Bob Trainer Individual Open Doubles Ladder New Ladder Rules                  At the June Board meeting the following changes to the ladder were approved. These new changes will be effective 1 July 2006. (1) Singles ladders are to be discontinued due to insufficient activity. (2) The Bob Trainer awards will be merged with the Individual Doubles Ladder. (3) The Individual Doubles ladder will be renamed the Bob Trainer Doubles Ladder to honor a founding member and be split into separate awards for men and women.. (4) Scoring will remain the same. All doubles challenge matches (men/women/mixed) count with winners awarded points based upon the combined ratings of their opponents. Matches are best 2 of 3 sets with regular scoring. (5) Scores will be reset every 3 months,i.e., a new ladder and a new chance to win without waiting for a year. Gift certificates will be awarded to the man and women who are ahead of the ladder for the most weeks during each 3 months. During the challenge year, repeat winners will not be allowed. Every year will have 4 men and 4 women winners. (6) All other rules of play including frequency of matches and reporting of results are still in effect. (7) There will still be 2 challenge months every year (Oct and Apr) where challenge match participants are entered into a random drawing for gift certificate prizes. If you have any questions concerning these changes, please contact me preferably by e-mail or if you catch me on the courts, let's talk. Gary Snider Ladder Coordinator gasnider@adelphia.net

TOURNAMENT ETIQUETTE To ensure all tournaments remain fun, competitive, and well organized we would appreciate your cooperation in observing the following rules: Please notify the director if you are unable to play once you commit Please help out by assisting in the set up and break down after the tournaments Please do not show up unannounced and expect to play Please be patient and courteous towards the director, as he may be doing the best he can under the circumstances Please express your appreciation, if you had a good time.

TRIPLES Triples play is similar to doubles play except for having 3 players on a side. The rules were devised years ago by the U.S.T.A. for use by seniors, figuring that three players would demand less movement from the players. The Kansas City Country Club (K.C.C.C.) has picked up on this form for charity purposes; 50% more players in a tournament brings in 50% more money! However, the K.C.C.C. people play it as power tennis. More on this later. The rules. A standard doubles court and rules are used with the following rule exceptions. 1. All players, except the receiver, must be behind the baseline before the service. The receiver may stand anywhere. Once the server strikes the ball, the players may move anywhere. The service itself is normal. 2. During a game, the player serving and the player receiving rotate. Assume playerl 1 player 2 and player 3 are on team A, and player 4, player 5 and player 6 are on team B. Player 1 serves the first point to player 4 in the deuce court, and player 2 serves the second point to players in the ad court. Player 3 serves the third point to player 6 in the deuce court, and player 1 serves the fourth point to player 4 in the ad court, et cetera until the game is over. During the next game, team B players serve while team A players receive. At the beginning of each game the serving and receiving rotations can be changed, but once the game has started, the order is fixed. Kansas City players sprint to the net once the ball has been served and frequently must then sprint back for a lob! The K.C.C.C. pro says she is pooped after a set of this! Local players who have played this game say they usually have only one player go to the net with the other two staying back. Sometimes two players go the net.

Do You Know The Rules? In a doubles match, Player A and Player B are partners. Player C is one of their opponents. During play, Player A hits the ball, resulting in a high, short lob with back spin on it. The ball lands just over the net on the doubles line and bounces high and back over the net. Player C runs around the net and hits the ball while outside the doubles line but on Player A's side of the court, where he stops. Player C at no time during the point touches the net, cord, post or other fixture. The returned ball is otherwise good and is not returned by Player A or his partner. Who wins the point? This event actually happened to CTC players. Rule 24(b) It is a good return if the ball, served or returned, hits the ground within the the proper Court and rebounds or is blown back over the net, and the player whose turn it is to strike reaches over the net and plays the ball, provided that neither he nor any part of his clothes or racket touches the net, posts, singles sticks, cord or metal cable, strap or band or the ground within his opponent's Court, and that the stroke is otherwise good.