Free Paddle intro during tournament
For everyone that is interested in our paddle program which is a great winter sport with lots of volley overhead stuff and focus stuff we will have a free clinic before 11 am and another one from 2-4 pm for you. One catch you have to commit and email Rich Green at richgreen10s@gmail.com and Bill Mears at wsmears@gmail.com so they can prepare.
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Draws posting
Draws and times are done but due to players potentially withdrawing and times shifting we will post draws Wednesday morning. It is going to be a great weekend of tennis.
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Interests in events
a number of you have emailed me regarding waiting for more entries to enter into a certain event before you will enter, we say just enter and lets play tennis,
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Tournament news
we will be doing first match consolation draw, so if happen to lose first round you will have another match after, if the draws are small we will be doing round robins.
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Scorring
Our scoring system has proven to work in past years where it has provided for competitive match play but not forever matches. We play two out of three sets and a super breaker instead of the third set. One difference from other places is in the first two sets, we play a no add games at the second deuce, with returning side getting to choose who returns, so another way of thinking is a maximum of 9 points in each game. This keeps our tournament running on time. In mixed doubles it is same gender serve to same gender on the no add point or game point, this is where the returning team does not pick who returns that point for it is decided for you.
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Amenities
We will have a beer from Carolina Brewery during the tournament, it is free for the participants and their many fans. Working on a food truck, will have the UNC vs Duke game up in the club house, a small fire by the indoors, and ping pong table up, we might also have some platform tennis for everyone to try, lots of fun come join us.
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draws types
players if we have small numbers of players in draws we will do round robins, to help maximized the number of times we all get to play
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maximum number of divisions to enter
You may enter in up to two divisions but not two mixed or two same sex doubles divisions, however if you do enter two division you give up any rest time between matches. Nobody is forcing you into playing two divisions.
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Friday play
We will start a number of divisions on Friday after 5:30 pm. In past years we did our bigger draws that evening,
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Events sign up
You can only sign up for one women's or men's event, or mixed event. You can sign up for a women's event or a men's event and an additional mixed event, just no two mixed events or no two women's events or no two men's events.
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Friday, January 31, 2020 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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