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TENNIS E-News
May. 16, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 54
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
Stories today:
-- Adult States Schedule
-- BTO Under Way
-- Super Senior 75s
-- Super Senior CCTA
-- Mixed Doubles Summer Registration -- Deadline Sunday
7 HHI League Teams Competing
Early Morning Start for HHI Teams in USTA League Adult State 2.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Seven Hilton Head Island league teams will be heading to Charleston this weekend for Segment One of the South Carolina Adult State Championships. Matches will be played in Men's and Women's 2.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 divisions, with headquarters at Charleston Tennis Center and other play at satellite sites -- Moultrie Park, Maybank, St. Andrews and The Citadel.
As in the Senior States just concluded, the Adult winners will advance in July to the Southern Section Championships in Mobile AL against teams from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Here is the weekend schedule involving HHI league teams:
(Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/Charleston Area; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence; SATA = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville)
Saturday the 17th
8 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal Sundevils vs. PD/Timrod Over the Hill Gang
8 a.m. -- W4.5 -- PD States or Bust vs. LATA #1/Lexington Tennis Complex
8 a.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys vs. CTL/Long Creek Plantation Posse
9:30 a.m. -- W2.5 -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats vs. CTL #1/Greenview Diamonds N the Rough
11 a.m. -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park vs. LATA #1/Murraywood Powershot
12:30 p.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal Sundevils vs. LATA #2/Topspin Just Wide 2 Bad
12:30 p.m. -- M4.5 -- Beaufort Tidal Wave vs. CTL #1/Dirty Dozen
2 p.m. -- W2.5 -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats vs. UPTA/Greenville Tennis Club
3:30 p.m. -- W4.0 -- Sea Pines Smashers vs. SATA/Spartanburg CCS
4:30 p.m. -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park vs. LATA #2/Lexington Balls to the Wall
4:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- PD States or Bust vs. LCTA #2/Maybank
5 p.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys vs. LCTA/Lowcountry I
Sunday the 18th
8 a.m. -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park vs. PD/Oakdale Country Club
8 a.m. -- W4.0 -- Sea Pines Smashers vs. LATA #1/Lexington Pink Flamingos
8 a.m. -- M4.5 -- Beaufort Tidal Wave vs. LCTA #2/Mount Pleasant
8 a.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys vs. CTL/Long Creek Plantation Posse
12:30 -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park vs.CTL #2/Northsprings Park Just Getting' Started
12:30 p.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal Sundevils vs. SATA/Spartanburg Independent Terminators
12:30 p.m. -- W4.0 -- Sea Pines Smashers vs. LCTA #2/Mount Pleasant
12:30 p.m. -- M4.5 -- Beaufort Tidal Wave vs. GSTL/CC of South Carolina Fire Ants
12:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- PD States or Bust vs. LATA #1/Lexington Tennis Complex
2 p.m. -- W2.5 -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats vs. LCTA #2/Pine Forest HOT Chicks
4:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- PD States or Bust vs. LCTA #2/Maybank
5 p.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys vs. LCTA/Lowcountry I
Monday the 19th
8 a.m. -- W2.5 -- Semifinals -- Group I vs. Group III
8 a.m. -- W2.5 -- Semifinals -- Group II vs. Wildcard
8 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Semifinals -- Group II vs. Group III
8 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Semifinals -- Group I vs. Group IV
8 a.m. -- M4.5 -- Final -- Group I vs. Group II
9:30 a.m. -- W4.0 -- Semifinals -- Group II vs. Group III
9:30 a.m. -- W4.0 -- Semifinals -- Group I vs. Group IV
9:30 a.m. -- W4.5 -- Final -- Group I vs. Group II
11 a.m. -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park vs. CTL #1/Rockbridge Hit It Harder
12:30 p.m. -- W2.5 -- Final -- Group I vs. Group II
Bluffton Today Open Under Way
BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Umbrellas on hand, the Bluffton Today Open opened today, with junior action centered at Bluffton High School courts and adults starting Saturday at Palmetto Bluff, Hampton Hall, Shell Hall and Oldfield.
An Adult/Child Doubles division will be played Saturday afternoon. Special events such as the "Beat the Pro" competition and a silent auction will go on throughout the weekend. Finals are scheduled for Sunday.
