Jr. Banana Sprouts Champions

Bluffton Today Open Next Up for Tournament Players -- See below

TENNIS E-News

May. 04, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 47
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Benefit for Children's Medical Research

Champions Galore at the Junior Banana Challenge; Friends of the Children Big Winner

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Thomas Clement of France and Trey Hale of USA battled through three long sets today in the 1^st annual Junior Banana International Davis Cup before the Paris junior came out on top in a third-set tiebreak 6-3; 4-6; 7-6 (12-10) for the Boys' 18s championship.

Okay, so we embellished the title a bit. And we're more likely to have a player from Paris KY than France. But it was pretty exciting nonetheless at the 2^nd annual Junior Banana Challenge finals at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center. Hale can't feel all that badly in that he won the Boys' 16s championship of the Tournament Division.

Sam Trimble should be a pretty happy dude too, having won the Boys' 12s and 14s. His 12s win came today over Merritt Wilburn 6-3, 6-3. Yesterday, the two met in the 14s round robin and Trimble won 6-4, 5-7, 10-0.

Under the tournament format set up by Director Jackie Reynecke, novice juniors played 8-game pro sets with a 7-point tie-break if tied at 7-all; tournament level play two sets with a 10-point super tiebreak if split.

The second annual event was presented by Dr. James Gigante and Friends of the Children to support research at the Charles Darby Research Center in Charleston. Proceeds from entry fees, drawings and a silent auction all go to the center.

Here are the complete weekend results of the Tournament Division, plus today's Tournament and Novice Division. Friday/Saturday Tournament Division results are in green (boys) and blue (girls). Novice Division Friday/Saturday results were in Saturday's TENNIS E-News. (Players are HHI unless otherwise noted):

Tournament Division

Boys' 8 Singles -- Round Robin -- Will Danzell d. Alex Likins 6-2; 6-2; Danzell d. Bryan Allen 6-0; 6-0; Likins d. Allen 6-1; 6-1; Danzell winner of round robin.

Boys' 10 Singles -- Round Robin -- Will Danzell d. Trammy Colket 7-6; 7-6(1); 3-6; 7-6(10-5); Danzell winner of round robin

Boys' 12 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Amit Kohli d. Roman Battistelli 6-0; 6-2; Ben Likins d. Tommy Berrigan 6-3; 6-1; Semifinals -- Sam Trimble d. Kohli 6-3; 6-3; Merritt Wilburn d. Likins 6-1; 6-0; Final -- Trimble d. Wilburn 6-3; 6-3

Boys' 14 Singles -- Round Robin 1 -- Colby Burke d. Merritt Wilburn 7-5; 7-6; Sam Trimble d. Franklyn Bakala 7-5; 4-6; 10-6; Burke d. Bakala 6-1; 6-0; Trimble d. Wilburn 6-4; 5-7; 7-6 (10-0); Trimble d. Burke 6-3; 7-6(4); Bakala d. Wilburn 6-4; 7-5; Trimble winner of round robin

Boys' 16 Singles -- Round Robin -- Trey Hale d. Alex Bischoff 6-2; 6-3; Joey Ryan d. Tyler Dunn 6-2; 6-2; Hale d. Tyler Dunn 6-3; 6-0; Ryan d. Bischoff 7-5; 6-4; Bischoff d. Dunn 6-0; 6-4; Hale d. Ryan 6-1; 6-3; Hale winner of round robin

Boys' 18 Singles -- Round Robin 1 -- Thomas Clement d. Bucky Bustard, Beaufort, SC 6-1; 6-0; Trey Hale d. Michael Bustard, Beaufort, SC 7-6(8); 6-0; Clement d. Hale 6-3; 4-6; 7-6 (12-10); Clement winner of round robin

Girls' 10 Singles -- Round Robin -- Ellie Czura, Bluffton, d. Kate Cram, Bluffton, 6-0; 6-4; Czura d. Cram 6-2; 6-0; Czura winner of round robin

