DISTRICT BOYS TENNIS
2011
IMPORTANT NOTICE
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NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 – 7:30 PM
SELECTION OF THE SCHOOLS FOR
THE 3A & 2A DISTRICT TEAM CHAMPPIONSHIP
AT
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH HS – ROOM 220
SPORT: Boys’ Tennis – Singles, Doubles and Team Championships
CLASSIFICATION: AA & AAA
TOURNAMENT SINGLES &
DOUBLES: The Steering Committee seeds a
28 draw for AAA and a 9 draw for AA District One Singles and Doubles
Tournaments. Participation in the
District I Tournament is based on the number of schools participating in the
League Dual Meets, determined by the scale below.
4 to 6 Schools 2
Representatives
7 to 9 Schools 3 Representatives
10+ 4 Representatives
SINGLES: Each League will set up their qualifying procedures to determine
their representatives to the Singles Championships.
DOUBLES: To determine the
representatives for the District I Doubles Championships a sectional or league
doubles tournaments will be held after April 29, 2011 so boys that have been
eliminated in singles competition may be used as members of the doubles team
competition.
“No-AD” scoring will be used in the
first 2 rounds. Twelve Point Tie-breaker
will be used if the score reaches six
all in any set.
No school should be jeopardized in
league play because they have a boy
Participating in District Competition.
Participants will be contacted by the
League representative regarding starting time for singles and doubles.
Contestants not at the courts by these times will lose by forfeit.
INDEPENDENT MEMBER SCHOOLS:
Qualification procedures for independent schools to participate in the District
I Boys’ Championships are as follows:
Singles:
a. Independent
schools, as a group, must organize and run a qualifying tournament.
In the
event arrangements cannot be worked out to the mutual satisfaction of
participating independent schools, the resolution will be rendered by the
District Committee.
b. Participation
to the District I Tournament will be based on the following:
1 to 3
schools competing in qualifying tournament – l Representative
4 or more
schools – 2 Representatives
Others
upon consideration of the Committee
c. The
District I Tennis Chairperson must be notified by Sunday, April 24, 2011 of
Independent
participation. Contact should be made with Becky Desmond –
Phone
610-269-4400 (W) or 610-269-8037 (H)-e-mail bdesmond@dasd.org
Doubles: to compete in the Doubles
Championships schools must be participating in a dual meet League schedule.
DATES: District I Singles – 2011 All
Matches will be played at the Healthplex
AAA Time AA Time
Friday, April 29 1st,
2nd, 3rd Rounds TBD lst & 2nd Rounds TBD
Saturday, April 30 4th &
Final/Consolation 1 P.M. Final/Consolation 1 P.M.
District I Doubles – 2011 ALL MATCHES
WILL BE PLAYED AT THE HEALTHPLEX
AAA TIME AA TIME
Friday, May 13 lst, 2nd,
3rd, Rounds TBD lst
&2nd Rounds TBD
Saturday, May 14 4th & Final/Consolation 1 P.M. Final/Consolation 1 P.M.
SEEDING MEETINGS:
SINGLES 2011-Tuesday, April 26th @ 7:30 P.M. @ Pl.Whitemarsh
H.S.
DOUBLES –2011-Tuesday, May 10th
@ 8:00 P.M. @ Pl. Whitemarsh H.S.
DATE OF STATES: May 27, 28, 2011 –
Hershey Racquet Club
METHOD OF SEEDING SINGLES &
DOUBLES –
A. Head to
head interscholastic competition during current season
B. Results
from matches between common opponents during current season
C. Previous
District I and State tournament experience/results including doubles
Most
recent results to carry more weight than earlier results
D. Middle
States rankings/head to head
E. Similar
qualifications or insufficient data will result in a draw for placement
Step l –
Seeding – A. The 32 draw will have a maximum of 12 seeds.
B. The 16
draw will have a maximum of 6 seeds
Step
2. All league champions will be
reviewed using the seeding criteria and will
Be ranked
1 through 11. League champions will be
placed according to the
Tournament. This will be the tentative ladder.
Step 3. Committee members may offer
any #2 ranked League player for ladder
c
consideration
according to the results of the league tournament. These
Players
will be reviewed using the seeding criteria and if the claim is judged
Valid,
will be placed in the appropriately ranked position on the tournament
Ladder. The same procedure shall be used for the
wild card qualifiers.
Example: #2’s could become 11, 12,
13, etc. If the player is placed in the
top
11 the other players will drop down
accordingly. The #2’s will not be
placed
higher
than a #1 from the same league. The
same will hold true for the #3’s
and #4’s.
Step 4. Repeat step 2 for any #3 ranked league player.
Step 5. Repeat step 2 for any #4
ranked league player.
Step 6. The remaining players will be
put on the unoccupied lines in the order in
Which they are drawn starting at the
top.
Step 7.
Team members shall not play against each other in the first round. To
prevent
This from happening they will be placed on the next
comparable line on the
Opposite end of the draw.
