USTA OK BG12-18 Closed District Championships (MV Level 4)

Congratulations to Addison Miller (G16) and Chris Dyer (B18) for winning our sportsmanship awards.

Draws and Sites:The draws and times are online. Each draw is marked with your site as well. Please check in directly to your site for your match. The two sites are Kickingbird Tennis Center (KB), 1500 E. Danforth, Edmond, OK 73025 and Oak Tree Country Club, 700 Country Club Dr., Edmond, OK 73025. We will use both sites Friday evening and all day Saturday. On Sunday all matches will be at Kickingbird. All trophies and shirts will be picked up at Kickingbird as well. The sites are about a 12 minute drive from each other.
Practice CourtsOne hour before matches begin each day courts will be available for warm-up on a first come, first serve basis. This is 4 pm on Friday and 7 am on Saturday/Sunday. During the tournament, all the courts are booked for matches. You can use the courts at Sequoyah Middle School on 1125 E. Danforth as an additional practice site.
Umpires & Sportsmanship AwardsThere will be an umpire at each facility. The umpires will help me choose the sportsmanship award winners. Any additional nominations will be welcome from players, parents and coaches. Please have any nominations turned into the tournament desk by noon on Sunday.
RegistrationAt some point during the beginning of the tournament please make your way over to Kickingbird to register your tournament. We want to get a good contact number from them, as well as give them their tournament t-shirt. Registration will begin at 4:30 pm on Friday. T-shirts will be available for pickup throughout the weekend.
Scoring FormatSingles – Best of two out of three sets with a 10-point match tiebreak played in lieu of the 3rd set, regular scoring. Doubles – 8-game pro set. A 7 point tie break at 8-all


Please email me if you have any questions. I will be traveling back to Oklahoma this evening so there will be about a 4 hour gap where I am not available to return emails. If the question is time sensitive and I am not responding, please call the Kickingbird Pro Shop at 405-348-3120 or email ustaoklahoma@gmail.com.

Wow. There are a lot of you! It will take me some time to get the draws/times done. A lot will depend on doubles and the deadline for pairing up isn't until Wednesday at noon. Since there are so many doubles entries, I will need to wait until all that shakes out to start on the times.
A couple of notes to help you plan/prepare for this weekend:
1. The deadline to sign up with a partner for doubles is tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon. Make sure you email me your partner's name before that time if you have not already been paired. You must play in the same age division for singles and doubles. You must have registered for doubles before the tournament deadline to play in the draw. You will see I have already paired some teams up in several of the draws myself - that is because there were only 2 players left in those doubles divisions so they automatically got paired. Any divisions with more than 2 unpaired players will remain unpaired until after the noon deadline.
2. Double check the tournament entries online and make sure if you are suppose to be in doubles that you are and if you have designated a partner, double check that I have paired you.
3. Prepare for Friday. The entry count is 107. I will have to use Friday. I have notes on people that emailed me regarding conflicts. I will keep that in mind, but it is very likely that play will begin on Friday for most players. Reminder - we cannot start before 5 pm on Friday.
4. Prepare for a secondary site. Due to the large entry count and large doubles entry count, there is a good chance I will need to use a secondary site. Most likely this will be the outdoor courts at Oak Tree Country Club. Sites will be designated on the draws once they are uploaded. You should check-in directly to the site you are scheduled to play at. You may play at more than one site in a day. The tournament headquarters will be at Kickingbird. All t-shirts and trophies will be picked up at Kickingbird.
5. Also, I am requesting a little grace on my response time. I had hoped to do the draws/times tonight but that isn't going to be feasible. I have a family member who is very ill and has been put on hospice. I have been traveling back and forth to DFW and plan to make another trip tomorrow. I promise you I am as anxious as you to get the times online, but I might in traveling situations this week where I do not have my laptop or wifi immediately available. I will answer all questions and get information to you as soon as possible. I have a great team helping me too! But your grace and patience is definitely appreciated.
I appreciate all your entries and am looking forward to spending the weekend with you! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at lisa.m.minihan@gmail.com.

This tournament will be played at Kickingbird Tennis Center at 1500 E. Danforth Rd., Edmond, OK 73034. Play cannot start before Friday at 5 pm due to USTA OK rules and regulations. If I feel I can get the tournament completed on Saturday and Sunday only I will attempt to do so. If there are large draws and weather issues in the forecast, play may begin on Friday evening. Draws are typically posted on Wednesday before the tournament. If there are rain issues, I will attempt to have indoor backup since this is a Level 4 event. In the case we go indoors, there will be a $10 per person per match fee. Indoors might be used at Kickingbird and/or Oak Tree Country Club.

NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED
LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THIS TOURNAMENT.

DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO REGISTER
 Online registration is required and needs to be COMPLETED before the entry deadline. In the case of a problem, contact the USTA OK Competition Coordinator Program Manager, David Minihan at minihan@ustaoklahoma.com before the deadline.

WITHDRAWS AND REFUNDS
Before the Entry Deadline: Needs to be done through the online registration process. Click on the "Withdraw" link in the Edit Registration box to the left to complete. Your credit card will not be charged. Click on the "Locate Confirmation No" link if you have misplaced the confirmation number. There will be no refunds after the deadline.

LEVEL
This is a level 4 Missouri Valley designated tournament.

SCORING Scoring for singles is two out of three sets with a 10-point match tiebreak played in lieu of the 3rd set, regular scoring. Doubles is an 8-game pro set with a 7-point tiebreak at 8-all, regular scoring.

LEVEL
This is a level 4 Missouri Valley tournament

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Please keep your confirmation number. The Applicant and the Competitors list will appear after the deadline. Draws will make if there are at least three players signed up for an event. If you have any questions, you can email the tournament director or David Minihan at ustaoklahoma@gmail.com.

DOUBLES REGISTRATION
In order to play doubles, player must register for doubles (Player is not eligible for doubles if they only signed up for singles) by the deadline, Tuesday at NOON. Once the deadline and selections have been made, the Player and Competitor list will be published. Players (who registered for doubles) can then email the TD who their doubles partner is. All other players without a partner would be placed in a blind draw. Players may only play doubles in the same age group they are playing singles in. The deadline to email the TD is Wednesday at NOON.

ELIGIBILITY CHAMPS
This tournament is reserved for Oklahoma resident players who are in the Champs circuit. Challenger level players who have not obtained the necessary 375 points are not eligible for this tournament. Please visit www.oklahoma.usta.com for 2018 USTA Oklahoma Rules and Regulations. Seeding will be completed off the players UTR.