The Vermont Tennis Ladder officially begins this Friday, May 26, 2017 for a supersized Session 1. A big congrats again to last year's A and B champions, Preston Gordon and Teal "Soyru Forall" Scott. Congrats are also due to our runners up David Gold and Sam Laves for their impressive playoff runs. Almost 100 matches were played last season by 32 active players making it the Ladder's most active season to date.
Matt Kim, Bret Findley, and Ben Nappi all reached out to me the end of last season interested in providing some help as the volunteer administrative burden of running the ladder has increased as the numbers have grown. The four of us met last week for the first "VT Ladder Advisory Committee". They will be assisting with the timely posting of scores, cosmetic website improvements, organizing events, rule change discussions and other matters to ensure a smooth ladder experience behind the scenes. A big thank you to them.
Please note some tweaks to the rules in the Format and Rules tab on the website. These are mostly clarifying changes with the exception of the new "VTL Challengers" section of the ladder for new or inactive players. Last season there were a number of complaints that inactive players were ranked higher than new active ones creating a frustrating experience for players new to the ladder. Hopefully this will improve that experience. I have also removed anyone who has not played a match the past two seasons. If you would like to be re-added, let me know. As part of this change, the "One Free Challenge Match" has been modified so that anyone new or inactive from the previous year can play anyone up to fifteen (15) spots up the active player ladder. If you have any questions about the rule changes, please e-mail me, there is still time to make some tweaks before the season starts.
If you have any other questions, would like to join, and/or need to report a match score, e-mail me at vttennisladder@gmail.com. See you on the courts, have fun, play hard.
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