Sun City Donates

TENNIS E-News

Aug. 20, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 91

South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner

Hilton Head Island SC

Sun City Tennis Donates $1,500 for Bluffton School Courts & Club Programs

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Sun City Tennis Association has sent grant checks to three Bluffton Tennis entities; $500 each to Bobcat Public Tennis, Boys and Girls Club and Bluffton Public Tennis Inc.

Amidst an $80,000 fund drive for additional courts at Bluffton High School, Activities Director Robert Brown took possession of a $500 check toward that five-year budget. "With this generous donation and net proceeds from the Luke Jensen promotion at the school on the 15th, this has been a good week for public tennis!" Brown said. Brown complimented the Sun City players for continued support in resources, volunteer time and equipment to help Bluffton kids.

Combo Into Third Week of Play

Schedules Are Up; Teams Get Ready for Next Week's Start of Super Senior Season

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The shaking down of team numbers is complete, coordinators hope, and the schedules are on TennisLink, setting up the 2007 Super Senior season that will begin next week. Meanwhile, Combo Adult and Senior teams are moving into the meat of their schedules.

The addition of the new Super Senior Men's 75s has caused a shift in team numbers on the upper age levels, but it is resulting in about the same total numbers as last season. The 75s results won't count in determining player ratings. The Super Senior 60s and 70s 2006 results, however, will be integrated into this year's ratings.

The startup of the Super Seniors and continuation of Combo has caused schedule conflicts on a couple levels. Coordinators have asked team captains to try working out the conflicts so no team ends up on the short end.

Here's a look at the current standings and how leagues are stacking up for next week's start:

Combo Adults -- (season end date in parentheses)

5.5 W – 4 teams (9/29) -- Wexford Racquettes lead at 2-0

6.5 M – 5 teams (10/20) -- Bluffton Aces lead at 2-0

6.5 W – 8 teams (10/13) -- Chaplin Combo, Indigo Go Girls, Long Cove Combo tied at 1-0

7.5 M – 3 teams (10/4) -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs lead at 1-0

7.5 W – 4 teams (9/29) -- Wexford 7.5 Smash, Indigo Run Volley Girls tied at 1-0

Combo Seniors – (season end date in parentheses)

6.5 W – 6 teams (9/17) -- PD G.R.I.T.S., Sun City Hot Shots tied at 2-0

7.5 M – 3 teams (9/28) -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs lead at 2-0

7.5 W – 3 teams (9/28) -- Indigo Run Hot Shots lead at 1-0

Super Senior 60s - (# of teams in '06)

2.5 M - 4 teams (7) - 9/12 - 10/17

3.0 M - 18 teams (15) - 8/27 - 10/22

3.0 W - 11 teams (15) - 9/4 - 10/30

3.5 M - 13 teams (12) - 8/29 - 10/31

3.5 W - 11 teams (9) - 8/29 - 10/31

4.0 M - 3 teams (3) - 9/4 - 10/30

4.0 W - 3 teams (2) -- 9/10 - 10/29

Super Senior 70s - (# of teams in '06)

3.0 M - 8 teams (8) - 9/4 - 10/16

3.0 W - 2 teams (4) - 9/12 - 10/10

3.5 M - 4 teams (3) - 9/13 - 10/18

3.5 W - 1 team (1) --

Super Senior 75s - (no such division in '06)

3.0 M - 6 teams - 9/12 - 10/17

3.5 M - 2 teams --

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No High 5s for 5.5s

TENNIS E-News

Aug. 15, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 90

South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner

Hilton Head Island SC

New Rating Appeal Process Online -- See below

Super Senior Men's, Women's 3.0 & 4.0 Schedules Are Now Up on TennisLink

HHI Adult Men's 5.5s Lose in Southern Sectionals

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- "We kept it competitive but just came up short," was Captain Chris Mireles' assessment of the Hilton Head Island Adult Men's 5.5s team performance at Saturday's Southern Sectional Championship in Myrtle Beach.

The match scores bore out his take on the three-team faceoff that completed the Southern lineup for Nationals. All other divisions of the nine-state championships were played in late July in Mobile AL.

Against Greensboro NC, the HHIslanders split a pair of those infamous third-set match tiebreaks, losing 2-1. In the followup match, the eventual champions Charleston took all three courts, then defeated Greensboro 2-1 for the sectional title. Here are the individual results involving the local team:

Greensboro 2, Hilton Head Island 1

#1 Singles -- Jeff Johnston lost 6-3, 7-6

#1 Doubles -- Tom Coulton and Matt Wuller won 6-3, 5-7, 1-0

#2 Doubles -- Mike O’Regan and Mike Sutcliffe lost 4-6, 6-3, 1-0

Charleston 3, Hilton Head Island 0

#1 Singles -- Tom Coulton lost 1-2, injury retirement

#1 Doubles -- Chris Mireles and Mike Sutcliffe lost 6-1, 6-2

#2 Doubles -- Mike O’Regan and Jeff Johnston lost 6-3, 4-6, 1-0

Independent Men's League Postpones Inaugural Season Until Late Spring '08

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The fledgling Independent Men's League doesn't have enough players to fledge this season, but intends to flap its wings in a full schedule next Spring following the USTA League season.

