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November 22, 2023

Greeting to all EVSTL players.  

Last year the EVSTL Membership Board approved the transition to the Tenniscores system which included criteria for player move ups and move downs. That criteria were based on a player’s wins and losses.  We are fully aware that there are issues with our schedule of play, with some teams playing each other multiple times and not playing other teams at all.  At issue is fairness. Some teams may play a very strong opponent multiple times while others don’t play them at all.  The schedule is not equally random. There is no way for us to know who is being adversely affected.

I have met with our scheduler. We are confident this problem can be resolved next season; however, it is unlikely that we will be able to materially change our current schedule.  My concern is that players may choose not to play rather than playing the same opponent multiple times.  The first two priorities of the league are to have fun and enjoy competitive matches.  We want to maximize the number of matches being played daily.  There is certainly much more to this discussion than outlined here, but you can sense our concern.

The President’s Advisory Committee met on Monday to discuss this and other issues.  The Executive Committee then met.  It is the decision of the EVSTL Executive Committee to continue the roll out of Tenniscores and related Policies, however we are suspending the move down criteria until next year.  No players will be asked to involuntarily move down at the end of this season based on their win/lose record.  Move up criteria remains the same. We want people playing. A player that wishes to move down due to injury, aging or otherwise, may still request an on-court evaluation by their club as provided by our by-laws.

Members: this is the only way to treat all players fairly and encourage participation in our league. We are off to a great start to the season.  Thank you all. 

Ken Borle, President

East Valley Senior Tennis League.

Greeting to EVSTL Members;

A few weeks ago, I gave notice to the membership that the league was suspending mandatory year-end move-downs for those players not meeting their match win/lose stats as provided in our bylaws.   I also shared that in many situations, our schedule does not provide a broad distribution of opponents resulting in some teams and players being unfairly disadvantaged over others.   It was a question of fairness.

This week the League Management System Advisory Committee met with members of the EVSTL Executive Committee. There were many positive reports regarding implementation of the Tenniscores system.  However, from that discussion we also realized that the mandatory move-up criteria produced some of the same concerns that we addressed for mandatory move-downs and may result in yearend move-ups for players not yet ready for the next level of play. We need to be consistent. The Executive Committee is suspending both the mandatory move-ups and move-downs provided by Section XIV.H. of our bylaws until the following season.

There are a few issues that may interest you.  Last year we were notified mid-season that Ten-Cap would no longer be available.  That left our league Club Presidents and officers scrambling not only to investigate possible replacement systems, but to create whole new procedures for player evaluations.   Beginning at the January 25, 2024 meeting of the Membership, we will be asking the Board to assess possible alternatives to the move-up/move-down criteria. We have plenty of time to prepare ourselves for the next season.

We have taken strong steps to provide our scheduler resources in developing next seasons schedule with the addition of two assistant schedulers. That, along with an additional year of experience with the Tenniscores scheduling system, we are confident it will meet our clubs needs.

While we are suspending the mandatory move-up/move-down criteria this year, we are not suspending move-up or move-downs.  Article IX. G. of our Bylaws provide that each club will determine the criteria for player re-evaluations. If a re-evaluation determines the player’s skills are indicative of success at another level, the player should be placed on that roster. The decision to move a player will largely lie with the individual club. Captains must continue to record match results as they are.  The Tenniscores data may be helpful for a club’s re-evaluation proceedings.

I do want to mention that we are in a transition period.  We are seeing much success this season. Membership is continuing to rise. We have experienced weekly increases in league participation rates. I have noticed two significant items at my home courts at Mesa Regal.  Court utilization is much better that the past several years and people are turning out to watch others play.  All very positive.

I apologize if the communication is lengthy, but I would rather provide more information than less.

Ken Borle, President   East Valley Senior Tennis League