Splash!! Finals' Splash

TENNIS E-News

June 29, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 74
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Finals in Beaufort

"I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE WEEKEND ENDED WITH A SPLASH!!"

BEAUFORT SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- Now THAT's the compleat tournament director. The Beaufort Summer Splash!! Director Cathy McGill even wrote her own headline for TENNIS E-News. The USTA-sanctioned championships almost got it all in. Almost.

"We had our last two matches on court when the rains came," McGill said. "The Mixed 7.0 -- Harris/Roberts (Beaufort) vs. Hooker/Smoak (Walterboro) -- will finish their match tomorrow evening at 6 and the Open Mixed -- Child (HHI)/Wilson (Beaufort) vs. Straut/Mills (Beaufort) will finish on Tuesday evening at 6:30.

The tournament had 108 players entered in the Adult Splash!! and 87 in the Junior Splash!!.

Here are late Saturday results and those from today:

Men's 3.0 Singles -- Semifinals -- Bryan Mossing d. Kyle Mansfield 6-2; 6-4; (1) James Jeffers d. Richard Poore 6-1; 6-4; Final -- (1) James Jeffers d. Bryan Mossing Ret (emerg)

Men's 3.5 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Todd Monsell d. Terry Logan 6-0; 6-0; Semifinals -- Monsell d. Pascal Fontanie 7-5; 6-0; Kevin Radzinski d. Joseph Bauer 6-2; 6-0; Final -- Radzinski d. Monsell Wo (emerg)

Men's 4.0 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Mark O'Neal d. Jonathan Hoffman 6-7; 6-3; 7-6(12); Thomas Reagan d. Richard Bertetti 6-4; 1-6; 7-6(10); Semifinals -- Reagan d. Mark O'Neal 6-4; 6-1; J. Stephen. Demosthenes d. Andy Rosolinski 6-3; 7-6(6); Final -- Reagan d. Demosthenes 6-3, 6-0

Men's Open Singles -- Semifinals -- Lee Floyd d. David Jones 6-0; 6-1; Tyler Davis d. Joseph Macdermant 6-2; 7-6(5); Final -- Floyd d. Davis 6-4, 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Upchurch/Upchurch d. Manigo/Snead 6-4; 6-3; (1) Bishop/Smoak d. Monsell/Morgan 7-5; 6-2; Final -- Upchurch/Upchurch d. Bishop/Smoak 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Chambers/Demosthenes d. Bishop/Garrett 6-7; 6-2; 7-6(5); Round Robin 3 -- Jicha/Riedmayer d. Chambers/Demosthenes 6-7, 6-2, 7-6(5); Bishop/Garrett winner of round robin

Men's Open Doubles -- Semifinals -- Child/O'Regan d. Holland/Leclaire 5-7; 6-2; 7-6(5); Davis/Floyd d. Chambers/Straut 6-2; 6-0; Final -- Child/O'Regan d. Davis/Floyd 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Women's 3.0 Singles -- Final -- Connie Halstead d. Angela Poore 6-2; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Singles -- Semifinals -- Anneliza Itkor d. Lauren Demosthenes 1-6; 6-2; 7-6(8); Christine Clark d. Billie Lindsay 6-1; 6-1; Final -- Clark d. Itkor 7-5, 6-4

Women's Open Singles -- Round Robin 2 -- Chloe Bellomy d. Brittany Gore 6-2; 7-5; Round Robin 3 -- Gore d. Alice Boland 6-0, 6-1; Bellomy winner of round robin

Women's 2.5 Doubles -- Final -- Johnson/Pylant d. Parrott/Smith 3-6; 7-5; 7-6(5)

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Clark/Rath d. Mansfield/Smith 6-1; 6-1; Hooker/Smoak d. (1) Carter/Tucker 3-6; 7-6; 7-6(7); Final -- Clark/Rath d. Hooker/Smoak 7-5, 6-2

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Burns/Demosthenes d. Bishop/Day-Mitchell 6-1; 4-6; 7-6(8); Deloach/Itkor d. Harris/Lindsay 6-4; 6-2; Semifinals -- Burns/Demosthenes d. Deloach/Itkor 6-1; 4-6; 7-6(5); Bott/Cate d. Clark/Clark 6-4; 3-6; 7-6(3); Final -- Bott/Cate d. Burns/Demosthenes 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Women's 4.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Greenwood/Greenwood d. Pingree/Sullivan 6-3; 7-6(4); Hon/Hyatt d. Josey/Straut 6-3; 6-1; Final -- Greenwood/Greenwood d. Hon/Hyatt Wo (inj)

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- F Tucker/Tucker d. Halstead/Jeffers 6-7; 6-1; 7-6(7); Mansfield/Mansfield d. (1) Topper/Vitale 4-6; 6-3; 7-6(7); Final -- Mansfield/Mansfield d. Tucker/Tucker 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Harris/Roberts d. Annand/Annand 6-3; 6-1; Hooker/Smoak d. Bishop/Bishop 6-3; 6-1; Final -- To be played Monday

