UGA Bulldog Racquetball Club Open Tournament - Rules

The tournament officially starts Sept. 7th but I wanted to go over the rules beforehand.

• The tournament is divided into 4 divisions, advanced, intermediate, novice and women’s skill. This is an elimination tournament but you are guaranteed two matches through a drop down in skill level. For example, if you lose your first match in intermediate, you are dropped down into the beginners division where you play until you lose.
• You have 3 days once a round starts to schedule your match with your opponent.
• You MUST reserve a court in your OWN name and not the clubs name. Use of club’s name in reserving a court will result in a disqualification.
• Each match is in a best of 3 format, where the first two games are won by the first player to score 15 points wins, and the third by the first to 11. At the start of a game, flip a coin to determine who serves first (coin toss winner can decide to serve or receive). Whoever receives the first game serves the second. In case of a tiebreaker, the player with the most combined points in the first two games serves first. If the players are tied in total points a second coin toss can be made.
• Each game is played according to official United States Racquetball Association rules found on: http://www.usra.org/Rulebook/tabid/839/Default.aspx
  This tournament requires the use of protective eyewear and wrist lacer/string to connect your racquet to your arm. This is for your own safety as well as your opponent's.
• Please hold up play and avoid any shots that may not be safe, either the opponent will be hit by the ball or your racquet will hit the opponent. In most cases the play will be repeated based on the skill level of the players, but if a player repeatedly intentionally gets in the way of an offensive shot opportunity a penalty hinder may be called (please keep it friendly and warn your opponent about repeat occurrences before arguing about penalty hinders). A penalty hinder will result in a change of serve or point score. A hinder or screen call must be yelled out before you attempt a shot for it to count. If you take the shot and then make the call, the call has to be ignored with play continued.
• The games are self-regulated so please be honest, it will make the experience much more fun and rewarding.
• I will send the pertinent tournament brackets today including an email list of the players in that bracket for you to look up your opponent at. I hope everyone has a great tournament and meets others they may look to continue playing racquetball with in the future.

Please let me know if you have any questions,
Bijal Patel