Registration Procedure!

All players will register online for the 2011 USTA Southern Super Senior Section Championships. Online registration will be available beginning Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 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 7 days of their state tournament that their team will attend Super Senior Section Championships in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Dec. 2-4, 2011! Teams must have at least 6 players registered in TennisLink within 7 days of the conclusion of of their state's tournament.

Rain Delay Phone Number

If we might have a rain delay, call 888.434.0998 for schedule changes. This number is for captains only, to cut down on the cost of the service.

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, Dec. 1 at 4:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Captains' Meeting

Captains’ meeting will be held right after registration Thursday, Dec. 1  at 5:00 p.m. Crowne Plaza Hotel. (Captains only)

Host Hotel

Crowne Plaza Shipyard Plantation
130 Shipyard Drive
Hilton Head, SC 29928
(843) 842-2400
Click here to book your hotel.
Or call 1-888-233-9527 and reference USTA Super Seniors tennis tournament.

Book early to secure your rooms! Limited rooms are available!

Click here for general hotel information.

Tennis Facilities

Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club/Shipyard Plantation
116 Shipyard Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
843.686.8804

Palmetto Dunes Racquet Club
4 Queen's Folly Roadoad
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

Port Royal Racquet Club/Port Royal Plantation
15 Wimbledon Court
Hilton Head, SC 29928-5570
(843) 686-8803

Sea Pines Country Club
30 Governors Rd.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
843.671.1294

South Beach Racquet Club/Sea Pines Plantation
230 S Sea Pines Dr
Hilton Head Isle, SC 29928-4081
(843) 671-2215

Contact

Chris Walling, USTA Southern Section Director of Adult Tennis
walling@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 Nov. 9, 2011.

Schedule

Play will begin on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. Schedule will be posted on this web site by Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. 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, Dec. 5, 2011

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

Amenities

T-shirts, Awards, Balls, Fruit, Water, Ice, Player Party at Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club/Shipyard Plantation.

2011 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, Dec. 5 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, Chris "CJ" Walling, Dene Owen, Kathy Hinrichs, Dodie Hanchett, Mike Mathes, Phil Meador.

media/web site

Ron Cioffi will be our media and web site coordinator. He will be writing stories, taking photos and videos and he's looking for teams that have stories to tell. He can be reached at cioffi@sta.usta.com.

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. The Coman tiebreak is used for Section Championships.

If a team has a known default (not enough players to field a complete team), the opposing team will have the opportunity to take their scorecard back and resubmit the lineup. If the opposing team has not turned in their scorecard, they will be notified of the defaulted line prior to turning in their scorecard.

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

tournament headquarters

Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club/Shipyard Plantation
116 Shipyard Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
843.686.8804