L4 USTA MV BG 16 #5

Events - Alternates by Event

Keegan McLaughlin (B16) and Emma Turner (G16)

Thank you for signing up for the L4 this weekend. All matches will be played outdoors at Edmond Center Court (assuming no inclement weather), 601 W. 15th Street, Edmond, OK 73013. The phone number to the pro shop is 405-348-3120.
Please excuse the mess. We are in the process of moving in and not all parts of the facility are completed yet. Due to this, there are certain amenities that are not available yet. In addition, due to COVID restrictions, there are certain amenities that are not being utilized. So please read these notes carefully so that you and your player arrive with the proper items to make your tournament experience an enjoyable one.
Practice Courts: On Saturday all courts at Edmond Center Court will be booked with tournament matches beginning at 830 am. If you need a practice court later than that on Saturday, you may use the local middle school courts including Cheyenne Middle School and Sequoya Middle School. There should be a limited amount of outdoor courts for practice courts on Sunday and Monday at Edmond Center Court throughout the day. If you would like to use an indoor court at Edmond Center Court, you must book through the pro shop and a court fee will apply. Edmond Center Court will open at 7 am for warm-up each morning.
Ice and Water: Please pack a large container to take onto the court with enough water and ice to last for the entire match. Please also bring enough back up water/ice in your car to refill in between matches. Facilities are asked not to provide ice/water or have jugs during tournaments due to COVID safety. Player Seating & Shade: Edmond Center Court has 8 foot long benches. Due to the length of the benches, we will be allowing the players to each sit on the ends with 6 feet of space in between at ECC. Unfortunately, the shade structures are delayed due to COVID issues in manufacturing and there is no shade on the courts. Please have your player bring an umbrella or a towel or something to provide shade if needed at ECC. Scoring Tenders/Devices: Score tender devices will be on on the court. It is up to the players on whether or not they would like to utilize the device. If the device isn't utilized, please remind your player to call out the score before every point. Using chalk on the courts is not permitted.Spectator Seating & Shade: The is very limited spectator seating or shade at Center Court for spectators due to construction delays. All spectators should bring their own seating and their own shade.Spectator Policy: USTA Oklahoma encourages players to reduce the amount of spectators at events due to social distancing. Should we have the need to implement contact tracing during or after the event, players will be asked to provide their contact information for their spectators. No Loitering: We ask that all players and spectators arrive no more than 15 minutes before the match and to vacate the facility immediately after the match. Again, this is to help with crowd control and social distancing. Please only enter the pro shop to use the bathroom, purchase something, or visit the tournament desk. Please do not stay in the tournament desk room except to speak to the tournament director and then vacate once your are done to help the traffic flow smoothly to the courts with as much social distancing as possible.Tournament Desk/Check-in Procedures: I have created a GroupMe for match check-ins. You may join that tournament GroupMe by using this link: https://groupme.com/join_group/62545609/n2ZkCZaF Please use the GroupMe to check in for your match when you are ready by typing your full name and that you are checking in. When you check in, that is a notification to me that you are ready to grab the tennis balls and play your match. Be ready to go with equipment, including tennis shoes on. Please go to the bathroom BEFORE you check in and be near the tournament desk. I will have a speaker outside just past the tournament desk with limited reach where you can hear me from a reasonable distance when I call your match. If for any reason you cannot get the GroupMe to work, you may check in at the tournament desk in person. If you check in on GroupMe, there is no need to also come to the tournament desk to check in.
Tournament Registration & Player Gift: Please stop by the pro shop lobby at Edmond Center Court to pick up your player gift and to give your contact information for the weekend. Please attempt to do this before your first match.
PA System: Our PA system is one of the items that is delayed at the new facility. We have a temporary speaker that we will use but its reach is limited. When it gets close to your match time, please make sure you are waiting near the rear of the building and can hear the speaker. This will help the matches go on efficiently.
Court Etiquette: Players must put their bags and sit at least 6 feet apart from each other on the court. They need to switch sides on opposite ends of the net. No shaking hands after the match. Please tap racquets instead. Please make sure your player understands this before they arrive at the facility.COVID Precautions: In addition to the steps mentioned above, our staff will be cleaning and disinfecting common areas and the tournament desk every hour. Hand sanitizer will be available in limited quantities - please bring some for your player to use before and after every match. Please review the COVID guidelines on the tournament home page. Face masks are REQUIRED indoors per City of Edmond.
Host Hotels: We have three host hotels, Fairfield 405-341-4818, LaQuinta 405-513-5353 and Hampton Inn 405-844-3037 (dial 0). Call the hotel of your choice and ask to book the "Edmond Tennis" rate of $89/night +tax. All 3 hotels are located off of I-35 & 2nd street (exit 141). We appreciate the local hotels working with us for our tournaments in Edmond and appreciate it if you choose to support them.Scoring: Singles – Ad scoring. Best of 3 sets with a match tiebreak in lieu of 3rd set for the main draw. Doubles is an 8 game pro set with a 7-point tiebreaker played at 8-all.
Remember that everyone's level of comfort during the pandemic is different. Please help your players understand that the environment is to be encouraging of all players and spectators, and not a place of criticism. Please follow the guidelines above and in the attachments regardless of your personal feelings on their validity and help me make the tournament as safe as I can for everyone at our facility, including our staff. If you have an immediate need during the tournament you can utilize my cell number - 405-413-7357. If the need is more general or not urgent, please email me at lisa@edmondcentercourt.com.
Draws are posted online. See you soon!

