Katy Super Champ Excellence (SCMZ 12_16)

Match Schedule Info - Future Match Info

Apologies to all who played at Katy HS and Tompkins HS your tournament shirts will be distributed first thing Sunday morning. Due to this oversight, t-shirt swap at Taylor for different sizes will not happen till after 12 Noon. Sorry.
Please check your times and sites some late matches have been moved to different sites to try to get you on your way home as early as possible. As always on completion of your day please check all scores and posted winners as we are only human.
See you on the courts
Peter Farrell

Nearly every junior high in Katy has tennis courts, which can be used by the general public. Morton Ranch Junior High , Seven Lakes Jr High, Cinco Ranch Jr High, McMeans Jr. High, Beck Jr. High & Stock Dick Jr High are always unlocked. Some of the other junior high school courts are locked up. We are not sure about which of the others are locked or unlocked.
We will not be using Seven Lakes High School all weekend so they will be open

Breakfast for 2 is included

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20700 Kingsland Blvd, Katy, TX 77450 more info

4400 Falcon Landing Blvd, Katy, TX 77494 more info

23440 Cinco Ranch Blvd, Katy, TX 77494 more info

6331 Highway Blvd, Katy, TX 77494 more info

23111 Stockdick School Rd, Katy, TX 77493 more info

19202 Groeschke Rd, Houston, TX 77084 more info

21000 Franz Rd, Katy, TX 77449 more info

All matches will be best of 3 tie break sets with a full third set. Format subject to change due to inclement weather.

There will be no penalty for withdrawing prior to Wednesday, October 10th at 12 Noon for this Super Champ Excellence. After that time, if a player withdraws, they will be penalized 2 suspension points for the withdrawal. This includes any withdrawals, walkovers, and retirements after Wednesday, October 10th at Noon until the end of the tournament. The maximum penalty is 2 points per tournament. You will not be penalized twice. If a player does reach the suspension threshold, they will be able to appeal any points at that time.

Please make sure you sign up for this when you enter. If you forgot you can go back in and add it. This is how all your updates will occur.ThanksPeter

The goal of this compass draw tournament is to give players the opportunity to play 3 to 4 matches in a non-elimination format. Because of the varied number of entries in each age division and withdrawals after the entry deadline, we have put the following guidelines in place. Draws for this tournament will not be published until the prior Thursday by 9:00pm. After Thursday at 9:00pm, if a withdrawn player does not affect seeding, then players may be moved to the open line (as per Friend at Court alternate list). If a withdrawn player is seeded, then players may be moved and seeding may be corrected (as per Friend at Court regulations).

Every age division will start with a D draw to manage withdrawals after the entry deadline. Players may be moved from the D draw to the C draw depending on the number of entries on the prior Thursday at noon.

Every effort will be made to have full A, B and C draws to ensure 4 matches for every player. Changes may be made after draws are published! No draw adjustments will be made after play begins. All Super Champ players are eligible for this tournament. This tournament is for Texas Section residents only. In each age group there will be an A draw, B draw, multiple C draws (as needed) and a D draw. The A draw will be the top 16 players, and the B draw will be the next 16 players. There will be 2 B draws if there are 80 or more entrants in a division. The C draw will consist of all other players, equally split into draws of 16 (maximum). The D draw will consist of overflow players from the C draws and will have a minimum of 4 players. A and B draws will be compass draws. C draws may be compass or round robin draws depending on the number of players. The D (or last) draw will be a round robin or a compass draw depending on the number of players (see note below for exact breakdown of draw based on number of players).

4 players – round robin
5 players – round robin
6 players – 2 round robins of 3 players and a playoff for 1st, 3rd and 5th
7 players – 2 round robins with one of 3 players and one of 4 players. A playoff for 1st, 3rd and 5th. 4th place in the larger round robin does not get a playoff.
8 players – 2 round robins of 4 players and a playoff for 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th
9 players - 2 round robins of 4 and 5 players with no playoff
10 players – 2 round robins of 5 players with no playoff
11 players – compass draw with round robin of 3 players instead of the west draw
12 players – compass draw
13 players – compass draw with west draw becoming a FMLC
14 players – compass draw
15 players – compass draw
16 players – compass draw

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). more info

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