Love for Senior Tennis Is Poetry in Action -- See attachment to this issue
A 3.0 from Baton Rouge Pays Homage to the Senior Game
TENNIS E-News
Oct. 13, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 107
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
Busy End of October
Oct. 19-21 -- USTA League Southern Mixed Doubles Chmps in New Orleans, with HHI's SL The Odd Couples entered
Oct. 20-22 -- Sea Pines Junior Championships -- 350 players entered from throughout the Southeast
Oct. -- South Carolina Combo States at Family Circle Tennis Center, with HHI league champions in Adult, Senior and Super Senior divisions
Oct. 24-28 -- The Vacation Company Adult Championships at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet
Entries Close Friday the 19th
$2,500 Prize Money Added in Vacation Co. Adult Championships Open Division
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Nothing like adding up to $2,500 prize money to juice the competition in the Open Division of the Oct. 24-28 Vacation Company Adult Championships at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club.
The former Senior Championships added the Open category last year, but without prize money. Other playing divisions will be Men's and Women's 35s, 40s, 45s, 50s, 55s, 60s, 65s, 70s and 75s Singles and Doubles.
The Open Divisions' prize money amount will be dependant upon draw size, Tournament Director Justyn Schelver said. "I want to really push to make it a showcase for all the very best players on the island."
Open divisions will play on hard courts; all age divisions will be on the clay courts at Shipyard. All players will recieve T-shirt, player packet, fruit daily, breakfast provided by Atlanta Bread Co. and Happy Hour on Friday and Saturday.
Entries close on Fri., Oct 19, with play beginning Wednesday the 24th. (Only full divisions will play Oct. 24.)
Entries can be made online at http://www.usta.com
SL The Odd Couples Set for Trip to Southern Mixed Doubles Championships
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- SL The Odd Couples Combo 6.0 team is heading for New Orleans next weekend to compete as South Carolina's entrant in the USTA League Southern Mixed Doubles Championships.
Led by Captain Pat Kenworthy, the Spring Lakers will be among the nine district (state) champions and one wildcard battling for the right to represent Southern in the Mixed Doubles Nationals later this year. The Couples came within a whisker (or was it a dropshot?) of winning the South Carolina championship last month. However, the champions were unable to make the trip to Southern, so the HHIslanders got the opportunity and took it.
Here is how the schedule sets up beginning with in-group round robin play the first two days that lead to a final faceoff on Sunday afternoon:
Fri. the 19th
8:30 a.m. -- SL The Odd Couples vs. AL(A)/Sr. Wise Aces, Dothan
1 p.m. -- SL The Odd Couples vs. LA/Bocage Racquet Club, Baton Rouge
Sat. the 20th
10 a.m. -- SL The Odd Couples vs. MS(B)/Fernwood Country Club
Sun. the 21st
8:30 a.m. -- SL The Odd Couples vs. NC/Cleveland Country Club, Shelby
1 p.m. -- Finals with Group I winner vs. Group II winner
Dangerous Playing Surface Bulldozed
HHI High School Tennis Court Project Is On a Roll …To Be Ready by '08
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Bad News is there are no tennis courts at Hilton Head Island High School. The Good News is there are no tennis courts at Hilton Head Island High School.
Incorporated in that Good News is the total reconstruction of the high school tennis facility. The courts -- fencing and all -- were bulldozed and a complete new foundation laid for the six-court complex that was in such disrepair the courts were closed as a safety hazard.
The Lady Seahawks of HHI High have been without their own home courts for the fall season, making way for a late '07 completion of the courts and return to the site in early '08.
About That No- T-Shirts Rule for Combo States
(TENNIS E-News) -- That dress code restricting T-shirt wear by players and guests at the South Carolina Combo League State Championships has been clarified, noting that the restrictions apply only to matches played at Daniel Island Club, a satellite site that will be used as needed for spillover action from Family Circle Tennis Center.
The tournament schedule, with sites designated, should be released in about a week for the Oct. 25-28 event. The dress code is in effect for any play at Daniel Island Club, including juniors. Here is a link to the restrictions:
http://www.network.usta.com
TENNIS E-News FootNote
ooooO Justin Jarrett of Island Packet Sports kicks off our sniping about "kick off" funmaking, pointing out:
( ) From Webster's: kick something off: 1. Remove something, esp. shoes, by striking out vigorously
( ) with the foot or feet. 2. (informal) to begin something: "the presidential primary kicks off the
(___) political year."
-- Dennis Malick
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