Following are the guidelines for the 2007 – 2008 team season.  Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the program.  If you wish to play team tennis please e-mail Steve Winer by August 31.  Please indicate team preference. 

On the weekend of Sept. 28 – 30, we are hosting the annual USTA New England 4.0 Sectional Championships.  Events include men’s and women’s singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.  This tournament is a great way for team players to test their skills against other players from all over New England, and to get ready for competition in the upcoming season. 

We look forward to having a large Wayside presence at this event.  Applications are available at the front desk or you can e-mail Steve Winer. On line registration is also available at the USTA/NE Web site.  Please remember to include your USTA number.

Remember to e-mail Steve prior to the August 31 deadline. We look forward to another successful team season!

Daytime Team Tennis Program 2007 - 2008 Season

All players who wish to play team for the 2007-2008 season must make their intention known by e-mailing or calling Steve Winer at (508) 481-1797 no later than the August 31  deadline.  All daytime players must sign up with a partner.  If you do not have a partner but still want to play, sign up anyway and we will make every effort to find a compatible partner for you.*

Wayside will be fielding four day teams this season.  All teams compete in the Dorothy Bruno Hills League (DBH).  Each team is comprised of eight regular players.  The teams practice weekly with matches scheduled on weekday mornings.  Please review the schedule at the end of this document for match and practice day and time. 

All teams play four doubles matches.  Each team will elect a captain by the first week of practice.  The captain will act as a liaison between the coach and the players.  Each team will be aligned by strength to be determined by the coach.   A point system will be kept to determine the weekly line-up.  The teams at Wayside are:

          DBH IA          DBH III North          DBH IV North          DBH IV Central

*Any challenges must be approved by the tennis department.  Please contact Steve Winer if you wish to challenge on to a team.

TEAM COMMITMENT

Team participation is a 25-week minimum commitment.  All team players must attend practices beginning the week of September 24.  The cost per person for team play is $950.  Each player will be billed in two $475 installments:  the first in October 2007, the second in January 2008.  Each player is responsible for the entire payment. If on any given week one is unable to play team or attend a practice, that player must find her own sub.  Wayside will not refund any portion of the team fee.  No exceptions please!  The team fee includes:

1. Registration for league entry
2. New balls for all matches and Round Robins
3. Home and away matches (scheduled Round Robins or practice matches with other teams on all bye weeks).
4. Home matches observed by the Pros (on matches scheduled on courts 2 & 3)

Following our Fall/Winter team program, we will be having an eight-week spring league season.  All players who participated in the Fall/Winter program will get first choice on spring teams.  The team commitment will be the same during the spring where each team will have both a practice and a match per week.  The cost for the eight-week spring team season is $304.

MEN’S AND WEEKEND WOMEN’S TEAM PROGRAM

2007-2008 SEASON

Wayside is fielding 3 Weekend Women’s teams and 3 Men’s teams this year.  We are recruiting players for the Men’s B team.  Each team is comprised of a minimum of eight regular players.  The teams practice weekly with matches scheduled on Saturdays.  Please review the schedule at the end of this document for match and practice day and time.  All teams play two singles and two doubles matches.  All matches are 1½ hours, no-add scoring.  Singles players may also play doubles in the same match (except in the playoffs). The teams at Wayside are:

MEN’S:                                   A1                   B                     C
WEEKEND WOMEN’S:       A1 GOLD       A1 GOLD 2      B West 

Team participation is a 28-week minimum commitment.  All team players must attend practices beginning the week of September 24^th.  The cost of team play is $840 per person based upon 28 weeks of practice on two courts.  Each player will be billed in two $420 installments, the first in October 2007 and the second in January 2008.  If on a given week one is unable to play team or attend a practice, that player must find his/her own sub.  Wayside will not refund any portion of the team fee.  No exceptions please!  The team fee includes:

Practice each week (1 ½ hours)  1 Pro / 2 Courts *

* If a team elects to roster 12 or more players, weekly practice will be on three courts and the team fee will be adjusted accordingly. 

2. Home and away matches (scheduled Round Robins or practice matches with other teams on all bye weeks).
3. New balls for all matches and any scheduled Round Robins
4. Home matches observed by the Pros (on matches scheduled on courts 2 & 3)
5. Registration fee for league entry

All Men’s and Weekend Women’s teams will field a maximum of six players for each match per week.  All teams will elect a team captain by the first week of practice.  The captain will set up the schedule of play for the team based on player availability and subject to the approval of the coach. 

Every effort will be made to equally divide up the number of matches with the number of players on each team. If a team makes the playoffs, the team will be aligned according to strength, and the coach will finalize the line-up.

ALL TEAMS DAYTIME AND WEEKEND

 DATES AND DEADLINES

All players who wish to play team for the 2007 - 2008 season must commit no later than AUGUST 31, 2007.

• Please e-mail Steve Winer by August 31, 2007.
• All team rosters will be finalized by September 22.
• Team practices begin the week of September 24.

All team players must be tennis members in good standing at Wayside.  The club reserves the right to terminate membership.  All concerns regarding Team play should be directed first to the Team Captain, then to the Coach and if necessary, to the Director of Tennis.

TEAM	PRACTICE DAY	MATCH DAY+
DBH IA	Mon, 10:30 a.m. - noon	Wed, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
DBH III Central	Mon, noon - 1:30 p.m.	Thu, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
DBH IV North	Tue, noon - 1:30 p.m.	Thu, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
DBH IV Central	Tue, 10:30 a.m. - noon	Thu, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Weekend Women A1 Gold	Tue, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Sat, noon - 3:00 p.m.
Weekend Women A1 Gold 2	Mon, 6:30 pm - 8:00 p.m.	Sat, noon - 3:00 p.m.
Weekend Women B	Thu, 6:30 pm - 8:00 p.m.	Sat, noon - 3:00 p.m.
Men's A1	Wed, 8:00 pm -9:30 p.m.	Sat, 3:00 pm - 6:00 p.m.
Men's B	Wed, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Sat, noon - 3:00 p.m.
Men's C	Mon, 8:00 pm - 9:30 p.m.	Sat, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

+ Match day time is the home and away match schedule for all DBH matches.  Away match times may differ for weekend women's and men's.

 

*Match day time is the home and away match schedule for all DBH matches.  Away match times may differ for weekend women's and men's.