Step 8. If
by the luck of the draw a league #2 would meet their league #1 in the first
Round they would be placed on the mirror image line
in the other half of the
Draw.
CHAMPIONSHIP RULES:
Reading
the rules will be the only warning. First offense- one point; second
offense-one game; third offense- out of the tournament. Anyone ejected from 1st
three rounds will be unable to advance to the double tournament. Conduct on the
court shall display good sportsmanship.
First
round of AA.
Time out
and ask for a decision or assistance from the tournament Committee
Members. Only Committee members not involved with
coaching the match in question may make decisions about the match. No one may
leave the courts during this time.
10.It will be optional for the
coaches to be on the courts during play.
CONTESTANTS ATTIRE: All tennis contestants are required to wear
appropriate tennis attire (i.e. school issued tennis shirt and tennis shorts)
No exceptions are permitted. T-shirts, without school name/nickname, altered
apparel, jeans, and advertisements (other than one visible logo/trademark not
exceeding 2 ¼ square inches and 2 ¼ inches in a dimension on cap, headband,
visor, school issued tennis shirt, and shorts; and/or a school’s name/nickname)
will not be permitted. The use of tape for the purpose of covering a logo that
does not meet the aforementioned specifications WILLNOT BE PERMITTED. The school’s name/nickname and/or/school’s
logo is permitted on the front and/or back of the school issued tennis shirt. Shoes with soles that will leave discolored
marking son competition surfaces are not permitted.
AWARDS: AAA- Medals for lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Places
AA Medals for lst 2nd Places
STATE QUALIFIERS:
AAA – 4 Singles & 4 Doubles Teams
AA l Singles & 1 Doubles
PLAYOFF
INSTRUCTIONS:
accompanied by either a coach or an adult with written authorization from their School for the duration of the competition. Such written authorization must be presented to the tournament Chairperson prior to the start of the event.
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SPORT: Boys Tennis - Team
Championships
CLASSIFICATION: AA & AAA – See PIAA website to determine
your school’s team
Classification.
TOURNAMENT: The steering committee will seed up to 9 teams for AA and
16 teams for AAA
Tournament.
FORMAT: The League champions will automatically be entered into the
tournament according
to their classification. The
selection for the additional positions (wild cards) in the
tournament will be based on League record
and the team’s record against common
opponent teams in District I. In the
event a League champion chooses not to
participate, this position will
become an additional wild card selection and open to
any at-large nomination from any
League. Steering Committee members must check
with their League members as to
interest in participating in the Tournament.
TEAM: 1.
Each Team shall consist of three(3) singles players and two (2) doubles Teams.
Players may only play one event
(singles or doubles). Each team,
listing students
in
descending order of ability, shall establish a strength ladder line-up from l
to10.
The ladder submitted for the Team
shall represent the strongest line-up for that
Team. The first three (3) students shall play singles in order that
they are listed
on the strength ladder line-up.
Beginning with the fourth student listed on the
the Doubles Teams. The doubles Team having the highest level of
ability shall
occupy the number 1 position and the
doubles Team having the second highest
level of ability shall occupy the
number 2 position. No player shall be eligible for
a doubles Team unless they are listed
on the Team’s strength ladder line-up.
Teams shall submit their strength
ladder line-ups, which shall specify singles
Player
#1, singles player #2, singles player #3, doubles Team #1, and doubles Team #2, at the beginning of the District
Team Tennis Tournament. With the
Exception of authorized substitutions for illness, injury, or other extenuating circumstances (as determined by the appropriate Tournament Director), a team’s strength ladder line-up may not be changed throughout the respective District and Inter-District Team Tennis Tournaments.
2. SUBSTITUTION:
OPTION #1
Substitutions
MAY be made only in case of illness,
injury, or other extenuating
circumstances
(as determined appropriate by the Tournament Director). The school’s athletic administration and/or
head tennis Coach shall provide supporting documentation for such
substitutions. An ill or injured player
may be substituted for and then be re-entered in the same position in the
team’s strength ladder line-up, upon documented authorization from a licensed
physician of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Teams are prohibited from making substitutions that would allow an ill
or injured player to be moved from playing singles to doubles, and then back to
singles when the ill or injured player has recovered, even with a licensed
physician of medicine’s or osteopathic medicine’s documented authorization.
Substitutions shall be made by utilizing direct-line substitution ONLY. Substitution of a singles player shall be made from the remaining seven students and shall result in the three singles players playing in order of their ability, in accordance with the Team’s strength ladder line-up. Doubles Teams do not have to be disrupted in order to replace a singles player.
When a
singles player substitution is necessary, and a member of one of the school’s
established doubles Teams is designated as that substitute, the resulting
vacant doubles position shall be filled by a player from the Team’s strength
ladder line-up and, therefore, shall not be filled from the school’s other
established doubles Team.
