Metroplex Tennis Officials Association
The official blogsite and information center for the Metroplex Tennis Officials Association. All emails sent to the MTOA email (metroplexofficials@yahoo.com) will be forwarded to the President and/or appropriate Board Member. The MTOA website is also located at: www.mtoaofficials.com
Sunday, January 2, 2022
MTOA General Board Meeting December 16, 2021
2022 MTOA Standard Shift Rates
2022 MTOA Standard Shift Rates*
For 2022 the standard shift rates are:
Referee - $25/hour (8-hour minimum shift)
Official - $22/hour (6-hour minimum shift)
Overtime is paid at the standard shift rate per hour. An official who works more than 10 hours, but less than 12, is paid for two shifts or 12 hours. For ex., an official who works 9 hours is paid for 9 hours at $22/hour, an official who works 10.5 hours is paid for 12 hours at $22/hour, and an official who works 13 hours is paid for 13 hours at $22/hr. The above does not apply to the referee; they are paid $25/hour for any hours worked beyond the 8 hour/day minimum.
Referees should determine prior to the start of a tournament whether meals are to be provided to the officials and inform the officials accordingly. Meals provided by the tournament enable the officials to remain on site for their full shift. If no meals are provided on site, the referee should advise officials that they are authorized to leave the site in order to obtain food (generally no more that a half hour is required). The tournament director should be made aware by the referee that some solo officiated sites may be uncovered while officials are obtaining lunch or dinner.
Weather delay/cancellation exceptions:
1) An official notified of a delay/cancellation within two hours prior to the start of their shift, is entitled to three hours minimum pay.
2) An official who arrives at their site and is released within two hours of their start time, is entitled to 4 hours pay.
3) An official who is on site for more than two hours of their shift, prior to a cancellation being announced, is entitled to a full shift pay.
4) An official who is on call awaiting a decision regarding play, should be paid for the time they are on call until they are officially released.
5) An official who is called in to report after an initial weather delay, is entitled to a full shift pay.
6) A referee is entitled to the minimum shift rate of 8 hours for any day in which their services are required. For ex. if a tournament were canceled at noon on a Saturday, the referee is still entitled to their 8-hour minimum.
Chaired matches (applies primarily to junior tournaments in which some matches are chaired):
The rate is $75/chair with a two-chair minimum, i.e., if an official chairs only one match, he or she is still paid $150. If an official both roves and chairs, the rate is $175 per six hour minimum shift.
*Note: The above are standard tournament rates to be used for the majority of junior and adult sanctioned tournaments in the DFW metroplex. Other non-standard events (UTR, ITA,
Important: Although the rates may vary depending upon the type of event, in all cases the tournament referee should make certain that their officials are made aware, prior to each event, the rate they will be paid for the event.
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Annual General Meeting Dec 19, 2018
The board elected officers as follows: President, Dwayne Enderle; Vice-Pres. Randy McDonald; Treasurer, Randall Edwards; Secretary, Terry Gatzki.
A copy of the General Meeting Minutes can be located on the right side of this Blog
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Lateness Penalities For Different Scoring Formates
Lateness Penalities For Different Scoring Formates
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Scoring Formats
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Best of 3 or 5 sets Including
Match Tiebreak for Final Set
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Pro set matches
of 7 or
more games
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Best of 3
short sets*, including Match Tiebreak for 3rd
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Pro set matches
to 6 or fewer games
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Time Periods
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Penalities
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5 Minutes or
less
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Loss of toss plus 1
game
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5:01-10
Minutes
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Loss of toss
plus 2 games
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Loss of toss
plus 1 game and 2 points
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10:01- 15
Minutes
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Loss of toss
plus 3 games
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Loss of toss plus 2 games
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More than 15 Minutes
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Default
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Default
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Except for a default the Referee shall never
assess more than a 3 game
penalty for lateness
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Except for a default
the Referee shall never assess more than a 2 game penalty for lateness
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Both
players late up to 15 minutes
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No Penalty
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Both players late more than 15 minutes
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Referee may
default both players or reinstate the match
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Both players late but arrive at different times
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In singles, penalty accrues when the first player arrives. In
doubles, penalty accrues when the first team arrives. (Time starts when first
team arrives (both players)
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Lateness for Resumption of Suspended match
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Same penalities are asses as for lateness for the start of a
match except there is not loss of toss
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Lateness
after 10-minute Rest Period
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Up to 5 minutes |
Game Penalty
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More than 5 minutes |
Default
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Both players equally late up to 5 minutes |
No penalty
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Both players late but arrive at different times | The last player to arrive loses one game unless the the difference in arrival times is more than 5 minutes. After 5 minutes Default | |||
Both players more than 5 minutes late | Referee may default both players, continue the match without penality or penalize last arriving player if less than 5 minutes after first player arrived. | |||
* Short Sets: First player/team who wins four games wins that set, provided there is a margin of two games over the opponent(s) At four all a Short Set tie-break shall be played. (Short Set Tie-break first to 5 points) |
Sunday, April 1, 2018
URGENT OPENINGS
Sunday, August 27, 2017
USTA Official Recertification
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
USTA Certification Requirements
Provisional Umpire/Sectional
Umpire
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Level 1 Roving Umpire
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Level 1 Referee
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Chair Umpire
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Chief Umpire
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Line Umpire
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