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HITL, the Huntsville Industrial Tennis League is a local non-profit, spring to fall, tennis league in the Huntsville Alabama area. We offer a unique playing format that stresses affordability, flexibility, and competition.  Play usually starts in April and extends through September each year.  The league is based in Huntsville (map), located in Northeast Alabama along I-65 and Hwy 72.

Announcements

End of 2009 HITL Season

The 2009 HITL season has concluded.  We hope everyone had a good year.  Please check back next year in late March to get on a team for the 2010 season.  Also we are looking for volunteers for new league officers and team captains.  Email one of the current officers if you are interested. 

HITL Tournament Final Results are Posted

Check the Results section for final tournament results.  Congratulations to all who participated!

HITL Tournament Brackets are Posted!

Check the Results section for tournament brackets and results for your opponents.  Tournament dates are given below.  Report all score results to Vice President.  Good luck everyone!

The tournament schedule is as follows:

Singles:
Round 1: 9/9 -> 9/22
Round 2: 9/23 -> 10/2
Round 3: 10/3 -> 10/10
Round 4: 10/11 -> 10/16 (only needed for division 3)

Doubles:
Round 1: 9/9 -> 9/22
Round 2: 9/23 -> 10/10
Round 3: 10/11 -> 10/16 (only needed for division 3)

NOTE: as in the past tournaments, you don't have to wait for the "official" start of each round to play your match for that round. You can play each round as soon as you find out who your opponent is going to be. Therefore, you can possibly finish your bracket earlier than the dates posted.

For those of you new to the tournament, there aren't Home or Visitors for each match. For each match, both players (or teams for doubles) brings a new can of balls. The winner gets the unopened can, and the loser gets the opened can.

 

HITL Tournament

The HITL end of season tournament will begin immediately following Round 10.  The tournament brackets, seeding and current results are updated throughout the week in the Results section.  Please check back here routinely to find your initial and subsequent match-ups.  Remember to bring a can of unopened balls to each match,  Match winners collect the unused can of balls.  All match results need to be reported the Vice-President as soon as the match is finished.  There will be no score reporting at HTC as in years past!

HITL Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 19th  6:00 PM  HTC

Agenda:

- Decide tournament schedule

- Decide on t-shirt designs

Minutes:

resent:
Jamie Kelly
Andy Plankenhorn
Jim Scates Sr.
John Lindley
Ashok Raman
Caville Blake


Tournament

Since division 3 has 5 teams, the tournament needed 4 rounds for both singles and doubles. A tournament schedule was made spanning 9/9 to 10/16 and is given below and starts immediately after the conclusion of round 10. Only division 3 needs to play round 4. Andy will send out an email to all captains with the schedule and solicit for tournament players and their t-shirt sizes. Each team can submit a normal round lineup of players to their division coordinator. Extra players will be accommodated on a first-come/first-serve basis. Tournament lineups are due to the division coordinators by 8/31. This year, tournament result scores have to be emailed to the Vice President, Ashok
Raman, as soon as the result known. Ashok will periodically (2-3 times a week) email collected results to the webmaster, Jamie Kelly, for immediate posting on the HITL website. Players should check the website periodically for their new opponents and results.

Since division 3 has 5 teams, they are playing a 10th round which runs 8/26 -> 9/8. Division 4 is also playing a 10th round which does not count. Divisions 1 and 2 are just extending round 9 thru 9/5/2009.


The tournament schedule is as follows:

singles:

rnd 1: 9/9 -> 9/22

rnd 2: 9/23 -> 10/2

rnd 3: 10/3 -> 10/10

rnd 4: 10/11 -> 10/16 (only needed for division 3)



doubles:

rnd 1: 9/9 -> 9/22

rnd 2: 9/23 -> 10/10

rnd 3: 10/11 -> 10/16 (only needed for division 3)


T-Shirts

Jim Scates Sr. will contact Rousseau Sports for t-shirt options and we will collect a vote over email among the board members for final t-shirt type, color, print color and logo. The tournament requires 48 shirts for winners and each division winning team is allotted 12 shirts with extra shirts available at a cost of $10 each. Each HITL officer will also get a shirt. T-shirts can hopefully be contingently ordered before the end of the tournament on 10/16 since we expect a 7 day turn around before the end of season party scheduled on 10/24 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Huntsville Tennis Center.

