General Information

FACILITY/PARKING

Parking at Suwanee Sports Academy ("SSA") is free but challenging.  Earlybirds will be able to park in the lot adjoining the courts, but others will have to drop off their kids and coolers at the entrance and find other parking opportunities nearby.  There exists a well-marked overflow lot right off McGinnis Ferry Road which is fine.  The parking lot that serves the adjacent church is NOT fine, and you will be towed if you park there.  Parking is not allowed on McGinnis Ferry Road either.  It is permissible to park on Burnett Road, the non-curbed road that serves SSA, provided that the wheels of your vehicle are not touching the paved surface, but all the way on the shoulder.  Again, cars that intrude upon Burnett Road will be towed.  We will post "no parking" signs to alert you to problem areas, but sometimes those signs walk off, so we're emphasizing it in this email.  Beyond the above, there are side roads off Burnett that are fine.  Just bring your walking shoes!

FOOD TABLES

Are fine.  The food area is just off the entrance to the facility.  Space is at a premium, so please be judicious about your use of it.  We will pre-mark tables with team names.  Please confine yourselves to the marked area so that we don't to have to referee any food fights. 

We will also have a coffee bar and smoothie bar open at the concession stand for your convenience.

GATE

$5 per adult (over 18) per day.  To gain access to this outstanding facility and play all of the tournament's matches under one roof, we had to either charge a gate or disallow food inside.  So rightly or wrongly we opted for the traditional food tables inside during the month of February.  We would appreciate your feedback on this decision during or following the tournament.

TRAINERS

Two certified trainers will be on site for the duration of the tournament.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Championship photos as well as action shots will be provided by Dennis Esler Photography throughout the tournament.  Visit http://www.eslerphoto.com/ for more information.

TEAM REFEREE OBLIGATIONS

Referee schedules are included in the pool assignments posted on the website.  Teams losing in bracket play on Sunday will ref the next match on that court.  8 teams will be required to ref the 8:00 A.M. Sunday match before they play, so again, please check the website as well as the pools and brackets that will be posted at the tournament.  Teams with 8 A.M. ref assignments must be in place on the court no later than 7:45.

Coaches, please remind your players that MP3 players and Cell Phones are not to be used while working the score table and that snacks and drink bottles should not be on the table.  For courts without an electronic scoreboard scorekeepers should lift the score board and show the score frequently, minimally at serve changes and time outs.

Please feel free to call me or email me with questions.  Emergency/last-minute contacts and phone numbers are included below.  And please do get the rosters for 16's and above in to me on time.  We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta next week.