TENNIS E-News
Oct. 25, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 110
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
THIS JUST IN: Indigo Run def. Sun City in M70s Playoff
Playoffs Settling Which Teams Will Be Going to Super Senior States at Seabrook Island
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The masks will come off on Halloween and uncover which HHI league teams will be heading to the USTA League South Carolina Super Senior State Championships Nov. 8-11 on Seabrook Island. Or maybe sooner, what with playoffs ongoing this week -- weather bedamned.
Combo leagues are completed and HHI champions or their replacements are in Charleston this weekend for the South Carolina State Championships. See story and schedule below.
Here are the Super Senior standings as we find them from TennisLink to date:
Super Senior 60s - (season end date in parentheses)
2.5 M - 4 teams (10/17) -- Sea Pines Falcons, Moss Creek Raging Bulls tied at 4-2; Falcons lead on courts won.
3.0 M - 18 teams (10/22) -- Sun City Dirt Ballers lead Flight I at 7-1; Sea Pines Falcons lead Flight II at 7-1; in playoffs
3.0 W - 11 teams (10/30) -- Sun City Hot Shots, CC of HH Tiebreakers tied at 8-1
3.5 M - 13 teams (10/31) -- Long Cove Super Retreads lead at 10-0; championship clinched
3.5 W - 11 teams (10/31) -- Dataw Dixies lead at 8-1
4.0 M - 3 teams (10/30) -- Port Royal leads at 4-1; championship clinched
4.0 W - 3 teams (10/29) -- Moss Creek Studmuffins lead at 4-1; championship clinched
Super Senior 70s - (season end date in parentheses)
3.0 M - 8 teams (10/16) -- Spring Lake Cruisers, Sea Pines Imposters tied at 6-1
3.0 W - 2 teams (10/10) -- Sun City Golden Girls lead at 3-2; championship clinched
3.5 M - 4 teams (10/18) -- Sun City Old Dudes, IR Golden Bear Claws tied at 4-1; in playoff
3.5 W - 1 team -- Port Royal Killer Bees
Super Senior 75s - (season end date in parentheses)
3.0 M - 6 teams - (10/29) -- Shipyard Beach Boys lead at 5-0
3.5 M - 2 teams -- (10/08) -- Sun City Bangers lead at 3-1
Sanctioned Age-Division Action
Vacation Co. Adult Championships Under Way at VdM Shipyard
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- With 169 players in the draws, the annual Vacation Co. Adult Championships are smacking away … in a mostly senior manner … at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. The prize-money Open Division is full of local and visiting big hitters. Admission is free to spectators.
Action will continue through Sunday morning singles finals, to be followed by doubles championships in the USTA-sanctioned age division brackets of men's and women's play.
Here are some early round results:
Men's 45 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Todd Biberdorf d. Tom Pleimling 6-2; 6-2
Men's 55 Singles -- Round of 16 -- James Flory d. Robert Seward 6-0; 6-0; Nick Morris d. Joe O'Rourke 6-4; 2-6; 6-4
Men's 65 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Michael Archer d. (2) Arnold Bradshaw 6-4; 6-2; George Rucker d. Dan Frey 7-5; 7-6(4); (3) John Engelke d. Donald Brown 6-1; 7-5; Joseph Keenan d. Thomas Shepherd 6-1; 6-1
Men's 65 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- Cook/Haviland d. Frey/Vecchio 6-2; 6-2
Men's Open Singles -- Round of 32 -- (2) Alexandru Pasareanu d. Jeffery Herring 6-1; 6-1; Chris Kelly d. Alex Bahr 7-5; 6-4; (6) Matthew Wuller d. Wes Counts 6-0; 6-0; Yu Wen Lin d. Kyle Kelly 6-1; 6-0
Friday Start at Family Circle T.C.
10 HHI Teams Heading for South Carolina Combo State Championships
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The HHI buses are on the way to Charleston for this weekend's USTA League South Carolina Combo State Championships, headcourted at Family Circle Tennis Center, Daniel Island. Ten HHI league teams will be competing in Adult, Senior and Super Senior levels.
