It doesn't rain all across Northern California at the same time. It may be raining at your home but not at the tournament site. It is your responsibility to contact the tournament if it is raining. If you cannot reach the tournament due to a busy phone line, start driving and call along the way. Players must be at the tournament site at the scheduled match time unless directed otherwise by either the tournament director or referee.

Due to the fact that it is physically and mentally exhausting to take an SAT or PSAT exam and compete in a tournament on the same day, we do not encourage it. However, if you have no other alternative, please try the following:

1. Prior to entering the tournament or sending your SAT/PSAT application, contact the tournament director and inform him/her of your intentions.

2. Send the form to SAT officials requesting that you take the test at the site closest to the tournament.

Anyone taking a SAT exam further than 1/2 hour from the tournament site cannot be accommodated. If the SAT does not honor your requested site, advise the tournament director and you will receive a full refund as long as the tournament director receives your request before the draw is made. If you have not received confirmation from your selected SAT site by the day the draw is made, you will not be accommodated. It is your responsibility to notify the tournament site. The tournament is under no obligation to accept players who are taking the SAT.

This rule is referred to as the Concurrent Tournament rule. When entries close, a player shall not be entered in two or more sanctioned tournaments if any parts of the tournaments overlap, unless each Tournament Committee involved understands the situation and concurs in writing. If entries for the overlapping tournaments close on different dates, approval must be received from all Tournament Committees no later than the entry closing date that occurs last. Players who enter a tournament and play it to completion may then enter.

"Out of section" and foreign players may apply to enter Open, Challenger or Novice tournaments only. They are not eligible to enter the USTA NorCal Junior Excellence, Championship or the USTA NorCal sectional tournaments.

The rules regarding amateur status are described in detail in Friend At Court. Some of the most frequently encountered situations are summarized below:

1. Prohibited activities of an amateur:

   1. Playing for a money prize or any award that is to be surrendered for cash.

   2. Permitting his or her name or likeness to be used in any commercial or advertising venture in connection with his or her tennis skills.

   3. Participating or contracting to participate on a professional tennis team.

   4. Accepting money from a commercial organization for expenses pertaining to participation in a tournament, match or exhibition.

2. Permitted activities for an amateur:

   1. Being reimbursed by the tournament for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with participation in a tournament, match, or exhibition.

   2. Receiving a scholarship and/or certain other benefits in recognition of ability and/or need as defined in the USTA rules.

   3. Accepting employment which makes use of the player's tennis skills as long as such employment does not violate the amateur regulations outlined in the USTA "Amateur Regulations" pamphlet based on the standing orders of the USTA.

United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) — uspta.org

Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) — ptrtennis.org

Positive Coaching Alliance — positivecoach.org

International Tennis Federation (ITF) — itftennis.com

United States Tennis Association (USTA) — usta.com