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Day-Mitchell/Garrett d. Reagan/Reagan 6-7; 6-1; 7-6(9); Gore/Hoffman d. Christensen/Tseng-Christensen 6-1; 4-6; 7-6(5); Final -- Gore/Hoffman d. Day-Mitchell/Garrett 6-3, 7-5

Open Mixed Doubles -- Semifinals -- Child/Wilson d. Bellomy/Bellomy 6-3; 7-6(4); (1) Mills/Straut d. Boland/Macdermant 6-2; 6-7; 7-6(5); Final -- To be played Tuesday

The finals day junior results went along home with its referee to Aiken and have not been posted by our deadline time. Some Saturday results are included here. The rest will come with our next issue:

Boys' 18 Singles -- Final -- Cauthen Tiller d. Jason Zack 3-6; 6-4; 7-6(2)

Boys' 16 Singles -- Final -- Joseph Tiller (1) Peter Pritchard; Consolation: Quarterfinal -- (2) Russell Smith d. Jarrett Nixon 6-1; 6-1; Semifinal -- Smith d. Paul Cifaldi 6-1; 6-0; (4) Manning Miller d. Spencer Sasko 6-1; 6-1

Boys' 14 Singles -- Semifinals -- Colby Tubbs d. (4) Ryan Swanier 6-2; 6-1; (1) Steven Weaver d. (3) Joey Shelver 6-2; 4-6; 10-2; Final -- ; Consolation: Quarterfinal -- (2) Wilson Daniel d. Daniel Ames 6-0; 6-0; Round 1 -- James Bachety d. Blake Doubleday 6-1; 6-1; Semifinals -- Daniel d. Bachety 6-1; 6-2; Nicholas Demosthenes d. Christopher Davis 6-2; 6-3; Consolation Final --

Boys' 12 Singles -- Semifinals -- Jonathan Prince d. (2) Merritt Wilburn 6-4; 7-6(5); (1) Logan Adkins d. Carsten Fisher 4-6; 6-2; 10-5; Final -- ; Consolation: Quarterfinal -- (3) Hufelder Duarte d. Hunter Pylant Def (ns); Round 1 -- (4) Conrad C Fonseca d. Clay Obrien 6-2; 6-2; Semifinals -- Duarte d. Max Westerkam 6-0; 6-1; Fonseca d. Benjamin Likins 6-4; 7-6 (13); Consolation Final --

Boys' 10 Singles -- Semifinals -- (2) Chambers Easterling d. Madison Sharp 6-0; 6-3; (1) Spencer Fonseca d. Nicholas Wheeler 6-0; 6-2; Final -- ; ConsolationFinal -- Alex Likins d. Daniel Luther 6-0; 6-1

Boys' 16 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Hale/Nichols d. Koutroulakis/Tiller 8-6; Final --

Boys' 14 Doubles -- Final -- Kuisel/Shelver Prince/Swanier

Boys' 12 Doubles -- Final --

Girls' 18 Singles -- Final -- Victorea Austin Mary Chris Satterthwaite ; Consolation: Final -- Shannon McManus d. (1) Emilee Carter Def (ns)

Girls' 16 Singles -- Semifinals -- (2) Samantha Droop d. Ann Coleman 6-3; 6-1; (1) Samantha Sullivan d. Marian Hohenwarter 6-4; 6-1; Final -- ; Consolation: Final -- Hunter Owens d. Sonya Stover 7-6(4); 6-1

Girls' 14 Singles -- Semifinals -- (2) Chandler Caulder d. Linnea Westerkam 1-6; 7-6(5); 10-2; Charlotte Loper d. (1) Chelsea Bellomy 6-2; 6-1; Final -- ; Consolation: Round 1 -- (3) Hailey Bowers d. Caroline Gaffney 6-3; 6-3; Kelly McManus d. Halley Ballew 7-5; 6-3; Semifinals -- Bowers d. Emma Schaafsma 2-6; 6-4; 10-7; McManus d. Hunter STLaurent 5-7; 6-3; 10-7; Consolation Final --

Girls' 12 Singles -- Semifinals -- Valerie Droop d. (2) Akela Bryant 6-4; 6-0; (1) Charlotte Bellomy d. Samantha Schuster 6-3; 6-3; Final -- ; Consolation: Semifinal -- (2) Akela Bryant d. Sydnee Wheeler 6-4; 6-4; Consolation Final --

Girls' 10 Singles -- Semifinals -- (2) Sara Putman d. Anna Sharp 6-0; 6-1; (1) Ellie Czura d. Mckenzie Collins 6-2; 6-2; Final --

Girls' 18 Doubles -- Final -- McManus/Satterthwaite Coleman/Droop d. Carter/Stover

Girls' 14 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Jurgensen/Loper d. Bellomy/Bellomy 8-3; Final --

Girls' 12 Doubles -- Final -- Bryant/Droop d. Czura/MacGillivray 9-8(5)

Girls' 10 Doubles -- Final -- Collins/Putman d. Schuster/Sharp 8-3

Decider for States

Mis-Hits, The Usual Suspects Go for Super Senior Men's 6.5 Combo Title Tuesday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Super Senior Combo season is winding down in a hurry, with the Men's 6.5 championship to be decided Tuesday and two other divisions with just two match dates remaining.

