SS75s Final Wednesday

HHIslanders Are South Carolina Award Winners -- See below

TENNIS E-News

Oct. 30, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 114
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Inaugural Season Closes

Shipyard, Sea Pines To Meet for 3.0 Super Senior 75s Championship Wednesday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The inaugural season of the USTA League Super Senior 75s will conclude with the Men's 3.0 championship match Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Port Royal Racquet Club. Read that: Nation's first USTA League Super Senior 75s season -- to our knowledge.

On Monday, the Shipyard Beach Boys defeated the Sun City Spoilers 2-1 and Sea Pines CC took all three courts from the Wexford Juvenilities, with the winners advancing to Wednesday's championship match.

Spectators will be admitted free. Local League Senior Men's Coordinator Don Grider, a co-creator of the original Super Seniors back in the last century, is anticipating an expanded season next year, with advanced playoffs with other South Carolina local league teams.

Sole HHI Team in Finals Loses 2-1

Spanish Wells Women 5.5 Finalist at SC Combo States Championships

DANIEL ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- Hilton Head Island's Spanish Wells Combo needed just one third-set match tiebreak Monday in the USTA League South Carolina Combo State Championships. Not to be.

The Wellsians, captained by Bethanne Carroll, went 3-0 in group play, then took a 2-1 semifinal win, but couldn't pull out that final match against Lowcountry's Pine Forest Azalea Chicks, losing 2-1.

Spanish Wells finished better than any of the nine other HHI league teams competing among 158 teams at Family Circle Tennis Center. How the other HHI teams finished is listed by category below. If for nothing else, check out the creative names of the combo teams.

As a side note on the competitiveness of the Combo weekend, HHI's Wexford Ladies of the Net (Arlene Fader, captain) went 0-4 in Super Senior 6.5 team matches. All four matches were lost 2-1. In at least two of the playing categories in which straight round robins were played, the championship came down to same team record, same won/loss record, same number of sets lost and championship decided by the winner having two fewer games lost than the #2 finisher.

Semifinal: Spanish Wells Combo 2, PD/Oakdale CC 1

#1 -- Lynne Button-Zachrich/Valerie Muehleman lost 6-0, 6-4

#2 -- Laura Reilley/Gena Kobleur won 6-4, 6-4

#3 -- Bethanne Carroll/Kimberly Caroline Boyce won 6-1, 7-5

Final: HHI/Spanish Wells Combo 1, LCTA #1/Pine Forest Azalea Chicks 2

#1 – Bethanne Carroll/Kimberly Boyce won 6-1, 6-2

#2 – Lynne Zachrich/Valerie Muehleman lost 6-4, 4-6, 1-0

#3 – Laura Reilley/Gena Kobleur lost 6-2, 6-2

Here is the rundown of their match results and the remainder of the Adult, Senior and Super Senior divisions, a few of which have not been finished because of the rain-induced schedule backup. HHI team records are also listed:

(Abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/Charleston Area; PD = PeeDee/Florence; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville; YCTA = York County/Rock Hill)

A5.0W -- 4 teams -- GSTL/Riverfront River Racquets winner in round robin

A5.5W -- 16 teams -- LCTA/Pine Forest Azalea Chicks def. HHI/Spanish Wells Combo 2-1

A6.5W -- 16 teams -- CTL#2/Parklane Get-the-Let-Out 2, CTL#1/Greenview Matchpoint 1 (Palmetto Dunes Net Jets 1-2)

A7.5W -- 12 teams -- LCTA/Maybank Aces 3, LATA/Lexington T.C. Volley Girls 0 (Wexford 7.5 Smash 1-2)

A8.5W -- 8 teams -- LATA#1/Lexington T.C. 3, GSTL/Grand Strand Women 0

A9.5W -- 2 teams -- CTL/St. Andrews Victorious Secret winner of round robin

A5.5M -- 5 teams -- LCTA/Crowfield Clangers winner of round robin

A6.5M -- 12 teams -- LATA#1/Topspin Numero Uno 3, LCTA#1/Pine Forest ComboNation 0 (Bluffton Aces 1-2)