Tournament Director Bob Brown has set up proceeds to go to upkeep of courts at Bluffton Recreation Center and into a fund for new public courts in Bluffton. The $10 entry fee in the Adult/Child event will go to the Bluffton Junior Benevolence Fund to help underprivileged children get started in tennis.
For special events entry information, contact Brown at 290-2833.
First matches began at 8:30 p.m. Results will be included in Saturday TENNIS E-News.
Super Senior 75s Begin Groundwork for Fall
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Super Senior 75s -- Men's AND Women's -- are in beginning stages of plans for a second-year season. The 75 & older format of three doubles per team match ran a full schedule last fall directed by coordinator Don Grider. It's another first for Hilton Head Island's burgeoning tennis paradise.
Although some interest surfaced from women, the '07 inaugural season involved just Men's 3.0 and 3.5 teams. It went over so well the 3.0s played a double round robin. The 75s format was hyped to USTA South Carolina and was promoted during the '07 Super Senior State Championships. Stay tuned.
The fall 75s will play in September and October with an anticipated six to eight Men's 3.0 teams and two or three teams in 3.5. New unattached players should contact Grider at dmgrider@roadrunner.com. Any interested women should contact Local Senior Coordinator Mary Ellen Arboe. She is off-island until June 2, but anyone needing information until then can contact Grider.
To play the 75s, a player must be at least 75 by the end of this year and must have a rating of 3.0 or 3.5 or can self-rate as either. Stronger 2.5 players could be acceptable.
Super Senior Coastal Carolina Tennis Association -- Ready, Set ……..
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The dust is finally settled on the Spring Senior Leagues, meaning it is time for Super Senior planning -- and this year that will be a major step. The Split, voted earlier this year, has created the Coastal Carolina Tennis Association that encompasses the 'cross-the-bridge area except for Moss Creek.
CCTA and the Tennis Association of Hilton Head Island (TAHHI) have begun the transition to completely separate league systems with each sending its category winners to South Carolina State Championships. This will take awhile, but will begin with the Super Senior season that begins in late August and early September.
TAHHI Men's Senior League Coordinator Don Grider has called for all captains of teams off Hilton Head Island, with the exception of Moss Creek, to submit information to the new CCTA officials. Moss Creek was voted to be part of the HHI leagues.
Captain's name, e-mail address, phone number, level and playing location(club) should be sent to:
League Coordinator Jerry Wayne (Dataw) at ccta10s@yahoo.com (telephone 843-838-7215) and Men's 3.5 Level Coordinator Ernie Clark (Sun City) at tennisracquets@yahoo.com (843-705-6903).
Grider asked that all Hilton Head Island and Moss Creek Super Senior captains advise him if they will not be captaining teams this year. Any new captain should send the personal information listed above to dmgrider@roadrunner.com.
Mixed Doubles Summer Team Registration -- Deadline Sunday
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Sunday is pre-registration deadline for adult/senior mixed teams planning to compete in this summer's USTA League season. A registration form is attached to this issue.
Local League Coordinator Jackie Reynecke said that captains who have sent in their pre-registration documents will be receiving their team number Saturday and Sunday and player registration will be open on Sunday. Deadline for initial roster is set for one month later, June 18th at midnight (that is, three men and three women who are eligible to play together not any other combination).
More details and league rules will follow, Reynecke said, with expected start for divisions is week of June 9 and concluding no later than Aug. 31. State Championships are in Charleston Sept. 13-15.
For further information email jackie@palmettodunes.com.
Upcoming Tournaments:
May 16-18 -- 3rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament at Bluffton High School. 290-2833.
May 17 -- 1st annual Rising Stars at Beaufort Academy (Novice) Tennis Tournament.
May 23-25 -- 2nd annual PTI Woody Tournament at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. 682-3504.
May 24 -- Tennis Block Party celebrating National Tennis Month at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. 682-3504.
June 1-8 – Women’s Satellite Tour $10,000 Kaelin Championships at Van der Meer Tennis Center. 785-8838.
June 6-8 -- The Banana Open at Palmetto Dunes T.C./rated men's/women's singles/doubles & mxd. 785-1152.
June 12-15 -- Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament -- USTA-sanctioned age/rated; Tournament ID# 704100908
June 27-29 – Beaufort Summer Splash!! USTA-sanctioned rated divisions in Adults (ID# 704110608); age divisions in Juniors (ID# 704116008)
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