With two teams tied at 2-2, Moss Creek The Usual Suspects will host the Spring Lake Mis-Hits in Tuesday's final to decide which will advance to the South Carolina State Combo Championships in late October. The 6.5 Women and 7.5 Men and Women will complete their seasons next week.

Meanwhile, Adult and Senior Mixed Doubles are working into the meat of their schedules that will wrap up in mid-August with a list of champions to advance to the State Championships in September.

Here is how summer play is looking in standings as of Saturday the 28th:

Super Senior Combo

6.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 6/3 to 7/1 -- Spring Lake MisHits, Moss Creek The Usual Suspects tied at 2-2

6.5 Women -- 5 teams -- 5/13 to 7/8 -- Sun City Rally Cats lead at 4-2

7.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 6/10 to 7/8 -- Port Royal Super Senior Combo leads at 2-1

7.5 Women -- 3 teams -- 5/15 to 7/10 -- Indigo Run Hot Shots lead at 4-0

Adult Mixed Doubles

5.0 -- 2 teams -- tba

6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/14 to 8/23 -- Bluffton Smash Cats lead at 3-0

7.0 -- 7 teams -- 6/21 to 8/16 -- Chaplin Head leads at 2-0

8.0 -- 5 teams -- 6/15 to 8/24 -- SC Yacht Oh Gnats, Bluffton Bangers tied at 1-0

9.0 -- 1 team -- South Beach Slammers

Senior Mixed Doubles

6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/16 to 8/11 -- Dataw Dynamites, Spring Lake Odd Couples tied at 2-0

7.0 -- 10 teams -- 6/11 to 8/13 -- Port Royal Topspinners, Sun City Love Bugs tied at 3-0

8.0 -- 3 teams -- 6/19 to 8/21 -- PDTC 8.0 Sr. leads at 1-0

Know anyone who is looking for US Open tickets?

"I have a pair of first week (US Open) tickets," writes Dan Kam, "that allows the ticketholder to access all venues: Ashe stadium, Armstrong stadium and all outside courts. Day tickets are for Monday to Friday and night tickets are for Monday to Thursday, a total of 18 tickets. Can't use them this year. Have plans to be elsewhere."

Contact Kam : Kam50@sc.rr.com (new address)

Dan also sends us a news story that Chris Evert married Greg Norman Saturday. Shocking.

USTA League Players Needed

3.0 Super Senior Men's 60s -- Chaplin's first ever 3.0 Super Senior 60s team needs some more players. Season begins early September. Contact Ray Hardy at rayhardy36@aol.com.

2.5 Adult Women -- Combo team at South Carolina Yacht Club needs players. If interested, contact coordinator Kathy Foulke at 681-9649 or email kathyfoulke@netscape.net.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

Aug. 29-31 -- Van Der Meer Open -- Non-sanctioned prize money tournament in men's and women's singles and doubles. Open division only. Entry and information at Justyn Schelver at 785-8388 ext 119 or justynschelver@hotmail.com.

Aug. 31 -- TAHHI US Open Member Social and Cookout -- Port Royal Racquet Club -- plans TBA

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( ) weren't created in England, nor French fries in France. Quicksand can work slowly,

(___) boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

-- last of our pointing out how hard English is.

-- Dennis Malick

A Splash!! Weekend

TENNIS E-News

June 28, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 73
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Sanctioned Adults & Juniors

About 200 Players Sweatin' and Splashin' All Weekend in Beaufort

BEAUFORT SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- The courts are sizzling in Beaufort this weekend with the annual USTA-sanctioned Beaufort Summer Splash!! championships in adult and junior singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

With 108 players entered in the Adult Splash!! and 87 entered in the Junior Splash!!, play began Friday afternoon and will continue through Sunday finals.

Here are Friday results plus those posted thus far from today:

Men's Open Singles -- Quarterfinals -- David Jones d. John Christensen 6-2; 6-1; Joseph Macdermant d. David Holland 4-6; 6-1; 10-2

Men's 3.5 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Samuel Annand d. Todd Monsell 6-2; 1-0 Ret (ill)

Men's 4.0 Singles -- Round of 16 -- J. Stephen. Demosthenes d. Ted Anderson 6-4; 3-6; 10-8

Women's Open Singles -- Round Robin One -- Chloe Bellomy d. Alice Boland 6-0; 6-3

Women's 3.5 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Lauren Demosthenes d. Linda Evans 6-2; 6-4; Anneliza Itkor d. Lezita Davis 6-4; 6-3; Christine Clark d. Sandra Jimenez 6-1; 7-6(6)

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Upchurch/Upchurch d. Roberts/Smith 7-5; 6-4; Manigo/Snead d. Brannon/Porter 6-1; 6-1; Monsell/Morgan d. Goodwin/Waddell 6-4; 6-4; (1) Bishop/Smoak d. Moscovitz/Tucker 6-0; 6-1

Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Bishop/Garrett d. Jicha/Riedmayer 6-4; 6-1

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Clark/Rath d. Hyatt/Taylor 6-1; 5-0 Ret (ill)

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Round of 16 -- Bott/Cate d. Diaz/Lynch 6-0; 6-2