A7.5M -- 12 teams -- LCTA/Maybank vs. UPTA/Ward TBA (Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2-1)

A8.5M -- 8 teams -- LATA/Lexington The Dirty Dozen 2, YCTA/Rock Hill 1

A9.5M -- 7 teams -- LATA/Last Call winner of round robin

S5.5W -- 2 teams -- GATA/Laurens Rec winner of round robin

S6.5W -- 12 teams -- LATA/Lexington Slightly Seasoned 2, PD/Timrod 1 (PD G.R.I.T.S. 2-1)

S7.5W -- 12 teams -- GSTL/Prestwick vs. UPTA#2/Thornblade TBA (Indigo Run Hot Shots 0-3)

S8.5W -- 5 teams -- LATA/Murraywood winner of round robin

S6.5M -- 8 teams -- LCTA#1/Walterboro Forest 2, LCTA#2/Legend Oaks Woodpeckers 1

S7.5M -- 8 teams -- GATA/Gatewood Underdogs 3, UPTA/Holly Tree 0 (Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2-1)

S8.5M -- 4 teams -- UPTA#1/Upstate 10s Boyz winner of round robin

SS6.5W -- 5 teams -- LCTA/Seabrook Is. Super Stars winner of round robin (Wexford Ladies of the Net 0-4)

SS7.5W -- 6 teams -- AATL/Woodside Women winner of round robin (Indigo Run Hot Shots 2-3)

SS6.5M -- 8 teams -- UPTA#1/Tryon Park/Greer 2, LCTA#1/Crowfield Cameleons 1

SS7.5M -- 2 teams -- GSTL/Prestwick winner of round robin

Presentation at Hall of Fame Banquet

Judy Levering, Zach Sprouse, Hayley Carter Win South Carolina "… of the Year" Awards

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Hilton Head Islander Judy Levering is the South Carolina 2007 Adult Player of the Year and will be honored along with two local juniors at the USTA SC Hall of Fame Banquet next month at The Westin Resort.

Levering, a past president of the U.S. Tennis Association, has had a very successful year on court, winning singles and doubles tournaments in the Women’s 65 age division. She also was a key player on the South Carolina Senior Cup team.

Island Junior Zach Sprouse will receive the Wilton McKinney Award, given each year to the junior boy who most embodies the sportsmanship, competitiveness and spirit on court and off of the award’s namesake.

New Islander Hayley Carter will be honored with the Junior Girl of the Year Award for her outstanding 2007 play.

The Club of the Year Award will be going to the Mt. Pleasant's I’On Club, with head pro Joey Eskridge, formerly of Hilton Head Island. Here is the list of other awards that will be presented Dec. 8 at The Westin:

Adult Male – Greg Beers, Simpsonville

Adult Tournament – Litchfield Racquet Club/SC Senior State Closed

Coach of the Year – Garth Thomson, Francis Marion University

Community Service – John Griggs, Greenville

Company – Firehouse Subs, Simpsonville

CTA – Florence Tennis Association

Junior Boy – Christopher “Chip” Cox, Myrtle Beach

Junior Tournament – Kingston Plantation Junior Classic

JTT Coordinator – Karen Holzschuh, Lexington

Kimberly Hampton Most Improved Boy – Cal Hillsman, Spartanburg

Kimberly Hampton Most Improved Girl – Meghan Blevins, North Charleston

League Volunteer – Burt Fowles, Columbia

Mark Hodgin Junior Sportsmanship/Boy – Stephen Beach, Mt. Pleasant

Mark Hodgin Junior Sportsmanship/Girl – Patricia Kirkland, Charleston

Media – The State/Mark Lett

Member Club – I’On Club, Mt. Pleasant

Pete Conklin Official – Bena Peek, Greenville

Pro of the Year – Rodney McAlister, Greenwood

Special Olympics – Jack Barker, Greer

Tennis Family – Terry Ferrell family of Blythewood

Gates Defeats Bratek for Vacation Co. Open Division Championship

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- In the final hangover match of the Vacation Co. Adult Championships at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club, #1 seed Robert Gates (Kankakee IL) defeated #3 Wojtek Bratek (Savannah) 6-3, 6-4 for the Men's Open Division championship.

