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TENNIS E-News

Sept. 28, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 100
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Men's Senior Interclub Team Deadline Monday -- See below

USTA-Sanctioned Age, Rated

119 Players Set for Fall Clay Court Championships at Fripp Island R.C.

FRIPP ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- Players ready? Play! Off and hitting with the Fripp Island Clay Court Championships that will run today and Saturday, with finals Sunday in USTA-sanctioned age and rated categories. The tournament is the autumn version of the spring championships held in early March.

The 129 players in the draws are mostly from this area, but include a mixed contingent from the Atlanta area and other parts of Georgia and a doubles team from Texas.

Stay tuned for results as available from TennisLink.

Combos Wrapping Up Season

Hot Shots Pass Up State Combo Championships To Compete in Nationals

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Senior Women's 6.5 Combo Sun City Hot Shots went 5-0 to take the championship of their level, but won't be competing in the South Carolina championship. And for good reason. The team will be competing in the USTA League 3.0 national championships that weekend in Palm Springs CA.

Meanwhile, Combo is rolling toward its season end. Here are the standings as we find them from TennisLink to date:

Combo Adults -- (season end date in parentheses)

5.5 W - 4 teams (9/29) -- Spanish Wells leads at 5-1

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

6.5 W - 8 teams (10/13) -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets, Indigo Go Girls tied at 4-1

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

7.5 W - 4 teams (9/29) -- Wexford 7.5 Smash leads at 5-0

Combo Seniors - (season end date in parentheses)

6.5 W - 6 teams (9/17) -- Sun City Hot Shots lead at 5-0; championship clinched

7.5 M - 3 teams (9/28) -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs lead at 4-2

7.5 W - 3 teams (9/28) -- Indigo Run Hot Shots lead at 5-0

Super Senior 60s - (season end date in parentheses)

2.5 M - 4 teams (10/17) -- Sea Pines Falcons lead at 2-1

3.0 M - 18 teams (10/22) -- Sun City Dirt Ballers lead Flight I at 5-0; Sea Pines Falcons lead Flight II at 4-0

3.0 W - 11 teams (10/30) -- SCYC Sailor Girls lead at 4-0

3.5 M - 13 teams (10/31) -- Long Cove Super Retreads, Spring Lake Ultimates tied at 5-0

3.5 W - 11 teams (10/31) -- Dataw Dixies, Palmetto Dunes Slice Girls tied at 4-0

4.0 M - 3 teams (10/30) -- Sun City Sun Strokes lead at 2-0

4.0 W - 3 teams (10/29) -- Moss Creek Studmuffins lead at 2-0

Super Senior 70s - (season end date in parentheses)

3.0 M - 8 teams (10/16) -- Sea Pines Imposters lead at 4-0

3.0 W - 2 teams (10/10) -- Sun City Golden Girls lead at 2-1

3.5 M - 4 teams (10/18) -- Sun City Old Dudes lead at 3-0

3.5 W - 1 team --

Super Senior 75s - (season end date in parentheses)

3.0 M - 6 teams - (10/17) -- Shipyard Beach Boys lead at 3-0

3.5 M - 2 teams -- (10/08) -- Sun City Bangers lead at 3-0

All Organizing by Email

Men's Interclub Deadline Monday for Registering Teams

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The registrations for the 2007 interclub league are coming in

very slowly, coordinator Dick Sonberg reports, reminding captains that Monday, 10/1 is October Fool's Day for teams to be registered to play.

No formal organization meeting will be held; everything will be done by email. Teams that want to enroll must email Sonberg at rtsiws@aol.com. The league will begin as soon as Super Seniors ends and will play through January 2008.

To register, email the name of team, site of matches, time matches commence, name of captain with email address and telephone, name of assistant captain with email address and telephone, level of play for which team is registering (2.5, 3.0, 3.5 or 4.0). A player can play at two levels (for example, at 3.5 and also 4.0) but must be 50 or older by 12/31/2008 (not 2007).

No limit to number of players on a roster. Final date to add a player is December lst.

UPDATING

As exciting as it may have appeared, that three-set, double-tiebreak championship final at the South Carolina State Closed Clay Courts last weekend didn't quite happen that way. Exciting, yes. But HHI's Hank Iannuzzi and Bryce Young won it 6-2, 7-6 and 9-7 in the tiebreak -- not a second and third set ending in tiebreaks.

Also, we are awaiting updates on the RE/MAX CMN finals that were not complete in earlier postings.

Stay tuned.

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