1.00
GENERAL.
1.04C Registration.
1.04C (1) Rosters must be entered in TennisLink before League
play begins.
1.04C (2) Players may not move to a different team once match
play has begun for that level, unless approved by the State League Coordinator.
Local Leagues will set deadlines for registering players and for adding players
to rosters. Players may not be added to the team roster during local league
flight playoffs or at any championship. The State League Coordinator will
inform Local Leagues of add-on deadlines for State Championships.
1.04
Membership.
1.04E All players must be current members of USTA
and USTA South Carolina
through the Local League seasons, including local playoffs.
USTA South
Carolina dues are $6.00 per player per League year,
and are paid through Local League dues. Dues must be paid for EACH LEAGUE
(Adult, Senior, Super Senior, Mixed Doubles, Singles League and Southern Combo
Doubles) played in during League season.
1.04G Player Participation
1.04G
(2) During the South Carolina Local
League Season a player may play on
more than one NTRP level in Super Senior
divisions in the same Local
League during the same season.
1.04G(2)d A player may
play at the same NTRP level in the
same division (Super Senior) on teams in separate
Local Leagues in South Carolina during the
same season.
1.04G(2)e Players
who qualify for South Carolina Super Senior State Championships may advance on
more than one team in the 2011 League season, but not at the same level of
play.
2.00 LOCAL LEAGUE REGULATIONS.
2.01 Local
League.
2.01B Team. Local Leagues may limit the number of players that
appear on a
team roster and/or the number of
players that appear on that roster that are at a
specific NTRP level.
Each team must maintain its roster with at least 60 percent of
its players with
South
Carolina Residence (the player’s primary residence is
to be defined in
USTA records as South Carolina).
2.01C Team Lineups. Local Leagues may make a rule regarding rescheduling
of matches due to inclement weather.
2.03C Competition Format
2.03C
Scoring and Rest. Local leagues have
the option to use or not to use the Match Tiebreak (first to 10 by a
margin of 2) in lieu of a third set in Local League play, including playoffs.
2.03E
Team Match and Scoring
(a)
Local Leagues may make a rule regarding the maximum number of defaults
allowed teams during the
Local League Season.
(b) A Local League may set their policy for
players’ presence on court to receive a default.
2.05 Year-End
NTRP Computer Ratings and Appeal Procedures.
2.05B Players may appeal their 2010
year-end ratings on-line at any time during the 2011 league year. TennisLink will allow only
one granted appeal. 2010 State, Area, Sectional and National benchmark players
cannot appeal their 2010 year-end ratings except for medical reasons. Medical
Appeals and appeals to move down from a self-rating must be submitted in writing, by fax, mail, or email
and sent to Mary Goins, P.O. Box
386, Easley, SC
29641, emailed to mggoins@charter.net
or faxed to 864-859-4502. Medical Appeal forms can be found on the USTA South
Carolina Tennis webpage at sctennis.com.
Appeals must be done on an individual basis; no group appeals will be
accepted.
2.05C (2) Any
player who is 70 years or older prior to, or during, the calendar year in which
such player plays his/her first local league match and has achieved the same
rating level or lower for the three prior years, without benefit of an appeal,
will be granted an appeal if they are promoted at year end.
2.05D(2) A
Medical appeal of a disabling injury or illness for a player must be
accompanied by THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN’S EVALUATION of the injury or illness,
stating the extent and permanency of the injury or illness and any other
substantiating information. The Southern Medical Review Committee will evaluate
all medical appeals, and if the injury/illness is deemed permanently disabling,
the appeal will be forwarded to the National Medical Review Committee for
further review.
2.06A Super Senior 60s teams that compete at State, Section or National
Championships
are not required to
disperse to form a new team for the following league year.
**A Super Senior player
is eligible to advance to National Championships competition if that player has
played on that same team in at least three (3) matches through Section
Championships. No defaults received by
the player during all league competition shall count for advancing. A retired match shall count for all players
involved.
