and no rain has hit us for a while!
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Rain Delay
Hi all players and parent, It is Saturday the 2nd at 9a, the courts are soaked but the rain has stopped, all originally scheduled 8a to 1200p Saturday the 2nd matches are delayed 4 hours from their original start times. All 1230 p and later matches are delayed 2 hours from their original start times. The next update will be at 10a. There may be a window to play today based on the forecast.. We have lights so if and when it dries please plan on playing under them. Thanks for your patience during the delays! As I said before, we cannot cancel a day until 12p at the earliest due to the rules.. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light.
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Rain Delay
Hi all players and parents, It is Friday night after 9p and the courts are soaked. It is currently raining. All Saturday the 2nd matches originally scheduled 8a to 12p are are delayed 3 hours from their original start times. All 1230p and later matches are delayed 2 hours from their original start times. The next update will be at 9a. We cannot cancel a day due to the rules until 12p each day. Please do not come to the club until we give you the green light!!!!! No matches have been officially cancelled for Saturday the 2nd as of now.
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Rain delay info and hotline!
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 format may change if we experience a delay. 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. If it is raining Friday before the tournament we may start a delay Friday night after 8p. So please check this section before going to bed on Friday night if the weather looks iffy!
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Late entries considered for singles!!!
Entries are extended until Tuesday at 7p via email!!!. If you have missed the online entries please email me your players full name, age division and usta number before Tuesday at 7p. Also, please Paypal the exact entry fee to hunterhg@comcast.net by 7p Tuesday, Please bring a a copy of your receipt to the front desk before your first match. Please check for your start times by clicking draws on the tournament home page by Wednesday am. We will consider his or her application for singles only. Please make sure to list on the subject heading of the email, "late entry".
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Format
Attention all Challenger players!!! This is a 2 day event in which all matches will be played on Saturday and Sunday. . The tournament format for challenger players is fmlc, first match loser consolation for singles and single elimination for doubles. All challenger singles players will be scheduled for 2 singles matches at least if the numbers work out, The challenger level is 2 out of 3 sets with a 10 point tie break and an 8 game pro set for doubles. First Match loser consolation will be an 8 game pro set. Regular scoring will be used for all divisions. Please check the draws online if you lose your first match. The front desk will give you a best case scenario time for your match and will try to be updating the draws in real time. As it goes with consolation, sometimes in the second round when a seed loses a match then a consolation match may be scheduled if it was the seeds first loss. If the seed wins then the consolation match will not occur if it his opponents second match. Consolation can be confusing at a 2 day event. Please only go by what the draws say and you cannot go wrong! Players are responsible for their start times. If a front desk person tells you what time your consolation match is then please check the draws as players are ultimately responsible for their start times. Again, please click on the consolation bracket draw before you head to your match to double check what time you play!!!! As I said, we will be trying to update the draws in real time so please check the draws twice before you come to your consolation match. Good luck and have great tournament!!!
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! The tournament will not move you up a division or age category in doubles if there are not enough entrants. Please email me one week before the deadline if you would like to be placed on a looking for a partner list.
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Scheduling
Hi, this is a one weekend tournament. We will play all matches on Saturday and Sunday. All matches will be played at the Lafayette tennis Club unless indicated on the draws!!! If there are less than 110 players entered in the tournament then all matches will be played at the Lafayette Tennis Club! You may play anytime from 8am to 8p for start times depending on your age group. Usually we start matches at about 8a and finish putting on matches at 8p on Saturday and 6p on Sunday. No avoidance requests will be accepted. Younger age groups will be played earlier than older age groups in general. We will most likely accept alll players.
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If you were not accepted for doubles
Hi, if you did not sign up with your partner and your partner did not sign up with you in the same age and division as your singles, then you were not put in the doubles draws. Hope you understand.
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How to find your start time
The following instructions are to be used after the posting of the draws on Wednesday morning * Remember that the 'Challenger' events are now called 'Entry Level' events.
YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH YOUR MATCH TIME AND LOCATION SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
On the right of the 'Important Information' button there is a new 'draws' button. Click on it and select the event that a player is registered to. Know that some draws (e.g. "B12s - Challenger", "B14s - Open", ...) are quite large so the system divides them in two, so a symbol (with a picture of a draw on it) allows you to select the top or bottom half of the draw and you could be on the second part of the draw. On the left of each draw, find the player's name and follow the line to the right. That will show you the first match, with a date/time and the abbreviated site name (e.g. GHS is Granada High School), The sites (names, abbreviated names, addresses and Google maps), are available on the tournament web site. Come 15 minutes before your scheduled match time. After your match, report your match result (win or lose) and then check the draws online from your phone or look at the hard draws posted at the tournament desk
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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. Make sure that you are playing at the LTC before you drive to the CLub! We also use Clayton Valley High School as our alternate site. Lateness Penalties will be strictly enforced!!!
