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SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS
Congratulations to our winners of the sportsmanship awards for this tournament: Kendal Woodard of GA and Thomas Mayroone of LA.
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DIRECTIONS
CLICK HERE FOR SITE DIRECTIONS AND ADDRESSES
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"A Nike Junior Tour Qualifying Event"
The Nike Junior Tour (NJT) is a worldwide series of junior singles tournaments for Boy’s and Girls in the 12 and 14 age groups. There are currently 22 countries participating in the NJT, representing over 60,000 players. Former NJT International Masters players include Rafal Nadal who won the event three times for Spain. The winner(s) of the USTA Sectional Championships will be invited to compete at the NJT USA National Masters, September 12-14 2008 at Stanford University CA. Nike provides round trip transportation, food and lodging for the Sectional winner(s) (B14, B12, G14, G12) plus one team coach. The NJT USA National Masters winners go on to play in the NJT International Masters. Expenses for the International Masters are paid for by Nike.
Nike Prizes are awarded to the Sectional Championship winners, finalist, 3rd 4th and the consolation winner and finalist.
AGE ELIGIBILITY: NJT USA play leads to the NJT International Masters where 22 countries participate. Therefore, to be eligible for the NJT USA National Masters and the NJT International Masters, players must meet the ITF (International Tennis Federation) age eligibility cutoff date of December 31. Example: If you are currently 12, but will turn 13 on or before December 31, 2008, you may play in the Section Championship in the 12's but WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE to compete in the 12’s at the NJT National Masters at Stanford or the International Masters in Italy. Players should consider the ITF eligibility to determine which age group to enter if they want to be eligible to go on to the NJT USA National Masters or International Masters.
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ENTRIES AND SELECTIONS
Entries and Selections: All players must enter through the TennisLink On-line Registration. Players may enter only one division even though each age division is at a different site and listed as a separate tournament on the schedule. Players should play in the age division they are seeking Southern Endorsement. Fourteen of the selections will be based on the most current Southern Standings of the age division only. (No selections based on the younger age group). All other selections are based on the quotas and endorsements of the States. Make a link to the selection process on your home page of your tournament.
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BIRTH CERTIFICATES
BIRTH CERTIFICATES:
All players must have a copy of a Birth Certificate or Green Card on file in the Southern office. Players should go to this link to see if their name is on file. If your name does not appear here please Fax to 770-368-9091 or e-mail to howard@sta.usta.com.
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MEDICAL RELEASES
USTA requires a medical release SIGNED BY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN for every player. This form must be presented at the time of tournament registration. Please download and bring this completed with you or fax to us (770-368-9091) to speed up the registration process. Players are not allowed on court without this signed release:
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National Endorsements
National Endorsements: Players should play in the age division they are seeking Southern Endorsement.Link to the following
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REGISTRATION & PLAYER MEETING:
A players’ meeting will be held at the SITE John Drew Smith Tennis Center on Friday June 13th at 6:30 pm. **Please make every attempt to be here. We have several new items to discuss. National endorsement will be discussed at this meeting. Seeded players are not expected to be at the meeting.
Hours of Registration.
Friday 4:00 PM until 6:30 PM.
Saturday 7:00 AM until 12:00 PM ( noon )
Sunday 12:00 until 3:00
Monday 7:00 AM until 12:00 PM ( noon )
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**TENNIS PARENT **
Junior tennis should be a fun and rewarding experience for our children. Character building lessons such as hard work, discipline, sportsmanship, and handling adversity are regularly on display. Parents of junior players should also enjoy the time spent with their children and watching them develop not just into better tennis players, but into good citizens.
Regrettably, USTA Southern has encountered a disturbing trend over the past few years involving parents of junior players. Verbal abuse by some parents directed at tournament referees, officials, and even other junior players and their parents is becoming more commonplace. These incidents adversely impact the players' and parents' tournament experience and create a negative and distressing atmosphere for all participants, parents and officials. Such abusive and improper conduct by a few is in violation of the governing rules and shall not be tolerated.
