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For Level Coordinators Listing -- See Below -- Direct Your Questions There

TENNIS E-News

Nov. 29, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 130
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Teams Looking for Players for 2008 Spring Season

-- 4.0 Men's Adult in Bluffton. Contact Tim Austin at (vegas@hargray.com).

-- 3.5 Men's Adult singles players for Colleton River. Contact Norm Rustad (ner2pr@hargray.com).

-- 3.5 Men's Adult - Wexford. Contact Joe White (JOSCOW@roadrunner.com)

-- 3.5 Women's Senior - Wexford. Contact Patrick Mason (686-8816).

-- 2.5 Women's Adult -- SCYacht Club. Contact Lynda Halpern (lynda@oldfieldsc.com).

Ratings --

What Goes Up Does NOT Necessarily Come Down; I Had a Dream: I Self-Rated as a …..

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Statistics can say pretty much anything, but noting that 293 HHI '07 Adult and Senior league players were bumped up and only 13 were moved down is a blatant message. And those were just the computer-rated players. Check this on those self-rated: Out of 178 total self-rates, 86 were moved up and 4 were moved down.

Bottom-feeding with the statistical sharks can make your left earlobe ache, seeing that almost 40% of Adult League players who self-rated suffer low self-image or had something else in mind. Of Seniors, just 26% were moved up from their self-assessment.

All the statistical ups and downs overshadow the fact that the big majority of players are at level and stayed there. Of 1,142 Senior Spring League players, 920 remained at the same level. Of 708 Adult League players, 534 did not change. So much of the statistical fuss is over a noisy minority (which may be a redundancy -- minority views accepted).

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The bottom-line sense of all this is that we're running with a far better and much more fun system than the old A, B, C "rating" in which "A" was the best in town. An "A" in Southern Cal was on the pro tour. As a Hickory NC gal once told us: "I play on our club's "A" team, but I'm a 3.5."

The ratings list is out. It takes 5 to 10 seconds to run a rating appeal. It's time now to get back to the playing fun. The ball's in our court.

How To Find Ratings -- Individual, Team, Everyone's -- Start with http://www.sctennis.com and, at left on the Home Page, select TennisLink, then select Leagues, then (on the right) scroll down to Find a Rating. You can key in an individual name or scroll to the Drilldown Search which will get you to a series of dropdown windows to select Championship Year (2007), Section (Southern), District (South Carolina) and Area (SC-Hilton Head Island). From there, select whether you want all players, only Women's 3.5s, etc. The "Ratings Appeals" tab is on the sctennis.com home page.

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Senior Men' s Interclub 3.0

Standings after three weeks of play

FLIGHT "A"

TEAM Won Lost Courts Lost

1. Palmetto Dunes Net Cords 3 0 0

2. Shipyard Wildcats 3 0 1

3. Belfair Bashers 2 1 3

4. Wexford Hitters 2 1 4

5. Sun City Challengers 2 1 4

6.Sun City Strokers 1 2 5

7. Callawassie Island 1 2 6

8. Moss Creek Tornadoes 1 2 6

9. Sea Pines Sand Gnats 1 2 6

10. South Beach Curmudgeons 1 2 6

11. Sun City Lob Artists 1 2 7

12. Indigo Run Mavericks 0 3 6

FLIGHT "B"

TEAM Won Lost Courts Lost

1. Sun City Dirt Ballers 3 0 0

2. Sea Pines Cardinals 3 0 1

3. Sun City Slickeers 2 1 3

4. Long Cove Runners 2 1 5

5. Spring Lake Lakers 2 1 5

6. Moss Creek Hurricanes 1 2 4

7. CC of HH Hustlers 1 2 5

8. Hampton Hall Hawks 1 2 5

9. Sun City Spoilers 1 2 5

10 Shipyard Rockets 1 2 6

11. Port Royal Beach Bums 1 2 7

12. CC of HH Wildmen 0 3 8

Senior Men's Interclub 3.5

Results from 11/28/07 as received so far

Flight A

Indigo Run 2, Sea Pines 1

Moss Creek 2, Sun City Critical Hits 1

Country Club of HH 2, Sun City Aces 1

Spring Lake Lakers 2, South Beach 1

Flight B

Spring Lake Mis-Hits 3, Sun City Funatics 0

SCYC 2, Wexford 1

Sun City Nationals 2, Port Royal 1

Dataw 3, Belfair 0

Flight A Standings Matches Courts

Club won lost won lost

Indigo Run 2 0 4 2

Spring Lake Lakers 2 0 4 2

Sea Pines 1 1 4 2

Sun City Aces 1 1 4 2

Moss Creek 1 1 3 3

Country Club of HH 1 1 3 3

South Beach 0 2 1 5

Sun City Critical Hits 0 2 1 5

Flight B Standings Matches Courts

Club won lost won lost

Spring Lake Mis-Hits 3 0 9 0

Sun City Nationals 2 0 4 2

Long Cove 1 0 3 0

Sun City Spin Doctors 1 0 2 1

Port Royal 2 1 6 3

SCYacht 2 1 5 4

Dataw 1 1 4 2

Belfair 0 3 1 8

Wexford 0 3 1 8

Sun City Funatics 0 3 1 8

Senior Men's Interclub 4.0

Results of 11/27/07

Indigo Run 2, Sun City Sun Strokes 1

Net Gnats 2, Wexford 1
Port Royal 3, Long Cove 0

Standings thru 11/27/07
Port Royal 3-0
Sun City Sun Strokes 2-1
Indigo Run 2-1
Long Cove 1-2
Sun City Net Gnats 1-2
Wexford 0-3

Melrose Tennis Center Wins National Facilities Award

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Melrose Tennis Center at the Daufuskie Island Resort and Breathe Spa has received a USTA Outstanding Facilities Award -- one of 18 cited nationally for excellence in the construction and/or renovation of public and private tennis facilities in the 26^th annual USTA Facility Awards Program. Five of the sites are in the Southern Section, including one in Columbia.

The Melrose Center was honored in the Public Courts - Small Tennis Centers division.

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For team captains submitting pre-registration forms, here are the USTA League Level Coordinators for the 2008 Season:

Senior Level Senior

Men Coordinator Women Level Coordinator

2.5 Sue Cook Sue Cook

3.0 Don Grider Mary Ellen Arboe

3.5 Don Grider Ann Hunt

4.0 Don Grider Ann Hunt

4.5 Jackie Reynecke Jackie Reynecke

Adult Level Adult

Men Coordinator Women Level Coordinator

2.5 Sue Cook Sue Cook

3.0 Sue Cook Joanne Dugle

3.5 Sue Cook Julie Child

4.0 Julie Child Joanne Dugle

4.5 Jackie Reynecke Jackie Reynecke

5.0 Jackie Reynecke Jackie Reynecke

Contact Key -- Jackie Reynecke, Local League Coordinator jreynecke@hargray.com 785-1151, ext. 222

Mary Ellen Arboe tennisbeachbums@aol.com 785-2311

Julie Child jsc16paws@aol.com 342-7015

Sue Cook hhitennis@aol.com 785-2332

Joanne Dugle joannedugle@hargray.com 842-3544

Don Grider dmgrider@roadrunner.com 681-4551

Ann Hunt ahuntsc@aol.com 342-3327

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