Here is a rundown of the number of teams in each division and HHIsland league teams entered with captains in (parentheses). Teams are in Adult, Senior and Super Senior divisions:
A5.0W -- 4 teams
A5.5W -- 16 teams -- Spanish Wells Combo (Bethanne Carroll)
A6.5W -- 16 teams -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets (Trelle Stephens)
A7.5W -- 12 teams -- Wexford 7.5 Smash (Susan Minter)
A8.5W -- 8 teams
A9.5W -- 2 teams
A5.5M -- 5 teams
A6.5M -- 12 teams -- Bluffton Aces (Andrew Caggiano)
A7.5M -- 12 teams -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs (Wes Breinich)
A8.5M -- 8 teams
A9.5M -- 7 teams
S5.5W -- 2 teams
S6.5W -- 12 teams -- PD G.R.I.T.S. (Gerry Pinkerton)
S7.5W -- 12 teams -- Indigo Run Hot Shots (Jean Freeman)
S8.5W -- 5 teams
S6.5M -- 8 teams
S7.5M -- 8 teams -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs (Wes Breinich)
S8.5M -- 4 teams
SS6.5W -- 5 teams -- Wexford Ladies of the Net (Arlene Fader)
SS7.5W -- 6 teams -- Indigo Run Hot Shots (Jean Freeman)
SS6.5M -- 8 teams
SS7.5M -- 2 teams
South Carolina Combo State Championships Schedule involving HHI League teams:
(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)
Friday the 26th
8 a.m. -- A5.5W -- Spanish Wells Combo vs. GATA #1
8 a.m. -- S6.5W -- PD G.R.I.T.S. vs. LATA #1
9:30 a.m. -- S7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. LCTA
9:30 a.m. -- S7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs vs. GSTL
11 a.m. -- A6.5W -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets vs. GSTL
12:30 p.m. -- A5.5W -- Spanish Wells Combo vs.CTL #1
12:30 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net vs. LATA
2 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. LCTA
3:30 p.m. -- A6.5W -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets vs. GATA
3:30 p.m. -- S6.5W -- PD G.R.I.T.S. vs. YCTA
3:30 p.m. -- S7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. UPTA #1
3:30 p.m. -- S7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs vs. GATA
Saturday the 27th
8 a.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces vs. LCTA #2
9:30 a.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs vs. LATA
9:30 a.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net vs. CTL
9:30 a.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. AATL
12:30 p.m. -- A5.5W -- Spanish Wells Combo vs. UPTA
12:30 p.m. -- S6.5W -- PD G.R.I.T.S. vs. GSTL
12:30 p.m. -- S7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs vs. LATA #2
2 p.m. -- A6.5W -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets vs. LATA #2
2 p.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs vs. UPTA
2 p.m. -- S7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. GATA
2 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net vs. LCTA
3:30 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. GSTL
5 p.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces vs.LATA #2
6:30 p.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash vs. FTA
Sunday the 28th
8 a.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash vs. CTL
8 a.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs vs. CTL
11 a.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. CTL
12:30 p.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash vs. PD
12:30 p.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces vs. PD
2 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net vs. UPTA
5 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots vs. LATA
Monday the 29th
Semifinals and finals
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS ON HHISLAND
TAHHI HHI City Championships -- Nov. 2-4 -- Palmetto Dunes and Port Royal -- Men's & Women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles. TAHHI Member Brunch Nov. 4. Entry & information at http://www.tahhi.org.
Delta & Friends Tennis Tournament -- Nov. 2-4 -- South Beach Racquet Club -- Men's & Women's singles and doubles in rated divisions. For entry information, contact JR Robinson at 422-3767.
13th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic -- Nov. 9-11 -- Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center -- Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles in Rating divisions 2.5 through Open. Entry deadline: Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. Entry forms at local racquet clubs and online at http://www.tahhi.org.
Thanksgiving Tournament -- Nov. 16-18 -- Chaplin Public Tennis Center & HHI Middle School -- Juniors 12s through 18s; Adults 2.5 through Open; Adult/Child Doubles "just for fun". Entry deadline: Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. Enter online at http://www.islandreccenter.org. Click on "Tennis Info".
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