Tournament Reports
First Match Labels (Avery 5160)
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HOTELS
Homewood Suites by Hilton...513-772-8888, LivINN Suites...513-772-7877, Holiday Inn Express...513-771-9080. Please mention Queen City Racquet Club when making reservations.
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DIRECTIONS
For driving directions to Queen City click on the link below and that will take you to our club home page. Then in the upper right hand corner click on 'directions', then 'click here for interactive map'. For those of you flying in, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport is about 40 minutes south of the club and the Dayton Airport is about 50 minutes north of the club. Sometimes flights are cheaper flying into Dayton.
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FORMAT/SCHEDULE
This tournament is a National Level 2 and Midwest Level 3 event. The singles draw will be 64 with a full feed in through the quarters and a playoff for 3/4. Singles matches will be the best of three tiebreak sets. Doubles draw will be 32, single elimination. Doubles will be an 8 game pro set with a 10 point match tiebreak at 8-all. ON THURSDAY WE WILL PLAY TWO ROUNDS OF SINGLES IN THE MAIN DRAW AND ONE ROUND IN THE BACKDRAW. (We'll be using 13 courts so we will be finished in time to eat some turkey!) Each day thereafter, we will play one round in the front draw and two in the backdraw of singles, as well as two rounds of doubles.
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WITHDRAWALS
There will be NO REFUNDS for any reason after the player selection has been posted.
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CHECK-IN/STARTING TIMES
Check-In will be Wednesday, November 22, 5:00-8:00pm at Queen City. Player information packets and first round match times will be available then. Play will start at 8am on Thursday morning.
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DOUBLES
Players should register for doubles at check-in (Wed 11/22). Even if you signed up online, please re-sign up again on site. If you don't have a partner we will try to match you up with someone.
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PRACTICE COURTS
Beginning Wed. 11/22, to guarantee a practice court time, players must reserve and prepay with a credit card @ $26/hr (court reservations may be made up to 7 days in advance 513-771-2835). We have also made arrangements with Mercy Fairfield Health Plex for you to reserve courts there as well at the same rate (513-624-1287). If there are open courts at Queen City, beginning Wed. 11/22, players may walk-on at no charge in half hour increments (4 players to a court if necessary). You must check with the front desk for court availability.
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THANKSGIVING DINNER
The White House Inn (www.heartlandcooking.com) which is 4.1 miles from the club, is extending a warm welcome to players and families for Thanksgiving Dinner. It is necessary to make reservations by calling 513-860-1110. Dinner selections will range from $18.50-$20.50 for adults, kids 13 & under are half price and kids 5 & under are only 25% of the adult price.
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Players are selected from a designated Section or District ranking list.
Entry to this tournament is restricted. To see how entrants will be selected, follow the “Selection Process” link to the left. It is the player’s responsibility to check the selection list(s) after registering online to be sure that a check mark appears beside the player’s name on the list, in order to insure proper registration. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, October 26, 2006 12 Noon Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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