Rain out
Hi all players, it is Sunday the 8th at 130p and it has started to rain. All matches are cancelled for today unfortunately. Thanks so much to all players and parents for supporting our tournament after the fire! Also, thanks so much to the staff for working so hard on the courts! All matches that were on court will be abandoned. We have another 2 open/challenger tournaments this month. One starts on the 21st and is a one weekend event and the other starts on the 28th and is a one weekend event. Please let me know if you are interested in playing either by emailing to hunterhg@comcast.net with your players full name, age and division and the fact that you were rained out and I will put them in one of those events or any of our future events. We also have multiple tourneys in January that have not been posted but will be soon. Thank you again for your patience during the delays! Also, more like fo info will be posted after 6p today about the rain out. Thanks again for your patience during the delays!
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Rain delay
Hi, it is Sunday the 8th at 120p. It’s started to rain. All matches are suspended and we may have to go on a further delay. All matches originally scheduled at 130p or later are now cancelled.
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Rain delay
Hi, all, it is Sunday the 8th at 11a and the courts are drying up nicely w some sun! All matches are delayed 3 hours from their original start times. This is the green light to start heading to the club. If your original start time was scheduled for 2p later then your match is cancelled for today. We will decide that at 2p today. Thanks for your patience during the delays! See ya on the courts soon!
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Rain delay
hi, it is Sunday the 8th at 10a, All matches are delayed 3 hours from their original start time. The next update is at 11a. We have squeegeed but misty conditions have slowed the drying. The sun is starting to come out. Hopefully I can give good news at 11a!
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Rain delay
Hi all, it is Sunday the 8th at 9a and the courts are wet and unplayable, drying conditions are slow with humidity high. All matches are delayed 2 hours from their original start times. The next update will be at 10a. Hopefully we can give the green light at that point. The forecast is for no more rain!!!
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Rain Delay
Hi, it is Sunday the 8th at 8a, the courts are wet and unplayable. All matches are delayed 1 hour from their original start times. The next update will be at 9a.
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New draws posted with new start times!
Hi all players, it is Saturday night after 8p. The new schedule has been posted. Please check for your new start times and recognize which matches will remain unplayed. First matches will start at 10a so we will update for a possible further delay at 8a. Currently it is raining so I do anticipate a further delay but it is hard to tell. We will be squeegeeing courts early if and when it stops raining. Players, please remember that you are responsible for your start time and make sure to not come to the club til you get the green light. Thanks again for your patience during the delays!
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rain out for today
Hi all players, It is Saturday the 7th at noon. It is raining on and raining off. All matches scheduled for today are canceled and will be rescheduled for tomorrow. Please check for your new start time by clicking on the draws after 7p tonight or possibly earlier. The weather looks better for tennis tomorrow and hopefully we will get a good window to play! Please check the draws tonight for your new start times! We will be use if a reduced pro set format. Singles Consolation for the challenger is cancelled. Tomorrow plan on being scheduled for 2 or 3 rounds of main draw singles and possibly doubles for both open and challenger divisions. If you were originally scheduled to play on Sunday the 8th then your matches will be rescheduled for tomorrow as well with possible new start times. Thanks again for your patience during the delay! You are officially released for today!
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rain delay
Hi all it is saturday the 7th at about 11a. We are experiencing some showers now and heavy winds. All matches are delayed 6 hours from their original start times. The next and most likely final update will be at noon. Thanks again for your patience during the delays.
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rain delay
Hi, it is Sat the 7th at 10a and the courts are soaked. All matches are delayed 5 hours from their original start times. Next update at 11a. It is getting more cloudy and drying has slowed. Please do not come over til we give you the green light.
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rain delay
Hi all, it is Saturday the 7th at 9a, the courts are soaked But it has stopped raining. All matches are delayed 4 hours from their original start times. The next update will be at 10a. The next storm is supposed to hit at 12 or 1p. The forecast is not great for today. We cannot cancel before 12p due to the rules. Thanks again for your patience during the delays!
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Rain delay
Hi all players and parents. It is raining hard. All matches are delayed 3 hours from their original start times. We will update next at 9a. All originally scheduled matches for Saturday the 7th starting at 130p or later are now cancelled for tomorrow. We will post a new schedule for those matches sometime in the late afternoon tomorrow or early evening. Thanks for your patience during the delay! Sunday looks like we may have a window to play. Sunday looks better than Saturday!
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Rain delay info and hotline!
Please check this section of the notes to stay up to date on a possible Rain delay! If it is raining on Friday Night then we will start a delay for Saturday matches after 8p on Friday. Rain is predicted on Saturday but Sunday looks playable. Please do not come to the club until you read this section of the home page!!! The forecast is for some rain over the weekend but hopefully it will go away and give us a decent window to play. We will not cancel a day before noon each day due to the strict USTA rules. The format may change if we experience a delay. Doubles may be cancelled if we have a delay. Be sure to read the notes sectIon before you come to the club!!! 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. Again, If it is raining Friday night 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 or by 6a on Saturday. Good luck and hopefully the rain will not be too much of a factor this weekend!
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Attention all players!
Hi all players! Please make sure to allow plenty of travel time especially if you are using the 24 as there is A lot of traffic. Make sure to check in at least 15 min early. Practice warm up courts will only be available from 7a to 745a each day at the club. Otherwise try Acalanes High school or Las Lomas High school. Acalanes High is the closest. Have a great tournament!
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Format
Attention all players!!! This is a one weekend event day event in which most 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 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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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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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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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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Attention all players!
Please check the draws online on Saturday am or whatever the day of your first match is scheduled. If there is possible weather then check on Friday night for a delay to start after 8p. Also, 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 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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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.
Receive 50% of your entry fee back. Apply for the TOURNAMENT ENTRY ASSISTANCE GRANT(TAG). For more information about this grant or to obtain a copy of the application please visit the USTA Northern California junior homepage at www.norcal.usta.com.
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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, December 1, 2019 11:59:00 PM Pacific Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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