2.12 Progression.
2.12 Local League Competition. Each Local League MUST complete their Local League
Season prior to the South Carolina State League Championships.
2.13
State Championships.
(1)Competition will be offered at the USTA SC Super Senior State
Championships at the following levels for both men and women:
Super Senior 60 Division: 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5
Super Senior 70 Division: 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0
Super Senior 75 Division: 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0
(2) The following number of teams per Local League will be qualified to go to
the Super Senior State Championships at all levels for all Super Senior
divisions (60, 70, 75):
2 – 09 teams 1 team
10 – 16 teams 2 teams
17 or more teams 3 teams
(3) If a Local League has
only one team at a level in any Super Senior division,
that team will be allowed to compete in the USTA SC Super Senior State
Championships.
(4) The Local Leagues may determine the number of matches required for a team
to advance to the USTA SC Super Senior State Championships being held at Wild
Dunes Resort, November 1-6, 2011.
(75s play Tuesday-Wednesday (possibly start Monday at Noon); 70s play
Wednesday-Friday (possibly start Tuesday at Noon; 60s play Friday-Sunday
(possibly start Thursday at Noon)
(5) A player must play in at least one Local League and/or USTA SC Super
Senior State Championship match in order to qualify to play in the Sectional
Super Senior Championships.
(6) Teams that withdraw from the Championships after the roster/fee
submittal deadline will forfeit fees. A team substituted for the withdrawing
team will not be responsible for championship fees other than for those of
players exceeding the number of players paid for by the withdrawing team. If
fees were not paid by the withdrawing team, that team’s Local League will pay
fees. Recovery of championship fees will be up to the appropriate Local
Leagues.
(7) INDIVIDUAL DEFAULTS AT SUPER SENIOR
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Teams that receive a default will have the option to adjust their scorecard
by moving the #3 Doubles players listed on the scorecard to the #2 Doubles
position if the players are already listed on the scorecard. Captains will not be allowed to use players
that are not listed on the scorecard at the time of scorecard turn in. Defaulting teams will not be allowed to make
adjustments. Please Note: Since Championships require the defaults be given from
the bottom (#3 Position) then teams receiving a default from the opposing team
will be given the opportunity to use players that are listed in the #3 position
in the #2 position on the scorecard if the players were listed on the scorecard
at the time the scorecard is turned in at the tournament desk.
(8) If a team withdraws from a championship
after the draw has been published a grievance will be filed against all members
on the team roster that is submitted for the championship. Sanctions against these team members may
include that all members on the submitted roster be banned from participating
in any playoff (state or higher) for a period of up to 11 months.
(9) If an entire team defaults their match
during a championship, a grievance will be filed against all members on the team
roster that is submitted for the championship. Sanctions against these team
members may include that all members on the submitted roster be banned from
participating in any playoff (state or higher) for a period of up to 11 months.
(10)The winner of each level of the USTA SC Super Senior State
Championships
in the Super
Senior 60s and Super Senior 70 Divisions will be allowed to advance to the
Sectional
Championship December 2-4, 2011, Hilton
Head Island, SC.
(11) Scheduling at Super Senior State Championships will not make any
accommodations for players who compete in multiple Super Senior divisions (60,
70, 75) nor for players who compete on multiple levels in one division.
(12) CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW: The Championship Draw is a random draw done by the championship
referee before league competition is completed. Where possible, however, teams
from the same local league will be put in separate flights. The number of
flights at a given level will depend on the number of teams eligible. A flight
typically will have four teams and the referee may elect to add wildcard teams
to balance out flights [see item (9]. In the case of three flights, a wildcard
will be drawn at random (from the numbers 1, 2, 3) by the referee on the final
day of round-robin play to determine which flight’s second place team will play in the
semifinals. The wildcard team will play a team from another flight.
