Feb 14th Announcement
From: jbardos(at)ucsc.edu Subject: WCRC Tourney: Sat. Mar. 4 @ San Jose State University Date: February 14, 2006 To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Hi All! Just a quick note that the planning details are finally solidifying for our next WCRC tourney: Saturday, March 4, at San Jose State University. This tournament will in fact be USRA sanctioned! It's Official! (See http://www.californiaracquetball.org/ - Tournament Calendar.) This is very valuable for you and for the growth of the WCRC - It will mean that we are nationally recognized as a collegiate racquetball division! In order to be a sanctioned tournament, each participant will need to join the USRA. And, just today I was able to secure a $5 discount for new members who signup at the tournament. You can get a USRA membership at the tournament for only $25 (cash), which includes: - 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". The tournament date is a little close to our last tournament, but it is even closer to Collegiate Nationals: March 29 - April 1 at Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. See: https://webpoint.usra.org/wp/Events/ViewTournament.asp?EventID=127956 Oh, and we will be using Penn racquetballs at this tourney. More details will follow ... Please forward this on to your team. Thanks, -John Bardos -831 335 3308
Feb 23rd Announcement
From: jbardos(at)ucsc.edu Subject: WCRC Tourney: Sat. Mar. 4 @ San Jose State University Date: February 23, 2006 To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Hi All, We're going to be looking for your rosters within the next week. The cutoff date for rosters is end of day Thursday, March 2nd. We will publish the draw by Friday evening with a starting schedule for the first round of matches. Our goal with this tournament is to have a published schedule of matches, giving the players some opportunity to anticipate the start time of their next matches. Consequently, we cannot make too many accommodations and changes to the schedule at the start of the tournament. So get your players to the tournament or loose points! Finally, we're considering running a parallel tournament of either Rock-Paper-Scissors, or Backgammon! Something fun to do in between matches. Give us some feedback on the level of interest in either, or both. thanks, -John Bardos -831 335 3308
Parking Announcement
From: ldubia(at)dubiastallworth.com Subject: Mar 4 Tournament at San Jose State Date: February 25, 2006 To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Just want to let everyone know to bring $8 for parking in the garage. If you park on the street you may get a $50 ticket or worse get towed away. So please park in the garage and buy the parking pass. They are located at the third floor and above in the 7th street facility at each end of the garage. I'm looking forward to seeing you all there. Larry
Directions
From: ldubia(at)dubiastallworth.com Subject: How to get here from there Date: February 25, 2006 To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Here are two links you can look at to get directions to the University. Park in the seventh street garage and walk to the Event Center. The courts are between teh stairwells in the Sport Club complex. The first link is the directions, the second is the campus map.http://sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/campus_maps/directions/
Feb 27th Announcement
From: jbardos(at)ucsc.edu Subject: WCRC Tourney: Sat. Mar. 4 @ San Jose State University Date: February 27, 2006 To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wcrc@googlegroups.com Hi All ... NEW & IMPROVED We have 8 courts for this tournament! Consequently, we will be using one court for a concurrent doubles tournament!!! Structure of the doubles tourney will be based on the teams submitted, so please submit men's, women's and mixed doubles teams with your team rosters. Also, with the higher availability of courts, this tournament will easily finish on time, and with more racquetball! TOURNAMENT ROSTERS The cutoff date for rosters is end of day Thursday, March 2nd, including any doubles teams. We will publish the draw by Friday evening with a starting schedule for the first round of matches. 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 START TIME The tournament will start promptly at 9 am, Saturday Mar. 4. 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 COSTS & FOOD The tournament costs $10, and must be paid when you arrive. Additionally, you MUST be a USRA member. Please bring your membership card, or pay a discounted rate of $25 cash when you arrive for your one-year USRA membership. These costs cover food, drinks, racquetballs, and USRA sanctioning! There is a food court on campus about two blocks away. The food provided at this tournament will be similar to the food at the previous UC Davis tourney; however there will be some more substantial lunch choices. FACILITIES Lockers - People can use day lockers on a first come first served basis and should bring their own locks. There are also some coin-operated lockers. Towels - You will need to bring your own towels. Address - Event Center Sport Club 408.924.6368 Corner of South 7th and San Carlos streets San Jose, CA 95192-0201 Directions - http://www.union.sjsu.edu/maps_and_directions/directions.htm http://sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/campus_maps/directions/ http://sjsu.edu/inc/content/campus_maps/map.pdf After you park in the 7th Street Garage, cross 7th Street and head slightly in towards the campus. The Event Center will be on your right. PARKING Park in the 7th Street Parking Garage. This is near the end of 7th Street on the left. Parking is $8 for an all day pass. 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, which is also used for Collegiate Nationals. We will have 3 men's divisions, and one women's division. Within each 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 division, 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. See you soon at San Jose State! -John Bardos -831 335 3308