El Gouna To Play In Tennis Tournament Against Gezira Club

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It is finally here! 

The yearly encounter between El Gouna Tennis enthusiasts and their Gezira Club in Cairo (GSC) counterparts, is upon us. The tournament starts on Saturday 25th at noon and run until February the 28th. 

The GSC team will drive up from Cairo and compete at the Gouna Tennis Club clay courts, located beside the Go Kart race track and opposite the TUB campus. 


This is an annual meet between the two clubs, and the 2017 tournament will be its fourth occurence, with El Gouna having won the tournament the last three times. It is important to note the informal, festive and friendly nature of these meets, where the love of tennis and the social aspect feature greatly. 

 
It is expected that around 60 players will participate in the 2017 tournament. 


Following is the High Level Plan for the tournament and events:

1.  GSC participants travel by bus at 8.30am in front of Gezira Horse Racing Gate on Friday 24th of February 2017.
2.  Cocktail same day 24th February at the Crooner Club, El Gouna at 7.30pm.
3.  Tournament starts on 25th February at 12 noon (15 matches /day in 5 courts for 3 days Round Robin).
4.   Finals on the 28th for the 5 Groups.
5.   Sightseeing on 1st March in Mahmia – a full day back at 6pm.
6.   Farewell dinner for all at Captain’s Inn or le Garage. 
7.   Departure 2nd  March  at 11.30 am by bus or car or plane


 Order of Play:

·      The Tournament will be in round robin format - 5 Groups each group consisting of 6 doubles 3 from each club.
·         Group 1 Shark A
·         Group 2 Swordfish A-
·         Group 3 Dolphin B
·         Group 4  Turtle B-
·         Group 5  Seahorse C
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The tournament will be for four days including one day sightseeing. 
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The tournament starts on 25th of February to 28th of February. 

Each of the Five Groups (Turtle, Dolphin, Swordfish, Shark and Seahorse) consist of 6 doubles, 3 doubles from Gezira & 3 doubles from Gouna. A double can be men, women or mixed. 

Each of the Five Groups will play three matches in 3 days 15 doubles matches/day for the first 3 days (a total of 45 matches) and they will play on 5 courts simultaneously.  
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All matches will be of 9 games and a tie break if they reach 8, but the final matches will be of 10 games and a tie break if they reach 9. 
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Each group will play on a specific court for 3 hours a day from 12 noon till 3.30 pm. 

Thus a total of 45 matches over 3 days, and five final matches on the fourth  day, a total of 50 matches  
The best team from Gezira and Gouna of each of the Five Groups will play the final match on the fourth day, the 28th of February
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To identify the winner teams for the finals the number of matches won is counted. If they are equal we count the number of games, the team which lost the least games will be the winner. 
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The five finals will be the decisive factor, not the round robin results of the first three days. The trophy will go to the club that has the most games won overall. 

Anyone interested in watching the tournament is welcome. There are no entry tickets and there is plenty of seating space in the new expanded Tennis Club. 

See you then !




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