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theFTTC is a nonprofit
corporation financed from corporate and community tennis sponsorships,
from player membership dues and tournament fees plus individual
donations, fundraising events & campaigns. In its early years, theFTTC
will be largely self-financed from tournament play and membership
donations
but as the organization gains exposure and market appeal we expect that
sponsorship funding will become more and more available, the plan is to
correspondingly then, reduce player fees to the maximum possible...
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VALUE AND BENEFITS FOR OUR MEMBERS
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theFTTC vision is to build upon the already rich offering of
Local Area
family tennis team tournaments taking place amongst clubs and city
tennis groups in the western region.
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The value added is that beyond
the inherent thrill and enjoyment of such Local Area family tennis team play
itself, theFTTC creates a unique new platform for these tennis families
to advance and participate in pro-event affiliated regional and -in
time- national competition plus winning exciting awards and valuable
prizes along the way. As theFTTC program grows, the vision is to
also offer expanded opportunity to also include beginning and
intermediary levels as well.
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As importantly, theFTTC provides an exciting vehicle for
Local Area
players to become associated with major tennis professional events
such as the US Open Series and the US Open. Special opportunities
for exposure and involvement with professional tennis not otherwise
available.
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theFTTC program will create and grow lifetime friendship and support
relationships amongst like-minded tennis families from the
Local Area, regional and national community of tennis playing families. This
will be particularly fostered and supported through
theFTTC PlayPal™ player search-match-and-connect service
available at
www.theFTTC.org theFTTC PlayPal™ will be a membership service
provided under stringent privacy protection and information security
rules
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Opportunity to enjoy buying-club price discount privileges from
theFTTC eProShop™
merchandizing partners featuring sports, household, entertainment and
other merchandizing categories.
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theFTTC is a family membership & sponsorship-partners
supported nonprofit organization. Tournament fees cover
their operation costs and a portion of theFTTC general
operating budget for staff and resources.
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theFTTC FAMILY MEMBERSHIP
PROGRAM |
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Membership in theFTTC is automatically included for all
players registering for a Local Area Tournament. No separate
fees are charged for membership. |
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In expression
of support for the mission and programs of theFTTC, it
is requested that at least one player per family offer a
donation to theFTTC. |
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In addition to
contributing
to the operation of theFTTC tournaments as a valuable
service to tennis playing families, you will enjoy
multiple
member benefits and for each
$50 donated one
ticket for theFTTC
Wimbledon For Two
** Tennis Vacation Of A Lifetime
raffle. Raffle tickets are issued trough theFTTC
Registration Services website pages. |
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theFTTC Local Area TOURNAMENTS |
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Participating family tennis team players will
pay fees to theFTTC. The Local Area Tournament Signup Fee will be
set by theFTTC Local Area Tournament Director & Partner to
support both your Local Area event expense requirements,
revenue sharing with other Local Area clubs/organizations
contributing players to the event,
and fundraising goals plus theFTTC required fees.
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Teams may enter multiple tournaments and
advance to a designated area Regionals and another Regional
of their choice if desired. |
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Each player receives an FTTC Marquee Design
T-Shirt - retail value $16 T-Shirt design style and sizes
are selected in the
signup & registration pages of this website. |
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Each
match is played with FTTC logo tennis balls provided by
theFTTC. |
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ALL REGISTERED
PLAYERS ADDITIONALLY RECEIVE AS PARTICIPATION REWARD A DRAW
TICKET TO WIN ONE OF 12
Wimbledon For Two
** Tennis Vacation Of A Lifetime
ANNUAL RAFFLE TICKETS PER EACH OF
theFTTC Local Area TOURNAMENTS |
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IN ADDITION TO
OTHER PRIZES AND REWARDS FROM OUR SPONSORS, WINNING TEAM
PLAYERS WIN EACH AN EXTRA TICKET FOR theFTTC
Wimbledon For Two
** Tennis Vacation Of A Lifetime
annual raffle |
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theFTTC is working
with its sponsors and business partners to establish special
merit prizes and reward theFTTC Local Area Tournament participant
in multiple categories. |
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Local Area Tournament
Operating Partners who will receive a share of the player
registration fees are expected to cover all other tournament
expenses including but not limited to player and volunteer support
services, staff expenses and court fees if any. |
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theFTTC REGIONAL TOURNAMENT EVENTS |
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A REGIONALS SIGNUP FEE -- $38 per player --
per tournament year will entitle wining Local Area tournament
teams to play in the corresponding Regional as designated by
theFTTC Tournaments Directors. |
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In addition to their designated Regional
Tournament, teams may enter multiple Regional tournaments
if the draw would allow it but may advance to theFTTC Championship Finals from only one
Regional title. Semi-finalists would advance instead |
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IN ADDITION TO
OTHER PRIZES AND REWARDS FROM OUR SPONSORS, WINNING TEAM
PLAYERS WIN EACH AN EXTRA TWO TICKETS FOR theFTTC
Wimbledon For Two
** Tennis Vacation Of A Lifetime ANNUAL RAFFLE |
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Exciting additional
prizes are being worked on with theFTTC sponsors and
business partners to further enrich the Family Team Tennis
player experience in theFTTC tournaments at all levels. |
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theFTTC SANTA BARBARA
CHAMPIONSHIPS TOURNAMENT |
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Held in the Riviera of
America coastal city of Santa Barbara where there are many
family activities to enjoy. Winners from theFTTC four
California Regionals will gather in the marquee event of the
season for family team tennis. |
A CELEBRATION OF FAMILY TENNIS!
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Victory cruise yacht
party for the winning teams
Giant-screen US Open play
broadcast parties.
Some matches to be played
in some of the most beautiful private state tennis courts in the
country
theFTTC finals will be celebrated
with a California ranch style Santa Maria Tri-Tip barbeque
party hosted by theFTTC & corporate sponsors, music, award &
play video presentations, games
& more...
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A CHAMPIONSHIPS
SIGNUP FEE OF $48 PER PLAYER will entitle Regional
Tournament winning teams to compete in
the
Santa Barbara Championship Finals of theFTTC.
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IN ADDITION TO
OTHER PRIZES AND REWARDS FROM OUR SPONSORS, WINNING TEAM
PLAYERS WIN EACH AN EXTRA TWO TICKETS FOR theFTTC
Wimbledon For Two
** Tennis Vacation Of A Lifetime annual
raffle |
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Exciting additional
prizes are being worked on with theFTTC sponsors and
business partners to further enrich the Family Team Tennis
player experience in theFTTC tournaments at all levels. |
** PER CALIFORNIA
GAMING REGULATIONS, FIRST RAFFLE TO BE HELD AT THE END OF
THE 2009 US OPEN. RAFFLE PERMITS UNDER APPLICATION
WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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Questions or comments? Want to
join us? We look forward to hearing from you |
email:
theFTTCteam@theFTTC.org
address:
theFamilyTeamTennisChampionships
1329 Blanchard St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
phone: 805-921-3088
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