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TO: GIRLS’ TENNIS COACH FROM: JERRY SCHNIEPP, COMMISSIONER JOHN LABETA, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2014 RE: 2014 SAN DIEGO CIF GIRLS’ TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL TENNIS PLAYOFFS PRESENTED BY FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP 1. OFFICIAL PLAYOFF TENNIS BALL Wilson Racquet Sports has graciously entered into an agreement with the CIF-San Diego Section.

Wilson will be providing all the section playoff tennis balls and will be the official tennis ball for the 2014 CIFSDS Girls’ Tennis Playoffs.

2. QUALIFYING Team There will be four playoff divisions in the San Diego CIF Girls’ Team Championships Open, 1, 2 and 3.

Each league champion (not co-champion or tri-champion) shall be guaranteed entry. The remaining entries shall be selected at-large.

Individual All leagues shall enter five singles players and five doubles teams into the single elimination San

Diego CIF Girls’ Individual Tennis Championships. In addition, 10 at-large singles players and 10 at-large double teams will be selected to complete the draw. Entry fee of $10.00 per athlete or $50.00 per team and will be assessed to each school to defray cost of conducting the individual tournament. The school finance office will be invoiced per entries submitted at seeding meeting. The payment of entry fees must be made by December 5, 2014.

REMINDER: TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CIF TOURNAMENTS, STUDENT-ATHLETE MUST HAVE PLAYED IN 50 PERCENT OF LEAGUE MATCHES.

3. TEAM COMPOSITION Each team shall consist of three singles players and three doubles teams. No student may play in

both singles and doubles in the same match. *If your athlete has not competed in at least 10 matches the attached waiver form must be

submitted and approved for CIF Championships. Form information below.

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The CIFSDS Permission to Compete in Team and Individual Championships form must be submitted and approved via CIF Home by midnight October 22, 2014 to be eligible. The form may also be found on the CIFSDS website under Girls Tennis and Misc. Forms.

The State C.I.F tennis entry/information must be submitted by October 31, 2014. Please follow the link below to review State CIF tennis Information: http://www.cifstate.org/index.php/regional-championship/tennis-norcalsocal

4. DATES, SITES, TIMES Tennis Team Playoffs- Kevin Brown Tournament Director

Division I, II, III First Round Open Division Quarterfinal October 28 - Home site determination shall be made by the

school with the higher seed. Courts may be those of the home school. Starting time 2:30 p.m.

Division I, II, III Quarterfinals Open Division Semifinals October 29 - Home site determination shall be made by the

school with the higher seed. Courts may be those of the home school. Starting time 2:30 p.m.

Division I, II, III Semifinals Open Division Final @ Barnes Open 3rd&4th Playoff @ Barnes October 30 – Home site determination shall be made by the

school with the seed. Courts maybe those of home school. Starting time - 2:30 p.m.

Division I, II, III Finals October 31- Division I, II, III finals, 2:00 p.m., at the Barnes

Tennis Center. Kevin Brown, Tournament Director

Individual (All matches at the Barnes Tennis Center) – Evi Valles, Tournament Director.

First and Second Rounds (Singles only)

First and Second Rounds (Doubles only)

Third and Quarterfinal Rounds (Singles and Doubles)

Semifinals (Singles and Doubles)

Finals (Singles and Doubles)

Finals may need to be played Monday November 17 if more Time needed

November 10 - Start time 1:00 p.m. (Check-in at 12:30 p.m.) November 12 - Start time 1:00 p.m. (Check-in at 12:30 p.m.) November 13 - Start time 1:00 p.m. (Check-in at 12:30 p.m.) November 14 - Start time 1:00 p.m. (Check-in at 12:30 p.m.) November 15- Doubles at 1:00 p.m. (Doubles check in at 12:30 p.m. Singles check in at 2:00 p.m. Match to begin upon completion of Doubles

5. WEARING APPAREL

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No San Diego Section tennis team or individual will be permitted to compete unless wearing matching school shirt (may be T-shirt) and shorts or dresses/skirts of a common color. Players shall be dressed identically (doubles teams must be dressed identically, including stripes or patterns on shorts). Team or individuals will default from tournament when discovered in illegal uniform (Green Book – Article 270 Special Rules (page 60).

6. FORMAT Team - Round Robin: Each participant plays Singles or Doubles but not both. Scoring will be one point

for each Singles and one point for each Doubles match won. Ties in match scoring will be resolved by counting games won in Singles and Doubles. If a tie should still exist, sets won in Doubles will determine the winning team. Matches will be one set of regular scoring against each opponent with a 12-point tie breaker played when any set is tied six games each.

