2019 BRAVES ARROWHEAD OPEN - COGP

DELAWARE COUNTY CLOSED LEWIS CENTER ROAD AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS TODAY

You will need to get to the High School From State Route 23, just west of the Kroger Super Center.
Lewis Center Road is closed at the railroad tracks in order to build a new gosh awful round-a-bout.
If you are coming from Westerville or the east side of Delaware County, don't use Lewis Center Road.
Use Orange Road / Polaris Parkway, or one of the other east / west streets to get over to S,R, 23.
Then head north or south to get to the Kroger Center / OSU Med Center and come in from the east side.
Lewis Center Road is closed just east of the High School entrance, which is open, near the tennis courts.
Leave a little early, give yourself some extra time. Hopefully wont be too bad.

***** FORECAST *** TOURNAMENT WILL BE ON TIME TUESDAY *****

Tournament will run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The forecast is good.
Be sure to check for your individual match times listed above in "DRAWS".
Draws are online above, under "Draws", and are correct.

HEAT - PLEASE BE PREPARED.....This is a summer tournament, so bring lots of water or sports drink and towels with you. We believe the rule of action is to have a gallon of fluids with you on court per match. Parents - that is A GALLON PER MATCH !!! We suggest you buy a gallon jug, or 2, with one for back up, and keep them full of ice and ready to hand to your players during changeovers, at a moments notice. Bring your own towels with you, 2 to 4 or more, when it is hot players can sweat profusely. The tournament does not supply towels, you are responsible.

This tournament will be played on the Olentangy High School Varsity Tennis Courts. The high school's address is listed above, very easy to find. We are directly behind (east) of the Kroger's Super Center, at he intersection of Lewis Center and State Route 23, eight miles due north of the I-270 Outerbelt. The Ohio State Family Med Center is on the south end of the strip center. Many things an athlete may need, or has forgotten, are available for purchase at Kroger, should you need something. This Tournament is a fundraiser, for the Olentangy Boys and Girls Tennis Teams.

The tournament Director is Arnie Jones, with contact information listed above. This tournament is a fund raiser for the Olentangy Boys and Girls Tennis Teams for their upcoming seasons. All proceeds are going to help the teams with uniforms,equipment, balls and court maintenance. Alann Leinwohl will be available for stringing, call him at 614-902-0927 for confirmation, should you need assistance with your racket.

In response to many inquiries, this tournament is a Level 4, USTA Midwest tournament.
Points for Level 4 Tournaments are awarded to placers as follows:

Champion...............................115 Points
Second................................... 98 Points
Third .......................................85 Points
Fourth .....................................78 Points

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY !!! No one will be charged until the day before the tournament starts, so register as soon as possible. There is no immediate financial cost and you won't forget, so please DO IT NOW. All players must be current members of the USTA and in good standing. All sanctioned tournaments produce ranking points for every match won by every player.

USTA rules are in effect. ALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS ARE EXPECTED TO KNOW THE RULES. Language or rules violations may result in disqualification.We will play best of three sets, with advantage (regular) scoring. We will use the match tie break in place of a full third set. When players split the first 2 sets a match tie break will be used in place of a full third set. Players are allowed to take a three minute break between the second and third sets, before the match tie break begins. Match tie break uses the same rules as a set tie break - except the winner is the first player to 10 points, by a 2 point margin.

Every registered player will receive a tee shirt for participating in the tourny. Trophies will be awarded to first, second and in divisions with 7 or more players, third place, Per USTA Midwest guidelines, there will be a play off match of the semifinal losers for third place, earning the winner higher MW points. Events/divisions with fewer than 6 entrants will only have trophies for first and second place. Doubles trophies will be dependent on the size of the draws.

We will begin play each day at 9 AM and hope to be finished daily by 5 to 6 PM. We will begin the tournament on Monday morning and attempt to finish the tournament in four days, five at the most. We hope to be done by Thursday, but definitely will be completed by early afternoon on Friday. Many of our players need to leave and get on the road for the MIDWEST CLOSED tournaments in Indy and Michigan. Weather is the most difficult factor to predict and overcome, so we allow lots of leeway in order to get all the matches completed.

***** Each player is responsible for their own equipment and gear *****
Every player should have a minimum of 2 rackets, with at least one newly strung racket as a back up. If a string breaks, you are responsible for having a second racket to continue play. The tournament has no extra rackets to lend you. You are responsible for your own gear: wraps, grips, string, first aid kits, Band Aids, extra tee shirts, blister pads, etc. The tournament does not stock anything that players should have with them, and has none to provide to you.
***** GATORADE, WATER, WATER, FLUIDS, FLUIDS, GATORADE *****

The Olentangy HS Tennis Courts are located immediately behind an OSU Med Health / Kroger Super Center on S.R 23 and Lewis Center Road. At Kroger many items can be obtained that may have been forgotten, plus having a restaurant and bathrooms. There is a Subway, Jets Pizza, Kung Fu Chinese and Joe's American Grill located in the center also. Everything is within 200 yards, easy walk or drive. The high school may not be open, so the bathrooms at the OSU Med Center, Kroger and the restaurants are greatly appreciated.

We attempt to have all match results entered and online within 30 minutes of the completion of a match. That way all players can check the progress of others, who their opponents will be, next match times, etc. Download the free USTA app from the Apple or Android stores on your phone or tablet so you can keep up with the action and results from anywhere.

Please arrive 15 minutes early for your scheduled match, as per the USTA policy. If it looks there is a potential for rain, check the home page above for weather instructions or call 614-296-7695 and listen to the message. We are constantly watching the weather services and will update the situation constantly, with the weather and time stated on the announcement, and postponement times listed in the announcement if there is a delay. As a players match time nears, assume the match is still on until you hear otherwise. There is no Wi-Fi at the courts, we run over to Krogers to update, and we will try and update this page as much as possible.