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Attention all players!
Please check the draws online on Saturday am or whatever the day of your first match is scheduled. Your opponent may have dropped out or a delay due to fog or a match time may have changed. We will try to contact players if their opponents withdraw but sometimes we do not have the correct contact info. Players are responsible for finding their start times and staying posted with a possible delay. Please read our entire notes section. If you were not selected for doubles then not enough players signed up by the deadline or you did not sign up correctly for doubles. We accepted all doubles entries until the Monday before the tournament. Please make sure that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes early. No warm up courts are open at the club. Acalanes high is our warm up site. Again please check this section before you come to the club to see if we have a rain or fog delay. All detailed info is listed below. Good luck and refuse to lose!
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DRAWS
Draws will be posted no later than wed 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. 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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Draws are subject to change!
All draws are subject to change if the tournament makes an error. Please check the draws an the day before the tournament starts to see if your time has changed! Please recheck draws for changes in times and/or withdrawals. Also, please recheck your start times every night during the tournament. All changes made within 48 hrs of tournament start will be phoned to the affected parties. .
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Contacting the director, entry fee, check in and
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. Sometimes we use alternate sites during our tournaments. LTC is the Lafayette Tennis Club. CVH is Clayton Valley High School. 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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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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LTC is home to the world famous 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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Main tournament hotel
Diablo Mountain in is a stones throw away from the club. Mention the Lafayette Tennis Club and you will receive a special rate. A Queen is $72. 2 Queens Deluxe is $95.
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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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Tournament Ball is Wilson US Open!
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Attention all players and alternates
Thank You for applying for the tournament! This is a limied draw/tournament director selection tournament. The selection process is determined by the usta. If you were not accepted then you were automatically put on an alternate list and we will notify you if a spot opens up. Please email us if you do not want to be put on the alternate list. You also will not be charged for your entry fee. This is a new tournament that was sanctioned this year. The problem with the usta sanctioning a new tournament and not a longstanding one is that we cannot prepare for the amount of players ahead of time. We hate turning any players away and would like to give the most amount of players an opportunity to play. Please check your start time on friday just in case your opponent has withdrawn and your schedule changes!
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Selection process, Eligibility, Seeding
This tournament is a Tournament Director selection process. That means that you are not in the tournament until we accept you. Most likely we will accept all players unless we have extreme large draws. We will follow the usta rules on the selection process if we do not accept all players. It is a top down selection process for open players and bottom up for challenger players. Eligibility to this tournament is open to all usta members that fall in the correct age brackets. If your birthday is during the same month of the tournament then you must play in the next higher age group. The seeding method that is used is whatever the current norcalusta list is on the day that we do the draws.
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Limted Draws
We will accept as many players as possible to fill our courts following norcalusta scheduling guidelines. Open level players are limited to 16 singles and 8 doubles Challenger level players are limited to 8 singles and 4 doubles. We will not add any players to the challenger limits. We will accept as many open level players as we can possible handle given our court constraints. If you want to have the best shot of being selected for the tournament then please sign up for the open division. The selection process top down for open players and bottom up for challenger players.
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Come play a tournament at the lovely Lafayette Tennis Club. We
have newly resurfaced US Open Blue courts and operate as a private
club! We recently renovated the clubhouse and locker rooms!
Attention all players, most of the tournament will be completed
over the first weekend. unless we have large draws or inclimate
weather. LTC is the Lafaayette Tennis Club. . Please check in at
least 15 minutes before your match time at the tournament desk.
Lateness penalties will be strictly enforced. Allow extra time due
to traffic. Snacks will be provided daily but lunch may not be
purchased at the club. Casa Gourmet Burrito and Subway is a stones
throw away in Lafayette. Downtown Walnut Creek is also an option
for food but the parking can be tough sometimes. Please check the
draw on Friday before the tournament and then daily once the
tournament starts. You are responsible for checking for your start
time. If you need to withdraw from the tournament please email the
TD Hunter at hunterhg@comcast.net and call at 925 368-8882. Entry
fee refunds will not be given after the deadline. You may withdraw
yourself from the tournament at anytime before the deadline using
your confirmation #. Many matches may be viewed from the parking
lot. Please bring a couple of folding chairs as the club does not
have enough chairs to go around. Good Luck! Refuse to Lose!!! Come
play a tournament at the Lafayette Tennis Club. We are a private
facility nestled in a hidden glen in lovely Lafayette CA.
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 Sunday, January 27, 2019 11:59:00 PM Pacific Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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