KCCTA
runs this newly formed league that enters 2011
with 37 different teams having participated.
There is NO COST to participate and no
obligation to show up. Play every week or play
once a month; it is your choice but a
competitive match will be available to you. The
2011 winter-spring league begins February 18 and
runs through April 29th (10 weeks).
Play is competitive but mainly for FUN; so
leave the intensity and disputed line calls at
the door.
The
Format:
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Play starts at 7 PM and you MUST
be signed up very close to 6:45
to have your team checked off
and pairings made. If you are
late you are not guaranteed
participation.
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Each participating "team"
receives a "power" rating which
is carried over for all who
played last year and is updated
each week. New teams will be
slotted in as per the judgment
of Randy Mattingley. The
highest rated mixed team
receives a score of 100 (power
rating) and each successive team
receiving one point less...99,
98, etc. The top two teams play
each other, then the next two,
etc. Each match is two sets
with a 10 point tiebreaker. At
the end of the night the winning
team receives 1.5 points if it
wins in straight sets and 1
point if it wins in a tie
breaker….the losing team
received minus 1.5 points or
minus 1 point. The next week
the power rating is adjusted and
the process is repeated.
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Teams will not play the same
teams in two consecutive weeks,
so if the “power ratings” match
up the same two teams, an
adjustment will be made.
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For single players, that is
those without a partner, who
would like to play, you need to
contact the tennis shop;
hopefully by day’s end on
Thursday and an “attempt” to
match you up will be made.
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A second option is to just show
up BY 6:45 and see if you can
get paired up then. In this
case we
CANNOT
guarantee that you will have a
match and therefore may not get
to play.
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The existing “format”
statistically results in a
single unmatched team every
other week. To address this,
our current solution is to
maintain for each week a list of
names of individuals or a couple
who are “available” on Friday
Nights “if needed”…NOTE the call
to ask for their participation
will most likely be made about
6:50 PM and they would need to
be ready to play by say 7:10 PM.
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Please bring one can of tennis
balls.
Be
prepared to relax and socialize after the tennis
is complete |