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Halstead/Jeffers d. Moscovitz/Taylor 6-2; 6-2; Tucker/Tucker d. Fletcher/Jarvis 6-1; 6-1; Mansfield/Mansfield d. Dimaria/Rath 6-1; 6-2; (1) Topper/Vitale d. Poore/Poore 6-1; 6-1

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Harris/Roberts d. Beauregard/Beauregard 7-6(2); 6-2; Hooker/Smoak d. Covington/Richard 2-6; 6-3; 10-3

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Christensen/Tseng-Christensen d. Josey/Josey 6-2; 7-5

Boys' 16 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Joseph Tiller d. Jarrett Nixon 6-0; 6-0; (3) Trey Hale d. Paul Cifaldi 6-0; 6-0; Colby Burke d. Alexander Bischoff 7-5; 6-2; Parker Adkins d. Joey Ryan 6-4; 7-5; Quarterfinals -- Tiller d. (2) Russell Smith 6-2; 6-3; Hale d. Burke 6-2; 6-4; Semifinals -- Tiller d. Hale 7-5; 6-0; (1) Peter Pritchard d. Mathieu Erramuzpe 6-3; 6-0

Boys' 14 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Colby Tubbs d. Daniel Ames 6-0; 6-0; (4) Ryan Swanier d. Blake Doubleday 6-1; 6-1; Thomas Kuisel d. James Bachety 6-1; 6-2; Charlie Drake d. Christopher Davis 6-2; 7-5; Quarterfinals -- Tubbs d. (2) Wilson Daniel 6-2; 6-1; Swanier d. Kuisel 6-3; 6-3; (3) Joey Shelver d. Drake 6-2; 6-2 Q (1) Steven Weaver d. Patrick Driscoll 4-6; 6-2; 10-5

Boys' 12 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Greyson Finlay d. Max Westerkam 7-5; 6-1; Jonathan Prince d. Hunter Pylant 6-0; 6-0; Carsten Fisher d. Clay Obrien 6-0; 6-1; Amit Kohli d. (4) Conrad C Fonseca 5-7; 6-1; 10-6; Quarterfinals -- (2) Merritt Wilburn d. Finlay 7-6(5); 6-2; 10-5; Prince d. (3) Hufelder Duarte 6-2; 4-6; 10-6; Fisher d. Kohli 7-5; 6-3; (1) Logan Adkins d. Thomas Bryan 6-1; 6-0

Boys' 10 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Madison Sharp d. Alex Likins 7-6(10); 6-0; Nicholas Wheeler d. Daniel Luther 6-1; 6-1

Boys' 16 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Hale/Nichols d. Davis/Sasko 8-1; Daniel/Tiller d. Cifaldi/Ryan 8-3; Bachety/Rast d. Bischoff/Demosthenes Def (ns)

Boys' 14 Doubles -- Semifinals -- F Kuisel/Shelver d. Adkins/Weaver 9-7; Prince/Swanier d. Drake/Wilburn 9-8(7)

Boys' 12 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Finlay/Obrien d. Fonseca/Fonseca 8-4

Girls' 18 Singles -- Semifinals -- Victorea Austin d. Shannon McManus 6-3; 7-6(5); Mary Chris Satterthwaite d. (1) Emilee Carter 6-0; 6-0

Girls' 16 Singles -- Semifinals -- (2) Samantha Droop d. Ann Coleman 6-3; 6-1; Ann Coleman d. Hunter Owens 6-0; 2-6; 10-5

Girls' 14 Singles -- Round of 16 -- (2) Chandler Caulder d. Celeste Pritchard Wd (ill); Ivey Westerkam d. Emma Schaafsma 7-5; 6-4; Linnea Westerkam d. (3) Hailey Bowers 6-3; 6-2; Kirstin Jurgensen d. Caroline Gaffney 7-5; Quarterfinals -- Westerkam d. Jurgensen 6-3; 4-6; 10-7

Girls' 12 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Valerie Droop d. Sydnee Wheeler 6-3; 6-4; Samantha Schuster d. Caroline MacGillivray 7-6(5); 6-1

Girls' 18 Doubles -- Semifinals -- McManus/Satterthwaite d. Hohenwarter/Sullivan 9-8(2); Coleman/Droop d. Carter/Stover 8-3

Girls' 14 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- STLaurent/Smith d. McManus/Schaafsma 8-5; Caulder/Gaffney d. Westerkam/Westerkam 9-7; Jurgensen/Loper d. Bowers/Leschorn 8-3;

Girls' 12 Doubles -- Final -- Bryant/Droop d. Czura/MacGillivray 9-8(5)

Girls' 10 Doubles -- Final -- Collins/Putman d. Schuster/Sharp 8-3

2 SC Tennis Centers Make Top 50 Welcome Center List

Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island, Charleston, and Lexington County Tennis Complex are the only two tennis facilities in South Carolina to make the Top 50 Tennis Welcome Centers listing just released. The facilities were cited for high participation figures involving new and returning players, support of industry programs and community tennis development.

“All of the more than 2,100 Tennis Welcome Centers have played an important role in the increased tennis participation we’ve seen in the last few years in the U.S.,” said Tennis Industry Association Executive Director Jolyn de Boer of Hilton Head Island. “These Top 50 Tennis Welcome Centers have been doing an exemplary job of creating a positive tennis experience for people in their communities.”

