29th COLUMBIA JUNIOR OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Sponsored by the Howard County Tennis Association, Inc.

July 13 – 16, 2009

Wilde Lake Tennis Club

10499 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, MD 21044

 

Entry Fees:                           Singles: $38.13.  Applicants may enter only one (1) age group.  No phone entries please.  Our preference is for you to register online this year (see below on how to do this), but paid mail-in entries will be accepted.

 

Deadline:                               Deadline for ONLINE Registration is Tuesday, July 7, 2009.  Paid entry must be POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN Wednesday, July 1, 2009.  No refunds will be made after the draw has been completed.

 

Seeding & Draw:                 Will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.  Single Elimination draw only.  Matches will consist of the best of three Tie-Break sets.  Play to occur on 14 hard courts.  Trophies for the first 4 places and T-shirts for everyone will be given out.

 

Age Guide:                            12s born August 1, 1996, or later

                                                14s born August 1, 1994, or later

                                                16s born August 1, 1992, or later

                                                18s born August 1, 1990, or later

 

Schedule:                              Draws and starting times can be found by Friday, July 10, 2009 on www.usta.com. To register online, click on “Tournaments and Leagues,” then click on “Juniors” and enter our ID #302784609.  Players may call HCTA at 410-489-9179 on Wednesday.  Play may begin as early as 8 AM, Monday, July 13th.  For more information, go to the HCTA website at http://www.geocities.com/hcta.geo

 

Sanctioned:                           USTA/Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association.  All players must present a current USTA membership card or purchase one at the tournament.

 

Director:                               Ken Knouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Howard County Tennis Association, Inc.

Post Office Box 411

Clarksville, MD 21029

 

 

 

29th COLUMBIA JUNIOR OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT

 

 

Name (Last, First, MI)                                                                         Phone (H/W)                        Date of Birth

 

 

Address                                                                                                                 City                         State                       Zip

 

 

USTA Member #                  Expiration Date (membership may be purchased onsite)

 

 

PLEASE CIRCLE ONLY ONE

 

Girls’ Singles $38.13                                                                             Boys’ Singles $38.13

 

18s     16s     14s     12s                                                                         18s     16s    14s     12s                          $___

 

                                                                                                                                Total Fees Enclosed            $___

 

A copy of your USTA card and all relevant seeding information is desirable

 

Make Entries Payable to:  HCTA

P.O Box 411

Clarksville, MD 21029

 

 
 

 

 

 

 


MEDICAL RELEASE:  I hereby consent to emergency medical or hospital service that may be rendered by accredited/certified medical personnel or at accredited hospitals, by appointed physicians, in the event such need arises in the opinion of a duly licensed physician.

 

Acceptance of my entry in this tournament is without assumption of responsibility of any kind by the USTA; the Mid-Atlantic Section; the Howard County Tennis Association, Inc.; the Columbia Association; and/or the Tournament Committee, Tournament Director, or Tournament Referee.  In consideration of the acceptance of my entry, I do hereby for and on behalf of myself and my heirs and legal representatives release and forever discharge the USTA; the Mid-Atlantic Section; the Howard County Tennis Association, Inc., its Officers, directors, and Members; the Columbia Association; and/or the Tournament Committee, Tournament Director, Tournament Referee, Tournament Sponsors, and their successors and assigns, of and from any and all claims and demands of every kind, nature, and character which I may have or may hereafter acquire for any and all damages, losses, or injuries which may be suffered or sustained by me in connection with my activities during the period for which such permission is granted and any period traveling to or from this tournament, and all such claims are hereby waived and released, and I covenant not to sue thereof.

 

By signing and submitting this entry, the player and the parent or guardian whose signatures appear below, agree to abide by the Mid-Atlantic Code of Conduct, consent to the discretionary right of the Tournament Director and the Director’s designees, including the Referee and Umpires, to impose sanctions on the players, including point and game penalties as well as immediate disqualification from any further play in the tournament based on the tournament-related conduct of the player, the player’s immediate family, or others accompanying the player, and waive any right to institute any judicial action against the person relating to the imposition of any such action.

 

I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FORGOING RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PUT FORTH IN THE MID-ATLANTIC YEARBOOK.

 

Player’s Signature_________________________________________   Date________________

 

Parent or Guardian’s Signature______________________________   Date________________