ITF Umpire Manual

32 SECTION VI PROCEDURE Article 49 | TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE The Tournament Committee will consist of: Chairman of Tournament, I Chairman representing Umpires of countries and 4 technical members who assist the Chairman of Tournament. They will be in charge of the development of all the competition. The members of this Committee must be present in the competition area during the whole tournament. Article 50 |OFFICIAL PROTEST A) Only the coach can present the official protest when they feel a decision breaks the rules. B) After the notification of each protest, the official protest form must be presented in to the Jury President at the end of match, no later than 5 minutes after match is finished. The protest must specify the circumstances and it must be accompanied by the payment of the tax previously fixedbythe Tournament Committee. This is done to limit protests to truly questionable cases. Only in cases where the protest is positively accepted by the Tournament Committee will the tax be given back to the coach. C) The Tournament Committee will examine the protest circumstances and decide: 1) to validate the match; 2) to repeat the match; 3) to change the result; or 4) to disqualify one or both competitors. D) In case of an official protest, the winner will not be able to compete until the Tournament Committee have made a decision in regard to the protest. Article 51 |DECISIONS A) In order to come to a decision, the Tournament Committee may call anyone they choose to give evidence on the protest. B) On reaching a decision the Tournament Committee will notify all parties. C) The Tournament Committee will at all times base their decision on the rules as written in this document and their decision cannot conflict with the rules of this document.