Bus Plays To Leave for US Open … from Pennsylvania

(Special to TENNIS E-News) -- So you are looking for a bus trip to the US Open. Here's the deal:

Thursday, Aug. 28. Ticket includes breakfast before departure, seat in main stadium, video on bus up and back, snack bag and drink. Slight hitch: bus leaves from suburban Philadelphia. If interested, contact Floss Messick of Sun City Hilton Head and Pennsylvania at 267-218-0178 (cell) or 843-705-7111 for further details. It's the 19^th year the bus trip has been run.

Not a Guarantee of Anything, AOLers, But This Worked for At Least One

HILTON HEAD ISLAND (TENNIS E-News) -- Yes, some TENNIS E-News readers -- read that "potential" readers -- continue having trouble receiving the newsletter through their AOL service. If you know someone who is having that problem, here's a suggestion that, with no guarantee that it will work, did work at South Beach Racquet Club.

See if you can follow these steps that got Michael O'Keefe of SBRC back on the receive list.

Go to AOL Help, then go to the e-mail tab in AOL Screen Services and look for the "blocked list" from there.

Michael's admonition: Happy hunting!

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USTA League Players Needed

3.0 Super Senior Men's 60s -- Chaplin's first ever 3.0 Super Senior 60s team needs some more players. Season begins early September. Contact Ray Hardy at rayhardy36@aol.com.

2.5 Adult Women -- Combo team at South Carolina Yacht Club needs players. If interested, contact coordinator Kathy Foulke at 681-9649 or email kathyfoulke@netscape.net.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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

June 28 -- TAHHI Wimbledon Member Social at South Beach R.C. For information contact: Pat Leinberger 705-6014.

Aug. 29-31 -- Van Der Meer Open -- Non-sanctioned prize money tournament in men's and women's singles and doubles. Open division only. Entry and information at Justyn Schelver at 785-8388 ext 119 or justynschelver@hotmail.com.

Aug. 31 -- TAHHI US Open Member Social and Cookout -- Port Royal Racquet Club -- plans TBA

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-- Dennis Malick

Open Before The Open

TENNIS E-News

June 24, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 72
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

‘Cross the Bridge Pre-Registration Open for Fall Leagues – Story Below

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Deadline in July

TAHHI Grants Available for Equipment, Programs, Events

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Each year the Tennis Association of HHI offers grants to support tennis programs on the Island and in the Bluffton and Beaufort area. Grant applications can be submitted now, with a deadline of July 31. In the past, grant funds have been used to purchase equipment, support local programs and to sponsor events.

For a grant application, click on this link – http://www.tahhi.org/Flash/Grant_App/grant_app.html. You also can go to tahhi.org and select “Grants”. The completed form should be sent to the chairperson of the Grants and Awards Committee, David Camma, 2 Victoria Square Crossing, Hilton Head Island SC 29926. For additional information, email davidcamma@gmail.com. Grant requests are reviewed each year at the August meeting of the TAHHI board of directors.

Recipients of 2007 TAHHI grants were: Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island, $500; Beaufort Tennis Association, $850; Kindergarten Tennis, presented by Public Tennis, Inc. and USTA, $350; startup USTA League Super Senior 3.0 and 3.5 levels for 75 & older players, $1,000; Public Tennis, Inc., HHI court-building fund, $500; Bobcat Community Tennis Center, Bluffton, for court-building fund, $500.

USTA League Players Needed

3.0 Super Senior Men's 60s -- Chaplin's first ever 3.0 Super Senior 60s team needs some more players. Season begins early September. Contact Ray Hardy at rayhardy36@aol.com.

2.5 Adult Women -- Combo team at South Carolina Yacht Club needs players. If interested, contact coordinator Kathy Foulke at 681-9649 or email kathyfoulke@netscape.net.

Singles & Doubles

There’s the US Open … But Also the Van Der Meer Open … Segment 2

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Van Der Meer Tennis Center will host its second Men's and Women's Open Aug. 29-31. The cash-money tournament is non-sanctioned, but the playing level will be high, with 4.5, 5.0 and 5.5 players coming in from off-island to challenge local pros and other top players.

Men’s and Women’s singles and doubles will be played. Teaching professionals, college players and competitive juniors are expected to play. Draws will be limited to 32 entries in singles and 16 teams in doubles. Tournament Director Justyn Schelver said that draws are expected to fill and entries will be taken in the order which they are received.

Matches will be played on the hard courts of VDM Tennis Center with play beginning Friday afternoon the 29^th. A first-match consolation will be held in singles and doubles. Cash prize of $500 will be dependant on a full draw.

Entry fee is $30 for singles and $50 per team for doubles. For additional information or to enter, please contact Schelver at 785-8388 ext 119 or justynschelver@hotmail.com. Entries cannot be made online

First Season of "The Split"

Pre-Registration Open for Coastal Carolina Tennis Assn. Fall Leagues: July 13 Deadline

DATAW ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via Vivian Wayne) -- Coastal Carolina Tennis Association (CCTA) is setting up for its first season with USTA League Super Senior team pre-registration forms out and ready to be completed by the July 13 deadline. The new district is comprised of Bluffton, Beaufort and The Islands, excluding Hilton Head Island.

