Indiana Masters
Indiana Masters is a winter senior doubles league for players 50+ years old. For information please contact Helen Petersen, Indiana Masters Coordinator, through the Carmel Racquet Club at 317/844-1177. This year we are again putting together a Women's Super Seniors team (60 and over). If you are interested, please call Nancy Dwyer at 844-7135.
We play women's and men's Combo and registering teams and players via TennisLink. Combo means the divisons are 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5. That means a team can have a mix of levels of play, but the team cannot be more than their division (so a 6.5 team could have a 3.0 player and a 3.5 player).
We also have senior mixed doubles available.
The cost to register for any team is $12 per play. The player needs to get his/her team number from the captain. Each player then pays $11 every time they play a match.
PLAYER ELIGIBILITY
*players who are 50 or more years old
*players who will be 50 in 2007 may register now, but play January 1,
2007
*players rated 2.5-4.5
DIVISIONS (each division fields three teams per match)
*men's doubles (play Sundays only)
*women's doubles (play Sundays and Tuesdays, depending upon the team
preference)
*mixed doubles (play Sundays only)
FORMAT
*men's and women's doubles are 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5 (no player may
exceed the limit of that division)
*mixed doubles is 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 (no team may exceed the limit of that
division)
*Combo Leagues have been discontinued. Indiana Masters will be part of
the CITA Early Start Adult Leagues. Early Start Leagues are the same
format as the summer USTA Adult Leagues, but the competitive play can
begin in the fall of 2006 and end before the spring 2007. If a team plays
in the Indiana Masters 2006-2007 season and wins the division and then
plays in the 2007 USTA Adult League in the summer and wins, that team
must chose if they play in the play-offs as an Indiana Masters team or
a USTA Adult League summer team. If the team plays as a USTA Adult League
team, then the second place Indiana Masters team is eligible to play
in the 2007 CITA USTA Adult League play-offs.
PLAYING TIMES
*play begins in mid to late September and ends late March
*no matches will be scheduled on Colts' home games unless the team agrees
to play on those dates
*matches are 2 hours long and will be in the afternoons
PLAYING SITES
Last year teams from these clubs played: IRC, CRC, Five Seasons, Muncie,
Southside. In the past Anderson, ITC and Healthplex have had teams
REGISTRATION
*CAPTAINS email Helen Petersen at
hmoserpetersen@insightbb.com by August 7 to register a team. She will then email the captain the team registration number and the TennisLink instructions. Each team must then have at least six players registered by September 1 in order to play. The team rosters and playing schedules will then be available through Tennis Link by September 10.
COST
$25 per player and $11 per match (includes court rental and balls)
(all matches are played indoors)
This player registration is an increase. Here is a breakdown of how that
money is spent. Remember, USTA Adult League teams pay a team registraton
fee. Many times the captain pays the fee and never tells the team. Indiana
Masters does NOT require a team registration fee. Having Indiana Masters
use Tennis Link costs about $10. USTA, USTA/Midwest Section and CITA
must all cover their labor costs for maintaining the program. From the
remaining $15 comes the cost of championship banners, champion player
awards, captains' gifts, office supplies, some mailings, and a coordinator's
fee. The Indiana Masters' season is also much longer than the USTA Adult
Leagues. The added length affects the cost.
