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Buffalo Junior Team Tennis Facts & Rules 2011
Buffalo Junior Team Tennis Facts & Rules 2011
Buffalo Junior Team Tennis Facts & Rules 2011
TEAM TENNIS
If you are interested in playing Junior Team Tennis this winter, and have
some tennis experience, this league is for you!!
When: 4 Local League Play Dates plus Districts
February 6th &12th and March 6th, 13th, & 20th
Where: Miller Tennis Center, Sportsplex, South Towns and Village Glen
2011 Schedule
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 6 @ VILLAGE GLEN 1:30-3:30PM
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Divisions: Age groups or divisions: 18U (Varsity and JV), 14U & 12U
(Age as of August 31, 2011)
• Each player must be an USTA member, to sign up please follow this link:
http://membership.usta.com and registered on Tennis Link.
o One, you may register as a team, to do so please contact either
John LeMar (510-5098) or Dan Johnson (725-8803).
o Two, you may individually register by following the following link
https://tennislink.usta.com/TEAMTENNIS/Main/Registration.aspx?
SelectedProgramID=24395. What is required to sign up is your USTA
membership number, the division you want to participate in and your shirt size.
• All qualifying participants of the District Championships (March 20, 2011) must have
played in at least three of their local league team matches and be listed on Tennis Link
for that team. Scores must be recorded on Tennis Link.
• The required three team matches may not come from an one day local event prior to
advancement. A retire match shall count toward advancing for all players involved.
• Age Eligibility: Players must remain age eligible for any age division through August 31
of the participating year. (No “Aging Up”) Example: If you are playing in 14 & under
and turn 15 before August 31 you must play up.
• All players with 200 standing points or more (as of September 1st of the previous year)
must play in an advanced division* only.
• At least one adult must be assigned to coach each individual age group team during any
League Event. This must be designated before match play.
• League Format
One set of boys’ doubles
One set of girls’ doubles
One set of boys’ singles
One set of girls’ singles
One or Two sets of mixed doubles
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• Teams participating in the USTA Junior Team Tennis League must consist of a minimum
of three boys and three girls.
• A team must have a minimum of 6 eligible players available at the start of League Play.
A team may default a maximum of two positions in a match without defaulting the entire
match. In such cases, depending on the gender of the forfeiting player, the singles match
would be the first to be defaulted. Points will be awarded to the non-defaulting team in
accordance with the format in TennisLink.
Any questions may be forwarded to John LeMar at 716-510-5098 or Dan Johnson at 716-725-
8803