Vivian Wayne is level coordinator for women and Ernie Clark is coordinating for men. Captains from last season and anyone who is a potential captain should contact Clark at tennisracquets@yahoo.com or Wayne at cctawomen@yahoo.com. At this point, Wayne said that pre-registration forms designating a team's intention and captain and co-captain names are the only necessities. Super Senior teams can enter levels of 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 in age divisions 60s, 70s and 75s. After all teams have pre-registered, team numbers will be assigned and rosters will begin to be filled.

Once CCTA and Tennis Association of HHI reach the July 13 deadline, the determination will be made on which men's and women's levels will operate separately and which will continue as in previous years.

CCTA team play will most likely start in early September. A team roster will have to consist of at least six players, but no more than 12. No more than 25% of the roster may consist of below-level players. The South Carolina District Championships will be Nov. 7-9 on Isle of Palms.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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

June 28 -- TAHHI Wimbledon Member Social at South Beach R.C. For information contact: Pat Leinberger 705-6014.

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-- Dennis Malick

Saturday, Sunday Deadlines

You can bet we're not going to do THAT again. See below.

TENNIS E-News

June 20, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 71
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

The bid for the US Open Courtside tickets (Public Tennis Inc. benefit) is now at $250. See below.

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Junior Deadline Is Sunday Midnight
Adult Registration Closes Midnight Saturday for 2008 Beaufort Summer Splash!!
BEAUFORT SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Saturday is deadline for adults and Sunday for juniors in the 3rd annual Beaufort Summer Splash!! tennis tournament that will be played Friday the 27th through Sunday the 29^th. The two-exclamation-mark event is USTA-sanctioned in singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches set on hard courts at Bladen Street and Beaufort Academy. Adults will compete in rating divisions, including combo mixed doubles. Juniors will be in age divisions of singles and doubles. A complimentary Saturday lunch will be catered by Berry Island Café; Saturday and Sunday continental breakfast and beverages will be available.

For complete information and Adult registration by Saturday midnight deadline, you must go online only at http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/schedule/search.aspx, using keyword "Beaufort". USTA membership is a prerequisite. For further information, go to www.btatennis.com. Cathy McGill is tournament director.

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Super Senior Combo

Here is how summer play is looking in USTA leagues -- standings as of Thursday the 19th:

Super Senior Combo

6.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 6/3 to 7/1 -- Spring Lake MisHits lead 2-0

6.5 Women -- 5 teams -- 5/13 to 7/8 -- PD Ladies of the Net, Sun City Rally Cats, Moss Creek Strokers tied at 3-2

7.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 6/10 to 7/8 -- Long Cove SS Combo Retreads, Port Royal Super Senior Combo tied at 1-1

7.5 Women -- 3 teams -- 5/15 to 7/10 -- Indigo Run Hot Shots lead at 3-0

Adult Mixed Doubles

5.0 -- 2 teams -- tba

6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/14 to 8/23 -- 4 teams tied at 1-0

7.0 -- 7 teams -- tba

8.0 -- 5 teams -- 6/15 to 8/24 -- Bluffton Bangers lead at 1-0

9.0 -- 1 team

Senior Mixed Doubles

6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/16 to 8/11 -- 4 teams tied at 1-0

7.0 -- 10 teams -- 6/11 to 8/13 -- 4 teams tied at 2-0

8.0 -- 3 teams -- 6/19 to 8/21 -- PDTC 8.0 Sr. leads at 1-0

Too Little, Too Late

A Do-Over of the Sun City Senior Doubles Sunday and Championships

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- TENNIS E-News definitely was not satisfied with its coverage of finals day of the Sun City Senior Doubles. Late posting did not allow for including first names. Winners of round robins were not noted. All category champions were not listed. So TE-N is opting for a do-over, and here is the update/upgrade.

Players are from Bluffton unless otherwise noted. It’s your call on differentiating on Okatie, HHI (Hilton Head Island) and HH (Hilton Head). If your information is incorrect, it’s likely because that’s the way you entered it in the USTA databank. You can change that at www.usta.com/membership.):

Women’s 3.0 – Final – Diane Johnson/Susan Staten def. Elllen Newfield/Brigitta Winchester 6-3, 7-5

Women’s 3.5 – Final – Karen Benedict/Joyce McGaughan def. Lynn Dominick/Nancy McEvoy 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Women’s 4.0 – Round Robin 3 – Janice Ferguson/Mary Wilcox def. Sandra Chavez/Cathy McGill (Beaufort) 6-3, 6-3; Brenda Hon/Fran Manship winner of round robin.