Individual - All matches will be the best two out of three sets with regular scoring in Singles and Doubles. A 12-point tie breaker will be used whenever a set reaches a 6-6 score. No player may compete in both Singles and Doubles. Both players on a Doubles team must be from the same school.

7. SEEDING – Conducted by Evi Valles ( Tournament Director) Kevin Brown (Seeding Chair)

Team - Four teams each in Division I, II, and III team tournaments will be seeded, without regard to league champions, by the Commissioner’s Office using CIFSDS power rankings as a guide with input from the CIFSDS Girls’ Tennis Seeding Committee. The seeding meeting for the Team playoffs will be held on Thursday, October 23, 6:30 p.m., Cathedral Catholic- Assisi Lecture Hall. Teams must submit their CIFSDS playoff entry via cifsdshome.org by midnight Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Only advisory committee members shall be permitted to vote during the seeding process. NOTE: The CIFSDS advisory committee will break ties, make sure league champs are entered, check the accuracy of the rankings, and identify head to head wins and losses if teams are ranked consecutively. Individual - The top one-fourth of the draw in singles and doubles may be seeded by the Commissioner’s Office with input from the Advisory Committee. The remainder of the entries will be drawn at random. The seeding meeting for the Individual Tournament will be held on Thursday, November 6, 5:30 p.m., Cathedral Catholic High School, Assisi Lecture Hall. Only members of the Advisory Committee shall be permitted to vote during the individual seeding process. Format of the matches will be:

First round thru semi-finals will be best of two tiebreak sets with a match tiebreak to decide The match in the event of split sets.

The singles and doubles finals will be best of three tiebreak sets.

Scoring will be ad-scoring unless modified by the Advisory Committee. NOTE: Coaches must attend seeding meeting to properly ensure that accurate information is presented. NOTE: Entry fees for individual tournament due by November 15. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the 2014 Individual Tournament (school PO or check only). LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES: Prior to the seeding meetings, please gather the following: 1. Completed forms (first and last names and grade level for singles and doubles players) for your

league entries into the Individual Tournament (forms will be sent to you in the individual seeding meeting notice).

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2. Information provided to you by coaches that will aid the seeding process. 3. All coaches must email individual players’ names and current rankings to Kevin Brown at

kbrown@euhsd.k12.ca.us by Wednesday, November 5. 4. Criteria for Seeding Meetings - To reduce the amount of time needed to select at-large entries and

seed the individual tournaments, the advisory committee has established the following criteria (in rank order) for singles, doubles, and at-large selections:

Singles (in priority order) a. Southern California

Ranking b. Direct Wins

1. Two out of three. 2. Most recent singles

set. 3. Singles set win. 4. Coin flip.

Doubles a. Direct Wins

1. Two out of three.

2. Most recent doubles set.

3. Doubles set win. 4. Coin flip.

At-Large a. Direct Wins

1. Two out of three.

2. Most recent set. 3. Set win. 4. Coin flip

8. STATE CIF RULE 309 In accordance with State CIF Rule 309, athletes will not be permitted to check in at the San Diego CIF

Team or Individual Tournaments without being accompanied by a coach or supervisor designated by the school principal. The Tournament Director or Match Director will strictly enforce this requirement. The following penalties shall be invoked for failure of athletes or coaches/ (school designated supervisors) to appear on time:

If late for match 5 minutes or less - loss of toss plus one game.

5:01 to 10 minutes late - loss of toss plus two games.

10:01 to 15 minutes late - loss of toss plus three games.

More than 15 minutes late - match will be defaulted.

SCHOOL DESIGNATED SUPERVISORS (OTHER THAN HEAD VARSITY COACHES) MUST CHECK IN WITH THE TOURNAMENT OR MATCH DIRECTOR WITH A SIGNED PERMISSION SLIP (ATTACHED TO COACH’S COPY OF THIS BULLETIN). (NOTE: The permission slips are not to be forwarded to the CIFSDS Office.)

9. WARM-UPS Warm-ups on the court will be confined to a period of five minutes including serves. Coaches will be called upon by the Tournament Management to supervise courts during the warm-up period.

10. OTHER RULES

No new match to start after 6:00 p.m.

Time between matches is 20 minutes.

If a match goes more than three (3) hours, the break times will be at the discretion of the tournament director.

11. CLEAN-UP Each team shall be responsible for the clean-up of its own bench area immediately following the

contest.

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12. AWARDS - To be presented immediately following the final match, in both Team and Individual Championships.

