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Captain's Corner
CAPTAINS’ INFORMATION & SITE RESPONSIBILITIES
The following includes information and responsibilities for each
team captain. Please review this information carefully and relay all information
to your team members! Should inclement weather or other circumstances prevent
the completion of a State Championship, the Tournament Committee will determine
whether the matches played at the point of cancellation will be used to
determine round robin group winners and a champion and finalist in each level.
If the Tournament Committee determines that there was a lack of “equal
opportunity” for all teams in the level due to the schedule of play, the
Tournament Committee will place all teams in a drawing to determine the champion
and finalist in each level. (For instance, in a five team round robin, one team
may be in first place at the time of cancellation with two matches played, while
other teams in the round robin have fewer matches played. This example would not
provide “equal opportunity” for all teams in the round robin and would not be
used to determine the round robin group winner). If any team(s) in a round robin
flight is mathematically out of contention at the time of championship
cancellation it will be excluded from the drawing.
· Teams are requested to submit lineups 30 minutes prior to
match time with all players in the lineup present and ready to play. This policy
is intended to keep the matches on schedule and when captains comply with this
request, all of the teams benefit. Team captains are required to submit the
lineup no later than the scheduled match time with all players in the lineup
present and ready to play. The lateness penalties should be assessed against all
players who are late for the same scheduled match time as long as at least one
court is available.
· MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PLAYERS ARE PLAYING AGAINST THE CORRECT
OPPONENTS. TELL YOUR PLAYERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND GIVE THE POSITION THEY
ARE PLAYING! ONLY THE PLAYERS ASSIGNED TO A COURT SHOULD BE ON THAT COURT!
Winners of individual matches will take the balls and report the score
IMMEDIATELY to the site desk.
· SCORING: Each team
will receive 1 point for each team match won. These points are posted on the
official scoreboards. In the event of a tie, the tiebreak procedures will be
total of individual matches, then least sets lost, and then least games lost,
then head to head, then a coin toss. Tracking boards and copies of scorecards
will be kept at Huntsville Tennis Center.
· All teams are expected to play all scheduled matches! Any team not
complying will be subject to grievance procedures. In accordance with USTA
League Tennis Regulations, any team forfeiting an entire team match for ANY
REASON will result in all matches of that team previously played or to be played
to be declared null and void. If all teams in contention for the Championships
have already played the forfeiting team in good faith, the matches stand as
played.
· Grievances: Forms are available at each of the sites at the
tournament desk. A copy of any grievance must be given to the opposing team
captain by the captain of the team filing the grievance. Completed grievance
forms are to be presented to the Site Director at the site of the match within
30 minutes of the completion of the team match. The committees involved will
handle all Grievances as promptly as possible. Unless requested by the
committee, only the captain and the player(s) involved will be permitted at any
hearings.
· Grievance Committee:
Ruth Anne Bendall, Jeff Burns, Jeannie Harrell, Martie McEnerney, Ken Vines,
Judy Stalcup, Carol Ostberg, Lynn Lamere, Jennifer Stephens, Perry Baker, Emily
Baker
· Self-rate NTRP Grievances
filed after September 20, 2010 against anyone participating in the State
Championships will be administered after the State Championships unless the
Tournament Committee authorize the administration of the grievance prior to that
time. If the grievance is not administered until after the State Championships,
points won by players will stand.
· Awards will be given to the
champions (those listed on the entry form).
· All matches will observe a
10-minute warm-up, including serves. In matches where players or teams split
sets, the match tiebreak in lieu of a third set shall be played (first to ten
points by a margin of two points). The Coman tiebreak procedure will be
used in all tiebreak's. Play is continuous. Coaching is not
permitted at any time.
· Medical Conditions:
Medical conditions include but are not limited to an injury, illness, and
heat-related condition or cramping.
· Medical Time-Out: A
medical time-out consists of evaluation time as determined by the referee plus a
maximum of three minutes treatment time.
· Request for a medical
time-out. A request for a medical time-out may be made by a player to the court
monitor or at the tournament desk. During the match or warm-up, if a player
suffers from a medical condition or believes that medical diagnosis or treatment
is required, the player may request a one-time medical time-out for that medical
condition. Subsequently, he may request another medical time-out for a different
medical condition. Only one medical time-out shall be permitted for heat-related
conditions and cramping in any match, even if the heat-related condition or
cramping occurs to different parts of the body.
· Toilet visit. A player
may request one or more suspensions of play for a toilet visit. No coaching
shall be permitted during the suspension of play for either a medical time-out
or a toilet visit.
· In the event of rain, the Site
Director on site will stop play and players will report their score in progress
to the site desk. Players will not be allowed to leave the site until released
by the Site Director on site. If needed, play will continue under lights if
necessary, to keep on schedule. Court surfaces may be changed by the
tournament committee in order to finish the tournament.