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ITF Beach Tennis Tour Tournament Organisational Guidelines 2015 Page 9 of 19 Each tournament must provide sufficient personnel to assist the Tournament Director and the Referee with their administrative duties. These assistants, a number of whom should preferably be English speaking, should also be available to assist players with any tournament related issues, such as hotel reservations, travel arrangements to the next tournament etc. 4. Tournament Doctor & Physiotherapist / Athletic Trainer (PAT) Each tournament must provide, at its sole expense, an English speaking PAT on-site for the duration of play. All on-court treatment during play must be free of charge to players. An English speaking Tournament Doctor must also be "on-call" for the duration of the tournament (i.e. contactable by phone and available to come on-site if required). Any on-site treatment should be provided free of charge to players, at the discretion of the Tournament Director. The cost of hospital treatment or any off-site treatment is the responsibility of participating players. 5. Entertainment Staff Master of Ceremonies (MC) & Disk Jockey (DJ) The ITF recommends the Tournament appoints an MC to be based predominantly on the main show court at all Tour events. His/her major role would be to entertain the spectators – this may include, but should not be limited to, introducing the players onto court, commentating in between points/rallies and announcing the score during a match as well as the current scores and results of other matches. The MC must have a good understanding of the rules of Beach Tennis and should be responsible for ensuring that any spectator entertainment (e.g. music) does not disrupt the normal course of a match. In association with the MC, a DJ (with sound system) may be appointed to perform/play music between games/sets/matches. Ideally the DJ will be fully briefed on the rules of Beach Tennis and must be sympathetic with regards playing music during a match. The DJ should be provided with an updated order of play on a daily basis and should pay close attention to matches being played to ensure as little disruption/distraction is caused to players as possible. Hosts/Hostesses To help facilitate the entertainment run by the MC, a number of hosts/hostesses may be employed. Such individuals may be the same personnel employed as Tournament Assistants. 6. Court Maintenance Staff The Tournament Director must appoint and pay all costs for sufficient personnel responsible for the maintenance of the courts, who must be available on-site at all times.

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