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8 ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2016 The official ITF Beach Tennis Tour Fact Sheet must be submitted by email to the ITF Beach Tennis Department (Beachtennis@itftennis.com) at least 8 weeks (56 days) before the Tournament start date for all tournaments to enable such information to be provided for the benefit of players. c) If required tournaments shall assign to the ITF, free of charge, one (1) page in the Official Tournament Programme for an ITF editorial or advertisement. d) If required tournaments shall display an ITF Beach Tennis banner on their main court. e) The Referee, on conclusion of the tournament shall send to the ITF, by fax or email the completed draw sheets for the doubles main draw and qualifying, if applicable. This must include each player's full name, nationality and match results. The Referee shall also submit a completed tournament report form and tournament offences report. 6. 6. 6. 6. Non Non Non Non- -- -Compliance Compliance Compliance Compliance Any tournament not complying with the ITF Beach Tennis Tour Regulations or ITF Beach Tennis Tour – Tournament Organisational Guidelines may be allocated a lower prize money category or may not be accepted in the Tour the following year, at the discretion of the ITF. 7. 7. 7. 7. Public Liability Insurance Public Liability Insurance Public Liability Insurance Public Liability Insurance The applicant is responsible for taking out a suitable insurance policy which is compliant with local laws and regulations and which insures against claims made for damage to property and for death/injury caused to people at the event for which the applicant is legally liable. "ITF Ltd" and "ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd" must be named in the policy and on the certificate of insurance, and a copy should be provided to the ITF on request. 8. 8. 8. 8. ITF ITF ITF ITF Responsibilities Responsibilities Responsibilities Responsibilities The ITF is responsible for the overall administration of the Tour and Rankings and for publicising the same as widely as possible. The ITF will publish events and the relevant tournament fact sheets on the ITF Beach Tennis Tour calendar on the ITF Beach Tennis website www.itftennis.com/beachtennis. The ITF shall process results from all tournaments on the Tour and shall issue, on a weekly basis or as otherwise determined by the ITF, the latest ranking points accumulated by competitors. These shall be published on the ITF Beach Tennis website, www.itftennis.com/beachtennis. 9. 9. 9. 9. Rankings Rankings Rankings Rankings and Allocation of Points and Allocation of Points and Allocation of Points and Allocation of Points A player's Ranking will be based on his/her best eight (8) doubles results calculated on a 52-week rollover system except that ranking points earned at the World and Regional Championships will remain active until the end of the next respective editions of those events.