Houston March Challenger 2-Day @ Bay Area Racquet Club (12s-18s)

USTA TX medical waiver and media release form is a USTA TX requirement to play in any Challenger, Championship Major Zone (CMZ), or Super Championship Major Zone (SCMZ). Failure to complete this form before play will make the player ineligible for the event. more info

The 10s Divisions for this Challenger can be found using the "more info" link. The Tournament ID number for the 10s homepage 800005419. more info

Check out the new Challenger Information page on our Youth Tennis Texas website using the following link! Every Challenger tournament is listed with dates, locations, rules, formats, points, and directions on how to find ranking information! more info

Consolation draws have been CANCELLED for the remainder of this event! The courts in Houston would NOT cooperate and are not drying!!
Please see UPDATED Main Draws with your NEW main draw match time and EVERY match will be played at BARC location!!!!
Bay Area Racquet Club (BARC), 17901 Kings Park Ln. Houston, TX 77058
Check draws carefully! 11:00am are first matches to go on court!! Please check in for your New published match time and we plan to go on court at that time!
BARC Contact Raymond Martinez: 281-838-9809 text/call to withdraw of if you have any questions!

Hi Families! We were so excited we had no weather delays on Saturday, however this challenging weather found us again today- Sunday!
Your consolation matches were cancelled. The draws now show Unplayed as the result for all matches that were cancelled.
All players will receive qualifying points for completed matches through Saturday play. Those points do count towards your qualifying point totals.
If you are interested, because we were forced to cancel consolation, we would like to provide you a 1/2 OFF entry fee to next Saturday March 9
Bay Area Racquet Club one day local non-sanctioned tournament event. This is a gesture to encourage your children to continue to compete and earn more match play experience. If you would like to take advantage of this 1/2 off Entry fee opportunity, please email Eric Striesfeld by Monday March 4, 11:59p. Email: EricS@BayAreaRacquetClub.com

Bay Area Racquet Club (BARC) = Courts are VERY slick. The conditions are no wind, 100% humidity and they are not drying after the mist/drizzle. NO matches will be played before 11:00am if possible??!!. Please check back at 9:45am for new update.
BARC Contact Raymond Martinez: 281-838-9809 text/call to withdraw of if you have any questions!

Lee Leclear Tennis Center (LLTC) = MATCHES are DELAYED and NOTHING will be played before 12:00pm!! Misting, Foggy conditions with courts that have heavy puddles. VERY WET! They have gotten worse, not better since earlier!
We will post a new update at 10:30am to determine playing status!! Please continue to check back!
LLTC Contact Ramon Gomez: 787-616-5203 text/call to withdraw or if you have any questions!

Bay Area Racquet Club (BARC) = We experienced heavy mist! Courts are VERY slick. NO matches will be played before 9:30am. Please check back at 8:30am for new update to see if any further delays.
BARC Contact Raymond Martinez: 281-838-9809 text/call to withdraw of if you have any questions!

Lee Leclear Tennis Center (LLTC) = MATCHES are DELAYED!! Courts are currently VERY WET! They have gotten worse, not better since earlier! NO matches until 10:30am if possible?!
We will post a new update at 9:30am to determine if further delays! Please continue to check back!
LLTC Contact Ramon Gomez: 787-616-5203 text/call to withdraw or if you have any questions!

Bay Area Racquet Club (BARC) = ON SCHEDULE at this time. Please arrive on time. We are drying some Courts now, but are confident they will be ready for 8am!
BARC Contact Raymond Martinez: 281-838-9809 text/call to withdraw of if you have any questions!

Lee Leclear Tennis Center (LLTC) = MATCHES are DELAYED!! Courts are currently WET! NO matches until 9:00am at earliest.
We will post a new update at 8:00am to determine if any further delays! Please continue to check back!
LLTC Contact Ramon Gomez: 787-616-5203 text/call to withdraw or if you have any questions!

We will post any weather delays on this tournament homepage. If there is no message posted, we are on court playing.
Saturday morning, we will post an uodate as early as 6:30/6:45am if there are any delays!
Please know you can reach each site directly as follows. Withdrawals should be made to Eric Striesfeld.
Bay Area Racquet Club (BARC)- Eric Striesfeld 832-428-5048 text
Lee Leclear Tennis Center (LLTC)- Ramon Gomez 787-616-5203 text or call
Homer Ford Tennis Center (HFTC)- Raymond Martinez 281-838-9809 text or call

The below sites are being utilized for the March 2-3 Houston Challenger Tournament.
Please text Eric if any questions or if you need to withdraw for any reason 832-428-5048 cell.

Bay Area Racquet Club (BARC)
17901 Kings Park Ln
Houston, TX 77058
Girls 18's and all 10's for Saturday
G16, B16, B18 for Sunday

Lee Leclear Tennis Center (LLTC)
9506 South Gessner Rd
Houston, TX 77074
Girls 12, Girls 14, Boys 12's, Boys 14's BOTH Saturday & Sunday!

Homer Ford Tennis Center (HFTC)
5225 Calhoun Rd
Houston, TX 77004
Girls 16, Boys 16's, Boys 18 on Saturday.
These draws move to BARC Sunday

Mention Bay Area Racquet Club when making reservations by telephone
Hotel – 281.333.0220
National Reservations – 888.236.2427
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Youth Tennis Texas Website:
For more information on Challenger, CMZ, or SCMZ schedules, and "Junior Know The Rules," please visit www.youthtennistexas.com

10 & Under – USTA Texas regulations mandate that all junior sanctioned tournaments offer 10 & Under Orange Ball Division (orange ball, 60 foot court and 25 inch racquet) and 10 & Under Green Ball Division (green ball, 78 foot court and 27 inch racquet). For the full 10 & under regulation, please visit our website www.texas.usta.com, click on 10 & Under Tennis.

First-off Consolation – All Challengers and CMZs use the First Off Consolation Format. This format will show as Single Elimination on the tournament homepage, but all players are guaranteed two matches. This format eliminates “maybe matches” and almost every player in consolation will play their first consolation match on Saturday. How does it work? Players that lose in the main draw will be fed into the consolation draw in the order that they come off the court (i.e. the first player to come off the court will go on line one, the sixth player to come off the court will go on line six). This new format ensures more players playing on Saturday and an overall better tournament.

Excessive Overrule Guideline: The USTA Texas Officials Committee along with the Competitive Department has established a guideline in reference to excessive overrules as clarified in the Friend at Court. This guideline states "Once a player has been overruled for a second time in a match, they will be cautioned that after another overrule, they will be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct under the point penalty system."

Inappropriate umpire/spectator communication, whether it be about a ruling or any other facet of a tennis event is prohibited while a match is in progress. Being a parent, coach, etc. does not endow special privileges. With the only exception of the right to remove their own child from competition at any time, a parent or coach is merely a spectator.

USTA Texas "No Late Entries" Policy for Juniors Due to a new USTA Texas internal procedure, junior division players will NOT be able to register for a tournament after the online published deadline. We are aware that currently parents reach out via email or phone to the USTA Texas staff and/or tournament director requesting to be manually added to the tournament after online registration has closed. If a player misses the registration deadline, then he/she will not be permitted to participate in that tournament

Registration Confirmation: As a parent or player it is your responsibility to assure registration in the event. Regardless if you register on the website or mobile app after completing the registration you should visit the USTA web driven site and confirm your registration by finding the player in the applicants list. If you select to skip this process please be aware that should any malfunctions of the system occur, players will not be granted late entrance in the event due to a system error.

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