It's a PARTY!!!

Family Tennis Celebration Party. All tournament players included

Date and Time:

SATURDAY AUG. 2 AT 5 PM

Location: The Tennis Deck

Players attending the party will be treated to a fun awards ceremony that includes a draw where each player receives one draw chance to win one of 12 raffle tickets for the Wimbledon For Two *** Tennis Vacation Of A Lifetime   Additional items provided by our sponsors will be raffled and presented at the party.  A/B/C winning team players in ALL brackets win each Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals PLUS one raffle ticket award for theFTTC Wimbledon annual raffle. Players MUST be present at awards party to be eligible to win.

Tournament Headquarters
Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa
6699 Bay Laurel Place
Post Office Box 2149
Avila Beach, CA 93424
805-595-7600

We may be using multiple sites as needed.

Tournament Program

Family Team Medal Challenge At Avila Bay Playing Times:

	Friday Aug 1st starting at 5:00 p.m.
	Saturday Aug 2nd 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
	Sunday 8 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

BRACKETS/divisions

Father/Son Father-Daughter Mother-Son Mother-Daughter Brother-Brother Brother-Sister

Sister-Sister Husband-Wife Grand Father-Grandson Grand Father-Granddaughter Grand Mother-Grandson Grand Mother-Granddaughter

Each division and level group will be assigned to one time slot only to compete in round robin format and a winner will be determined during that period. (Only a half day commitment!)

Players may compete in two events if no scheduling conflict occurs.

The Tournament Director may run as few or as many of these divisions – depending on the number of participants and format that works best for the event. (theFTTC Tournament Directors -- Local Areas and Regionals -- may combine parent-child or siblings divisions if there is a limited number of participants. Example: Run a draw with Mother-Child 11&U, and Father-Child 11&U. Even if an FC11 team wins the draw, the MC11 team who advanced the furthest in the draw would also be eligible to advance to the Regional/Championship Tournament.)

 

FEES

Fees, $60.00 per team for Tennis and Celebration Party

Fees paid online at registration checkout. If you are unable to register online, you can download the registration form and send it in along with your payment to:

Tennis Director
Mark Scribner 595-7600 ext. 106
mark@avilabayclub.com

REGISTRATION

Please Register by JULY  29th

To register now, just click the ball!!

Play tests completed and the theFTTC-logo balls agreement is signed with K3 Tennis

SANTA BARBARA, CA. March 15, 2008 - theFTTC and K3 have reached a three-year partnership commitment to support provisioning of tennis balls for every local, regional and championship tournaments. "all in all theFTTC will be operating a low-to-high estimate of 17,300 to 25,700 family doubles team matches during its 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons; we selected K3 to join us for that entire ride and not only support the premier family team tennis program in the west coast but benefit from the extra-special good will and product adoption our program is expected to instill in our players for the chosen tennis balls..." said Cesar Andrade, theFTTC President in making the announcement today. K3 tennis balls are also to be made available to theFTTC members at special prices through theFTTC eProShop™ in the Members tab on this website.

USTA Tennis on Campus for:

  USTA Florida Section

  USTA Southern Section

  USTA Midwest Section

  USTA Middle States Section

  Adidas Tennis

  South Carolina High School Association and Middle States & Freedom  Collegiate Conference.

SANTA BARBARA, CA. January 21, 2008 - "theFTTC is all about inclusion and participation opportunity" said FTTC Director Marco Andrade announcing the program, "we decided to follow the ideals of the Olympic movement that rewards not only the absolute best competitors but expands recognition to include additional winners in their medal program. While fostering a challenging competitive environment, we celebrate and reward player support and participation so we provide the classic sports opportunity to take home the Gold, the Silver or the Bronze medals plus exciting prizes and awards from our sponsors and tennis partners"

theFTTC Tournaments will recognize three medal wining teams for each of the 12 brackets at the Local, Regional and Championship FTTC Tournaments:

• GOLD, the winning finalist team

• SILVER, the runner-up finalist team

• BRONZE, the winner of the other two semi-finalists playoff

theFTTC forms Partnership with premier sports events on-demand registration services activeNetwork

FTTC teams signing up to play in theFTTC tournaments will enjoy easy and efficient online registration and payment services starting February 2008.

SANTA BARBARA, CA. January 15, 2008 - Commenting on the partnership agreement with the San Diego, California based activeNETWORK online registrations services organization, Cesar O. Andrade, theFTTC President and CEO noted that he had "been impressed with the positive comments by several Southern California Community Association tennis leaders who have recently adopted activeNETWORK online registration services and migrated from other methods and systems. They were all pleased with good player reaction and adoption of the service. Plus, given our state-wide player and tournaments activity the online services perform a special role in unifying the process and reducing overall tournament administration costs" Work is currently in progress to complete the website services in time to start local FTTC tournament signups for the 2008-2009 season of Local tournaments from March to July leading to California Regionals and Finals in the July-August timeframe.

