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Girls and Boys 16 & 18 Doubles
All Girls and Boys in the 16's and 18's doubles should check in at Winthrop immediately! They have open courts so as soon as your opponents arrive you may be able to get on court. Thank you!
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3.5 Hour RAIN DELAY!
As of 10:48am on Monday, January 18th, we have issued a 3.5 hour rain delay! That means if your match was scheduled for 8:00am you will start at 11:30am. The courts will not be open for play or practice until they are completely dry. Thank you!
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Singles & Doubles Format for Monday:
Singles: Short Set Format. Match play will start at 2-2 in each set with no-ad scoring. Once the match is completed, both players will have the option of a 30 minute rest period. The next round will be scheduled 30 minutes from the completion of the match. For the next round, if BOTH players agree, they may begin the match as soon as the previous round has finished if a court is available. Doubles: Will play an 8-game pro set with no-ad scoring. Players will have an optional 30-minute rest period after the completion of a round. For any match that did start on Saturday, you will continue where the match was suspended. Thank You.
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All Doubles Players!!!
We ask that all doubles players be available starting at 1:00p.m. If your parner is in singles and happens to lose & we have all (4) players present & ready for the next round, we will go ahead & put you on if a court is ready. So, please be present & check-in if your partner & opponents are ready as well. Thanks
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Hello!!
It's me again. Raining at 2:15 @ RHTC. Nice call Coach Tim. See you Monday.
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Tournament Update!!!
The executive decision has been made to cancel play for the remainder of the day. The fog has slightlly lifted, but the courts are still wet. We will see sunshine at 1:00pm. Then we are predicted to have 50-70% rain from 2:15pm - 6:00pm today. With that future prediction, we will cancel all match play today. All consolation draws for all age groups for singles & doubles have been canceled for the entire tournament. All main draw matches for singles & doubles will play on Monday starting @ 8:00am at both sites. We will begin posting NEW match times from 3:00-5:00pm. A short scoring format will be used for all matches on Monday. If you plan to withdraw from the main draw, PLEASE email or call ASAP so that we may update the draw. Thanks & sorry for the weather. Glad we played on Friday.
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DOUBLES:
WE WILL SCHEDULE GIRL'S 10'S & 12'S DOUBLES FOR MONDAY AS THEIR DRAW IS ROUND ROBIN FORMAT. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL WITHDRAWALS FOR DOUBLES, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER FOR UPDATES ON DOUBLES FOR MONDAY. THANKS
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PARKING!!!
IMPORTANT!!! There are additional park spots behind the tennis center at Sullivan Middle School. We have only 35 spots at the bottom of the hill of the tennis center, with an additional 200 spots behind the courts at the middle school. DIRECTIONS: When you turn left/right onto Maplewood Lane. from Cherry Road, do not turn into the parking lot of the center, continue straight on Maplewood Lane. for 1/8 of a mile, then turn right onto Eden Terrace and then a quick right into the middle school lot by the tennis courts
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Sites:
Sites for tournament: Rock Hill Tennis Center (RHTC), Winthrop University (WIN), and Springfield Swim & Tennis Club (SPR). Your site will be designated on your draw with the abbreviations that you see in parenthesis. Directions will be given to all players at first check-in. Directions will also be posted on-line the week of tournament.
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Directions to Winthrop University Tennis Courts:
Winthrop University Memorial Tennis Courts are located .6 miles from RHTC. From the tennis center, turn right out of the main parking lot onto Maplewood Lane. Go to next stop sign & turn right onto Eden Terance (behind RHTC). Stay straight for another .4 miles & the Memorial Tennis Courts will be on your left. You will go through (1) stop light to get to the courts. VERY EASY TO GET BACK & FORTH FROM EACH SITE.
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Medical Release Form:
Please print, sign, and bring with you at check-in. All players & parents will be required to sign the form before the player will be allowed to compete in the tournament. By bringing this form with you will save sometime at check-in. Thanks.
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Directions to Rock Hill Tennis Center:
Address: 897 Maplewood Lane, Rock Hill, SC 29730 ( From I-77 North/South: Take Exit 82 B towards Rock Hill. Turn onto Cherry Road heading west. Continue on Cherry Road for 1 1/4 miles through 5-6 traffic lights. Tennis Center will be on your left. If you have come to Cherry Park or to Blockbuster you have gone to far. CiCi-s Pizza & TCBY are across the street, Little Caesar's Pizza, Penn Station, & Family Dollar are a block just before the center on the same side of the street. Call (803)-326-3842 if you need help. From I-85 take Route #5 or Route 161 towards Rock Hill/York, do not go all the way to Charlotte. Follow Route #5 into Rock Hill & turn left onto Cherry Road. Continue on Cherry Road for 2.1 miles and the tennis center will be on your right.)
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Host Hotel Information for the Tournament
Please click on the link to go to our host hotel page. We have over (15) host hotels in our program. Please select one of the hotels and call the hotel directly. You may have to ask for the sales manager to reserve a room. For a "DISCOUNT", please tell the hotel you would like "The City of Rock Hill PRT Tournament Discount" and that you are coming to Rock Hill for a tennis tournament. Thank You.
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Giveaways & Food:
Players will receive a long sleeve t-shirt at first check-in. Fruit & snacks available throughout the weekend. PIZZA AVAILABLE TO ALL PLAYERS & PARENTS ON FRIDAY ONLY. If you do not play until Saturday, no problem, check-in on Friday and have some pizza. There will be a drawing for prizes & games for all players who check-in on Friday as well.
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Consolation Draws:
Please report to the tournament desk after every match regardless if you win or lose the match. We have a consolation draw for all draws and you may play again. For all draws in singles & doubles, we are having a first match losers consolation. We will have a play-off for 3rd & 4th place in the main draw.
