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C incinnati T ennis O fficials
YOU...an Official?
Many Cincinnati Area Officials "worked" the
2009 National Father & Son Clay Court Championship
Offiicials pictured above with the winning Father/Son Team of James and Jay Weinacker (L to R) are:
Mike Pennington, Dave Engle, Bud Peterson, Steve Peterson, Jerri Banks,
Maxine Hoyles-Yates, Barry Fittes, Ints Kaleps, and Referee Jim Brockhoff
NOT PICTURED is OFFICIAL Bob Shafer What to do to become a USTA Official...
- 1.) OFFICIALS MUST LOVE the GAME and MUST WANT to be there !!!
- 2.) OFFICIALS should be willing to Rove (Locally, THIS is where MOST of the action is), Chair, and do Lines!!!
- 3.) OFFICIALS must attest to having vision of 20/20, either corrected or uncorrected. EVERY EVEN YEAR, each on-court official (except provisionals) shall include with his/her certification application, a physician's statement attesting that the Official has 20/20 vision, either corrected or uncorrected !!!
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- 4.) OFFICIALS MUST ATTEND a class and pass the CERTIFICATION TEST for their level EACH YEAR !!! In 2011, LOCALLY, on March 19-20, USTA, ITA and REFEREE classes will be offered in CINCINNATI at the Lunken Tennis Center-4750 Playfield Lane, Cincinnati, OH. 45226. Those interested can contact Barry Fittes by E-MAIL at bfittes@cinci.rr.com (or call Barry at 513-265-0090) to attend the CINCINNATI classes. Instructor will be Dave Engle. * For those who canNOT attend the classes in Cincinnati, listed below are classes offered at other OHIO VALLEY locations....
March 12, 2011 will be classes for Columbus Officials at the Racquet Club of Columbus, 1100 Bethel Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220 PHONE-614-457-5671. Point of Contact is Art Haus-740-369-2258. E-Mail hausag@aol.com. Instructor will be Dave Engle .* SCHOOL will include USTA, ITA, and REFEREE Classes. OFFICIALS with LESS than THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE may attend at the discretion of the Instructor.
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April 2-3 classes will be offered in Dayton, Ohio at the Dayton Center Courts and Tennis Academy-4801 Salem Avenue, Dayton, OH. 45416. PHONE-937-276-3978. Instructor will be Dave Engle who is also Point of Contact for the Course. Dave Engle-PHONE-937-399-5064. E-Mail Dave at dengle3@woh.rr.com
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The Dayton SATURDAY Agenda will be the USTA UMPIRE Class for OFFICIALS with MORE THAN 3 years experience, from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. The ITA Class will be held from 1:00PM-3:00PM, and the REFEREE Class will be from 3:00PM-5:00PM. The SUNDAY USTA UMPIRE Class is for OFFICIALS with 3 or fewer years experience and will be held from 8:00AM until 1:00 PM.*
*BEFORE attending these schools, PLEASE let the School Coordinator know that YOU will be attending and also GO ON-LINE at USTA.com OFFICIALS' Site and COMPLETE the On-Line EXAMINATIONS for the SESSIONS YOU WILL BE ATTENDING !!! YOU MUST PASS the EXAMS B-E-F-O-R-E attending the respective sessions. If YOU have any questions, PLEASE feel free to contact INTS KALEPS -PHONE-937-233-0252 or E-Mail Ints at Ikaleps@aol.com
Other SCHOOLS/DATES/INSTRUCTORS held in the MIDWEST can be found on the following Site: http://www.midwestofficials.5gigs.net/Train/index.html
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5.) OFFICIALS must submit their COMPLETED DATA CARD to their District Chair of Officials* by October 1 of EACH YEAR. The Chairperson will then submit the District Approval Card to the Midwest Section Chair of Officials...
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Joyce Tessiatore
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Telephone: 715-356-9395
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*the OVTA District Chair of Officials is Ints Kaleps, 7737 Harshmanville Road, Huber Heights, OH, 45424. E-Mail: ikaleps@aol.com Phone: 937-233-0252.
FOR 2011 GENERAL TRAINING INFO in the OHIO VALLEY, please NOTE the following:
PLEASE check the "Training Information" at the Midwest Section Site, http://midwestofficials.atbhost.net As MORE information becomes available, this training page will be updated. For those who live in the cities where a National Trainer Evaluator will teach, please make every effort to attend that session !!!
Please see above information for National Trainer Evaluator Schools and OTHER USTA Schools offered in the Midwest.
A PROVISIONAL UMPIRE is the ONLY LEVEL which does NOT require a class attendance.
PROVISIONAL TEST INFORMATION
You may take the provisional test online.
To do so, please access the necessary information from the following Mid West Officials web site:
http://midwestofficials.atbhost.net
CLICK ONTO the Section entitled PROVISIONAL TEST ON-LINE.
Prior to taking the Test, one would do well to know the rules. The rules are found in the Friend at Court, the reference for tennis officials. This booklet is reissued with changes each year. If you don't have a Friend at Court, a copy may be ordered through the New York USTA Office. The address is 70 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, NY, 10604. YOU can also order the Friend at Court from the USTA Web Site, USTA. Or, finally, call toll-free: 1-888-832-8291, M-F, 8AM - 10PM EST. The cost is $5.00 plus shipping. USTA members receive a 10% discount. Or you may possibly borrow a copy of the Friend at Court from Tournament Directors at your club.
Once you are prepared to take the test, answer form allows one to input answers to each test question. Associate your test questions with the answer form. Once you are happy with your answers, please select "submit." The answers will be corrected and the results returned to you as quickly as possible. Good Luck !!!
For question, please contact Joyce Tessiatore, Midwest Officials Chairman.
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FURTHER INFORMATION concerning OFFICIALS can be obtained from the USTA Web Site...http://www.usta.com
Among the MANY informative articles YOU will find the following:
1.) INFORMATION about LINE TRAINING SCHEDULE
2.) INFORMATION about OFFICIALS SCHOOLS SCHEDULE
3.) INFORMATION about the USTA OFFICIALS APPAREL PROGRAM
4.) INFORMATION about ITA (Collegiate) TENNIS...RULES and NEWS
5.) and LOTS MORE
Any FURTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS' INFORMATION, PLEASE feel free to contact Barry FITTES at 513-561-4255 and/or EileenHARLOW at 513-228-0341.
Hope to see Y-O-U at the Schools or on the COURTS !!!
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