Plans for the league were for multi-level doubles format that would be played weekly at the same site: Port Royal Racquet Club. League coordinators Tom Larkin and Werner Sicvol needed about 40 players for the competition, but didn't have that many this time around. For information contact Larkin at tlarkin@aol.com.

Juniors & Adults

1st Southern Siblings Championships Set for Next Month at Kiawah Island

KIAWAH ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The USTA Southern Section is introducing a new tournament format for junior and adult siblings and, to no great surprise, South Carolina will host the first event Sept. 14-16 on Kiawah Island. No player ratings are in effect in the tournament.

USTA-sanctioned Sibling Southern Open Clay Court Championships play will be in Boys' and Girls' 18s Doubles, Mixed 18s Doubles, Brother-Brother Open Doubles, Brother-Sister Open Doubles and Sister-Sister Open Doubles. A feed-in consolation will be played in each category. Players may enter one or two events. If you would like more information, contact Jonathan Barth at jonathan_barth@kiawahresort.com.

The Level 1 SC tournament and Southern championship can be entered online by going to http://www.sctennis.com and selecting , then and using ID # 704116707.

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New Rating Appeals Process

05/29/2007

The non-medical NTRP rating appeal process is now fully automated. Follow the instructions below to complete the process via the internet:

You may appeal your rating at any time, but if you participate in spring or mixed doubles leagues, don't expect your rating to go down in the middle of the season. This procedure will be most useful at the end of the year when the new year-end ratings are released.

-- Go to http://tennislink.usta.com/leagues/

-- In the column on the right side of the TennisLink page, under the heading "League Players", click on "Find a Rating".

-- Enter your USTA # in the box and click "go". (If you are a captain appealing for one of your players, enter the USTA # of the player.)

-- A page with rating information will appear. If your rating can be appealed (not all can), a blue link that says "appeal rating" will appear at the end of the line containing your rating information. Click on that link.

-- Enter the zip code of the player in the box. Please note that the zip code is the same as the information on file in the TennisLink database, so if your information is not correct in TennisLink, you may get an error. (Just make sure all your TennisLink information is correct and everything will be fine.)

-- You'll need to select 2 buttons in this step. The first is whether you want your rating to go up or go down. The second is whether you are the player or the captain. If you are the captain, you'll need to type in your USTA #. Click submit once you have made your choices.

-- The appeal is instantly granted or denied and the result will appear on the screen. If you wish to e-mail the results to someone (say, for example that your captain has asked you to appeal your rating, you may forward the results to him or her). The e-mail contains the same information that appears on your results screen.

You may appeal your rating at any time, but if you participate in spring or mixed doubles leagues, don't expect your rating to go down in the middle of the season. This procedure will be most useful at the end of the year when the new year-end ratings are released.

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Combo & Super Seniors

TENNIS E-News

Aug. 11, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 89

South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner

Hilton Head Island SC

WANTED: 2.5 WOMEN FOR SUPER SENIORS

Combo Under Way; Super Senior Play to Begin Late This Month

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The 7.0 Seniors put a lock on the summer mixed doubles season this week, just as the BMW Combo season got under way, with the Super Seniors not far behind.

The mixed doubles finished with a lineup of champions scheduled for South Carolina State Championships Sept. 8-10 in Charleston. They are:

Senior 6.0 -- Spring Lake The Odd Couples

Senior 7.0 -- Wexford Topspinners

Adult 5.0 -- Wexford Wildcats

Adult 6.0 -- Wexford 6.0 Adults (Somebody's gotta pick a real name for that team!!)

Adult 7.0 -- Bluffton 7.0 (Same for these cats. Where's the creative juice?)

Adult 8.0 -- SC Yacht Anglers

Meanwhile, State Super Senior Coordinator Bonnie Sue Duncan issued a recruiting call for Super Senior 2.5 Women. Although not flooded with players in that division, Hilton Head Island leagues have been competing mainly among themselves. As of now, however, no SS 2.5 Women's teams are registered on TennisLink. Interested players should contact the category's Local League Coordinator Mary Ellen Arboe at tennisbeachbums@aol.com.

