Dear DSOBA Members,
This year’s eagerly-awaited singles tennis tournaments have been scheduled on 07 February 2012 for the preliminary rounds and 11 February 2012 for the semi-finals and finals. The singles tournament format will be in a President Cup and President Plate Tournament format, in which, all of the participants will start in the main bracket. After the first round is played the losers will move to the President Plate bracket and the winners will move to the President Cup bracket. A President Cup/Plate Tournament format is set up so that every player is guaranteed to play at least two games. Once you are in any of the 2 brackets, you will remain in the bracket to compete for the relevant trophy i.e. Cup or Plate. The winner of the Cup Tournament and Plate Tournament will receive the respective President’s Cup and President’s Plate with their names engraved on it.
Please note the following details:
PARTICIPANTS: Open to all DSOBA membersDATE : 7 February 2012 for preliminary rounds. 11 February 2012 for semi-final and final matches.
TIME : 7:30PM - 11:00 PM for preliminary rounds on 07 February, 2012. 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM for semi-final and final matches.
PLACE : Kowloon Tong Club and Kowloon Tsai Home Owner’s Association (preliminaries). DBS Tennis Court (semi-finals and finals)
SYSTEM OF PLAY: Depending on number of entries; all preliminary matches will be played on an 8 games pro-set with no deuce and tiebreaker at 8 all. Semi-finals and finals will be played on best of 3 sets with tiebreaker at 6 all.RULES : International rules of tennis will govern all matches. On-court disputes will be settled by the Sports Club Committee and its decision will remain final.
TROPHIES : President’s Cup and President’s Plate to the Champion of each tournament; Trophies to the 1st runners-up.
ENTRY FEE : HK$180.00 per person.
PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY : Trophies will be presented by Mr. Ronnie Cheng immediately after the Final matches at DBS on 11 February 2012.
DEAD-LINE FOR ENTRY : 31 Jan 2012, will be on first-come-first served to fill a field of 18 players.
Please complete the enclosed entry form and send (or fax) to DSOBA ASAP. Schedule of play will be announced by email to all participants, please provide your email address and mobile contact.
Sincerely yours,
John Low
Sports Club Sub-Committee Chairman
