2007 SOUTH ZONE OPEN CLASSIFIED TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

20th to 28th January, 2007

Petrotrin Pointe a Pierre Staff Club Tennis Courts

Conditions of Play

 

Tournament Committee:

Tournament Director:             Roy Peters              360-2007

Committee Member:               Harry Mahase          657-5552

Tournament Secretary:           Eversley Mitchell      648-5135

Treasurer:                             Everard Chang        678-1685

TUATT Referee:                    Chester Dalrymple    687-1781

Committee Member:              Franklin Balgobin      681-3595

Committee Member:              Sandra Rechier         778-0943

Committee Member:              Ricardo Ragbir         753-4877

 

Event                                                 Prize Money

                                          Winner           Finalist         Semi-finalist 

1.  Men’s Singles      A          $2000             $1000                  $500           

2.                           B            $500               $200

3.                           C            $100

4.  Ladies’ Singles     A/B       $1000              $500                   $200 

5.                           C            $100

6.  Men’s Doubles     A            $500              $200                   $100

7.                           B            $200               $100

8.                           C            $100 

9.  Ladies’ Doubles Open         $300              $100

10. Mixed Doubles Open         $300               $100

11. Veterans’ Singles               $300              $100

12.  Veterans’ Doubles            $200           

 

Venue  
Petrotrin Pointe a Pierre Staff Club Tennis Courts for all Events.

Matches for all events will be played from 9am daily on Saturday 20th, Sunday 21st, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th January.

 

  1. Entry Fee. $30 per player per Event. Entries are valid only when made on the Official Entry Form and accompanied by the prescribed fee. TATT registration for 2007 is required.

Availability of Forms: TATT office, Committee members, POS, Arima, Tobago and San Fdo Public Courts, Patrons Club, St.Augustine club, Harry’s Sports World, south clubs and website http://tennistt.org

Submission of Entries: Harry’s Sports World.

  1. Closing date/ Draw. Entries close on Friday 12 th January, 2007 at 4 pm.

The draw will be made on Tuesday 16th January, 2007 at 6 pm at the Pointe a Pierre staff club for play on Saturday 20th January, 2007 starting at 9 am.

  1. Open Competition/Age Limitations. Entry is restricted to residents of Trinidad & Tobago. The Veterans’ entries must be 45 years and over. For purpose of this Rule, the Player’s age as of the first day of the tournament, shall be used.

Players are allowed to enter a maximum of three (3) events.

  1. Site Details.  The Championships will be played at Petrotrin Pointe a Pierre Staff Club Tennis Courts.
  2. Match Conditions. Main Draws in the Open and “A” Divisions will be limited to the following size draws: 16 for all events.

Excess entries will be placed in a Qualifying Draw. The required number of qualifiers will be 8 for all events.  

All matches will be the Best of three Tie-Break Sets. Play shall continue under lights.

    6.  The Committee reserves the right to withhold prize money/trophies when players are absent           from the prize-giving ceremony.

  1. This Competition shall take place in accordance with these Regulations and the Rules of Tennis (which includes the ITF’s Code of Conduct), adopted by the ITF.  For the benefit of new entrants, (and a reminder to older ones!) a copy of the Dress Code is attached below.
  2. In submitting an entry to this tournament, a player automatically undertakes to commit him/herself to abide by, and be bound by the above Rules and Regulations. Furthermore, all claims of any kind, nature and description are waived.
  3. The Committee reserves the right to amend, repeal, or otherwise modify, in whole, or in part, the above Rules and Regulations.

 

 

DRESS CODE

Players shall dress and present themselves for play in a professional manner. Clean and customarily acceptable tennis attire shall be worn.

(a)            Unacceptable Attire

Sweatshirts, gym shorts, dress shirts, basketball attire, beachwear, or any other inappropriate attire shall not be worn during a match.

(b)            Doubles Teams

Members of a Doubles team shall be dressed in predominantly the same colors.

 

Further details on Dress and Equipment can be found in ITF’s Player On-Site Offences, Article IV, C.