Split Is Favored

TENNIS E-News

Dec. 11, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 133
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

SHOULD TAHHI LEAGUES BE SPLIT GEOGRAPHICALLY?

Dividing line being The Bridge

{85} yes {66} no

The results of our simplistic, unscientific poll on whether you think the USTA leagues should be divided geographically produced no great surprises. Based on email signatures and name familiarity, TENNIS E-News figures that about 75% of Hilton Head Island respondents favor splitting the leagues and about 85% of off-island emailers oppose a split. Stay tuned.

Some comments:

"I think it is time to split. Afternoon traffic on and off the island being what it is now I suspect the off-island teams would welcome it."

"NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES. NO."

"Yes for seniors; no for adults."

"No, if less than five teams in a division; yes, if more than five teams."

"Yes on the split. No desire to drive to Sun City to play stacked teams."

"No. I live in Sun City and if we are not going to play the teams on the island, we don't need to belong to TAHHI. We could start our own off-island league."

"YES!!! I think that Moss Creek, Sun City, Calawassee, Dataw and maybe Fripp could be a separate division. We are tired of the sandbaggers on the south end of HHI who dominate the 3.0 league play."

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2008 USTA League South Carolina State Championships

Seniors May 10-12 Hilton Head

Adult 2.5, 4.0-5.0 May 17-19 Charleston

Adult 3.0-3.5 May 31-June 2 Greenville

Mixed Doubles Sept. 13-15 Charleston

BMW Combo Doubles Oct. 24-27 Daniel Island

Super Seniors Nov. 7-9 Isle of Palms

HHI's Bethany Dyar, Michelle Green, Jasmyn Howell Win Junior Championships

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Three Hilton Head Island teens won championships last weekend at the HSI Holiday Junior Championships at The Citadel, Charleston. Michelle Green took Girls' 18s; Bethany Dyar won Girls' 16s; Jasmyn Howell was winner in Girls' 14s in the tournament that drew 129 players. Three area juniors were finalists, including one who lost to an Australian.

Green defeated Bluffton's Alrissa Tobe 6-2, 6-1 in the 18s final. Dyar won the 16s final 6-4, 6-1 over Mi'kola Cooper of North Charleston. Howell beat top-seeded Laura Jones of Florence 6-1, 6-4 in the 14s. Other area finalists in addition to Tobe were Kyle Kelly, who lost to #1 Elliott Speer of Charleston 6-2, 6-3 in the Boys' 16s final, and Jack O'Koniewski, 6-2, 6-2 loser to Thomas Fancutt of Brisbane, Queensland, in the Boys' 12s.

Local semifinalists were Ryan Drake, Boys' 18s; Lauren Kelly and Kaori Susawa, Girls' 18s; Chelsea Mixson and Samantha Sullivan, Girls' 16s; Lauren Kelly, Girls' 10s. Colby Burke was Boys' 14s consolation champion.

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Teams Looking for Players for 2008 Spring Season

-- 3.0 Women's Senior. Palmetto Dunes. NEW 3.0 team senior team and maybe combo as well. Contact Steffi Cahn 682 - 4056 or e-mail stefficahn@hargray.com

-- 3.0 Women's Senior. SCYacht Club looking for players. Call or email gwenludvigsen@yahoo.com 342-6297.

-- 3.5 Women’s Adult. Chaplin Park. Call Amy Abernathy (689-3319) or email jasjsc@hargray.com.

3.5 Women's team. Palmetto Dunes decided to go it alone so we are still looking for a few more players. Thankfully the powers that be have been kind enough to waive the underrated players limit for us since it is the first time we have put together a 3.5 team.

-- 3.5 Women's Adult. Palmetto Dunes. Saturday play only. Contact Cindy Knight at teamtennis1@yahoo.com.

-- 3.5 Women's Adult. Singles players for Colleton River. Contact Pat Rustad (ner2pr@hargray.com).

-- 4.0 Women's Adult. New team at Long Cove. Contact Laura Bracken laurahbracken@hotmail.com or 341-5663

-- 3.5 Men's Senior. Spring Lake Mis-Hits. Contact Tom Larkin at tlarkin@aol.com or call 689-3685

-- 2.5 Women's Adult -- SCYacht Club. Contact Lynda Halpern (lynda@oldfieldsc.com).
-- 3.5 Women's Adult - Singles players. Wexford. Contact Call Andi Purple at 785-5867.

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

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

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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.

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3.5 Senior Men's Interclub

Results 12/5

Sea Pines 2, CCHH 1

Spring Lake Lakers 3, Sun City Critical Hits 0

Indigo Run 3, Sun City Aces 0

Sun City Nationals 2, Spring Lake Mis-Hits 1

SCYC 3, Sun City Funatics 0

Sun City Spin Doctors 2, Port Royal 1

Dataw 3, Long Cove 0

Wexford 2, Belfair 1

South Beach/Moss Creek

Flight 'A' -- Standings as of 12/5

Matches Courts

Club won lost won lost

Indigo Run 3 0 7 2

Spring Lake Lakers 3 0 7 2

Sea Pines 2 1 6 3

Moss Creek 1 1 3 3

Sun City Aces 1 2 4 5

CCHH 1 2 4 5

South Beach 0 2 1 5

Sun City Critical Hits 0 3 1 8

Flight 'B' -- Standings as of 12/5

Matches Courts

Club won lost won lost

Sun City Nationals 3 0 6 3

Spring Lake Mis-Hits 3 1 10 2

Dataw 3 1 10 2

SCYC 3 1 8 4

Sun City Spin Doctors 2 1 4 5

Port Royal 2 2 7 5

Long Cove 1 1 3 3

Wexford 1 3 3 9

Belfair 0 4 2 9

Sun City Funatics 0 4 1 11

How To Become a Hilton Head Islander …

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- If you live on Hilton Head Island, you are a Hilton Head Islander. Maybe. If you live on the Island, but identify yourself as from Hilton Head, then you are not an Islander.

For a Hilton Header to become an Islander, one must update USTA membership information to show "Hilton Head Island" and not "Hilton Head". Go to http://www.usta.com and, in upper right corner, select "Membership". Then, again at the right, scroll down to "Update My Information" and select that. You may have to go through a get-a-password procedure. Just follow the directions and key in "Hilton Head Island" for your home town. So simple.

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