This year, from January through July, more than 4,400 participants

Tournament Director Anne Worcester and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour star Lindsay Davenport assist in honoring the 2006 Pilot Pen Tennis Family Classic champions and finalists

More Than 2000 Parent/Child And Husband/Wife Teams From Connecticut, New York, Maine, Massachusetts And Rhode Island Competed at Local Tennis Clubs

NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 24, 2006 - The champions of the Pilot Pen Tennis Family Classic, the premier Family Team Tennis Tournament in America, and mentoring model to theFTTC Tennis Program Offering, were crowned today at the Pilot Pen. This year, from January through July, more than 4,400 participants competed in more than 80 local events at tennis facilities throughout the five states in order to reach the finals. The event, now in its sixth year, has seen participation double in the past year as the event expanded into more states and added the husband/wife division. Participating sponsors of the Family Classic are USTA New England and AT&T. more about the Pilot Pen Family Classic...

From the tenniswire.org Lisa Horan's eLetter to theFTTC President - December 20, 2007

Dear Cesar,

The final numbers on tennis industry growth for 2007 won't be in for a few months, but already the year-in-review numbers are looking very strong.

Research by the Tennis Industry Association, U.S. Tennis Association, Taylor Research, and Sports Marketing Surveys shows:

- Tennis participation grew to 25.1 million in 2007; it's the first time since 1999 that 25 million has been broken.

- Adult league programming jumped from 11.6 hours per week in 2005 to 13.3 hours per week in 2007

- Racquet shipments to retailers are up 37 percent and ball shipments are up 14 percent since 2003

- Youth racquet sales show the biggest gains with a 50 percent increase since 2003

The full results of this year's endeavors to grow the game will be released in April.

Enjoy the holidays, and best wishes for 2008!

more...

theFTTC believes that the Standards of Conduct of USTA Regulations, provide ample room for competitive play without recurring to unacceptable and abusive behavior on the part of an overly aggressive parent towards the child of the opposing team. Accordingly, all FTTC parents will abide by the following rule:

PARENTS MUST PLAY IN A CONSIDERATE MANNER TOWARDS OTHER CHILDREN AS YOU WOULD WANT OTHER PARENTS TO PLAY TOWARDS YOUR OWN CHILDREN.

Therefore, theFTTC expands the USTA Standards of Conduct item 10. No abuse of players or officials to include:

Abusive plays against a child 14 and under by a parent player who disregards theFTTC parent player’s golden rule and deliberately directs abusive shots, words, gestures or actions towards the opposing team’s child shall be considered a hindrance. If necessary the offended player or parent may contact an FTTC Tournament official or referee to correct the situation. THERE SHALL BE ZERO TOLERANCE for abusive play against children 14 and under, infractions are subject to penalty under the official Tennis Rules Book Point Penalty System.

As a further associated instruction, the Official Tennis Rule Book item 26 Hindrance definition, and the USTA Comment 26.1 defining a deliberate and intentional act are noted below:

26. HINDRANCE (OLD 21,25 & 36) If a player is hindered in playing the point by a deliberate act of the opponent(s), the player shall win the point. However, the point shall be replayed if a player is hindered in playing the point by either an unintentional act of the opponent(s), or something outside the player’s own control (not including a permanent fixture).

USTA Comment 26.1: What is the difference between a deliberate and an unintentional act? Deliberate means a player did what the player intended to do, even if the result was unintended. An example is a player who advises the player’s partner in such a loud voice that their opponents are hindered. Unintentional refers to an act over which a player has no control, such as a hat blowing off or a scream after a wasp sting.

a favorite prayer by the great American  theologian and philosopher-Reinhold Niebuhr

::

una plegaria favorita dicha por el gran teólogo y filosofo Americano Reinhold Niebuhr

The Serenity Prayer

Amen.

La Plegaria de la Serenidad

Dios, dadme la serenidad
para aceptar las cosas que yo no puedo cambiar;
valentía para cambiar las cosas que yo pueda cambiar;
y la sabiduría para saber la diferencia.

Viviendo un día a la vez;

Disfrutando un momento a la vez,
Aceptando las dificultades como el camino a la paz;
Tomando como El lo hizo, este mundo pecador tal como es, no como yo lo quisiera que fuera;
Con fe de que El corregirá las cosas
si me someto a su voluntad;
Que sea razonablemente feliz en esta vida
y supremamente feliz con El por siempre en la próxima.

Amen