Teams Pham, Hudnall, Tims and Miller
win Tri-Level 2010
Fighting the frigid temperatures of the coldest weekend in 14 years, Fort Worth tennis players competed in the 2010 Tri-Level League tournament at Arlington Tennis Center. To concentrate play into the warmest parts of the weekend, teams played 2 out of 3 match (10-point) tie-breaks. Team Pham won the women's 3.5-4.0-4.5 division with an undefeated record. Team Hudnall won their 3.0-3.5-4.0 division flight to advance to the semi-finals and then the finals. Teams Tims and Miller won their respective divisions as well. Each of these teams will represent Fort Worth in the Tri-Level Sectionals in Kingwood in February.

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2010 Men's Senior League Schedules
Are now available under the schedules menu above. TennisLink will be updated with the match time and the schedules will be published ther by January 4th.

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Effect of Ratings on Fort Worth Men's League
According to the USTA, 30% of the players across the nation (90,000) were bumped up in rating with the recent publication of the year-end ratings. Unfortunately for the men in Fort Worth, the percentage is even higher - 35% or 293 Fort Worth men were bumped in rating. Of the 101 self-rated players in the men's league, 42 (39%) were bumped up. View a level by level calculation of these ratings here.

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Year-End Ratings
Click here to find your rating
(A message from the USTA)
The year end 2009 NTRP ratings will reflect a nationwide movement in which a higher percentage of players will move upward this year. This reflects the concerns of the National Oversight Group, the Observers (Verifiers), charged with protecting the integrity of our NTRP levels as defined below. It was also the clear consensus of many others including staff, volunteers, team captains and players that the system is in need of adjustment as too many players were above the NTRP level they were playing at. Additionally, the same issue was noted through player concerns raised in survey work. A growing disconnect was seen between the standards used in the Self Rating guidelines and the actual characteristics of players on court at various levels, along with players who had been allowed for many years to appeal their year end ratings downward.

Of the 300,000+ league players nationally, more than 90,000 will be seeing movement in their NTRP rating that should coincide with their appropriate skills. With almost a third of the players seeing movement, please know that if you are in this group, you will not be alone. We recognize that there may be initial concerns and questions, but we believe rating adjustments are necessary to protect the integrity of the NTRP and insure that the vast majority of all league players will have competitive matches.

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Fort Worth 9.0 MXD Doubles:
National Champions
in Las Vegas
The 9.0 Mixed Doubles team out of River Crest Country Club, captained by Rafael Omana, travelled to Las Vegas Nov 20-22 to compete in the National Championships. They won their flight by defeating teams from Southern (2-1), the Northern (2-1) and New England (3-0). The advanced to the semi-finals to defeat Midwest (3-0). They then beat Eastern (2-1) in the finals to become National Champions. The players competing in Las Vegas were Rafael Omana (captain), Kim Steinberg, Brad Ibbott, Cherrie Hamilton, Ricardo Omana, Margery Berry, Jason Moore, Melissa Staniford, Cynthia Llewellyn and Paul Haley.

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Fort Worth vs Fort Worth at Super Senior 8.0 Sectionals
Fort Worth, Captained by Mike McBurney, defeated Wild Fort Worth, captained by George Meyer, in the 2009 Super Senior 8.0 Sectional Finals by a score of 2-1. Fort Worth advanced to the championship rounds by defeating San Antonio (3-0), NETX (3-0) and Wild Dallas (2-1). They then beat Waco in the semi-finals (3-0).

The Wild Fort Worth team was awarded the wildcard bid just one week before the tournament. They advanced to the championship rounds by defeating Waco (2-1), Houston (3-0) and Amarillo (3-0). Waco advanced to the semis as the lucky loser from round robin play.

Congratulations to both 8.0 teams from Fort Worth.

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Fort Worth 4.0 Seniors win National Championship
Representing Texas, The Old Gang, captained by Bud Thames, won the 4.0 Senior National Championship on October 16-18 in Indian Wells, CA. After losing their first match 1-2 against New England, Texas won matches against Pacific NW and Southern to advance to the semi-finals over New England 6-5 in lines won. Texas then defeated the Middle States team 2-1 with two 3 set matches and finally Caribbean 3-0 again with two 3 set matches. The Old Gang: Bud Thames, Bill Stetzer, Mike Fincher, Frank Carpenter, Kent Harris, Jeff Moore and Stephen Osborne (not attending Nationals: Steve Campbell, Ford Roberson, Bruce Alford and Mark Henderson).

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Fort Worth 9.0 Mixed Doubles
are Sectional Champions
in Corpus Christi October 2-4. The team, captained by Rafael Omana, defeated Houston in the final (3.0). The 9.0 team will head to Las Vegas on November 20-22 to compete in the National Championships.
The 8.0 team, captained by Hai Nguyen, lost in the finals to the Valley (2-1).

