Event Schedule and Format
About 3 days before the match, click HERE to see a spreadsheet with the draws and projected starting times. (Your computer may place this spreadsheet into a Downloads folder; if this happens, you must open it yourself with Excel).
| Event | Approx Starting Time |
|---|---|
| Mixed Doubles | 9am Saturday |
| Men's Singles | 1pm Saturday |
| Women's Singles | 9am Sunday |
| Women's Doubles | 11am Sunday |
| Men's Doubles | 1pm Sunday |
| Girls Singles (Cannot also be in Mixed Doubles) | 10am Saturday |
| Girls Doubles | 2pm Saturday |
| Boys Doubles | 10am Sunday |
| Boys Singles (Cannot also be in Men's Doubles) | 2pm Sunday |
Boys and Girls events are for students attending high school or middle school. The schools can be public, private, religious or home-schooling.
Each singles player or doubles team will play a minimum of 3 matches
All teams start in the A-draw. First round A losers move to the C-draw, second round A losers move to the B-draw. First round C losers move to the D-draw. You are out with any loss in your third match or later.
A-draws will be limited to 16 teams maximum (32 for the Men's Singles, Men's Doubles & Mixed Doubles). Registration closes when these limits are reached, but there will be waiting lists. Normally there are 1-2 no-shows for each event, so if a player on the waiting list is available, then they can fill the unexpected vacancy.
The "rally scoring" system will be used: if you win a rally, you get a point plus the serve; the game is to 21 points and win by at least 2 points; if the score 29-29, the next point wins - the match will be the best two out of three games.
Feather Birds will be used.
Warm-up time is limited to 10 minutes for a player's initial match and 5 minutes for all subsequent matches due to tight scheduling time frames (we only have the gym until 7pm each night). We try to keep time between matches to about 20-30 minutes of recovery time after the first two rounds.