TENNIS E-News
Jan. 31, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 10
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
INTERCLUB ROLLS TOWARD SEASON END
Port Royal Wins 2nd Half, Clinches Overall 4.0 Senior Men's Championship
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Unbeaten Port Royal took second-place Indigo Run 3-0 Tuesday, clinching the 4.0 Senior Men's Interclub second half and the overall season championships. Port Royal also won the first half.
Results of 1/29/08
Port Royal 3, Indigo Run 0
Sun City Net Gnats 2, Long Cove 1
Wexford Warriors 2, Sun City Sun Strokes 1
Final 2nd Half Standings
Port Royal 5-0
Indigo Run 4-1
Long Cove 2-3
Wexford 2-3
Sun City Sun Strokes 1-4
Sun City Net Gnats 1-4
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Indigo Run Wins 3.5 Senior Men's Interclub Championship
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Indigo Run 3, Dataw Island 0. And that, Folks, is that for the championship of the 3.5 Senior Men's Interclub. The two flight winners squared off Wednesday at Indigo Run and here is how it all sorted out:
Ct 1: Surrapa/Rickenbach def: Chalmers/Berg 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
Ct 2: Gamer/Stephens def: Wayne/Laiken 6-0, 6-0
Ct 3: Canfield/Grifa def: Crocker/Davidson 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
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Net Cords, Dirt Ballers To Meet in 3.0 Final; Interclub To Split in '08-'09 Season
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Palmetto Dunes Net Cords are the winners of 3.0 Senior Men's Interclub Flight A and Sun City Dirt Ballers are winners of Flight B and the two will meet TBA for the championship next week.
With Interclub schedule-knocking against the start of the USTA League spring season, I-club coordinator Dick Sonberg has certified the flight champs and canceled the remainder of the regular schedule. "Captains of teams with remaining matches may play the matches if both desire," Sonberg said, but results will not change the league standings.
Looking to the 2008-09 season, Sonberg announced that he will be coordinating matches only for teams on Hilton Head Island (including Moss Creek) to coincide with the changes in the USTA format beginning in late summer. "Teams from off-Island must organize their own Interclub league next fall," he said. Will the respective champions meet at The Bridge for a face-off in January '09? Stay tuned.
Sun City Women Name Reyes Winner of Sarver Scholarship
BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Women’s Tennis Organization of Sun City has named Marcella Reyes recipient of the Tony Sarver Scholarship.
The SCTO sponsors deserving local children through one year of tennis, which included rigorous standards, and expectations of accountability. The player is “adopted” and supported through tennis tournaments with fees and equipment.
Last year’s recipient Katherine Masis, who parlayed her scholarship into showcasing her skills that led to a college scholarship.
USTA Leagues: The Beginning of the Spring Season Standings
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- One day it's spring. Next day it's winter. No matter. "Spring" season is under way in USTA Leagues, although it will be at least week before all the teams get going.
Here is the first-of-the-season TENNIS E-News rundown of teams as the full schedule is about to blossom:
Adult # teams
2.5M -- 1 team --
2.5W -- 5 teams -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats, Spanish Wells Racquettes tied at 1-0
3.0M -- 6 teams -- SC Yacht Working Stiffs, Sun City Sun Devils, Wexford Wildcats tied at 1-0
3.0W -- 9 teams -- Spanish Wells Wells Belles, Beaufort Breeze, Chaplin Park Chaplin Racquettes tied at 1-0
3.5M -- 8 teams -- play runs 2/9 - 5/3
3.5W -- 18 teams -- play runs 2/7 - 5/1
4.0M -- 4 teams -- play runs 2/3 - 4/27
4.0W -- 6 teams -- Colleton River Herricanes, Sea Pines Smashers, Beaufort City Sea Islanders tied at 1-0
4.5M -- 2 teams -- play TBA
4.5W -- 3 teams -- play TBA
5.0M -- 2 teams -- play TBA
Senior # teams
2.5M -- 6 teams -- Sea Pines CC Falcons lead at 1-0
2.5W -- 3 teams -- Sun City Rally Girls lead at 1-0
3.0M -- 22 teams -- Port Royal Glory Girls, Palmetto Dunes PDQ, SC Yacht Nauti-Gals tied at 2-0 in Flights I; Spring Lake Roaring Rackets, Sun City Swingers, Colleton River CR 10s tied at 2-0 in Flight II
3.0W -- 19 teams -- play runs 2/5 - 4/12
3.5M -- 19 teams -- play runs 2/6 - 4/2
3.5W -- 24 teams -- 6 teams tied at 1-0 in Flights I and II
4.0M -- 6 teams -- play runs 2/5 - 4/8
4.0W -- 6 teams -- Indigo Run Racquettes, Colleton River Herricanes, Sun City Sunsationals tied at 1-0
4.5M -- 2 teams -- TBA
4.5W -- 2 teams -- TBA
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TENNIS E-News FootNote
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( ) "The golf group seems to drink a lot of scotch and a lot of wine and eat surf and turf and put it on a
( ) credit card, where the tennis crowd didn't spend as much money down here."
(___) -- Steve Wilmot, tournament director of the Heritage Golf and Family Circle Cup Tennis when the latter left HHI.
-- Dennis Malick