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| Section
1. SCHEDULED MEETINGS |
| A. Seeding: SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 06, 2010, 9:00 AM, @ the CCS office |
| B. Evaluation: THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 2, 2010, 4:00 PM, @ the CCS office |
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| Section
2. TOURNAMENT DATES |
The 2010 CCS Girls Individual Tennis Championships will be
conducted:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, & TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
23, 2010. |
(If November 22nd is rained-out, the 1st and 2nd rounds will be
moved to November 23rd.) |
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| Section 3. SITES |
| The CCS
Commissioner and/or staff shall be responsible for all contracts for sites
used during the CCS Play-offs. The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole
authority to schedule or cancel sites, as well as full discretion as to the
assignment or re-assignment of teams to times and sites throughout the CCS
Play-offs. The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have the final authority in any
disputes over sites or times of play, and the decision of the CCS
Commissioner is not subject to appeal, due to the immediacy of running the
Tournament for the good of the whole. Neutral sites are not a policy of the
CCS and should not be expected in any rounds of play. Sites will be
assigned by the CCS for the good of the Tournament. |
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| Section
4. TOURNAMENT FORMAT |
| A. |
All Singles
players and Doubles teams will enter a single-elimination 16-person Tournament bracket, with a consolation 3rd-/4th-place match. |
| B. |
Each individual match will consist of the best
two(2)-out-of-three(3) sets. A set that is tied at six (6) games will use the 12-point tie-breaker, as
written in the USTA Rule Book. All post-season play will utilize "no add" scoring. |
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| Section
5. QUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS |
| A. |
League Champions in Singles
and Doubles (see C.-2. below), plus selected At-Large Singles and Doubles players, form a 16-place Tournament bracket. |
| B. |
When two [2] or more basic Leagues join together to form
supplemental Leagues, the following shall apply: |
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1. |
When two
[2] or more supplemental Leagues are formed by the joining of two [2] or more basic
Leagues that each had one [1] Automatic Qualifier to CCS Play-offs, the new supplemental
Leagues shall retain the total of their previous Automatic Qualifiers (e.g., Leagues A and
B each have one [1] Automatic Qualifier. When the new supplemental Leagues are formed
combining A and B, they will have a total of two [2] Automatic Qualifiers). |
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2. |
The
League Board of Managers having governance authority over the supplemental
Leagues shall determine in its bylaws how those Automatic Qualifiers will be allocated from the
supplemental Leagues. In the absence of a basic League tournament to determine Section
qualifiers, the basic League MUST allocate an automatic berth to each of the supplemental
League Champions. |
| C. |
1. |
A League unable to determine its Singles or Doubles
Champion by the Seeding meeting will not be considered for seeding, or an At-Large
selection. |
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2 |
If a League has less than six
[6] teams participating, the League Champion will not receive an automatic berth, but may apply for At-Large Selection. |
| D. |
A student may play in only one [1] event, Singles or
Doubles. Students must have competed in League tournaments in Singles or Doubles, but
not both. |
| E. |
The Singles and Doubles entries may play in only one
[1] Tournament on any one [1] day. Players must be present within 20 minutes of set match
time, or they will be defaulted. |
| F. |
Coaches must insure that players entered in CCS
competition intend to fulfill their obligation to participate. If a student has plans to play in
another event, her name should not be submitted for seeding in the CCS Tournament. |
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| Section
6.
AT-LARGE
SELECTION AND SEEDING PROCEDURES |
| (AT-LARGE
SELECTION) |
| A. |
Each League Representative is responsible for nominating the
League's 2nd- and 3rd -place Singles and/or Doubles players for At-Large
selection.