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-- Dennis Malick

Finals, Finals, Finals

SUN CITY HOT SHOTS NATIONAL SEMIFINALISTS -- See below

TENNIS E-News

Oct. 28, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 113
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

2 for Hunt, Child, Whitlow

Local Players Capture Singles, Doubles Titles in Vacation Co. Adult Championships

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The USTA-sanctioned Vacation Co. Adult Championships recovered from a rainy beginning to wrap up its finals action in the sunshine -- or at least fleecy clouds -- at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. Locals Pat Child and Keith Whitlow won singles and doubles championships and Ann Hunt won two doubles titles.

Match-of-the-Day honors had to go to the Men's 70 doubles final in which Neil Vroegop of Rembert SC and HHIslander Lee Butler won 7-5; 6-7(5); 7-6(6) over HHI's Frank Meade and Jim Norton. (Noting that listing 8-6 in the third-set tiebreak is much, much more informative of how close the match was than the USTA League's use of 1-0 in its match tiebreak reporting.)

Here are results from today's matches as posted so far on TennisLink:

Men's Open Singles -- Final: (3) Wojtek Bratek (Savannah) vs. (1) Robert Gates (Kankakee IL)

Women's Open Singles -- Final: (1) Erina Kikuchi (HHI) def. (2) Mariana Melo (Boiling Springs SC) 7-6(5); 7-5

Men's 40 Singles -- Final: John Prokity (Charleston WV) def. John Christensen (Bluffton) 6-3; 6-1

Men's 45 Singles -- Final: Bob Cooke (HHI) def. Mark Sheaffer (Bluffton) 6-2; 6-2

Men's 50 Singles -- Final: (1) Patrick Child (HHI) def. Alex Goldis (Dunwoody GA) 6-2; 6-3

Men's 55 Singles -- Final: (1) Bob Scott (Cutchogue NY) def. (3) Rolfe Schnur (Charlotte NC) 6-3; 6-3

Men's 60 Singles -- Final: (1) Keith Whitlow (HHI) def. (2) Joseph Daniel (HHI) 6-2; 6-1

Men's 65 Singles -- Final: (1) Dewey Varn (Greenville) def. Joseph Keenan (HHI) 6-2; 6-1

Men's 70 Singles -- Round Robin -- Santiago Benites (Poquoson VA) def. Neil Vroegop (Rembert SC) 6-4; 6-4; Benites winner of round robin

Men's 75 Singles -- Final: (2) Raymond Easterbrook (Seabrook Is.) def. (1) Frank Meade (HHI) 6-2; 6-2

Women's 55 Singles -- Round Robin -- Shannon Grossi (HHI) def. Rita Marnell 6-0; 6-1; Grossi winner of round robin

Women's 65 Singles -- Final: Barbara Rorick (Savannah) def. Mary Dick (Cincinnati OH) 6-7(8); 6-1; 6-1

Men's Open Doubles -- Final: (1) Robert Gates/Brijesh Lodha (HHI) def. (2) Christophe Bonadona (Babson Park FL)/Wojtek Bratek (Savannah) 7-6(2); 6-1

Men's 40 Doubles -- Final: Nick Morris (Alexandria VA)/Mitch Walker (Bonaire GA) def. Scott Hosick (Statesboro GA)/JR Robinson (HHI) 6-3; 6-2

Men's 45 Doubles -- Final: (1) Steve Brady (Bluffton)/Tom Jilly (HHI) def. Arthur Maroscher (Salem OH)/Rick Rowlands (Cortland OH)6-2; 6-2

Men's 50 Doubles -- Round Robin -- (1) Pat Child (HHI)/Keith Whitlow (HHI) def. Rickard Ihlendorf (Dublin OH)/George Mohney (HHI) 6-2; 6-2; Child/Whitlow winner of round robin