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Fort Worth Wins Men's 4.0 Senior Sectionals
After sweeping their flight (San Antonio, Lubbock, Wild Dallas and Waco) winning 10 of 12 lines played, The Old Gang captained by Bud Thames advanced to play Corpus Christi in the semifinals where all three lines went to 11-9 third set tiebreaks with The Old Gang winning 2-1. They then won two lines against Dallas to advance to the National Championships in Indian Wells, CA on Oct. 16-18.

McLeland (Felipe Perez, captain) took second in the Senior 3.0 round robin. The TCU Mixon 3.5 team (John Mixon, captain) defeated Houston and SETX (both 2-1) but lost to Wild Dallas (0-3) to take second in the flight. The 4.5 men (Tom Avery, captain) lost close matches to NETX and Dallas.

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Mid-Year Ratings
were published Wednesday, July 15th on the Texas Section website. Instructions will be posted on the procedure for appealing your rating online by using "fake" team numbers that will allow you to appeal when you register for the team. The appeal will come before you actually register so you will cancel out and not be charged.

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Not Tennis News
but relevant to the league coordinator!
The Texas Advantge Volleyball (TAV) 14 Asics team competed in the 14 Open division of the Junior Olympics National Volleyball Tournament held in Miami, June 26th to July 5th. The competition included teams from coast to coast including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. After dropping two close matches during pool play and defeating both opponents in the pool mixing round, the team went into the final gold medal bracket on Sunday (7/5) seeded 1st. They didn't drop a set on Sunday to win the National Championship.

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Super Senior Schedules
The official schedules for the men's 7.0 and 8.0 Super Senior leagues have beenpublished in the schedules area of this web site.

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2009 Men's Playoffs
The 2009 men's playoffs for the 3.5 and 4.0 levels were played June 20-21 at Arlington Tennis Center. The winners were:
1st: 3.5 RTC Hitmen - Chris Welcing
2nd: 3.5 RTC Coyotes - Gordon Campbell
1st: 4.0 Old Gang (McL)- Steve Miller
2nd: 4.0 RTC Wylie - Mike Wylie
Winners from other levels:
1st: 3.0 River Crest - Jason Moore
2nd: 3.0 Ridglea - Skip Frank
1st: 4.5 Southlake - Bill Patterson
2nd: 4.5 TCU Luningham - David Luningham
1st: 5.0 River Crest - Rafael Omana
2nd: 5.0 Flower Mound - Frank Ford
Congratulations to all the winners!

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Super Senior League
A list of 2009 Super Senior Eligible players has been placed in the Captain's Area of this website. Captains needing access to this area should contact the league coordinator.

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3.0 Spring Standings
click here
The official spring standings for the men's 3.0 league will be posted here rather than on TennisLink. This is necessary due to a match default in the competition and the need to award all opponents equally.
updated 6/7

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USPTA Texas Team Championships
were held in Houston this past weekend (1/23-25). The men's "Team Fort Worth" were behind East Texas by eight points going into the final flight match between these two teams. Fort Worth tied East Texas 64-64 in their match to take second place by eight points.

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2009 Tri-Level Tournament was held Jan 10-11 at ATC. 230 players on 22 teams participated in the tournament advancing teams to the Sectional Championships in Kingwood in February. The winning teams of this year's event are:
Hudnall (3.0-3.5-4.0 women),
Fambrough (3.0-3.5-4.0 men),
Leija (3.5-4.0-4.5 women) and
Miller (3.5-4.0-4.5 men)

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League Fee Increase - The league fee has increased to $25 per league ($5 to the Texas Section, $17 for the league and $3 for the non-refundable TennisLink maintenance fee). The latest increase comes from the Texas Section to help with costs incurred at all Sectional events. The previous additional funds will continue to help support the community tennis associations (CTAs - ATA, FWTA, NETT) and the growth of tennis in the greater Fort Worth area.

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Fort Worth takes Second
The 8.0 Mixed Doubles from Fort Worth, captained by Lisset Leija, took second place at the Sectional Championships in Corpus Christi Oct 3-5 losing to Dallas in the finals.

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Fort Worth 4.0 Senior Men
take second place at Sectionals. After an undefeated record in flight play, the Fort Worth "Colonial" team defeated NETX in the semi-finals (2-1). They lost to San Antonio (2-1) in the finals.

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Sectional Results
Week One
4.0 - Old Gang - Semifinals
4.5 - TCU Flying Eagles - Flt 4th
4.5 - Southlake (Wild) - Flt 2nd
5.0 - River Crest - 3rd
5.5 - Champions
Open - 3rd
4.0/4.5 pictures (scroll to end)

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Sectional Results
Week Two
3.0 - River Crest - Champions
3.0 - TCU (Wild) - Flt 4th
3.5 - TCU Tornadoes - Flt 2nd
3.5 - RTC Coyotes - Flt 5th

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Little State Results
3.0 - Hurst OutOfTowners - 2nd
3.5 - Shelingham -Flt 3rd
4.0 - TCU Armadillos - 2nd
4.0 - RTC Coyotes + - Flt 4th
4.5 - McLeland - 4th
4.5 - TCU Mitchell - 2nd

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Charlie McCleary Waco
Ad MZ
May 28-30
800037010 (deadline: 5/17)

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