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Singles Format:
Draw size will be limited to 64 players in all age events to include Boy's & Girl's 10's, 12's, 14's. 16's, & 18's and will play the best 2 out of 3 sets with a 10pt. match tie-breaker for the third. BG 8 & under singles will be combined and limited to 16 players and will play 8-game pro sets for all matches.
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Doubles Format:
Doubles play will be an 8-game pro set for main draw & consolation. Draws will be first match consolation. If there are NOT enough entires in a division, we will move the applicants up to the next age division.
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Withdrawal:
Withdrawals prior to the entry deadline should be made by players using tennislink online. Anyone who withdraws after the close of registration should email mytennisrocks@yahoo.com stating name, division, and reason for withdrawal. Withdrawals after January 12th will not receive a refund and be subject to the USTA Code of Ethics.
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Entry Information:
Players are only allowed to enter (1) singles & (1) doubles. Late entries will go to the bottom of the alternate list. Players who wish to play up, must enter that age division.
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Amenities:
At the Rock Hill Tennis Center, we offer a players lounge with couches and chairs for socializing around our flat screen tv, which only features the TENNIS CHANNEL, it is very dangerous to change the channel to anything else at the center. WE DO BITE!!!. You have been warned :-) Another sitting area with tables & chairs for those missing school to keep up with their homework. Yes, we do offer FREE Wi-Fi so bring your laptops so you can check your own draws & scores as we keep those updated to the minute. SURE. We also have locker rooms with showers & changing areas so you do not have to go to dinner or lunch STINKY after a long three setter. Our concession area is filled with coffee, Hot Chocolate (hopefully we will not need to much of it), chips, granola bars, candy, crackers, & other nutritional snacks. We also have Coke items, bottle water, & powerade, but stay away from the Grape Powerade because only Tim may drink the grape, so he thinks. All can be purchased with cash, & plastic, or play money as long as nobody tells the CITY. If your real nice to us throughout the tournament, we may even throw in the occasional apples & bananas for everyone to enjoy. Good Luck and see you soon.
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Hospitality:
The Rock Hill Tennis Center provides water and cups on all courts and covered seating for the players. We have (10) main courts and a 350 seat stadium championship court for tournament play. Alternate sites mayb be Winthrop University (12) courts and Northwestern High School (10) if needed due to draw size. More info on alternate will be published if the sites are needed.
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Seeding Information
USTA SC Mandatory Seeding Regulation for State Championships and all Level 3 & 4 State Tournaments
Singles Seeding Criteria
Computerized seeding shall be done using only the results from the most recently published USTA SC Combined Standings Lists of the division in the order in which the players appear on the list.
In addition, if a player does not appear on the above list, he/she may be considered for seeding only if they meet the following criteria:
• Players who have a standing in the next younger age division may be seeded in any group of seeds if they are in the top 10 of the most recently published USTA SC Combined Standings Lists or up to 30 of the most recently published USTA Southern Combined Standing Lists of any younger age division.
• Southern Standing in the top 50 – may be given consideration for seeding.
• National Standing in the top 100 – may be given consideration for seeding.
• Out of State players with a Southern standing may be given consideration for seeding.
Doubles Seeding Criteria
• Teams shall be seeded in the order of their combined standings (e.g., Player A holds the #1 standing and Player B holds the #10 standing. The Team of A & B would have a combined standing of 11.) Teams that have the same combined standing shall be seeded in the order of the total number of Ranking points held by each team.
• Player with current top 50 USTA Southern standing may be considered for seeding.
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Awards:
Awards will be given to all winners & finalists for singles & doubles in each age group. Consolation winners & finalists will receive awards as well in singles only for all draws above (16) players.
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Stringing Services :
Stringing Services will be available throughout the tournament. Cost to have your racket strung with your own string will be $15.00 per racket. Prices will vary for string that is in-stock if you do not have your own string.
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Local Restaurants:
Within walking distance: CiCi's Pizza, Sammy's Bar & Grill, Little Caesars Pizza, TCBY, Little Cafe Family Restaurant, Penn Station Subs, Burk's BBQ, TOYO Sushi, Majestic Cafe. We also have a small concession area on-site that provides snacks, sodas, bottled water & powerade to our customers. Within 1/4 - 1/2 mile drive: Chick-fil-a, Wendy's, Arby's, McDonalds, Subway, Bojangles, Jack-in-the-box, Starbucks, OutBack, Taco Bell, KFC, Thai House, Burger King, Jersey Mikes, Lee's, Wing King Cafe, & Firebonz.
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Inclement Weather Policy:
The tournament referee will make the final decision on how to handle any problems with concerns to delays due to inclement weather.
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Lights!!!
All of our tournament courts have proper lighting for tournament play. Lights will be used if play extends into the evening hours.
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ATTENTION ALL PLAYERS & PARENTS!!!
An email was sent to all players from TENNISLINK saying they were NOT selected for this tournament. That was an error. The email should have said that "ALL PLAYERS WERE SELECTED". Sorry for the problem. We are currently working with TENNISLINK to have all players showing on-line in the selected participant areas. Sorry for the trouble and see you next weekend. All players have been selected. Thank You!!!
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Alternates & Selection Process:
An alternate list & selection process will only be neccessary if any age group has more than 64 entries. Further information on this will be posted within the next week on the selection process.
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Inclement Weather Update for Tournament!!!
The website & the voicemail at Rock Hill Tennis Center will be updated every 30 minutes starting at 6:30a.m. The rain is suppose to stop around 5:00-6:00a.m. Thank You.
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Welcome to the SC Jr. State Open Championships held at the Rock
Hill Tennis Center. Good Luck to all and hope you enjoy our
venue.
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 Friday, January 8, 2010 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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