Blue Gray National Tennis Clasic

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FEBRUARY 25-27, 2011 / MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

TOURNAMENT GUIDE

Site

Lagoon Park Tennis Center
2855 Lagoon Park Drive
Montgomery, AL 36109
334.240.4051
Directions >

Practice Courts

Lagoon Park and O’Conner Tennis Center

O’Conner Tennis Center 500 Anderson Street Montgomery, AL 36107 334.240.4884

(Call Sylvia at Lagoon for reservations)

Back-up Courts if Rainout

Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, AL (six indoor courts)
1777 Richland Road
Auburn, AL 36832
334.501.2920

Directions to Yarbrough:
From I-85 South (Traveling Towards Atlanta): Get off the interstate at Exit 51 and turn left towards Auburn. Proceed approximately 1.5-2 miles to the intersection with Shug Jordan Parkway/University Dr. and turn left. Follow Shug Jordan Parkway for about 3.5 miles to Richland Rd. It is the first left after the intersection with Hwy 14. You will see a green and white sign directing you to the turnoff to the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Turn left onto Richland Road and proceed about 0.5 mile. The Yarbrough Tennis Center is on the left.

Official Tournament Hotels

Hilton Garden Inn Montgomery East, $79.00 per night
Homewood Suites by Hilton, $89.00 per night
Springhill Suites by Marriott, $69.00

You can call the hotel direct or Calvin Cherry at 334.207.7944 to book reservations. Also, Sylvia at Lagoon Park can help 334.240.4051.

Banquet

Wynlakes Golf & Country Club – Swan Ball Room
7:00 to 8:30 – Tie required (jacket optional, but appreciated)
7900 Wynlakes Boulevard
Montgomery, AL 36117-5171
334.279.0297

For those teams practicing before the banquet, players will be able to shower and dress at either O’Conner or Lagoon – towels will be provided.

Coaches Meeting

There will be a meeting at Wynlakes immediately following the banquet.

Lineups

Please submit your singles (8 players) and doubles line ups to Scott Dillon at Scott.Dillon@er-meds.com no later than 5 PM EST March 15th. Changes in the line up will be handled consistent with ITA rules governing tournament play. Scott will distribute the lines to all coaches via email on March 16th for your review and any challenges will be heard at the mandatory coaches meeting following the banquet Wednesday evening. The draw will be published Tuesday morning March 15th via email, and will be based on the latest ITA ranking available at that time. Please feel free to contact Scott if you have any questions: 919.349.6480.

Player Housing

Leah Leal is housing director: 334.220.9359
Packages will either be emailed to you or available at Lagoon Park when you check in. Please call Leah if you need anything.

Hospitality Tent at Lagoon

There will be a hospitality tent at Lagoon Park for all players, coaches and umpires. There will be fruits, powerbars, snacks, Gatorade – AND all the Bluebell Ice Cream you can eat. Any special request should be made to Karen Keene 334.233.9910.

Radio Tennis

Radio Tennis will be on-site to broadcast the event on Thursday and Friday. They will be asking for interviews. Please accommodate them.

Racquet Stringing

Two professional stringers will be on-site at Lagoon.

Live Scoring

There will be live scoring on our website: bluegraytennis.com

Phone Numbers

Paul Winn 334.312.1902 (chairman)
Scott Dillon 919.349.6480 (head referee)
Geoff Waring 334.590.9373 (director)
Leah Leal 334.220.9359 (housing)
Karen Keene 334.233.9910 (hospitality tent)
Lagoon 334.240.4051
O’Conner 334.240.4884