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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
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TOURNAMENT ETIQUETTE
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.
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TRIPLES
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.
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Do You Know The Rules?
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.
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