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Lake Norman Compass Draw to Offer Doubles this Spring!

After several long, cold winter months of being locked in my home office with my computer and the occasional Cup O’ Noodles, I have finally finished the programming I need to be able to offer a doubles Compass Draw for the very first time this spring!  This will be offered in addition to all of the usual singles divisions we now have.  However, doubles will run a little bit differently from singles and there will also be some specific nuances to the women’s draws.  All the pertinent information for the following divisions is listed below:

·         Adult Men’s Doubles – Sunday Afternoon Divisions

·         Adult Women’s Doubles – Weekday Morning Divisions

·         Adult Women’s Doubles – Sunday Afternoon Divisions

Adult Men’s Doubles – Sunday Afternoon Divisions

·         3.5, 4.0, and 4.5 divisions (players may self-rate, USTA membership NOT required).  Each doubles team consists of a captain and his partner (i.e., only 2 players per team).

·         All matches scheduled for Sundays at 1PM.  However, if you and your opponents agree to play on an EARLIER date/time, that is OK.  If it rains on Sunday, the schedule will be bumped out by a week.  If you can’t commit to playing Sunday’s at 1 PM, please don’t register…this is needed to avoid the logistical nightmare of trying to get 4 people to coordinate their schedules.

·         No courts will be reserved for you; it is the HOME team captain’s responsibility to find an open court.  Sunday afternoons appear to provide the most availability; that is why it was selected.

·         We play one match EVERY week.  To help keep things flexible, a doubles team may freely substitute someone for ONE of their players, as long as the substitute is at an equal or lesser skill level.  These subs can come from some other team or someone completely outside of the Compass Draw…there is no need for a sub to be registered.

·         All matches are best 2 out of 3 full sets (i.e., no 10 point tie-breaker instead of a 3^rd set).

·         Men can only play on ONE doubles team. 

·         Cost is $20 per player (i.e. $40 per team, each player pays his own entry fee).

·         Prizes, in the form of gift cards, awarded to the main bracket and consolation bracket winners and runners-up (each player on a given doubles team will get the same prize…you won’t have to share!).  NOTE:  If a division only has 8 teams, then prizes are only awarded to the winners of the main and consolation brackets.

 

Adult Women’s Doubles – Weekday Morning Divisions

·         3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 divisions (players may self-rate, USTA membership NOT required).  Each doubles team consists of a captain and his partner (i.e., only 2 players per team).

·         All matches must be played on a weekday (Monday – Friday) and be scheduled to begin no earlier than 9 AM and no later than noon.  These divisions are designed for women whose family schedules limit their ability to play at night or on weekends.

·         No courts will be reserved for you; it is the HOME team captain’s responsibility to find an open court and to work with the opposing team’s captain to find the earliest available, mutually agreeable time slot within the week.  Special scheduling accommodations may be provided at the discretion of the director (Tom Polk) to handle extended school outages, such as Spring Break, etc.

·         We play one match EVERY week.  To help keep things flexible, a doubles team may freely substitute someone for ONE of their players, as long as the substitute is at an equal or lesser skill level.  These subs can come from some other team or someone completely outside of the Compass Draw…there is no need for a sub to be registered.

·         All matches are best 2 out of 3 full sets (i.e., no 10 point tie-breaker instead of a 3^rd set).

·         Women can only play on ONE doubles team. 

·         Cost is $20 per player (i.e. $40 per team, each player pays her own entry fee).

Prizes, in the form of gift cards, awarded to the main bracket and consolation bracket winners and runners-up (each player on a given doubles team will get the same prize…you won’t have to share!).  NOTE:  If a division only has 8 teams, then prizes are only awarded to the winners of the main and consolation brackets.

 

Adult Women’s Doubles – Sunday Afternoon Divisions

·         3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 divisions (players may self-rate, USTA membership NOT required).  Each doubles team consists of a captain and her partner (i.e., only 2 players per team).

·         All matches scheduled for Sundays at 3PM.  However, if you and your opponents agree to play on an EARLIER date/time, that is OK.  If it rains on Sunday, the schedule will be bumped out by a week.  If you can’t commit to playing Sunday’s at 3 PM, please don’t register…this is needed to avoid the logistical nightmare of trying to get 4 people to coordinate their schedules.

·         No courts will be reserved for you; it is the HOME team captain’s responsibility to find an open court.  Sunday afternoons appear to provide the most availability; that is why it was selected.

·         We play one match EVERY week.  To help keep things flexible, a doubles team may freely substitute someone for ONE of their players, as long as the substitute is at an equal or lesser skill level.  These subs can come from some other team or someone completely outside of the Compass Draw…there is no need for a sub to be registered.

·         All matches are best 2 out of 3 full sets (i.e., no 10 point tie-breaker instead of a 3^rd set).

·         Women can only play on ONE doubles. 

·         Cost is $20 per player (i.e. $40 per team, each player pays her own entry fee).

·         Prizes, in the form of gift cards, awarded to the main bracket and consolation bracket winners and runners-up (each player on a given doubles team will get the same prize…you won’t have to share!).  NOTE:  If a division only has 8 teams, then prizes are only awarded to the winners of the main and consolation brackets.

 

If you already have a user ID and password for the Compass Draw, then you will be able to register for doubles starting on Sunday, February 6^th (perhaps during the Super Bowl halftime show, eh?).  I will post detailed registration instructions on the website (www.compassdraw.com) soon and will send out a notification when it is posted.  But don’t worry, it will be easy.  

If you have a partner in mind that does not already have a Compass Draw user ID and password, then please have them e-mail me the following information:

·         Name

·         Home, work, and/or cell phone numbers

·         Preferred e-mail address

·         Mailing address

 

Since this is the first time I am offering this, there may be a few tweaks along the way.  But it looks like doubles will be here to stay…so get ready for some good, fun competition.  And remember, with the Compass Draw…

 

There’s ALWAYS time for tennis!