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Tournament season is here!

May 21, 2008

Hello to all NTC members,

First, I hope to see you all at the annual fundraiser on Saturday. We'll be giving out last year's awards so if you were a finalist try and be there. We'll start at 12:15ish with the prizes. Then we'll have some fun playing doubles raising money for a great cause.

Next, tournament season is upon us. For those who still want to enter a tournament, I can get still get you into all but the Mixed Doubles (which kicks off first). We've got some changes to discuss for those entered in the various tournaments. This year we have some general rules to discuss regarding the scheduling of the matches.

As you know the matches each have a scheduled weekend. This year all the matches will have start times of 12 noon or 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday. However, you may play the matches later in the day if agreed by all players. We must try to avoid playing at 10 am or even 11 am if possible. 11:30 is ok. If you intend to change or if I give you a time that is not good, then contact your opponents right away and see about changing the time. Usually not a problem at all.

Now the new rule. If you have a conflict on a Saturday and know in advance, then play the match early before that weekend. All the draws will be posted following Memorial Weekend so you will have the draw long in advance of most of the tournaments.

If the conflict is on Sunday then you will have 3 weeks to reschedule the match with the onus on the person with the conflict to get that match scheduled. That means you may have to accommodate your opponents and be flexible. Obviously the opponents should act in good faith to get the match played. I don't expect any problems, but I will be the ultimate arbiter if a match is not played on time. If it is not played on time, absent good cause, you will be defaulted.

For those who didn't join a particular event because the weekend scheduled was not good you may wish to reconsider. I am taking applicants through Saturday 5/24 at 8pm. Those who have already contacted me with conflicts, I appreciate that and I will work with you to accommodate and see that we play all the matches we can. Any future conflicts you should always contact me and your opponents when you first learn of it. The key is that no one abuses the flexibility. It should not be used because of injury. Be courteous to the fact that your opponents may have cancelled plans to be present for the tournament so I implore you to notify all those involved of any conflict ASAP so that they don't feel slighted. This is intended to be used only when absolutely necessary and I implore you all to be mindful that others gave up their plans.

Certain tournaments have a different schedule altogether. Women's Singles has 5 participants (still taking entrants?) and will be played throughout the summer. Women's 60's doubles and Men's 60's Doubles are in August. With the draw up, you are free to play the matches as early as possible. It is conceivable that you might finish the matches before August rolls around and that's ok too.

I would ask that if you play a match at a different time you let me know so that I can issue an e-mail with upcoming matches and their times.

Since mixed doubles is around the corner, it might be difficult to utilize the early play feature of this system. I will work with you. Just keep me in the loop. The mixed draw is complete. Though the times are set, I have laid out dates by which each match MUST be played. So this tournament will sort of have its own scheduling if the pre determined times and dates don't work out.

I STILL NEED ONE WOMEN TO BALANCE OUT WOMEN'S MATCHED PAIRS set for July 12th and 13th.

Finally, some of you joined without a partner. For some I assigned a partner. for others, you may find one by Saturday evening (ok I'll let it go to Sunday) but this will permit new members and others to find someone to play with.

So here's the Mixed schedule, the draw will be up on 5/21.

Saturday May 31:

12 noon :

Brooks v. Levines
Barnetts v. Lombardi/Madden
Goughs v. Schmitt/Campbell
Tuckers v. Accollas

2pm

Tut/Krompier v. Schrams
Lumpes v. Fantozzis
D'Amato/Mcgill v. Eberl/Leonard
Finelli/Sellerberg v. Maryles

Sunday June 1

12 noon

Oster/Mcnally v. winner of Levines/Brooks
winner of Gough v. Schmitt plays winner of Tucker v. Accolla
winner of Tut v. Schram plays winner of Lumpe v. Fantozzi
winner of D'Amato v. Eberl plays winner of Finelli v. Maryles

Winning team is responsible for recording accurate scores on the listed tournament sheet as I will not always be there.

I trust we will have some great matches and great sportsmanship as always, but most importantly some great fun.

To contact me regarding tournaments please either call me at 516 361 0491 or email me at johnrsordi@yahoo.com (make sure you don't call John Sordi senior by mistake). If possible put the gist of your message in the subject of the e-mail so I can find later on more easily. Thank you all.

Oh yeah, a special thanks to my tournament committee, though our work is not all complete. Your assistance with knowledge of the players can only help to ensure that we have the most balanced draws possible. I will be contacting you regarding some new additions.

Looking forward to this weekend.

John Sordi
TD

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