Here's what the lineup of teams looks like so far on Combo, Super Senior 60, 70 and the brand new 75 levels:

Combo Adults – (# of teams in ’06)

5.5 W – 4 teams (2) – 8/11 - 9/29

6.5 M – 5 teams (4) – 8/4 – 10/20 -- Spring Lake Mis-Hits lead at 1-0

6.5 W – 8 teams (5) – 8/15 – 10/13

7.5 M – 3 teams (2) – 8/9 – 10/4 -- Bluffton Topspin lead at 1-0

7.5 W – 4 teams (2) – 8/18 – 9/29

Combo Seniors – (# of teams in ’06)

6.5 W – 6 teams (4) – 8/6 – 9/17 -- PD G.R.I.T.S., Sun City Hot Shots tied at 1-0

7.5 M – 3 teams (3) – 8/7 – 9/28 -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs lead at 1-0

7.5 W – 3 teams (2) – 8/3 – 9/28 -- Indigo Run Hot Shots lead at 1-0

Super Senior 60s – (# of teams in ’06)

2.5 M – 4 teams (7) –

3.0 M – 17 teams (15) –

3.0 W – 10 teams (15) –

3.5 M – 13 teams (12) – 8/29 -

3.5 W – 12 teams (9) –

4.0 M – 3 teams (3) –

4.0 W – 3 teams (2) --

Super Senior 70s – (# of teams in ’06)

3.0 M – 7 teams (8) –

3.0 W – 2 teams (4) –

3.5 M – 4 teams (3) –

3.5 W – 1 team (1) --

Super Senior 75s – (no such division in ’06)

3.0 M – 7 teams – 9/12 - 10/24

3.5 M – 2 teams --

Mixed Adults – (# of teams in ’06)

5.0 – 3 teams (3) – Season ended

6.0 – 7 teams (6) – Season ended

7.0 – 7 teams (4) – Season ended

8.0 – 4 teams (3) – Season ended

9.0 -- 0 teams (1) --

Mixed Seniors – (# of teams in ’06)

6.0 – 4 teams (5) – Season ended

7.0 – 10 teams (8) – Season ends 8/8

8.0 – 0 teams (2) --

Super Senior Combo – (no such division in ’06)

6.5 W – 4 teams – Season ended 7/12

7.5 W – 3 teams – Season ended 8/2

TAHHI Social Round Robin Sept. 2 Already a Sellout, But Y'all Come for the Red, White & Blue Cookout

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The round robin already has reached its 84-player limit, but TAHHI's Pat Leinberger reminds everyone to wear red, white and blue and come join in the U.S. Open Social cookout that is free to members and $10 to nonmembers.

Play at Port Royal Racquet Club is from 10:30 to 12:30 with a lunch cookout, rain or shine. Anyone wanting to cancel late should contact Leinberger at 705-6014. No-shows will not be allowed to enter the next TAHHI social.

Junior & Adult Divisions

RE/MAX CMN Doubles Tournament Set for Sept. 7-9 at Palmetto Dunes

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- With 100% of its money raised going to the Medical University of South Carolina’s Children’s Hospital in Charleston, the annual RE/MAX Children's Miracle Network Doubles Tournament will be played Sept. 7-9 at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center. In its 12^th adult season, the competition will include junior divisions for the second year. Both entry forms are included as attachments to this issue.

Children who live in Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and surrounding areas will be beneficiaries of the tournament that will include a weekend-long silent auction. A players' party Thursday the 6^th will be sponsored by Carrabba's Italian Grill and Budweiser.

Adult categories will be men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles in 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 and Open. Entry fee is $40 per person for one event and $50 if playing in two. Juniors will compete in singles only boys' and girls' 10 & under, 12 & under, 14 & under and 16 & under. With an entry fee of $25, juniors are guaranteed at least two matches.

Entry forms are available at island pro shops. For information, call Palmetto Dunes at 785-1152.

ONE MORE FOR THE CALENDAR: 5th Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Tennis Tournament

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Mark this one down in your futures book: Thanksgiving Turkey Tournament Nov. 16-18 at Chaplin Public Tennis Center (eb). Play will be at Chaplin and Hilton Head Island Middle School.

Junior Divisions: Girls' & Boys' 18's, 16's, 14's 12's

Adult Divisions: NTRP Ratings: Womens' & Mens' 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 & Open

Adult & Child Division: All ages welcome. This event is solely for fun with skill levels matched in opening rounds

Entry Fees: $25 for singles; $15 per player for doubles and or $30 per doubles team; If you enter singles & doubles, entry cost is $35 per person

Registration forms are available at area tennis clubs, businesses and the Island Recreation Center. Register online at www.islandreccenter.org by clicking on , then and you will see tabs at the bottom of the screen to choose your event and pay with a credit card (Visa or MasterCard). You can also fax your registration form and credit card number to 843-681-3754.

Deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 5 p.m.

For information, contact Cameron Everett, director of tennis, Island Recreation Center, 681-7273

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