(13) WILDCARD PROCEDURE: Wildcards will be chosen from a random draw based
on the number of teams and positions by Area from the current Super Senior
season. The number of teams an Area has will be divided by the number of
positions that Area qualifies for at the State Championships. This number will
determine the total chances the Area will have in the random draw. An Area
whose team is drawn for a Wildcard and used at a particular level will NOT BE
ELIGIBLE to have a wildcard at the same level the following year unless there
are not enough teams available to complete the draw. An Area whose team is
named to replace a team that dropped out of the State Championship will remain
eligible for a wildcard at that level the following year. Two-team levels will
not be eligible for a wildcard.
3.00
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES (Refer to National Regulations)
3.01
ADMINISTRATION.
3.01A Grievances. Grievances will be handled by
the appropriate Grievance Committee.
3.01A (1) Grievance Committees. All Grievance Committees shall consist of no less
than three persons, including a chairman, to adjudicate grievances. The members of the Committee may be the same
as or different in whole or part, from the committee first approved.
3.01A (2) The State League Coordinator has the authority to
appoint the persons who shall serve on Grievance and Grievance Appeals
Committees in the place of those persons listed below in the case of conflict,
absence or other inability to serve.
Substitute appointments will come from members of the League Council.
3.01B Grievance Appeals
Committees. All Grievance Committees shall consist of no less than three
persons, including a chairman, to consider appeals from the Grievance
Committees. No member of a Grievance
Appeal Committee may be a member of a Grievance Committee. The members of the
Committee may be the same as or different in whole or part, from the committee
first approved.
Grievance appeals will be
handled by the appropriate Grievance Appeals Committee. See USTA Regulations
Grievance Appeals
Committee.
3.02
Grievance Types.
3.02A General Grievance. General grievances are any
complaints alleging a violation of the
USTA Constitution and By-Laws; the USTA Regulations; the Rules of
Tennis or other USTA
Regulations (unless modified by these USTA LEAGUE REGULATIONS);
USTA League
REGULATIONS or standards of good conduct, fair play, and good sportsmanship other than
the
those defined in Sections 3.02B – NTRP Grievance, 3.02C – Eligibility Grievance, 3.02D –
Administrative Grievance, and 3.02E – National League Grievance below.
3.02B NTRP
Grievances. A grievance
contending that a player’s stated NTRP level is lower than the actual skill
level shall constitute a NTRP Grievance.
Players who enter the USTA League Tennis Program by inappropriately
self-rating at an NTRP level lower than their actual skill level, and captains
and others who condone such inappropriate self-rating, are considered to have
violated the standards of good conduct, fair play, and good sportsmanship. NTRP Grievance may be filed against the
players and/or captains
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3.02 B (1) NTRP Grievances filed within two weeks of the start date of the
player’s and/or captain’s State Championships will be administered after the
event unless the section authorizes the administration of the grievance prior
to that time. If the grievance is not administered until after the event,
points won by players will stand.
Disqualified players and/or captains that are suspended will not be
eligible to advance to the next level of championship play.
USTA South
Carolina mandates that the party (ies) that file(s)
the NTRP grievance complaint must provide the documentation to support their
complaint at the time of their filing.
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3.02 B (2) NTRP grievances shall come under the
jurisdiction of the Section Grievance and Grievance Appeals Committees. Grievance
Complaints will be sent to the Local
League Coordinator.
3.02C Eligibility Grievance. Any complaint other than a NTRP Grievance contending that players
have failed to meet eligibility requirements to participate in league tennis
shall constitute an Eligibility Grievance.
3.02D Administrative Grievance. An administrative grievance is any complaint pertaining to
administration of a league at any level below the national level.
The South Carolina State
League Grievance Committee is:
Bob Peiffer, Chairman
Jimmy Sain, Member
Patsy Harrelson, Member
The South Carolina State
League Grievance Appeals Committee is:
Dee Vaughan, Chairman
Sam Hicks, Member
Jody Bursley, Member
Final
Rev. 7/29/2011
