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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