NEWS FLASH!!

TIM MCAVOY elected to APTA Hall of Fame!

Final Women's Presidents cup pts are in - HERE

MAPTA ADULT / CHILD a HUGE SUCCESS!

Junior paddle is building major momentum in the Mapta region. Led by Ann Oshea with help from Eric Neeson, this last weekends event was something to see! There were 24 teams in the 2012 competitive draw, and there were 14 teams in the non-competitive round robin at Overbrook. 

Winners of the main draw were Doug and Stephanie White and the runners up were Bryan and Andrew Aprahamian.  Tim and Wil McAvoy won the consolation draw, William and son Patrick DeLaney won the Consolation Reprieve, and Norm and Derek McAvoy won the Quarter Reprieve. ! Congrats to all!!

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The Burkhart Sisters win National 12's!! - Congratulations to Callie & Catie for their awesome accomplishment!

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Women's interclub Cup Winners:

CUP 1 - Aronimink

CUP 2 - Aronimink

CUP 3 - Picket Post

CUP 4 - Picket Post

CUP 5 - TIE - Huntington Valley & Picket Post

CUP 6 - Conestoga

Nice season all!

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 D1 - The Final Tally

The Top Six Results

Waynesborough traveled all of 2 miles North to complete their season on a winning note and prepare for the play-offs, while Aronimink was looking to revenge their match with WCC from earlier in the season and keep their 3 match win streak alive. Unfortunatley for the Mink, the stomach bug caught up with Brendan Kirk, throwing their line-up into a state of chaos and WCC completed a sweep of courts, dropping only 1 set in the process. The match had no consequences for either team, as their seeds were set last week for the year ending play-off with WCC a #1 seed and Aronimink a #3 seed. Late into the evening, Drew Friel stated something quite controversial, “I think Captain Safford may be the most overrated captain in the league! It appears he picks 8 names out of a hat and throws them on the court and his players seem to do the rest. He is the Phil Jackson of MAPTA Interclub.”

Over at Wallingford, the little W took down P-Country 3 courts to one. On Court 1, “The Greatest Cage Show on Earth” team of the Nowlan’s lost all three sets by a score of 7-5 to Mike Furman and Jeff Shrager in a match that nearly ended past the strike of midnight. Wallingford was a lock for the #2 seed next week, and with the results of this weeks matches, P-Country earned the #4 seed.

Martins-1 and Greenville had a barn-burner as both teams left the hut and went to bed thinking that the match ended in a dead tie. Only once sobriety caught up with the players and re-added the score, the math came out with Martins winning by a total of one game giving Martins an all important home court advantage in the first round and hopefully being able to display their newly built fourth court.

Final Top Six Standings
Waynesborough 30 points
Wallingford 26 points
Aronimink 21 points
Martins-1 19 points (4th place via head to head tie-breaker)
P-Country 19 points
Greenville 18 points

The Bottom Six Results

Merion won their fourth out of the last five to defeat Kennett and also earned the 7th seed in the play-offs. This renewed effort from this squad will put the fear in the play-offs for anyone that has to compete against them. Their first match will be against Wallinford in the play-offs.

Overbrook won their fourth in a row this week over Vic Mead and earned the 8th seed in the play-offs starting next Thursday. They will take on the #1 seed Waynesborough a team that they match up very well with and have upset in prior seasons.

P-Cricket also won four of their last five matches and defeated Martins-2 this week but comes up 2 points shy of earning a spot in the play-offs. Martins-2 will need to regroup next season as they dropped 4 out of their last five matches against the bottom six competition.

Final Bottom Six Standings
Merion – 20 points
Overbrook – 19 points
P-Cricket – 17 points
Martins2 – 14 points
Vic Mead – 9 points
Kennett – 9 points

Play-Offs Information

1st round Quarter Finals - March 1st
Overbrook @ Waynesborough
Merion vs. Wallingford is going to be played @ Merion
Greenville @ Aronimink
P-Country @ Martins

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PHILADELPHIA JUNIORS - DEC 4TH!

a HUGE SUCCESS!!

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Ask the Rules Guru Crossing to the Other Side

Dear Rules Guru,

We had a very strange point the other day. My opponent hit a shot that bounced close to the net, spun sideways, hit the door and spun back around into her side of the court. I chased the ball to the net post, reached around the net and hit the ball back to end the point. After getting over our surprise at what had happened, we couldnt figure out who won the point. Was that a legal shot? Am I allowed to go around the net post like that? What about the ball bouncing off the door?

Sincerely,
Befuddled Ball Chaser

Dear Befuddled Ball Chaser,

Wow. Where do I learn how to bounce it off the door like that?

Your shot was legal as long as you didnt touch any part of the net or the net structure, step in bounds on your opponents court, or interfere with your opponents.

The answer comes from Rule 18 Loss of Point.

This section of Rule 18 tells you what you may do:
If in rushing forward to retrieve a shot, a player's momentum carries him/her past the net post onto the opponents' side of the net, this is not loss of point unless the player actually steps inside the opponents' court or interferes with one of the opponents.

This section of Rule 18 tells you what you may not do:
A team loses the point ifa player or anything the player wears or carries touches the post, net, net hand crank, cord, band or center strap, or the court surface on the opponents' side of the net, within the boundary lines, while the ball is in play.

Rule 2 (Court Fixtures) and Rule 19 (Ball Touching Court Fixtures) tell you why its legal for the ball to bounce off the door. According to Rule 2, doors are considered court fixtures and according to Rule 19, If the ball in play touches a Court Fixture (as defined in Rule 2) after it has hit the deck within the boundaries of the court, the ball remains in play and may be returned, so long as it has not hit the deck a second time within the court or the playing area.

Thanks for asking,
The Rules Guru

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