Sunday Practice

Howdy Ags!!

Remember that practice will be held at the usual time and usual place for Sundays (4-7 P.M. at the intramural courts).  Thanks to anyone who came out on Wednesday to see how Rudy's mustache (or bigote) became a bit of a legend.  And thanks to all the new members who came out as well!

Now that the spring semester is here, that means the Waco regional and the Sectionals tournaments are coming up.  The sign ups for these tournaments will be different than last semester because we will be strictly following the challenge ladder posted on the website.  Here's some important sites for your viewing pleasure.
Website:  http://tennisclub.tamu.edu/  
Challenge Ladder:  https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AmcA-BwQTgNJdFpZVzV3ejB6MEo2LVM2UUQ5ZVZGY1E&hl=en&output=html   
Challenge Ladder Rules:  https://docs.google.com/View?id=d33jckr_25dqgp9cc7&pli=1
We will only be able to take 8 teams to each tournament, so if you are not satisfied with the team that you are on, be sure to use the challenge system to advance teams.  MAKE SURE TO READ THE CHALLENGE RULES posted on the website to make sure you know all deadlines and rules for challenges.  For the Waco tournament, the deadline to verbally challenge is Feb. 2nd and the deadline to report a challenge is Feb 5th.  For sectionals, the deadline to verbally challenge is Friday, February 11th and the deadline to report a challenge score is Wednesday, February 16th. 

The Waco Regional Tournament is on Saturday, February 12th.  Team captains will be contacting you soon, so check the calendar and make sure you can play on that day.

Sectionals will be Friday, Feb. 25th through Sunday, Feb. 27th in Austin, TX.  Team captains will also be contacting you for this tournament, so check the calendar again.  If you are attending sectionals, you will have to miss class ALL DAY on Friday the 25th.  If you are planning to attend sectionals, please begin talking to your professors NOW so that you may arrange to miss class on that day.  If needed, we can get the faculty adviser to write a letter to the professor (not a university excused absence) in order to let them know whats going on.  Remember, those that did not attend two Reed Arena clean ups will be paying a $20 dollar sectionals fee before going on the trip.  We will be reserving hotel rooms and paying tournament entries. 

Finally, there are several people who have not picked up tennis club apparel ordered a long time ago.  If you have ordered anything, please come and pick it up at practice on Sunday.  Alright, that's all for now, but we look forward to seeing everyone at practice tomorrow.

Thanks and gig 'em!

-- Patrick Haines
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Texas A&M Tennis Club
tamu10s@gmail.com
http://tennisclub.tamu.edu