Results at States, BTO

TENNIS E-News

May. 17, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 55
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Stories today:

-- Adult States Results

-- Woody Tournament Deadline Monday

-- Sigmon Benefit

-- Banana, The Story

7 HHI League Teams Entered

Alley Cats 2-0, Smashers 1-0 After Day One at USTA League Adult States in Charleston

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News by TennisLink) -- The South Carolina Adult State Championships always are a tough assignment for Hilton Head Island league teams and today's opening rounds were no exception. Seven HHI entrants are in Charleston this weekend for the Men's and Women's 2.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 divisions

The Women's 2.5 Bluffton HS Alley Cats won 2-1 and 3-0 in group and need another win Sunday afternoon to advance to Monday morning semifinals. The Women's 4.0 Sea Pines Smashers lived up to the name by winning both singles and all three doubles today, setting up for two matches Sunday.

The Men's 5.0 and Women's 4.5 HHI teams both ended up on the wrong end of too many match tiebreaks in this morning's matches. The men lost two super tiebreaks in a 3-0 defeat; PD States or Busts also lost two in a 3-2 loss. The PD gals came back with a 5-0 late afternoon win. Not so the 5.0 guys.

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 17^th

8 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal Sundevils 1, PD/Timrod Over the Hill Gang 2

8 a.m. -- W4.5 -- Palmetto Dunes States or Busts 1, LATA #1/Lexington Tennis Complex 4

8 a.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys 0, CTL/Long Creek Plantation Posse 3

9:30 a.m. -- W2.5 -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats 2, CTL #1/Greenview Diamonds N the Rough 1

11 a.m. -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park 1, LATA #1/Murraywood Powershot 2

12:30 p.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal Sundevils 3, LATA #2/Topspin Just Wide 2 Bad 2

12:30 p.m. -- M4.5 -- Beaufort Tidal Wave 0, CTL #1/Dirty Dozen 5

2 p.m. -- W2.5 -- Bluffton HS Alley Cats 3, UPTA/Greenville Tennis Club 0

3:30 p.m. -- W4.0 -- Sea Pines Smashers 5, SATA/Spartanburg CCS 0

4:30 p.m. -- M2.5 -- Chaplin Park 0, LATA #2/Lexington Balls to the Wall 3

4:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- Palmetto Dunes States or Busts 5, LCTA #2/Maybank 0

5 p.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys 0, LCTA/Lowcountry I 3

Sunday the 18^th

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 -- Palmetto Dunes States or Busts 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 -- Palmetto Dunes States or Busts vs. LCTA #2/Maybank

5 p.m. -- M5.0 -- HHI 5.0 Guys vs. LCTA/Lowcountry I

Monday the 19^th

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 -- Results Sunday

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Bluffton Today Open is rolling through a now-sunny weekend, with play in junior and adult divisions scheduled for final rounds 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.

Friday and Saturday results have just been received -- sorry, but in Excel files that can't be translated tonight. We'll try to catch up with those Sunday.

Woody Tournament Deadline Monday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The 2^nd annual PTI Woody Tournament will be played next weekend at Chaplin Public Tennis Center and the entry deadline is Monday. An entry form is an attachment to this issue. Forms also are available at Players World of Sports. A "y'all come" Tennis Block Party will be included in the festivities Saturday.

Tournament play will be in men's, women's and mixed doubles in levels of 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5+. There is a limit of two events per player. If you don't have a wood racket, the tournament will provide one for you. The first set will be played with a wooden rackets; the second set will be played with your regular racquet and, if a third set is needed, one player on each team will use a wooden racket.

Cost is $20 per player for one event and $30 per player for two. You can register by emailing with your name, partner name(s), phone number, event(s) you wish to play and whether you are available to play on Friday May 23rd after 6 p.m. If paying by check, it should be made payable to: People For Parks. Email to chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com.

Chaplin Tennis Block Party Celebrates National Tennis Month

As part of the Woody Tournament, Public Tennis Inc. will hold a Tennis Block Party Saturday the 24th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. that will include food, tennis instruction for juniors and adults, cardio tennis workouts, a fast-serve competition, a pro exhibition and prize drawings.

Volunteers will be needed for the block party. To help out, email chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com.

Sigmon Benefit

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- A pro exhibition/Calcutta and dinner will be held May 31 at South Beach Racquet Club to benefit Katie Sigmon, 27, who suffered a hypoxia brain injury early last year and now is recovering in New Orleans where she is undergoing hyperbaric oxygen treatments.

Katie is the daughter of Jack and Elaine Sigmon and niece of SBRC owners Don and Rachel Sigmon.

The pro exhibition/Calcutta will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with lunch and refreshments at $20 per person. A dinner with music and a silent auction at $100 per person will be held at the home of Dee and Rick Ray.

For additional information and registration, email jamiehutcheson@hargray.com.

BANANA OPEN -- The Story

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The 29^th annual Banana Open -- ah, how well we remember the 1^st -- will be played June 6-8 at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center in men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles rated divisions from 2.5 through open.

The first Banana, played in Virginia Beach VA, was preceded by a sports writer's column posing the question: "Who would ever play in a tennis tournament called The Banana Open?" The first year 350 entered.

This year's PD Banana is one of about a dozen being played throughout the Southeast that will culminate in all winners competing here Oct. 3-5 in the Banana Open Challenge.

The June 6-8 tournament has an entry fee of $40 for playing one event or $50 if entering two. The event is presented by the Center for Health, Fitness & Sports Performance and Larry's Giant Subs.

Entry deadline is Sunday, June 1. Play will begin Friday morning, June 6. For additional information, call 785-1152.

Upcoming Tournaments:

May 16-18 -- 3^rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament at Bluffton High School. 290-2833.

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. 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) (ADULTS, Tournament ID #704110608); Online registration now open. Info: Cathy McGill 843-271-0074

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