Women’s 55s – Nanci Fitzpatrick (HH)/Janet Watanabe def. Brenda Hon/Fran Manship 6-2, 6-1

Women’s 65s – Round Robin 3 – Doreen Kelley/Janet Palmer def. Marilyn Bruno/Barbara Fluharty 6-3, 7-5; Kelley/Palmer winner of round robin

Mixed 3.5 – Round Robin 3 – Dave Oakley/Sue Oakley def. Billye Liberatore/Ed Olson 6-2, 6-1; Oakley/Oakley winner of round robin

Mixed 4.0 – Final- Bob Kader/Kathleen Kader def. Robert Elsner/Margaret Elsner 6-4, 6-4

Mixed 50s – Final – Kathy Jenson (HHI)/Bobby Tillison (HH) def. John Christensen (HHI)/Nancy Tseng-Christensen (HHI) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2

Mixed 65s – Round Robin 3 – Rogers Flanigan/Joyce Flanigan def. Georgia Boswell/Richard Fitzmaurice 6-0, 6-0; Stewart Overton (HH)/Joyce Overton (HH) def. Len Digiovanni/Mary Ann Sullivan-Digiovanni 6-1, 6-0; Overton/Overton winner of round robin

Mixed 70s – Final – Chris Iulo (HH)/Paul Williams (HH) def. Anne Clemmitt (Okatie)/Ron Levy (HH) 7-6(6), 6-2

Men’s 3.0 – Final – Don Buck/Bob Lynch def. Don Douglass/Leonard Gaffga 6-1, 6-1

Men’s 3.5 – Final – (1) Scott Bernsten (HH)/Sean O’Sullivan def. James Cooney/CJ Wilcox 6-1, 6-0

Men’s 4.0 – Final – (1) Kent James (HHI)/Howard Kirk def. Bob Kader (Okatie)/Milt Neuman (Okatie) 6-0, 6-3

Men’s 50s – Final – (1) Steve Brady/Keith Whitlow (HHI) def. Guenter Bergmann (HHI)/Bill Sturm (HH) 6-1, 6-2

Men’s 55s – Round Robin 3 – Eddie Goodson (HH)/Hank Iannuzzi (HH) def. Don Douglass/Leonard Gaffga wo(ill); Greg Gorrell/Keith Whitlow winner of round robin

Men’s 60s – Final – (2) Greg Gorrell (HH)/Keith Whitlow (HHI) def. Milt Neuman (Okatie)/Paul Vander Berg 6-2, 6-3

Men’s 65s – Final – (2) Jim Manship/Paul Vander Berg def. William Smith (Okatie)/Edward Tirone (Westfield NJ) 4-6, 7-6, 7-5

Men’s 70s – Round Robin 3 – Josef Fodor (HHI)/Dennis Malick (HHI) def. Ernie Clark/Ron Levy (HH); Robert Elsner/Bob Wiederhorn def. Bob Koenig/Larry Saylor (HHI) 6-1, 6-0; Elsner/Wiederhorn winner of round robin

Men’s 75s – Round Robin 3 – (1) John Delacey/Joe Pizzat def. Fred Carillo (HHI)/Ray Easterbrook (Seabrook Is.) Ret(inj); Bob Koenig/Bob Wiederhorn winner of round robin

High Now at $250

Bidding Continues, Tickets Available in USOpen Fundraiser for Public Tennis Courts

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Three sets of tickets for a day during the US Open's first week are available for bidding and drawing by Public Tennis, Inc., to benefit PTI's court-building fund.

Silent auction bidding for one of the sets of tickets is at $250. Two other sets of tickets, with a suggested minimum $25 tax deductible donation, are available. Both of the latter will be awarded in a drawing early next month at a special round robin at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. One set of tickets is for the President's Box at the US Open; the other is for courtside seats. All tickets will be placed in a bowl and be drawn at the same time.

If you don't know anyone with available tickets, email banana@hargray.com. TENNIS E-News has some. Tickets also are available at Players World in Fresh Market Shoppes and at the Professional Tennis Registry office at Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. To bid in the silent auction or for more information and tickets, you can contact Tim Ryan at chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com.

You can bet we're not going to do …..

You know what usually happens when you try a "cute" shot. The ball ends up in the net or doesn't even get that far.

Well, TENNIS E-News netted its own cutie in the last issue.

While bragging in "TENNIS E-News FootNote " that tennis had "made it" to the big time because of a Sharapova lingerie photo spam offering, TENNIS E-News gave the origin address of the spam email and the webpage address. Well, DUH. If that email was determined to be spam by our hargray.com, wouldn't every other system judge it likewise? Yep. Our headslap.

Compliments go to charter.net, embarqmail.com, juno.com and others for bouncing that issue back to us because of use of the spam addresses. The rest? We don't know, but we certainly apologize for any inconvenience caused. Dumb, with a cap "D". Sorry about that.

-- The Management

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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

June 28 -- TAHHI Wimbledon Member Social at South Beach R.C. For information contact: Pat Leinberger 705-6014.

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) A Waterloo IA man broke into a truck and tried to start it but apparently ran down the battery doing so,

( ) thus triggering a theft-prevention device that locked the doors, trapping him inside. He was

(___) waiting there when police arrived.

-- from "News of the Weird" in Funny Times

-- Dennis Malick

Them Sun City Finals

It's Super Senior & Combo Pre-Registration Time -- see below

TENNIS E-News

June 16, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 70
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Late Sunday afternoon.

Telephone: "Ring, ring, ring, ringading."

Sun City Seniors Tournament Director Ernie Clark: "Hello."

