USQRANews Letter

    January 8, 1998                                                        Vol 9798.02

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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THAT PERTAINS TO POST SEASON PLAY:

Excerpt from: BYLAWS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE USQRA

Article I - MEMBERSHIP

Section 2 Requirements of rostered players

a. Notice of teams intention to add, substitute or transfer must be sent to the Commissioners office by January 15 of the current season. Players may be added after January 15 as members in order to receive benefits but will not be eligible to compete in sanctioned tournaments.

b. All rostered players must compete in at least two registered games prior to post season play.

Section 3.

Any team withdrawing their membership after January 15 or failing to attend scheduled post season tournaments will be assessed a $100.00 fine.

Team Withdrawal
Any team that withdraws from post season play after January 1st will be fined $100.00. Teams will not be allowed to join the following season until they have paid their fine.
Dues, fines, and assessments shall be sent to the office of the commissioner.

PARTICIPATION CAN ONLY BE VERIFIED BY SIGNED OFFICIAL SCORESHEETS SUBMITTED TO THE USQRA OFFICE.

Excerpt from: NEWSLETTER - Vol. 9697.02

Regional Transfers
Transfers have to be submitted by January 15th. Teams wishing to transfer into a different Section must qualify in one of that Section’s Regional Tournaments. A check for $50.00 must be submitted along with the request for transfer in the Commissioners Office no later than January 15st . All requests received after that date will be returned to sender. Transfer placement will be designated by the Commissioners office by January 22nd. The Team has one week to accept or deny the transfer. The fifty dollars is not refundable. Brad Mikkelsen 1329 South Logan Denver CO 80210 (303 698 0855). For a team wishing to transfer to a different region within their section ,the same time line and fees apply.

Seeding
Seeding is done by the USQRA Executive Committee. Seeding is done for competition in Regional, Sectional and Nationals. Invitational tournaments can be seeded by the USQRA Executive Committee but only upon request. Post Season Hosts, after following the guidelines for play, should submit playing schedule to the Commissioners Office for approval.

POST SEASON PLAY FOR 1998 (38 Teams)

Nationals - Salt Lake City, Utah - April 2-5 1998 - Art Berg

West Sectional - Spokane - 3/13/98 - Teresa Skinner

North West Regional - Seattle - 2/20/98 - Clark Landis Tentative
5 Teams - CA Quake, Seattle, Spokane, Oregon, Reno

South West Regional - Bushwhackers - Tentative - Transfer
4 Teams - X!, Shadow, Casa, Northridge

East Sectional - Charlotte - 3/13/98 - Jeff Brafford 704 355 1062 - Tentative

N. East Regional -Boston -2/13-2/15 -Frank Lynch 781 982 1459 Tentative
6 Teams - Philadelphia, Boston, Maine, Washington DC, Connecticut, New York

South East Regional - NONE - (South Florida out) -
4 Teams - Tampa, Sarasota, Atlanta, Charlotte

N. Central Sectional - St. Louis - 3/6 - Vito Lucido 314 768 5325 -
7 Teams - Wright State, Columbus, St. Louis, Tenn, Pittsburgh, Minn, Chicago, Michigan (provisional)

S. Central Sectional - Wichita or Alabama - (proposed) 3/6 - Tentative

South Central East Regional - NONE -
4 Teams - San Antonio, Houston, Alabama Wichita

South Central West Regional - Tuscon or Utah (proposed) - 2/20 - Tentative
5 Teams - Denver, Dust Devils, Tucson, Slam, Utah

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR TEAM MATES !!!!

Thank You,
Judy Pfiester, Secretary

 


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