If there is no nomination from that League Representative, the Committee will not consider the
2nd- and 3rd-place
finishers from that League. |
| B. |
The criteria
considered for At-Large selection is as follows, not in any rank order: |
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1. |
Current
interscholastic head-to-head results. |
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2. |
In
extraordinary or unusual circumstances, a League Representative may present for the
Committee's
consideration a request to include an eligible player(s), other than the
2nd-place finishers, for At-Large
selection. A majority vote of the Committee will resolve
the issue. |
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3. |
In the Singles and Doubles selection, all verifiable information (including
rankings; interscholastic head-to-head; USTA head-to-head; record against common opponent; strength of
League) will be considered, with
"interscholastic head-to-head" taking precedence. |
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4. |
An
alternate Singles player and Doubles team will be selected for the Tournament. |
| C. |
Up to the top eight [8] Singles players and Doubles teams
will be seeded. |
| D. |
Criteria to be considered by the Committee to seed
up to the top eight [8] players will include:
- League records;
- Interscholastic head-to-head competition;
- Strength of League; and
- Record against common opponents.
Because of the date of release of the NCTA published rankings in relation to
the CCS season, the Committee will consider the latest computerized
list of rankings as part of the criteria in its selection process. |
| E. |
Seeds 1 on line 1 and Seed 2 on line 16; Seeds 3
& 4 are drawn for lines 5 or 12;
Seeds 5 & 6 are drawn for lines 8 or 9; Seeds 7 & 8 are
drawn for lines 4 or 14. |
| F. |
The authority of the Committee to seed up to the top
eight (8) players does not extend to "placing" any number
of additional players. |
| G. |
Once the
seeded players have been written in, the draw is completed through a
process of drawing the names
of
the remaining players and putting them on
the unoccupied lines in the order in which they are drawn - alternating
top and bottom halves of the bracket,
starting at the
top and moving downward in sequence in each half-bracket. |
| H. |
In the drawing procedure, when seeded or unseeded
players are brought together in the same half of the
draw, and are members of the same
family, school or League, the Committee shall place the second name
drawn in the opposite half of the
bracket on the first available line, whenever possible. |
| I. |
Should an error in placement be made during
the draw process, the second drawn shall be exchanged with
the first
"non-conflicting" slot, beginning with line 8 in the upper half of the draw. |
| J. |
League Representatives are responsible for their
League entries and must submit the names and schools of
League Champions. |
| K. |
League Representatives are responsible for notifying
League tournament participants of At-Large selection
and opponents immediately following
the Seeding meeting. |
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| Section
7. SUBSTITUTIONS |
| A. |
In case of illness or
hardship between the end of League play and the CCS Seeding meeting, the League Runner-up shall be the League
representative and 3rd-place League finishers will be eligible for At-Large berths. |
| B. |
If a Singles player or Doubles team cannot
participate in the Tournament after the draw has been completed, and before play has begun, the
alternate player/doubles team will fill that spot on the draw. If the Singles player or Doubles
team that withdraws from the Tournament was seeded, the entire Tournament will be re-seeded, following
USTA procedures, but will include the CCS policy of placing family, League or school-mates in
opposite halves of the brackets. |
C.
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If a replacement is needed for a seeded player on the day
of the Tournament, no re-seeding will occur. Notification of the withdrawal of any
Singles player or Doubles team must be made to the CCS Office via phone, fax or e-mail no later
than noon on the last school day prior to the first day of competition. Failure to meet this deadline and/or
simply not showing up the day of the competition will result in the elimination of that school's
participation the following year in the CCS Individual Championships. |
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| Section
8.
COACHING |
| The School Coach (one [1] per school) may coach a player or
team only on change-overs. Coaches are expected to follow proper Tennis decorum and
remain for the duration of matches involving their players. |
| All players competing in any CCS contest
(scrimmages, alumni contests, pre-season, League and Play-offs) must be accompanied by
a coach that meets the following criteria, as addressed in CIF Bylaws 308 and 506: |
| A. |
MUST BE THE "REGULAR COACH"-
The coach of either a public or private school
team or athlete must be a coach of record for that school
for the current season and must comply
with all requirements of CIF Bylaw 506. |
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1. |
PUBLIC SCHOOLS - All public school teams must be coached by a person who meets
the requirements of the California Education Code and the California Administrative Code
Title
V. |
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2. |
NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS - In the case of a non-public school, a person engaged by that
school on
a yearly contract basis as a regular member of the school coaching or teaching staff and
certified
by the administrator for that school as competent for the position held. |
| B. |
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS-In the case of an emergency ONLY, the principal
of the school may designate an alternate coach, as long as it is done in writing prior to the
contest and submitted to the League Commissioner for all pre-season and League contests, and the CCS
Commissioner for CCS Play-off contests. Any alternate coach MUST be an individual who meets
all the conditions required in Section
8.-A.-1. above in the case of a public school; and Section 8.-A.-2. above in the case of a non-public school. |
| C. |
NO COACH PRESENT - STUDENT
IS INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE. |
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| Section
9.
