Ratings Out Monday

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TENNIS E-News

Nov. 21, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 128
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Ratings Due Out Monday

Save Your Indigestion for Next Week; Captains, Get Your Headache Tabs Ready

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Eat, drink and be thankful. Save the indigestion for Monday when the 2007 ratings are due out.

"Two of my players have their appeals ready," one team captain said this week, anticipating upgrades. Good luck. Things supposedly are tightening on the appeal situation this time around. Stay tuned Monday. That tightening definitely will come next year, with the ruling that benchmark players who are bumped will have to wait a year to appeal.

(Who is a benchmark? That's any player advancing to state, section or national championships. That ruling will apply ONLY to benchmark players who are bumped.)

But what about this year? "I have seen some preliminary ratings and there were only ratings going up, none going down," one level coordinator emailed, with emphasis on having seen just some ratings.

Meanwhile, all level coordinators are calling for 2008 captains to pre-register their teams for the Spring season. "07 captains who won't be captains in '08 should likewise notify his/her level coordinator of that. Also of importance is that captains notify coordinators of blackout dates -- the dates when a playing site cannot host a home match because of member functions, tournaments, court resurfacing, etc.

Any captain -- new or old -- unable to contact a level coordinator should email Local League Coordinator Jackie Reynecke at jackie@palmettodunes.com.

Adult Team Tennis Stays in Line with Jokers and Nap-sters in the Lead

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Jokers and Nap-sters continue to lead the USA Adult Team Tennis standings as everyone takes a turkey break. Jack's Joker's have compiled 109 games won, while losing 62 and the L.C. Nap-sters are 105/76.

Breathing down the necks of the two leaders are Gwen's Gators with a record of 104 games won and 81 lost.

The all-mixed-doubles league action will resume play Dec. 1, reaching midseason with four matchplay weekends remaining. The action will skip across the Christmas/New Year's break and finish Jan. 5.

3.0 Men's Interclub League

Team Standings

Flight "A" Courts

TEAM Won Lost Lost

Belfair 2 0 0

Palmetto Dunes 2 0 0

Shipyard 2 0 1

Sun City Challengers 2 0 1

Wexford 2 0 2

Moss Creek 1 1 4

Sea Pines 1 1 4

Indigo Run 0 2 4

Sun City Strokers 0 2 4

South Beach 0 2 5

Calawassie 0 2 5

Sun City Lob Artists 0 2 6

Flight "B" Courts

TEAM Won Lost Lost

Sun City Dirt Ballers 2 0 0

Sea Pines 2 0 1

Long Cove 2 0 2

Spring Lake 2 0 2

CC of HH Hustlers 1 1 2

Sun City Slickers 1 1 3

Spoilers 1 1 3

Port Royal 1 1 4

Moss Creek 0 2 4

Hampton Hall 0 2 5

CC of HH Wildmen 0 2 5

Shipyard 0 2 5

Family Circle Cup Ticket Packages Now Available for 35^th Anniversary Tournament

CHARLESTON SC – Ticket packages for the 2008 Family Circle Cup are now on sale and can be obtained by calling

800-677-2293 or 843-856-7900 or going online at http://www.familycirclecup.com.

The women's tour tournament, which was started on Hilton Head Island, is the only Tier I clay court event in the United States. The 2008 dates are Apr. 12 -20 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island as the event will be celebrating its 35th anniversary.

The Family Circle Tennis Center, a public facility owned by the City of Charleston and operated by Family

Circle Magazine, features a 10,200-seat stadium and 17 courts lighted for night play.

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