TENNIS E-News: "Hey, Ernie, how'd you guys make out with the weather?"

TD Ernie: "Just fine. We finished at 2:30 right before the heavy rain same in. We had a couple delays but we are done."

E-News: "Great. We'll be looking for the results soon."

TD E: "Not today. We're wiped out. We're goin' home. We'll post them tomorrow."

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Tournament Gets Lucky With Weather

Sun City Sr. Doubles Finish on Time, Then ………………………

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- "Game, set, match, run like hell everybody." And then, in a tournament director's best dream, the rains came Sunday after all matches were completed in the Sun City Senior Doubles. There were a couple short delays, but the USTA-sanctioned event with 156 players entered finished pretty much on time.

Here are finals decided Saturday:

Mixed 50 Doubles -- Final -- Jenson/Bobby Tillison d. Todd Christensen/Tseng-Christensen 6-2; 1-6; 6-2

Mixed 70 Doubles -- Final -- Chris Iulo/Paul Williams d. Ann Clemmitt/Ron Levy 7-6(6); 6-2

Women's 55 Doubles -- Final -- Fitzpatrick/Janet Watanabe d. Brenda Hon/Manship 6-2; 6-1

Mixed 4.0 Doubles -- Final -- Kader/Kader d. Elsner/Elsner 6-4; 6-4

Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Final -- (1) James/Kirk d. (2) Kader/Neuman 6-0; 6-3

THIS JUST IN -- Posted at 09:22:33 p.m. 06/16/08 -- Sunday results:

Men's 3.0 Doubles -- Final -- Buck/Lynch d. Douglass/Gaffga 6-1; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Final -- (1) Bernsten/O'Sullivan d. Cooney/Wilcox 6-1; 6-0

Men's 50 Doubles -- Final -- (1) Brady/Whitlow d. Bergmann/Sturm 6-1; 6-2

Men's 55 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Goodson/Iannuzzi d. Douglass/Gaffga Wo (ill)

Men's 60 Doubles -- Final -- (2) Gorrell/Whitlow d. Neuman/Vander Berg 6-2; 6-3

Men's 65 Doubles -- Final -- (2) Manship/Vander Berg d. Smith/Tirone 4-6; 7-6; 7-5

Men's 70 Doubles --Round Robin-- Fodor/Malick d. Clark/Levy 6-4; 6-3; RR Elsner/Wiederhorn d. Koenig/Saylor 6-1; 6-0

Men's 75 Doubles -- Round Robin -- (1) Delacey/Pizzat d. Carrillo/Easterbrook Ret (inj)

Women's 65 Doubles -- Round Robin --Kelley/Palmer d. Bruno/Fluharty 6-3; 7-5

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Final -- Johnson/Staten d. Newfield/Winchester 6-3; 7-5

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Final -- Benedict/McGaughan d. Dominick/McEvoy 4-6; 6-2; 6-4

Women's 4.0 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Ferguson/Wilcox d. Chavez/McGill 6-3; 6-3

Mixed 65 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Flanigan/Flanigan d. Boswell/Fitzmaurice 6-0; 6-0; Overton/Overton d. Digiovanni/Sullivan-Digiovanni 6-1; 6-0

Mixed 3.5 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Oakley/Oakley d. Liberatore/Olson 6-2; 6-1

Super Senior & Combo Pre-Registration Time

Combo Deadline July 1; Super Senior Deadline July 13 -- All Levels 60s & 70s

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Time is running short to pre-register teams for the 2008 Combo League season -- men's and women's, adult and seniors. Pre-reg forms also are available for Super Seniors of 60s, 70s and 75s men's and women's teams.

Combo Coordinator Kathy Foulke reports that three 8.5 teams are registered, along with a few 7.5s and one 6.5, but no 5.5s. Registration is open for Adult 5.0, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 9.5 and 10.5 and Senior 5.5, 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5. League play will begin in late summer and lead to the South Carolina State Championships Oct. 24-27 that also will include Super Senior Combo.

To get on a combo team or for more information, contact Foulke at kathyfoulke@netscape.net or call 681-9649.

Super Senior 60s, 70s and 75s also are set for start in the last week in August or first week in September, keying toward State Championships Nov. 7-9 at Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms.

Captains needing pre-registration forms need to contact Mary Ellen Arboe for all women's levels and Men's 2.5s at tennisbeachbums@aol.com. All other men's rating and age level captains need to contact Don Grider at dmgrider@roadrunner.com. Individual players hoping to join a team, especially 75s, should contact the appropriate coordinator.

The fall leagues will mark the start of separate leagues for Hilton Head Island and across-the-bridge teams. Decision will come later on whether individual levels will split and which levels will be under which area coordinator. If you are not confused by this, you should be.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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

June 28 -- TAHHI Wimbledon Member Social at South Beach R.C. For information contact: Pat Leinberger 705-6014.

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) Tennis is FINALLY getting recognition in the spam world.

( ) Over the weekend, we received (although it was quarantined by spamblocker) an email about

(___) photos from a Maria Sharapova lingerie shoot from damian-aasisere@22-inc.com. Oh boy. You can go to www.mieuruta.com, but we ain't goin' there. We have enough virus trouble.

-- Dennis Malick