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20 ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2016 ii) 15 – 30 minutes delay - three (3) minutes of warm-up iii) more than 30 minutes delay - five (5) minutes of warm-up 8. 8. 8. 8. Hospitality Hospitality Hospitality Hospitality If official hospitality is offered, the conditions of such hospitality must be available to all entered players and the conditions must be equal for the Men's and Women's events. At $35,000+H and $15,000+H tournaments hospitality must be offered to the top four teams (in the official hotel). At all other tournaments hospitality may be offered to a defined number of teams based only on their position on the Acceptance List. Hospitality may not be conditional on a team's performance or on the entry of specific players or teams. Where hospitality is offered it is defined as a complimentary room for the use of each pair beginning at least one (1) day before the start of Main Draw until the day following the pair's elimination from the tournament or the day following the last day of the tournament. 9. 9. 9. 9. Courts Courts Courts Courts All match courts shall be of exactly the same surface. In the event of bad weather play may be moved under cover, but the surface of all such courts must be the same. Sufficient match courts must be available to accommodate full qualifying and main draws. In addition there should be at least one (1) practice court per 32 teams on site. 10. 10. 10. 10. Tournament Administrator Tournament Administrator Tournament Administrator Tournament Administrator/Tournament Director /Tournament Director /Tournament Director /Tournament Director The National Association sanctioning or organising the Tournament shall designate a Tournament Administrator from within the National Association to administer the tournament. In addition the National Association and Tournament Administrator may appoint a Tournament Organiser to organise the tournament, including managing the entry lists. The National Association and Tournament Administrator shall appoint a Tournament Director who shall be responsible for the organisation of the event onsite during the event. The Tournament Organiser and Tournament Director are not permitted to compete in the event. If the Tournament Organiser/Director is found to be entered into a tournament prior to his/her team's first match, his/her team shall immediately be removed from the Acceptance List/Draw and may be subject to penalty under the Code of Conduct. If the Tournament Organiser/Director is found to have competed in the tournament his/her team shall be defaulted from the event and shall forfeit any prize money and/or Ranking points earned and may be subject to penalty under the Code of Conduct. 11. 11. 11. 11. Referee Referee Referee Referee Each Tournament must provide at its sole expense an appropriate official, as defined in the Tournament Organisational Guidelines, to serve as the Referee for the tournament. The Referee is the final authority for on-site issues related to the ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules, ITF Beach Tennis Tour Code of Conduct, ITF

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