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TENNIS E-News

Jan. 28, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 9
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Deadline Wednesday for TAHHI Dinner/Dance Reservations

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Wednesday is the reservations deadline for the Tennis Association of HHI annual meeting/dinner/dance that will be held Feb. 6 at the HHI Beach & Tennis Resort.

Get your grilled chicken or grouper order in right quick to Pat Leinberger, 13 Seburn Dr., Bluffton SC 29909. Cost is $17 per member and $30 per guest -- check payable to TAHHI. For information, call Pat at 705-6014.

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7.5 Senior Men

Hogg Doggs Finish 2-2 But Play Spoilers at Southern Combo Championships

BATON ROUGE LA (TENNIS E-News) -- Things were a tad damp for the start of 2007 BMW Combo Doubles Southern Sectional Championships, washing out the first day’s matches and prompting the event’s website to “welcome” players out early Saturday for “good exercise squeegying courts” in order to get matches started. For then on, it was pro-set city for the 1,700 players competing from nine Southern states.

Hilton Head Island’s Port Royal Hogg Doggs, under Captain Wes Breinich, went 2-2 in the Senior Men’s 7.5, losing a tight 2-1 match to the eventual champion Mississippi/Pine Belt. The Doggs were playing as South Carolina “B” team, having finished behind the state champ in last fall's playoffs. Pine Belt swept the SC entries, winning the final title match 2-1 over SC “A” Gatewood Underdogs.

The Hogg Doggs finished third in group, while Pine Belt and Alabama/Anniston tied at 3-1, with the HHI team administering 3-0 Anniston’s only loss. Pine Belt advanced to finals based on most courts won – 9-3 vs. 7-5 for Anniston.

The championships were carryover from 2007, having played regular season and state playoffs last fall.

Here are results of the HHI team matches:

Port Royal Hogg Doggs 1, MS/Pine Belt 2

#1 – Roscoe Chambers/Richard Rickenbach lost 7-6, 6-4

#2 – Dave Dockum/Bobby Tillison won 6-4, 6-4

#3 – Wes Breinich/Rick Radcliff lost 6-3, 6-3

Port Royal Hogg Doggs 3, KY/Louisville 0

#1 – Breinich/Dockum won 6-1, 6-2

#2 – Rickenbach/Tillison won 6-0, 6-0

#3 – Bill Haviland/Radcliff won 6-2, 6-2

Port Royal Hogg Doggs 1 , AR/Texarkana 2

#1 – Breinich/Dockum lost 7-6, 7-6

#2 – Chambers/Rickenbach won 6-2, 6-2

#3 – Haviland/Radcliff lost 6-3, 6-3

Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, AL/Anniston 1

#1 – Radcliff/Haviland lost 7-6, 7-6

#2 – Tillison/Rickenbach won 6-3, 6-3

#3 – Chambers/Dockum won 6-3, 6-3

"Spring" Season Runs Into May

USTA Leagues Get Opening Week of Play Under Its Collective Belt; More Start This Week

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- 'Twas a little nippy … a little windy … a little damp, but USTA League's Spring ("The Serious") Season already is into its second week. It will take a week or two for all rated divisions to get started.

Here is the rundown of teams as the full schedule is about to get under way.

Adult # teams/players -- start/end date

2.5M -- 1 team

2.5W -- 5 teams/44 players -- 1/26 - 5/3

3.0M -- 6 teams/78 players -- 1/26 - 5/3

3.0W -- 9 teams/127 players -- 1/26 - 4/5

3.5M -- 8 teams/101 players -- 2/9 - 5/3

3.5W -- 18 teams/247 players -- 2/7 - 5/1

4.0M -- 4 teams/52 players -- 2/3 - 4/27

4.0W -- 6 teams/84 players -- 1/26 - 4/12

4.5M -- 2 teams/19 players -- TBA

4.5W -- 3 teams/32 players -- TBA

5.0M -- 2 teams/11 players -- TBA

A5.0W -- 0 teams

A5.5M -- 0 teams

Total: 66 teams/796 players

Senior # teams/players -- start/end date

2.5M -- 6 teams/62 players -- 2/6 - 4/24

2.5W -- 3 teams/29 players -- 1/31 - 4/24

3.0M -- 22 teams/268 players -- 1/28 - 4/7

3.0W -- 19 teams/228 players -- 2/5 - 4/12

3.5M -- 19 teams/231 players -- 2/6 - 4/2

3.5W -- 24 teams/295 players -- 1/23 - 4/9

4.0M -- 6 teams/69 players -- 2/5 - 4/8

4.0W -- 6 teams/76 players -- 1/28 - 4/21

4.5M -- 2 teams/15 players -- TBA

4.5W -- 2 teams/19 players -- TBA

Total: 111 teams/1,296 players

2008 Combined League total: 177 teams/2,092 players (*rosters still open)

2007 Combined League total: 181 teams/2,184 players (*end of season totals)

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) The Coast Guard rescued a 35-year-old boater near Freeport NY who was towing his disabled 35-foot

( ) fishing boat back to port 20 miles away by dragging it behind an inflatable boat he was paddling

(___) against the current. He had covered about 100 yards in three hours. -- Funny Times

-- Dennis Malick