RULES |
| A. |
Current USTA Rules will be
followed. ("No-Ad" scoring will be used.) |
| B. |
It is expected that all participants in the
Tournament will wear acceptable Tennis attire. All decisions for acceptable mode of clothing will
be made at the discretion of the Tournament Director (e.g., no bathing suits, cut-offs, etc.). |
| C. |
All players will be expected to play in accordance
with the "Code." Current USTA Rules will be
followed. |
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| Section
10. OFFICIALS / LINESPERSONS |
| CCS will make every attempt to have a minimum of one
Official present during the Tournament. Volunteer officials will be
solicited during the Seeding meeting, trainees requested from the NCTA.
Participants are expected to score and call their own matches
in accordance with the “Code.” If
there is a dispute, players may contact the Official-in-Charge and request a
line judge for the
remainder of their match. Every
attempt will be made to secure such an individual.
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Section
11. PROTEST COMMITTEE |
| A Protest Committee shall be utilized during the CCS
Tournament. The Committee shall consist of the Tournament Director and two
[2] other
persons appointed by the Tournament Director. |
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| Section 12.
AWARDS |
| 12 medals awarded as follows: Champion;
Runner-up; 3rd-; 4th-Place finishers in Singles
and Doubles. |
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| Section
14. SPORTSMANSHIP |
| A. |
The member
schools of the CIF-Central Coast Section are committed to providing a
sportsmanlike environment for students, coaches and
spectators. |
Our Sportsmanship Definition is:
A person who can take a loss or
defeat without complaint, or victory without gloating,
and who treats his/her opponents with fairness, courtesy and respect. |
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| B. |
The following behavior is unacceptable at all CIF/CCS High School
contests: |
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- berating your opponent's school
or mascot
- complaining about officials'
calls
(verbally or in gestures)
- berating opposing players
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- artificial noise makers
- obscene cheers /gestures
- negative signs
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| C. |
To this end, each school is required to submit one (1) signed Sportsmanship
Contract on or prior to September 15 of the school year. This contract
confirms that the principal has verbally and through written communication
addressed the importance of sportsmanship to his/her student body, faculty
and community. |
| D. |
Each Principal is required by
the CCS Board of Managers to meet with any individual
athlete(s) from his/her school participating in the
Tournament to review CCS Sportsmanship
Information. (See APPENDIX
for REQUIRED PRE-GAME SPORTSMANSHIP MEETING
INFORMATION SHEET) |
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Section
15. ELIGIBLE ATHLETES |
| A. |
No athlete will be allowed to
compete who is not accompanied by a coach or faculty member of the school
which she is representing. |
| B. |
All student-athletes must be in good standing with
their League, school and CCS in order to compete. No ineligible athletes will be allowed to
compete. |
| C. |
Any participant or coach ejected from any CCS
Championship contest as a result of FLAGRANT
MISCONDUCT or UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR is
disqualified from all future contests in this sport for
the duration of this season's
championship series. |
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| Section
16. FACULTY SUPERVISION |
| Adequate student/spectator supervision MUST be provided by
each school participating in the Tournament. School administrators/faculty who
attend any contest in this capacity, should introduce themselves to the CCS Site Director,
and tell him/her where they will be located throughout the contest in case their
assistance is needed. It is the responsibility of the school supervisory personnel
to prevent and correct any inappropriate behavior of their schools' students and
spectators |
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