Men's 55 Doubles -- Final: Eddie Goodson (HHI)/Steve Smith (Milwaukee WI) def. Michael Crider (Bay Village OH)/Dan Spar (HHI) 7-5; 1-6; 6-4

Men's 60 Doubles -- Final: (1) Hank Iannuzzi (HHI)/Bryce Young (HHI) def. Doug Luba (HHI)/Warren (HH) 6-3; 6-7(5); 6-1

Men's 65 Doubles -- Final: David Hodson (Centerville OH)/Steven Hull (Dayton OH) def. Vinnie Cook (HHI)/Bill Haviland (HHI) 6-3; 6-4

Men's 70 Doubles -- Final: Lee Butler (HHI)/Neil Vroegop (Rembert SC) def. Frank Meade (HHI)/Jim Norton (HHI) 7-5; 6-7(5); 7-6(6)

Women's 40 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Julie Child (HHI)/Ann Hunt (HHI) def. Lori Bergmann (HHI)/Shelley Humes (HHI) 6-1; 6-1; Child/Hunt winner of round robin

Women's 50 Doubles -- Final: (1) Ann Hunt (HHI)/Mary Jackson (HHI) def. Nanci Fitzpatrick (HHI)/Janet Watanabe (Bluffton) 6-0; 6-0

Women's 55 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Donna Binder (HHI)/Athena Whitlow (HHI) def. Mary Dick (Cincinnati OH)/Marianne Long (Union KY) 6-4; 6-0; Amale Allen (HHI)/Janet Watanabe (Bluffton) def. Chris Littell (HHI)/Susan Taylor (HHI) 6-4; 6-2; Allen/Watanabe winner of round robin

Southern's Champion 3.0 Women Drop Semifinal

Sun City Hot Shots Long Victory String Runs Out at National Championships

INDIAN WELLS CA (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- The Sun City Hot Shots went unbeaten through the Hilton Head Island league, the South Carolina States and Southern playoffs plus two rounds of the National Senior 3.0 Women's Championships before encountering their first defeat Saturday.

That loss, however, didn't keep the Hot Shots from winning their group and advancing to the semifinals. There the trail did end at the hands of Caribbean/Puerto Rico 2-1. All you have to do was check the final set scores to see how close the matches were. The #1 court ended in a third-set match tiebreak; #2 court's second set was a tiebreak and on #3 court it was 7-5.

The Sun City came that close to the Puerto Ricans who smacked Pacific Northwest 3-0 in the division finals.

Here is the match succession of how the Hot Shots made it through the Nationals:

Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 2, Midwest/Five Seasons Sports Country Club, Indianapolis 1

Ct. 1 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-2, 6-1

Ct. 2 -- Sandra Maylen/Joyce McGaughan lost 6-3, 4-6, 1-0

Ct. 3 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 6-4, 4-6, 1-0

Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 2, Florida/Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club 1

Ct. 1 -- Joyce McGaughan/Jean Bergenthal lost 7-5, 6-7, 1-0

Ct. 2 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-3, 5-7, 1-0

Ct. 3 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 6-4, 6-4

Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 1, Northern California/La Cantera 2

Ct. 1 -- Joan Eckhardt/Jean Bergenthal lost 6-4, 6-4

Ct. 2 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-3, 6-2

Ct. 3 -- Toni Valenstein/Jerrilyn Brennan lost 1-6, 6-2, 1-0

3.0W Semifinal -- Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 1, Caribbean/Puerto Rico 2

Ct. 1 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig lost 6-0, 5-7, 1-0

Ct. 2 -- Toni Valenstein/Jerrilyn Brennan won 6-2, 7-6

Ct. 3. -- Sandra Maylen/Joyce McGaughan lost 6-1, 7-5

3.0W Final -- Caribbean/Puerto Rico 3, Pacific Northwest/Bellevue WA 0

Sole HHI Team to Advance (We think)

Spanish Wells Women in 5.5 Finals at SC Combo States Championships

DANIEL ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- The rain-wracked South Carolina Combo State Championships crammed its way through a backed-up schedule toward Monday finals, with Hilton Head Island's Spanish Wells Combo going 3-0 in group play and then taking a 2-1 semifinal win.

