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Veterans and Allies! This one is for you and it’s to benefit the Honor Flights!

Update: Per feedback received, we are opening up the team members to any family member who have or are currently serving in the military (parents of children, children of parents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, in-laws). In fact, even if you have not served, you can still be recruited as an Ally for a service! Lastly, you do not have to play for the branch of service you or your family were a member of. Teams will still be formed around the branch of service your team captains are representing. 

Each branch of the military (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force) will form platoons of at least 10-12 players. From these platoons, you will form 2 squads of 4 players consisting of 2 women and 2 men. (Spouses are eligible!). You do not need to play in every match and can alternate who plays for every match each week.

The lineup for each squad will consist of a women’s doubles team, a men’s doubles team, and 2 mixed doubles team.

Away team submits their lineup to home team and home team will get to react to their opponent’s lineup.

Each squad will play a match consisting of a women’s doubles, men’s doubles and 2 mixed doubles games.

In the event of a tie, a tie-breaker mixed doubles game will be played, with the away team submitting their pair first and the home team responding.

Teams will play 2 sets of matches with each of their squads each Sunday. You will play your opponents twice over the course of the month.

Nov 2: Match 1: Army v Navy // Marines v Air Force     Match 2: Marines v Navy // Army v Air Force

Nov 9: Match 1: Army v Marines // Air Force v Navy     March 2: Air Force v Marines // Navy v Army

Nov 16: Match 1: Air Force v Army // Navy v Marines     Match 2: Navy v Air Force // Marines v Army

Nov 23: Playoffs

Games will be to 11, win by 1, except in the playoffs where they will be win by 2, switch ends at 6. Home team will perform the ‘coin toss’ by putting a 1 or 2 behind their paddle. Winners of the coin toss will choose serve/receive/end/defer and retain those choices for the entirety of their match.

If a team wins their match 4-0 or 3-1, they are awarded 3 points. If a team goes to a tiebreaker and wins, they are awarded 2 points. If a team goes to a tiebreaker and loses, they are awarded 1 point. If a team loses 1-3 or 0-4, they are awarded 0 points.

If you are out for any particular week, you, the captain of your team, will be responsible for finding a sub.

Entry fee for eacb team is $20.

Who’s In!?!

Villages Honor Flight is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to transporting United States military veterans to Washington DC to see their memorials, at no cost to the veterans. Our current focus is on veterans age 75 and over as well as veterans with a terminal illness. There are no paid employees within Villages Honor Flight, we are all volunteers. Our funding comes primarily from donations and fundraising activities such as this. It costs us $600 per veteran and $100,000 per Mission, so every dollar raised is important and very much appreciated. For more information, visit villageshonorflight.org or Like us on Facebook.

Thank you for supporting Villages Honor Flight.