Girls' 12 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Catherine Campbell d. Stephanie Scavo, Bluffton, 6-0; 6-1; Ellie Czura, Bluffton, d. Jamie Danzell 6-1; 5-0 Ret (quit); Semifinals -- Sydnee Wheeler d. Czura 6-4; 4-6; 7-6 (11-9); Campbell d. Megan Kelly 6-4; 6-2;

Final -- Wheeler d. Campbell 6-3; 6-2

Girls' 14 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Erica Larson d. Abigail Short 6-4; 6-3; Quarterfinals -- Sabrina Drammis d. Marina Colket 6-1; 6-2; Ashley Bierschenk, Bluffton, d. Larson 6-2; 6-4; Jamie Danzell d. Megan Farrell 7-6(3); 6-3; Maggi Colket d. Charlottte Loper, Bluffton, 6-1; 6-0; Semifinals -- Drammis d. Bierschenk 6-0; 6-0; Maggi Colket d. Danzell 6-3; 6-4; Final -- Drammis d. Colket 6-0; 6-1

Girls' 16 Singles -- Round Robin -- Jasmyn Howell d. Holli Selman 6-1; 6-3; Marian Hohenwarter, Beaufort, d. Chelsea Ward 6-0; 6-1; Hohenwarter d. Selman 3-6; 6-3; 7-6 (11-9); Howell d. Ward 6-0; 6-0; Howell d. Hohenwarter 6-2; 6-3; Ward vs. Selman to be played; Howell winner of round robin

Novice Division

Boys' 8 Singles -- Round Robin 3 -- Will Ruhlin d. Charlie Farrell 8-4; Paul Jones d. Bryson Cummings 8-5; Jones winner of round robin.

Boys' 10 Singles -- Final -- Nathan Lockcuff d. Cameron Clark 8-6

Boys' 12 Singles -- Semifinals -- Mark Oppenheimer, Hilton Head, SC d. Thomas Farrell, Hilton Head, SC 8-6;

Cristian Widenhouse, Charleston, SC d. Angelo Carrabba, Hilton Head, SC 8-6;

Boys' 14 Singles -- Final -- Brody Ledbetter d. Michael Shaw 8-7(4)

Girls' 10 Singles -- Final -- Meredith Langs d. Grace Berrigan 8-1

Girls' 14 Singles -- Final -- Dana Leal d. Kelly Newman, Apex NC 8-6

Girls' 16 Singles -- Round Robin 3 -- Heather Newman, Apex NC d. Julie Edwards, Beaufort, Wo (ill); Gabrielle Perissi d. Chelsea Ward 8-2; Perissi winner of round robin

Entry Deadline Monday the 12th

Bluffton Today Open Ready To Go May 16-18; Junior and Adult Divisions, Special Events

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Except for a speed bump called the SC Senior State Championships, next up on the local tournament scene is the 3^rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament May 16-18 with Bluffton High School courts as its base site.

Men's, women's and mixed doubles will be played in combined ratings of 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 levels. Junior singles will go on in boys’ and girls’ 12 and under and 16 and under. Tournament Director Bob Brown will have a number of side events all weekend, including a silent auction and new Beat-the-Pro competition. For information, call Brown at 290-2833. You also can email randdbrown@hargray.com.

The BTO entry form is an attachment to this issue.

Upcoming Tournaments:

May 10-12 -- USTA League South Carolina State Senior Championships with Sea Pines R.C. as headquarters

May 16-18 -- 3^rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament at Bluffton High School

May 17 -- 1^st annual Rising Stars at Beaufort Academy (Novice) Tennis Tournament

May 23-25 -- 2^nd annual PTI Woody Tournament at Chaplin Public Tennis Center

May 24 -- Tennis Block Party celebrating National Tennis Month at Chaplin Public Tennis Center

June 1-8 – Women’s Satellite Tour $10,000 Kaelin Championships at Van der Meer Tennis Center

June 6-8 -- The Banana Open at Palmetto Dunes T.C. for rated men's/women's singles/doubles & mixed doubles

June 12-15 -- Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament -- USTA-sanctioned age and rated divisions

June 27-29 – Beaufort Summer Splash!! USTA-sanctioned rated divisions in Adults; age divisions in Juniors.

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