Finances for Teams Going to Nationals
 

Since the various National Championships are right around the corner, it got me thinking, what kind of financial assistance do Districts and/or Sections give to their teams that have qualified?

It seems like they would help out some since there's only two teams (men and women) per Section per rating level. I can't imagine any individual District having more than a couple of teams qualify either.

Is the amount each District/Section gives to their teams standard or does it vary? How much is typical? Team entry fees are what, like $500? If a team is taking say 10 guys and you account for 10 plane tickets, 3 nights per person at a hotel, and rental cars then I am sure the costs can get pretty high. It'd be nice if each team got at least a few hundred bucks per person or maybe either their airfare or hotels reimbursed but I highly doubt that is the case.

Wouldn't it be a nice reward for Sectional Champions to have at least 50% of their trip covered? I bet the USTA could afford it.

Yes, funding would be nice. Not gonna happen.

My 3.5 senior ladies team did a bunch of fundraising. This included shaking down friends and family, selling food and drink at Districts, and raffelling off a donated racket. Most of the money raised came from gifts, $20 here and there.

There were ten of us, so we rented two houses and two vans. When all of the fundraising was split equally, each player owed $200 toward the house and vans, plus her own food and airfare. Not bad. Staying at the host hotel would have cost way, way more.

From my recollection, our section pays the entry fee, which I think this year is $550 plus some fee? Travel expenses are not covered in any way.

John

Our section pays our entry fee depending on what it is. I believe adult gets covered 100% while senior mixed gets only 50%.

As someone else said, I believe this amount is $500 or $550. It comes out to about $50 per person.

Travel, car, hotel are not covered.

the local team advanced to nationals last year and I believed was offered 2000 for the team from USTA. Not much when you have like 15 guys on the team. What they did was they organized a one day fundraising tournament at our local courts for 50 dollars a person. Actually had a good turnout as everyone was there to support them. Had a lot of donations for food and beer which made the day very memorable.