Jan 15th Announcement
From: jbardos(at)ucsc.edu Subject: Sat. Feb 4 WCRC Racquetball Tournament Date: January 15, 2006 9:47:59 PM PST To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Hello All, We have 3 weeks left until the Winter Western Collegiate Racquetball Conference (WCRC) tournament on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006! The tournament will be held at UC Davis, primarily in their new ARC facility. PLEASE PROVIDE A TEAM ROSTER BY FRIDAY JANUARY 27th Ð SEE BELOW. We will have a very special guest: John Ellis! Take a moment to read up about John at http://www.ellistyle.com. We are lucky to have John as a special guest and this will be a unique opportunity to pick up some great tips from a top pro player! This tournament will be similar to our Fall tournament ... TOURNAMENT FORMAT We will have 3 Divisions for men and a women's round robin tournament. Each men's division will use the "Olympic" format, similar to Collegiate Nationals. This format will guarantee at least 3 matches per player. Team scoring will be based upon the Nationals and ECRC's scoring. Points will be totaled for a team, and the team with the most points will win the tournament. In the team roster that you provide before Friday, January 27, please rank your players 1 - 8, and also specify which division you request each player to be assigned; we reserve the right to reassign players. You can get the Points Schedule at: http://www.wcrcracquetball.org/olympic_format.html TOURNAMENT RULES Due to time and space limitations, the following rules will be in affect: - Matches are 2 out of 3 games. - The first 2 games are to 11 points, and - The 3rd game, if necessary, is to 7 points. - All games are decided by 1 point - first player to 11, or 7, points wins. - Use the 10-second rule - 10 seconds between recovering the ball and serving. - 5 minutes of warm up time before a match. - Matches are self-refereed. - All other USRA rules apply. NOTES: - Points are awarded based on your final standing at the end of the tournament and are NOT accumulated over the course of the tournament. - You must win at least one match, by the end of the tournament, to be awarded any points. More information about the tournament start time and facilities will follow ... Thanks, -John Bardos -831 335 3308
Jan 28th Announcement
From: jbardos(at)ucsc.edu Subject: Sat. Feb 4 WCRC Racquetball Tournament Date: January 28, 2006 12:24:53 PST To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Hi All, Next Saturday Feb. 4 is the big day, and this is going to be a great tournament! John Ellis will be at the tournament in the early afternoon to provide tips and for short play-the-pro sessions! Find out more about John Ellis at: http://www.ellistyle.com. The tournament time and number of courts is limited, so we need people to arrive on time - approx. 8:30 am - to keep the tournament on schedule. I will send out a final tourney draw mid next week. We can accommodate small changes/additions to your roster, but please make them by Wednesday. Also, please provide the names of any guests (non-team members) who will be attending. You can contact me at anytime at: (831) 335 3308. TOURNAMENT START TIME The tournament will start promptly at 9 am, Saturday Feb. 4. We have limited time and courts, however we can fit this tournament nicely into one day if we start promptly at 9 am. Let me know if you need to arrange for a late arrival. Please arrive at approximately 8:30 am, and if you arrive on time you will have a little extra time to warm up on the courts. TOURNAMENT ROSTERS I have all of the tournament rosters ... thank you! Each school can bring guests & spectators. However, we need to know the names of these people in advance. Please send the names of any non-team members who will be attending. TOURNAMENT COSTS & FOOD The tournament costs $10 this time, and must be paid when you arrive. This cost covers snacks, drinks, racquetballs, and misc. equipment. Please bring cash. This tournament is a little more "a la carte" ... There is a nice Cafe just downstairs from the courts where you can buy lunch (sandwiches, pizza, etc.), and additional snacks. There is also nearby off campus fast food places. And, there will be gloves and eye guards for sale. We are lowering the entry fee of this tournament, and the next one, so that ... USRA Membership and Sanctioning We are working to have our next tournament (not this UCD tourney) be a USRA sanctioned tournament! This is very valuable for the participants and for the growth of the WCRC ... It will mean that we are nationally recognized as an official collegiate racquetball division! In order to be a sanctioned tournament, each participant will need to join the USRA. There is an annual $30 fee to be a member, and the membership benefits include: - One-year subscription to RACQUETBALL Magazine - Secondary medical insurance - Tournament Eligibility - Essentially all tournaments, other than our earlier two tournaments, require a USRA membership. There are a lot of exciting public tournaments out there, and you will need to be a USRA member to play in them. - Access to Elite Training opportunities - National ranking services - And much, much more ... see http://www.usra.org and click "Member Services". Additionally, all of our tournaments next year will be USRA sanctioned tournaments, and will require USRA membership. Please discuss this with your team, and provide any feedback on this important step in growth of the WCRC. FACILITIES Lockers - People can use day lockers on a first come first served basis and should bring their own locks. Towels - You will need to bring your own towels. Address - 232 ARC One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 Phone - 530.752.6071 Directions - For most people heading north-east towards Sacramento ... Take I-80 East toward Sacramento Merge onto Highway 113 (North, toward Woodland) Take the Hutchinson Rd. exit Merge right off exit Turn left on Larue Rd The ARC is on the right. Go into parking lot. PARKING Parking is free! TOURNAMENT RULES Due to time and space limitations, the following rules will be in affect: - Matches are 2 out of 3 games. - The first 2 games are to 11 points, and - The 3rd game, if necessary, is to 7 points. - All games are decided by 1 point - first player to 11, or 7, points wins. - Use the 10-second rule - 10 seconds between recovering the ball and serving. - 5 minutes of warm up time before a match. - Matches are self-refereed. - All other USRA rules apply. TOURNAMENT FORMAT The tournament will use the "Olympic" format - same as last tourney - which is also used for Collegiate Nationals; you are guaranteed at least three matches. We will have 3 men's divisions, and a women's round robin division. Within each men's division, there will be four sub-divisions. Players who loose a match will drop down into the lower sub-divisions to continue playing. The specific structure is: Division # Gold Blue Red White All players start in the Gold sub-division. A loss in first round (of Gold) will put you in the Red division. A loss in second round of Gold puts you in the Blue division. A loss in first round of Red puts you in the White division. Winning players continue to play within their sub-division. Consequently, each player will play at least 3 matches. This same structure is used for Division 2 and Division 3. Points are awarded based on your final standing at the end of the tournament. A complete breakdown of the points will be provided later, when finalized, however for Division 1 the points may be like the following. Division 1 First Second Third Fourth Other Gold 280 210 175 140 70 Blue 142 124 115 106 88 Red 68 51 43 34 17 White 24 18 15 12 6 Note: - Points are awarded based on your final standing at the end of the tournament and are NOT accumulated over the course of the tournament. - You must win at least one match, by the end of the tournament, to be awarded any points. For the women's round robin, points are awarded based on your final standing at the end of the tournament: Point Schedule 1st 280 2nd 218 3rd 170 4th 132 5th 103 6th 80 ... Points will be totaled for a team, and the team with the most points wins. I will send out a final tourney draw mid next week. We can accommodate small changes/additions to your roster, but please make them by Wednesday. Also, please provide the names of any guests (non-team members) who will be attending. See you soon at UCD! -John Bardos -831 335 3308
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