With 158 teams entered, the weather upset scheduling that included 10 HHI league teams competing in Adult, Senior and Super Senior levels. The Spanish Wells gals, captained by Bethanne Carroll, defeated PeeDee/Oakdale Country Club of Florence in the semis and go to the finals against the Pine Forest Azalea Chicks of Summerville.

Semifinal: Spanish Wells Combo 2, PD/Oakdale CC 1

#1 -- Lynne Button-Zachrich/Valerie Muehleman lost 6-0, 6-4

#2 -- Laura Reilley/Gena Kobleur won 6-4, 6-4

#3 -- Bethanne Carroll/Kimberly Caroline Boyce won 6-1, 7-5

(Actually, we don't think those were the real scores of the matches. We are guessing the teams played pro sets as in the earlier rounds to make up for rain-delayed scheduling. Those were the scores as entered in TennisLink.)

Here's our best guess at results. The times are probably all incorrect and rescheduled, this shows what matches are yet to be played:

(Abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/Charleston Area; PD = PeeDee/Florence; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville; YCTA = York County/Rock Hill)

Saturday the 27^th

8 a.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces 1, LCTA #2 2

9:30 a.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, LATA 1

9:30 a.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net 1, CTL 2

9:30 a.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 1, AATL 2

12:30 p.m. -- A5.5W -- Spanish Wells Combo 2, UPTA 1

12:30 p.m. -- S6.5W -- PD G.R.I.T.S. 3, GSTL 0

12:30 p.m. -- S7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, LATA #2 1

2 p.m. -- A6.5W -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets 0, LATA #2 3

2 p.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 1, UPTA 2

2 p.m. -- S7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 1, GATA 2

2 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net 1, LCTA 2

3:30 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 1, GSTL 2

5 p.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces 1, LATA #2 2

6:30 p.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash 3, FTA 0

Sunday the 28^th

8 a.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash 1, CTL 2

8 a.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, CTL 1

11 a.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 3, CTL 0

12:30 p.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash 0, PD 3

12:30 p.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces 3, PD 0

2 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net 1, UPTA 2

5 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 3, LATA 0

Monday the 29th

Semifinals and finals

Results of the 36/60 Novice Junior Tennis Tournament

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Here are results of the Novice Junior Tournament held at the Bluffton High School courts Saturday.

Boys 8 & under -- Mathew Ball d. Joshua Cristancho 8-0; Nace Groshon d. Joshua Cristancho 8-0; Mathew Ball d. Nace Groshon 8-0; Mathew Ball – Champion; Nace Groshon – Finalist

Girls 8 & Under -- Grace Pavan d. Henry Claire Cram 5-4 (4); Grace Pavan – Champion; Henry Claire Cram – Finalist

Boys 10 & under -- William Sease – Champion

Girls 10 & under -- Chloe Thomas d. Kelsey Robertson 8-0; Lauren Bierschenk d. Kelsey Robertson 8-0; Lauren Bierschenk d. Chloe Thomas 6-2; Lauren Bierschenk – Champion; Chloe Thomas – Finalist

Boys 12 & under -- Robert Stochfisch d. Brantley Groshon 6-2; Phillip Tong d. Timothy O’Brien 5-3; Timothy O’Brien d. Brantley Groshon 6-2; Robert Stochfisch d. Phillip Tong 6-2; Phillip Tong d. Brantley Groshon 7-1; Robert Stochfisch d.Timothy O’Brien 6-2; Robert Stochfisch – Champion; Phillip Tong – Finalist

Girls 12 & under -- Elouise Cram d. Marilyn Stochfisch 7-1; Kate Cram d. Marilyn Stochfisch 5-4 (5); Kate Cram d. Elouise Cram 5-3; Elouise Cram – Champion; Kate Cram - Finalist

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( ) A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

( ) A snail can sleep for three years. (And you have a brother-in-law who………)

(___) And "lollipop" is the longest word typed with your right hand. -- From the Internet

-- Dennis Malick