Fall is the time for team tennis in the UIL and things are running fast and furious these days...
Consider the dual match from yesterday. In UIL dual matches the teams play a total of 19 matches (6 boys singles, 6 girls singles, 3 boys doubles, 3 girls doubles, and 1 mixed doubles) with the first team to reach 10 declared the winner. Yesterday's match began at 3:45 p.m. and concluded at 9:45 p.m. last night! Seems that the match began at a site with no lights so when it got dark and they were only at 6-1 in the match, it was time to move to a lighted site--and that takes time! Congratulations to the official and the site director that made the best of a lengthy situation...
At another match a parent met the official at the gate when he arrived and asked, "Have you measured the nets yet? I have a great eye and can tell you from here that courts 1 and 2 and 3.5 inches too high and courts 3 and 4 are 2.5 inches too low." The official graciously listened to the concerned parent and then said he would measure the nets.
In hindsight, I would say make the parent a "junior official" and then encourage the parent to get there early for every match and measure every net in sight...
UIL district tournaments continue this week and then there are area tournaments next week so the excitement and good tennis should continue.
1 comment:
Great points here! It's so good to see people giving recaps of things happening in the world of tennis. Thanks for sharing!
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