Tennis
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General Information: The St. Mark Tennis Team is open to students in 5th-8th grades. Tennis is a fall sport. Registration dates will be communicated to school families via the "Weekly School Bulletin" and via email from the Athletic Director.
Registration: Tennis registration opens September 12 and closes October 23, 2017. Registration is currently CLOSED.
Eligibility: All players must meet DPL eligibility requirements.
Games: Once game schedules are set by the Dallas Parochial League, they can be found here.
Registration Fee: Entry fee is $65.00 per player and includes a t-shirt. Fee can be paid online (follow the prompt during online registration), or by check payable to St. Mark Catholic School (write "Tennis Tournament" and name of athlete in "memo" line), submitted to the school office. .
Uniform Deposit: There is no uniform deposit for Tennis.
Sports Physical Form: A Sports Physical form must be submitted each school year. For convenience, it is advised to submit a Sports Physical form every year from June 1 to June 1 to avoid any complications with school medical clearance.
Parent Code of Conduct Agreement: A Parent Code of Conduct Agreement must be signed by the parents of every St. Mark athlete and returned to the Athletic Director.
Current Season Information:Tournament date: TBD by Dallas Parochial League (the 2016 DPL Tennis Tournament was held at Collin College in Plano, TX on Saturday, November 12, 2016).
Matches could be scheduled anywhere from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Athletes should be available all day. Matches cannot be scheduled around conflicts.
Tournament brackets will be distributed to the Athletic Director prior to the event date.
Important Entry Notes:
Students may be signed up for singles OR doubles, but not both.
5th & 6th graders are considered Junior Varsity; 7th & 8th graders are considered Varsity.
Players should be placed in the appropriate division (recreation or competitive) based on their skill level.
The "recreation division" is for players who are just beginning to play the game.
Tournament Rules and Structure:
There will be separate divisions as listed below, as long as the number of entries warrant the divisions:
JV Singles-Boys (Recreation and Competitive) Varsity Singles-Boys (Rec/Comp)
JV Singles-Girls (Rec/Comp) Varsity Singles-Girls (Rec/Comp)
JV Doubles-Boys Varsity Doubles-Boys
JV Doubles-Girls Varsity Doubles-Girls
Players must report to the site supervisor upon arrival (30 min. before game time) to receive court assignments.
Each match will be a regular-set (first to win 6 games). If the match gets to 5-5, the winner of the next game will win the match 6-5. This is an adjustment which has been made in an effort to conform to facility and time constraints.
Players must know enough about tennis to be able to keep their own score. Games will be played 15-30-40-Game. No ad scoring. Disputes will be settled with “Rock, Paper, Scissors," or from a designated parent spectator that is keeping track. Regardless of whether players or parents are keeping score (we prefer players), it is common courtesy to regularly call out the score so that all are of one accord. Players will rotate sides of the court as per standard tennis rules (after game 1, 3, 5, etc.).
Game times are approximate. 10 minute default rule: If players are not present 10 minutes after their scheduled game time, then they forfeit.
All results should be reported to the tournament director on site immediately after the completion of each match. Players will also confirm their next match time.
Players will be guaranteed at least two matches. Winners in each division will receive gold medals, 2nd place will receive silver medals.
Contact:
Marlene Ehring
Athletic Director
marlene.ehring@stmcs.net