USTA/MARYLAND
COMBOLEAGUE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
OCTOBER 19-21, 2012
Dear Team Captain,
CONGRATULATIONS! The USTA/Maryland District has been notified that you are the captain of the winning team from your local area in the ComboLeague. As such, you are invited to participate in the USTA/Maryland District’s Combo League District Championships. The information belowshould answer any questions you may have regarding this event. If not, please e-mail me . Also, please continue to check our web site for further updates. Go to On the left, click on USTA League Tennis, then click Home.
YOU MUST BRING A FULL TEAM TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, or request a waiver from the District Office prior to attending.
Location
We have secured courts at Wilde Lake (10499 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, MD).See our web site for directions to this facility and court layout. Limited restroom facilities are available at the tournament site. There will be food/beverages available. There are no practice courts available at the site, so you will need to scout out the area to see where you might find practice courts.
Captains’ Meeting & Registration
The Wednesday, October 17thmeeting will be a virtual on-line meeting starting promptly at 7:00 p.m.Sincetournament rules and procedures will be discussed at the Wednesday evening virtual on-line captain’s meeting attendance is mandatory. If the captain cannot attend, another team member must be present. If you cannot attend, please have a team representative present on the call.
To join the meeting:
-go to the GatherPlace web site ( can join a session from a Mac, Windows, or Linux system with no software installation required
-Click Join a Session
-Enter access code: 2258594
-Enter your name and email address
-Click the Join button
To hear the audio portion Captains’ must join by teleconferencing phone number:
800-704-1867, code: 668943#.
To register:
Roll call will be taken by NTRP level at the beginning of the on-line meeting. Your team must be represented.
At the tournament site there will be two tournament desks:
1 – registration desk where captains receive envelopes with match line-up scorecards. Each player on your team roster will receive local league award (tennis towels).
2 – tournament desk where captains submit completed match line-up scorecards.
Matches
The Schedule will be placed on our web site ( as soon as possible. CompletedTeam lineupsmust be submitted to the tournament desk 1/2 hour before the scheduled match play. Failureto do so will result in a $50.00 cash fine. Lineup forms are available from this web site. Additionalforms will be available at the tournament site. All team members must be ready to play 1/2 hourbefore the scheduled match time. If courts are available, we have the rightto call a match to begin play 1/2 prior to the scheduled time assuming courts are available to do so. Failure to be available when a match is called (assuming courts are available), late penalties will apply. The tournament desk clock will determine the official time. Matches are played on a follow-by basis. Match times are approximate after the first round.
Match Format
Play will consist of, #1 Doubles, #2 Doubles & #3 Doubles.
If you don't have a full line-up for any reason, you must forfeit your #3 Doubles and notify
thetournament desk.
There will be a 5-minute warm-up.
Match play will be 2 sets with regular scoring. If any set reaches six all, a tie-break will be
Played(first team to score 7 points, and must be up by 2 points). If sets are split, the
match will bedecided by playing a match tie-break, (first team to reach 10 points, must be
up by 2 points). TheComan tie-break will be used throughout the tournament.
The 3rd set tie-break will count as a 1-0 victory.
Please make changeovers and breaks as brief as possible.
If needed, the USTA tie-break rules will be used to determine the champions.
Rain Plan
In the event of rain, report to the Tournament Desk, with the balls, for instructions on how to proceed.Write down the score and who was serving, and bring that information with you to the TournamentDesk. The tournament staff will have the option of revising the schedule and the tournament format, ifnecessary, in the event of inclement weather. See our web site for rain procedures.
Winners
Firstplace teams will receive USTA awards. Further, teams will have
their pictures taken, which will be posted on the USTA/Maryland home page.PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THETOURNAMENT SITE UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR AWARDS AND HAD YOUR TEAM PICTURETAKEN.
BEST OF LUCK IN THE TOURNAMENT!!!
Debby
Debby Broadus
District League Administrator | Tournament Director
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