Substitution
of both doubles partners shall be prohibited if only one of the two players
experiences an illness injury, or other extenuating circumstances (as
determined appropriate by the Tournament Director). Furthermore, substitution of a player from one of the school’s
established doubles Team to fill the spot of an ill/injured player on that
schools other doubles team shall be prohibited. Finally, changing the strength order of the school’s doubles
Teams following any appropriate direct-line substitution shall be prohibited.
OPTION #2
NO
SUBSTITUTIONS
A coach
as a team member unable to play due to illness, injury, or other extenuating
circumstances (as determined appropriate by the tournament director). If a coach chooses not to substitute, that
position is recorded as a forfeit and will be awarded to the opposing team
starting the match with a score of 1-0 in individual matches.
Moving
players around with the intent of gaining a competitive advantage is prohibited
and shall subject the Team to default from the Tournament.
1. USTA Rules shall be followed and all rules
pertaining to eligibility according
to The PIAA by-laws will prevail.
2. Scoring
will be traditional-best of 3 sets. If
the score reaches “six-all” in
Any set,
a 12 point tie-breaker shall be used to determine the winner of the
Set.
3. The only
coaching will be during the 1 two minute break on the court, between 1st and 2nd
sets and between 2nd and 3rd
sets if the players should split sets.
They may take a 5 minute break and come off the courts at this time.
4. A written
line-up must be presented simultaneously by both coaches prior to
The start
of the match.
5. Introductions are to take place at
3:15 p.m. Warm up with the opponent is to
take place at 3:30 P.M. and play begun by 3:45 P.M.
6. The
modified penalty point system of USTA shall apply. The first offense is a
Warning.
Second offense, one point. Third offense, one game. Fourth offense, default.
7. If a
match is postponed due to weather, it will be played on the rain date. If the Match
is aborted due to inclement weather, it must commence at the point of
interruption.
8. The
players will call their own score.
9. Grievances
will be handled by members of the Committee that are not coaching teams
involved in the grievance. The tournament director can be contacted to
record
that the match is being played under protest.
DATES: District One Team Championships – 2011
All dual matches should be completed
prior to May 5.
The First Round Monday,
May 9 AA & AAA Rain
Date- Tues. May 10th
Second Round Tuesday, May
10 AA & AAA Rain Date – Wed. May 11
Semi/Final Wednesday, May 11 Rain Date – Thurs.May 12
The higher seeds will host all
matches. In the event the host team
does not have 5
Contiguous courts they may designate
a home site or play at the opponents’ courts.
The semi/final match will be played
at Perkiomen Valley High School.
State Team AAA First Round – Tuesday,
May 17 @ Downingtown West High School.
States: May 20, 21 @ Hershey Racquet Club
SEEDING MEETING: A League Champion needs
to be determined prior to the Seeding Meeting.
Team Championship – Wednesday, May 4,
7:30 P.M. @ Pl. Whitemarsh H.S.
METHOD OF 1. Win-Loss Record
SEEDING: 2. Record against teams within
District 1 and common opponents to
Include Leagues outside District 1.
OFFICAL’S The coaches
of the playing teams will oversee the preliminary rounds of
ASSIGNMENT: the
tournament. Both coaches are
responsible for water and first aid.
Scorekeepers are to be used if either
team has them. The DISTRICT
COMMITTEE will oversee the entire tournament. A tournament official,
appointed by the chairperson will
oversee the semi finals and finals.
CONTESTANTS
ATTIRE: All
tennis contestants are required to wear appropriate tennis attire (i.e. school
issued tennis shirt and tennis shorts.)
No exceptions are permitted. T-shirts without school name/nickname,
altered apparel, jeans, jewelry, and advertisements (other than one visible
logo/trademark not exceeding 2 ¼ square inches and 2 ¼ inches in dimension on a
cap, headband, visor, school issued tennis shirt, and tennis shorts; and/or a
school’s name/nickname) will not be permitted.
The use of tape for the purpose o covering a logo that does not meet the
aforementioned specifications WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. The school’s name/nickname and/or school’s logo are permitted on
the front and/or back of the school-issued tennis shirt. Shoes with soles that
leave discolored markings on competition surfaces are prohibited.
AWARDS: First place teams will receive a Team
Trophy
First and Second Place individuals
will receive medals.
SCORE The
winning team must report the score to the chairperson the evening of
REPORTING: the match. Call Becky Desmond 610-269-8037 or e-mail results to
MATCH BALLS: Balls
will be provided by District One for the Finals .
STATE QUALIFYING: Four teams from AAA District Championships
Individual matches 3 Singles and 2 Doubles
1 Team from AA District Championships
Individual matches 3 Singles and 2 Doubles
DISTRICT CHAIRPERSON: Questions should be directed to:
Becky Desmond
Downingtown High School West
445 Manor Avenue
Downingtown, Pa. 19335
Tel. 610-269-4400 (W) or 610-269-8037
(H)
Cell: 610-256-8290
E-Mail bdesmond@dasd.org
.