13. PLAYOFF PARTICIPATION PATCHES

Playoff participation patches may be purchased for $10.00 each. Orders will be accepted via the CIFSDS Home site, please visit our website at www.cifsds.org

14. RUNNER-UP PATCHES Additional Runner-up and Championship patches may be purchased for $10.00 each. Orders will be accepted via the CIFSDS Home site, please visit our website at www.cifsds.org

15. OFFICIAL CIF-SAN DIEGO SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS ARE AVAILABLE FROM JOSTENS Official CIF-San Diego Section Championship rings are now available from Jostens. Rings are available for participants, finalists, and champions. For information/orders, contact Mark Fitzner at 858-486-2020 or via e-mail at mark.fitzner@jostens.com

16. CIFSDS RECORD BOOK UPDATE CIF Record Book information may be updated through the CIFSDS Home Site under New CIFSDS

Records tab. Please visit our website at www.cifsds.org to log in. Please contact Vanessa at vanessacifsds@gmail.com if you have any questions.

17. Attachment: Coach’s Hard Copy (5); Others (1) Distribution: Girls’ Tennis Coach Athletic Director Conference Presidents/Schedulers Bob Christianson, San Diego County Tennis Umpires Association Kerry Blum - Barnes Tennis Center and Youth Tennis San Diego Terry O’Brien - Barnes Tennis Center and Youth Tennis San Diego (tennis-girls\playoffs-gten-2014)

Partners, Sponsors of State CIF, CIF San Diego Section

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Title Sponsor CIF San Diego Section

State CIF Sponsors

State CIF Presenting Sponsor

State CIF Supporting Sponsors

State CIF Supporting Sponsors

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CIF San Diego Section Sponsors, Partners

Official Apparel Sponsor Official Media Partner

Preferred Radio Partner Supporting Sponsor

CIF San Diego Section Official Ball Sponsors

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CIF San Diego Section Official Restaurant Sponsor

CIF San Diego Section Cymer Scholars Sponsor

CIF San Diego Section Golf Sponsors

CIF San Diego Section Photographer

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CIF San Diego Section Official Partners

CIF San Diego Section Supporting Sponsors Laces Running Co. Richard and Paula Davila

Rob Bryson Torrey Pines Men’s Club

Carl Goff Terry McIntyre

Liz Mullarkey Dale & Sehnaz Endreson

HL Corporation North County Basketball Officials

Pacific Baseball Umpires

CIF-SAN DIEGO SECTION 2131 Pan American Plaza

San Diego, CA 92101 (858) 292-8165

GIRLS’ TENNIS CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL

PLEASE PRESENT THIS COMPLETED FORM TO THE TOURNAMENT DESK AND

ADMINISTRATOR IN CHARGE OF CHECKING IN ENTRANTS State CIF Bylaws

Article 506 A. and B. – Who May Coach

A. 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. NOTE: A parent may not supervise his/her athlete or the team.

B. 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 teaching staff and certified by the administrator of that school as competent for the position held.

School

Employee’s Name

Employee’s Home Phone Work Phone

Employee’s Address

City

Driver’s License Number

I hereby assert and verify that the person named above is employed by

High School and meets the requirements of the

above bylaw as of this date. Signature of Principal Date

Print Name

PLEASE MAKE SEPARATE COPIES FOR EACH CERTIFIED COACH

(tennis\supervisionform.doc)

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COMPETE IN CIFSDS TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

a student at

(Name - First and Last) (School) has been unable to compete in the recommended number of events in the sport of

(Sport) for the following reasons:

Please check all that apply:

1. Has suffered a debilitating illness/injury and has been under a physician’s care during the period of time from

to . (Physician’s statement required.)

2. Suffered an incapacitating injury and has been under a physician’s care during the period of time from to . (Physician’s statement required.)

3. Did not have the opportunity to participate in minimum contests required due to academic ineligibility.

(Copy of team schedule and report cards required.)

4. Did not have the opportunity to participate in minimum contests required due to the Sit out Period as part of a Transfer. (Copy of team schedule and any required Transfer paperwork.)

5. Did not have the opportunity to participate in minimum contests required. (Copy of team schedule required.) Explanation:

For students who have not competed during the current season due to illness or injury (# 1 and/or #2 above), please attach a copy of the physician’s “verification of condition” and “release for competition” to this request and submit via CIF Home by the date of the CIFSDS, Master Calendar (of the current year) last date of non-playoff contest for your sport.

In keeping with the CIF operating principles of equal opportunity, fairness and the development of responsible student athletes, all verified requests shall be granted for athletes meeting the criteria in #1, #2, #3 and/or #4 above.

Any athlete who, as a result of this request, is granted permission to compete during the remainder of the season must compete in at least one school meet (league, non-league, invitational, or league “prelims”) prior to league finals.

Administrative Signature Title Date (Principal, Assistant Principal, or Athletic Director only)

Commissioners Decision: Approved

Date Not Approved due to inadequate verification

(Eligibility forms-current/request permission to compete championships (revised 6/21/13)