In response to the actions of a few, USTA Southern has instituted this to remind parents and players that abuse of players, referees, or officials by a parent, relative, coach or other person associated with a player is prohibited by the governing rules, and any such abuse may result in the issuance of directives for that person to leave the tournament area and/or the imposition of point penalties and other sanctions authorized by applicable regulations. Abusive behavior in any form shall not be tolerated. Tournament officials and referees will report all instances of such misconduct, and the consequences of such misconduct will be fully enforced. Parents and players are governed by, and should become familiar with the Friend at Court and particularly, Part 3 USTA Regulations, Section IV.C. which addresses Standards of Conduct. An excerpt of that Section is provided for reference on the back of this form and a full copy of Friend at Court is available online at no charge at http://www.usta.com.
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EVENTS
EVENTS: Boys and girls singles 160 draw with Feed-in championship through quarterfinals and playoff matches for 3/4 places. Play in the FIC is mandatory. Semifinal losers in the main draw are required to play the 3/4 playoff match. The Singles official draw will be made at noon on Thursday June 12th at noon. Draw sheets will be posted at SITE on Friday June 13th by noon. NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRAW WILL BE GIVEN BY PHONE. One round of Main Draw singles will be played each day. Consolations begins on SUNDAY with one round, Player will not start two rounds of Consolations until Tuesday. Boys and Girls doubles (single elimination) draw will be posted June 15th, by 9 am.
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SEEDS
Thirty-two seeds will be “block seeded” into the third round of the singles tournament and will thus not play until Monday, June 16th. Seeding will be done and posted online on Tuesday 10th. Seeded singles players: carefully note the dates for doubles!
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DOUBLES
Doubles registration will be online or in person at registration beginning Friday, June 13th and closing at 4:00 PM on Saturday, June 14th. Doubles play will begin on Sunday, June 15th. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR DOUBLES IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. Alternates are encouraged to participate in doubles - must enter by fax , e-mail or in person by 4:00 pm, Saturday, June 14th. Doubles draws will be posted June 15th, by 9 am.
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MATCH AND SCORING FORMAT
Scoring: Singles main draw will be the best of three tie-break sets. In the event of inclement weather, this format may be changed to best of 2 sets with a match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. Singles Consolation will be best of three sets with a 3rd set match tiebreak in lieu of the third on days that 2 matches are played. Doubles will play the collegiate format (8 game pro-set) with a match tiebreak played at 8-all. The match tie-break is a 10-point format.
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Southern Tournament Evaluation Form
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ALTERNATES:
All applicants NOT admitted to the main draw shall be listed in order, to be moved into the main draw if/when spaces become available. The order will be based on Southern Standings. To find out the order go to Alternates by Events lists no later than noon on Wednesday, June 11th and daily thereafter.If you are an alternate and do NOT get in on Wednesday, you may do any or all of the following: 1) Stand by as an on-site alternate on Saturday 14th for any of the 128 unseeded positions 2) Come to play doubles on Sunday June 15th 3 ) Stand by as an on-site alternate on Monday June 16th for the 32 seeded players*** If you are an alternate, please make sure the tournament director has accurate contact information so that you may be contacted when needed.
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Withdrawals
Prior to the deadline, players should withdraw online. Players should note all rules on withdrawing from a tournament. All withdrawals must be in writing by e-mail or fax. No refunds will be made for players withdrawing. Alternates wishing to enter another tournament should withdraw from the Alternates list before entering another tournament. Alternates are not charged the entry fee until taken into the draw.
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SITES AND PRACTICE COURTS
Playing Sites:
John Drew smith ( JDS )
Tattnall ( TAT )
Practice Courts:
Mercer University ( no charge ) first come first serve and each playing site before 8 AM match times.
Also Healy Point practice courts available $5 per person 746-2394. Reservations for up to 1 hour.
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HOTELS
Comprehensive hotel information:
List and Directions go to www.macontennis.com
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Players are selected from a designated Section or District ranking list.
Entry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Entries must be submitted by Friday, June 6, 2008 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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