Players Ready? Courts Ready? Almost. Attached photo shows
the new HHIsland High School tennis courts needing only netposts and nets for grand opening.
TENNIS E-News
Feb. 07, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 11
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
Davis, Camma, Wardlaw, Kopf on Board
Grider Named TAHHI's Volunteer of the Year; Schwarz, Sprouse Best in Sportsmanship
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Tennis Association of HHI named Don Grider its Volunteer of the Year in recognition of his senior league organization that, among other things, has led to a USTA Super Seniors national championship competition.
Grider received the Dick Stitt Award and its accompanying $500 check at TAHHI's annual meeting and banquet Wednesday at Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort. TAHHI also honored the HHI Tennis Professionals Association with a volunteers' award and $500 check for the pros' overall work in developing the sport here.
TAHHI's two sportsmanship awards went to Amanda Schwarz and Zach Sprouse. The Kerry Melville Reid and Stan Smith awards also included a $500 check each and were presented by their namesakes. Schwarz was SCISA player of the year at HH Christian Academy and will be playing at College of Charleston. Sprouse, top USTA South Carolina award winner, was a standout at the Heritage Academy and will play at Presbyterian College. Both train at Smith-Stearns Tennis Academy.
Grider was co-founder locally of Senior Seniors now in its 13th year that has been adopted by USTA into the nationwide championships. The leagues have developed into SS60s, SS70s and, last fall, the SS75s that this year may be part of the South Carolina Super Senior Championships.
In the TAHHI business meeting preceding the dinner and dancing, four new board of directors members were selected: Becky Davis, David Camma, Bunny Wardlaw and Joe Kopf.
Davis is sales and marketing manager for The Cypress of Hilton Head Island. Camma is a web marketing designer with Anderson Interactive. Wardlaw served in many capacities with the Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association including director of wheelchair clinics and level and overall coordinator for mixed doubles and has worked with the PTR Wheelchair Tournament here. Kopf is retired from IBM and is vice chairman of the Town of HHI's Parks & Rec Commission.
Returning as board member are Jim Purcell, president; Doug Nabholz, Scott Hart, Mike O'Regan and Ray Pfeiffer, who has assumed duties of treasurer.
Final Final Before The Split
PD Net Cords Win 3.0 Senior Men's Interclub Championship
(Note: Thanks to Dick Sonberg and Don Coleman for these results and to Allan Zak (4.0), Don Ross (3.5) and Sonberg (3.0) for a season of weekly score and standings reports to TENNIS E-News.)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- On a beautiful tennis day Tuesday afternoon, the Palmetto Dunes
Net Cords defeated the Sun City Dirt Balls by two courts to one and captured the 2007/2008 Senior Men's Interclub 3.0 championship. It was a close, hard-fought match throughout.
PD's Court #2 team Mike Kilpatrick/George Loomans won handily in two sets, as did the Sun City #3 Paul Naef/Alex Tax. It was a different story on Court #1. PD's Tom Walsh/Paul Weiss took the first set, but Sun City's Dennis Green/Bob Perrone battled back in the second set to send the match into a third set that would determine which team would be the overall champion. It went down to some serious final set points, but Palmetto Dunes prevailed.
This close match was expected since the Net Cords were undefeated in their regular season in Flight A, and in similar fashion the Dirt Balls were undefeated in Flight B. The match marked the conclusion of the 17th Interclub season and the last before the split of on-island, off-island leagues. In the fall, all HHI teams will be in one league. Status of the 'cross the bridge teams is to be determined.
Here are results of the final final:
Court 1: Tom Walsh - Paul Weiss (PD) over Dennis Green - Bob Perrone 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Court 2: Mike Kilpatrick - George Loomans (PD) over Mylan Marsden - Mike Zipes 6-4, 6-3
Court 3: Paul Naef - Alex Tan (Sun City) over David Topper - David Wright 6-2, 6-4
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PTI/Chaplin Logo T-shirts on Sale to Benefit Court-Building Fund
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Public Tennis Inc. has begun a T-shirt sale campaign to benefit $7,500-a-year court-building fund. For a $10 donation, proceeds will help towards the goal of $7,500 this year for the new court fund. The shirts are available to Chaplin Public Tennis Center USTA League teams as well as the general public. Sizes are S, M, L, XL, and XXL with a PTI "pocket logo" on the front and large Chaplin Tennis logo on the back. The shirts will be available at the Chaplin Sunday Round Robins and at team practices or by emailing chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com. Checks should be payable to PTI.
Men's/Women's Singles/Doubles
Van der Meer Open Championships Coming Feb. 29; Draw Size Limited
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Van der Meer prize-money Men's and Women's Open is set for Feb 29-March 1, with the men's draw approaching its singles and doubles limits, according to Tournament Director Justyn Schelver.
"I'll probably have to limit draws to 32 and 16 and will take entries in the order which they are received," Schelver said. Entries can be made by phone 422-4450 or by e-mail to justynschelver@hotmail.com. It is open to NTRP levels 4.5-5.5, teaching professionals, college players, and competitive juniors. Entry fee is $30 for singles and $50 per team for doubles.
The non-sanctioned open men's and women's event will be played on the hard courts at Van Der Meer Tennis Center. are encouraged to apply. Play will begin Friday afternoon the 29th. A first-match consolation will be held in Doubles, but not singles. Prizes will be awarded to the champion, runnerup, and consolation doubles champions. Cash prize of $500 to the singles and doubles champion is dependant on full draw.
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You don't have to be from Bluffton to support
Public Tennis Courts in Greater Bluffton. Go to http://www.blufftontennis.com
and select the http://www.thepetitionsite.com link to join the petition for a 13-court Buckwalter complex.
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