Ready for Jr. Finals

TENNIS E-News

May. 03, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 46
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

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Benefit for Children's Medical Research

Junior Banana Challenge All Set for Finals Sunday at Palmetto Dunes

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Stoked by Friday night's pastafest by Carrabba's Italian Grill, young players from the HHI area and a few visitors rolled through the first two days of the Junior Banana Challenge at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center. Finals are set for Sunday morning.

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 is 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.

For more information, call PDTC at 785-1152.

Here are the results of Friday and today (players are HHI unless otherwise noted):

Boys' 8 Singles -- Round Robin 1 -- Bryson Cummings d. Will Ruhlin 8-3; Paul Jones d. Charlie Farrell 8-0; Ruhlin d. Jones 8-2; Cummings d. Farrell 8-3

Boys' 10 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Daniel Luther d. Alex Gajic, Atlanta 8-4; Cameron Clark d. Robert Gavin III 8-4;

Nathan Lockcuff d. Alexander Shannon 8-0; Quinton Paton, Lady's Island d. Gage Jester Wo (em); Quarterfinals -- Daniel Luther, d. Triston Cummings 8-6; Clark d. Ben Jackson 8-2; Lockcuff d. Nicholas Wheeler 8-7; Paton d. Jack McKenna 8-0; Semifinals --

Clark d. Luther 8-3; Lockcuff d. Paton 8-2

Boys' 12 Singles -- Round of 16 -- John Larson d. Bates Downey, Columbia SC 8-3; Mark Oppenheimer d. Alex Gajic, Atlanta 8-1; Thomas Farrell d. Robert Stockfisch 8-5; Mitchell Brockmann d. Daniel Geoffroy 8-3; Quarterfinals -- Oppenheimer d. John Larson 8-4; Farrell d. Matthew Feldman 8-4; Angelo Carrabba d. Brockmann 8-7(6); Cristian Widenhouse, Charleston, SC d. Zach Ruhlin 8-1

Boys' 14 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Brody Ledbetter d. Collins Richardson 8-2; Quarterfinals -- Lawson Builder d. Will McAbee 8-6; Ledbetter d. Brendan Langs 8-2; Angelo Carrabba d. Chris Kunz 8-6; Michael Shaw d. Blake Antal 8-5; Semifinals -- Ledbetter d. Builder 8-6; Shaw d. Carrabba 8-5

Boys' 16 Singles -- Round Robin 1 -- Trey Trimble d. Zachary Rardon, Bluffton, 8-1; Trimble d. Rardon 8-2

Girls' 10 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Meredith Langs d. Cameron Kriscunas 8-6; Grace Berrigan d. Michelle Kunz 8-2;

Katy Bautista d. Maren Czura 8-3; Semifinals -- Langs d. Ashtyn Conrad 8-0; Berrigan d. Bautista 8-6

Girls' 12 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Forest Richardson d. Kelsey O'Leary, Bluffton, 8-6; Marilyn Stockfisch d. Elise Dean, Beaufort, 8-0; Taylor Soop, Bluffton, d. Leslie Shannon 8-3; Shannon Short d. Grace Orie, Bluffton, 8-1; Semifinals -- Stockfisch d. Richardson 8-1; Soop d. Short 8-7(5)

Girls' 14 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Dana Leal d. Grace Anderson Def (ns); Anna McAbee d. Leacy Kelley 8-6; Quarterfinals -- Christine Quinn d. Cara Borelli 8-7; Leal d. Leslie Shannon 8-1; Sarah Hancock d. Jaclyn de Boer Wo (ill); Kelly Newman, Apex, NC d. McAbee 8-6; Semifinals --Leal d. Quinn 8-3; Newman d. Hancock 8-5

Girls' 16 Singles -- Round Robin 1 -- Gabrielle Perissi d. Julie Edwards, Beaufort, 8-0; Chelsea Ward d. Heather Newman, Apex, NC 8-4; Ward d. Edwards Wo (ill); Perissi d. Newman 8-2

Kathy Foulke Needs Captains(!!!) and Commitments for Super Senior Combo

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Super Senior Combo League deadline is closing fast, with coordinator Kathy Foulke looking for a few good captains and some definite word on teams. Play is for 60 & older.

"I have one 6.5 men's team and two 7.5 men's teams," she said, including "nibbles" from a few others in 6.5s. Five 6.5 teams are set, together with three 7.5 women's teams. Play begins May 13.

Get into the action: Contact foulke@netscape.net.

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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