Jamie Kelly
2009 HITL President

Later round results are posted in the Results section.

Click on the Results link to the left to access later round results for all divisions.  Results are posted in Microsoft Excel files.

The 2009 HITL Season has begun!

Roster and division schedules are available in the files section.  See your captain for access.

Good luck and have fun everyone!

4/14 HITL Captain's Meeting Notes

- The meeting was called to order

 - Team dues of $90 per team were collected from captains present.  Other team dues are still owed to the league secretary, Fred Baier, be mail.  Email him for an address (treasurer@hitl.org).

 - All extra players were claimed by captains present.  Andy will continue to maintain a list of extra players as they become available.

 - The divisions were finalized.  There will be four divisions with four teams in division 1 and 2, five teams in division 3 and three teams in division 4.  Division 3 and 4 will have bye rounds but the bye teams can optionally play each other in a match but does not count toward team scoring.  Divisions 1, 2 and 4 will play 9 rounds and Division 3 will play 10 rounds because of the byes.

 - The play schedule was set starting 4/15 and ending early September after which the tournament will start.  Round 1 will be three weeks and all other rounds will be 2 weeks.  Andy will email out the finalized division information and schedule.

 - Division Coordinators were appointed.

            Div 1                Andy Plankenhorn       

            Div 2                Andy Plankenhorn

            Div 3                Jim Scates Sr.

            Div 4                Jamie Kelly

 - Jim Scates Sr. was appointed to coordinate the T-shirt orders this year for team/tournament prizes which were voted upon in our kickoff meeting.

 - We are still looking for a volunteer to coordinate the end-of-season party this year.

 - Captains were reminded of the file template resources at our website, www.hitl.org, for reporting team scores and lineups.  Rosters and scores will eventually be reported on the website as well.

 - An appreciation plaque was displayed at the meeting which was awarded to HITL in response to our help in supporting the Huntsville High tennis facility remodeling effort.

 - Everyone’s diligence and volunteer effort was thanked and the meeting was adjourned.

 Thank You.

 Jamie Kelly

2009 HITL President

3/17 Kick-off Meeting Notes

We held our first meeting last night at the Tennis Center.

All of last year's officers agreed to serve again for 2009 and were
re-elected:

(Jamie wasn't present, but we re-elected him anyway.)

President: Jamie Kelly
Vice President: Ashok Raman
Treasurer: Fred Baier
League Coordinator – Andy Plankenhorn
HATA Rep - James Scates, Sr.
Web Coordinator – Jamie Kelly
Secretary - David Hale

The draft schedule was adopted:
4/08 Rosters due to Andy Plankenhorn in electronic form
4/14 Next meeting
4/15 Begin play

Detailed schedule will come. Plan is for divisions to consist of four
teams again if possible. First play period will be 3 weeks, all
following play periods will be 2 weeks. 9 play periods.

Dues were set at $90.

Jamie Kelly was requested in absentia to update the web site and the
league flyer.

T-shirts were approved again as the prize for division and tournament
winners.

Andy will provide a list of tennis pros that are available to rate new
players.

Thank you,
David Hale
HITL Secretary

2009 Season Important Dates

3/17   Kick-off meeting

Huntsville Tennis Center (HTC) 6:00 PM

Agenda:

Officer election voting
Set tentative dates for season
Set team dues
Flyer review
Discuss team prizes
Propose constitutional amendments

4/8     Initial team rosters due to the league coordinator by email

4/14   Meeting to finalize team assignments to each division and set the 2009 schedule

All captains or a representative should attend!

Huntsville Tennis Center (HTC) 6:00 PM

Agenda:

Pay dues of $90 per team
Finalize season schedule
Finalize divisions
Appoint division coordinators

4/15   First round of 2009 season begins

For each meeting, the captain or a team representative should attend. 

2009 Season Teams Now Forming!

2009 teams are now forming and play will begin in mid April.  If you are interested in playing but are not already on a team, please email the League Coordinator in the Contacts section.  Please provide your:

Name

Preferred email address

Phone number and

NTRP rating (or self rating)

Most beginners are 3.0.  Also indicate if you would be willing to captain a team.  In late March or early April, you will be contacted by a team captain and invited to play on their team.

Have a great season!