2009 USTA Southern Super Seniors Section Championships

March 12-14, 2010
Pelham Racquet Club
100 Racquet Club Parkway
Pelham, Alabama
205.621.4875, 205.625.3380

The Tentative schedule is available here!

New Registration Procedure!

All players will register online for the 2009 Super Senior Section Championships. Online registration will be available beginning Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 and captains must register first with their team number. As a captain you may register yourself or you may register your entire team. If captains prefer to register the entire team, all you will need is team number, credit card and t-shirt sizes of all your players. Please contact your captain or your state league coordinator if you do not know your super senior team number. Registration fee is $30.00 per person and we will utilize PayPal.com to retain registration payment.

Registration Deadline!

Captains must notify their State League Coordinators within 14 days of their state tournament that their team will attend Super Senior Section Championships in Pelham, AL, March 12-14, 2010! Champion teams must have 6 players registered within 2 weeks of the state tournament.  Teams must have all players registered in TennisLink by Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.

Entry Deadline

All players must be registered in TennisLink by Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.

Website

Please return to this web site for updated and detailed tournament information!

Levels: Super Senior 60

Men’s & Women’s Teams at 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 levels

LEVELS: Super Senior 70

Men’s & Women’s Teams at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 levels

Registration at the tournament

Captains may register team beginning Thursday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m., at the Pelham Racquet Club.

Captains' Meeting

Captains’ meeting will be held there at 5:00 p.m. (Captains only)

SITES

Pelham Racquet Club
100 Racquet Club Parkway
Pelham, AL 35124
205.621.4875, 205.625.3380  
tennis@pelhamonline.com

Brook Highland Racquet Club
3157 Brook Highland Dr
Hoover, Al 35242
(205) 980-1000

Greystone Country Club
4100 Greystone Dr
Hoover, Al 35216
(205) 986-5126

Vestavia Country Club
400 Beaumont Dr
Vestavia, Al 35216
(205) 823-7971

Riverchase Country Club
2000 Club Dr
Birmingham, Al 35

Contact

Holly Goddard USTA Southern Section Director of Adult Tennis
goddard@sta.usta.com, 770-368-8200

Dene Owen, USTA Southern Section Director of Events
owen@sta.usta.com, 770.368.8200

Entry Fee

Entry fee will be forfeited if team withdraws after Feb. 15, 2010.

Schedule

Play will begin on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. Schedule will be posted on this web site by Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Each division will be scheduled for three days of play. Finals will be scheduled Sunday: due to size of event, some finals could be scheduled as late Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Rain date: Monday March 15, 2010 

Players may play in both Super Seniors 60s and Super Seniors 70s; however, there will be no accommodation to schedules.

Tournament Headquarters

Pelham Racquet Club
100 Racquet Club Parkway
Pelham, AL 35124
205.621.4875, 205.625.3380  
tennis@pelhamonline.com

Amenities

T-shirts, Awards, Balls, Fruit, Water, Ice, Player Party at Pelham Civic Complex

2009 Southern Section League Championships Cancellation Policy

Should inclement weather or other circumstances prevent the completion of a Section 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 of the levels.

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 in a round robin flight is mathematically out of contention at the time of championship cancellation it will be excluded from the drawing.

The Tournament Committee has reserved courts for Monday, March 15 as a rain date. Initial travel plans should not be based on this date, as the Tournament Committee would shorten format, play at night, etc. first.

Tournament Committee

Bonnie Vandegrift, Holly Goddard, Dene Owen, Dodie Hanchett, Mike Mathes, Phil Meador, B.J. Johnson

Format/Rules

Each of the nine states will send one team in each level. A wildcard team is selected in each level to complete a 10-team draw with two groups of five. More than one wild card may be used to complete draw of 10 teams where possible. Each group plays a round robin with group winners advancing to the finals.

Each team match consists of three doubles matches. The format of play will be best of two sets with regular scoring and a set tiebreak at 6-all in each set. In the event of split sets, a match tiebreak (first to ten points with a margin of two) will be played in lieu of a third set with no breaks and no coaching. Coman tiebreak is used for Section Championships.

The format may be changed due to inclement weather. In the event of a tie in the round robin (two or more teams with the same team record) the group winner will be decided by:
1. Most individual matches won.
2. Fewest sets lost.
3. Fewest games lost.
4. Head to Head winner
5. Coin Toss.