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We look forward to welcoming you at the newly constructed Edmond Center Court! The address is 601 W. 15th St., Edmond, OK 73013. The pro shop phone number is 405-348-3120. It is still a work in progress. Please excuse any mess as the construction crews still have work to finish. In addition, some amenities are delayed due to COVID. There is limited spectator seating and no shade. Please have all spectators bring seating and shade. In addition, there is no shade on the courts for the players. Please have your player bring his own shade during the tournaments.

We have three host hotels, Fairfield 405-341-4818, LaQuinta 405-513-5353 and Hampton Inn 405-844-3037 (dial 0). Call the hotel of your choice and ask to book the "Edmond Tennis" rate of $89/night +tax. All 3 hotels are located off of I-35 & 2nd street (exit 141) more info

Edmond Center Court COVID Policies1. Individuals including players, coaches, and family members should not come to the facility if they have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 14 days, or are showing Covid-19 symptoms.2. Individuals including players, coaches, and family members who have recently come in close contact with someone with Covid-19 should not come to the tournament site.3. Edmond Center Court does a temperature check of all its employees every day prior to the start of their shift. 4. The facility will not have a community water/ice distribution center due to COVID, nor will the facility have a player party or give away any fruit/food as a tournament amenity. Individually packaged snacks and bottled waters may be bought from the pro shop. Otherwise, please make sure you pack enough ice/water/snacks for the duration of all your matches. 5. The facility has touchless/no gate entry points to the outdoor courts. Please use the gateless entry points to the courts and not the entrances with gate handles.6. The facility does have score tender devices on the courts. The decision to use the score tender devices is up to the player and their family. If you choose not to use the score tender device, please make sure the score is called loudly and clearly before each point. Chalk is not allowed to be used on the court surface.7. The player benches are 8’ feet wide. Due to this, players will be allowed to sit on the court benches. However, players must sit on the far end and maintain a good distance between each other. Player’s items and belongings should be placed at the end of their bench.8. Players should switch sides on opposite ends of the court and maintain a 6’ distance at all times. Players are asked o shake hands at the end of a match. A racquet tap across the net will suffice.9. The facility will wipe down the tournaments desk and common areas every hour to help keep the tournament facility clean. There will be some hand sanitizer on the premise the front desk and tournament desk, but tournament participants and spectators are asked to bring their own hand sanitizer as well. Players should use before and after every match. 10. Masks are required inside the pro shop at all times, in accordance with City of Edmond rules.11. There will be a tournament GROUPME group created specifically for this tournament. You should use the GroupMe to check in for your match to limit the amount of players at the tournament desk at one time. You should not check in on the Group Me unless you are ready to go on the court immediately – water jug filled, shoes tied, and bathroom trip already taken. Once you are checked in, you must be outside close to the tournament desk area ready to grab your tennis balls and go on the court. There is currently no PA system. A small sound system will be outside, but the distance is only to the first bank of courts. Please stay near the building until your match is called. 12. The tournament desk area should be clear of loitering at all times. Once you have completed the necessary task with the tournament director, please exit the tournament desk area. Please show up 15 minutes before your scheduled match at the facility and exit immediately after. No loitering is permitted.13. Everyone at the tournament is expected to observe social distancing at a 6’ minimum, except those in the same family/household.

Face Covering Ordinance Takes Effect on Wednesday, August 26The Edmond City Council’s ordinance requiring face coverings while inside any indoor place open to the public goes into effect on Wednesday, August 26. The ordinance was adopted on July 27 and is currently scheduled to expire at midnight on Monday, October. There are some face mask exceptions that can be found on the City of Edmond Website.

If we feel that indoor courts will be needed to complete this tournament, there is a $10 per player, per match fee.

If we need to use indoor courts to complete the tournament, we will attempt to secure indoor backup. However there will be an indoor court fee of $10/match per player that is not covered in the entry fee. Please be prepared to pay the site director with cash in the event matches are moved indoors.