Deadline Today for Quickstart Kids Tennis Tournament -- See Below
TENNIS E-News
July 06, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 76
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
8 & Under, 12 & Under Divisions
Deadline Today for Quickstart Beginner Kids Tournament Next Sunday
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – The day-long fun and games for kids 8 & under and 12 & under will be next Sunday the 13th at Chaplin Public Tennis Center, but registration deadline is today. Short courts and special junior balls will be used. Alll proceeds will go to Public Tennis, Inc. and Island Rec Center.
Quickstart, the new USTA national program to get youngsters into tennis, will be conducted by Patricia Hy-Boulais and Yves Boulais, with sign-in at 8:30 on Sunday the 13th and play to begin at 9. Lunch will be included, as will T-shirts and prizes. Length of play in the afternoon will depend on number of kids participating.
Under the Quickstart format, 8 & Under 8 on a 36-foot court with foam balls. Registration fee $15. Under 12s will play on a 60-foot court with low compression balls. Registration fee $25.
Registration can be made online at http://www.kidzonetennis.com. A flyer about the event can be downloaded. For additional information call 298-4229 or email kzinfo@hytennis.com. Summer camp info also is available.
$2,000 Raised for Court Project
US Open Seats Go to Islander & Former Wimbledon Player
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Marty Gleason of HHI will be sitting in the USTA President's Box; Jaime Kaplan of Macon GA and a late '80s Wimbledon performer, will be seated courtside at the US Open. They are winners of drawings Saturday evening at Chaplin Public Tennis Center's special July 4th weekend round robin.
With odds about 100,000 to 1 better than Publishers' Clearing House, the winning tickets were drawn by a member of the TENNIS E-News staff from a total 72 tickets sold @$25 each to benefit the Public Tennis Inc. court-building fund.
About 40 players took part in the round robin, drawings and picnic spread under threatening skies. King and Queen of the courts were Heather Galvin and Brian Casey for the round robin. A silent auction for a third set of tickets will be completed this week and will bring the total funds raised to more than $2,000.
Neither of the US Open seat winners was present for the drawing. Gleason is an active local league and tournament player. Kaplan played Wimbledon and reached the Round of 16 in Mixed Doubles in the late '80s. She bought her fund-raising ticket from PTI President John Parente, a roundrobin sponsor who lived in Macon several years and maintains contacts there.
Round robin coordinator and PTI Vice President Tim Ryan and Julie Jilly of the Professional Tennis Registry conducted the social and its related activities.
Team, Captains Info Required
Super Senior Pre-Registration Deadline Sunday the 13th
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Pre-registration deadline is Sunday the 13th for Super Senior 60s and 70s men’s and women’s teams expecting to play in the 2008 season that will begin in late August or early September.
Pre-registration forms are available from and must be returned to Local League Senior Coordinators Mary Ellen Arboe (tennisbeachbums@aol.com) for women and Don Grider (dmgrider@roadrunner.com) for men. Players with no team affiliation and wanting to join teams should also contact the coordinators.
Super Senior rating categories are 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 in men’s and women’s 60s age divisions and 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 in Men’s and Women’s 70s.
Pre-registration does not require a team roster but only intention of fielding of the team and must include the team name, playing site and time of day for matches, captain’s and co-captain’s names, phone and USTA numbers.
Shortly after deadline time, team numbers will be assigned so captains can input players on their rosters. A minimum of six players on roster is required for teams to be included in the scheduling.
This season is the first under the split of leagues between Hilton Head Island and the mainland. The Tennis Association of HHI will continue to administer the Island teams (including Moss Creek), while the newly formed Coastal Carolina Tennis Association will run those from Bluffton, Beaufort and the islands (Callawassie, Dataw, Fripp, etc.)
Those Spillover Final Two Mixed Doubles Finals from the Beaufort Adult Summer Smash
7.0: Rebecca Hooker/Jody Smoak (Walterboro) def. Indie Harris/Timothy Roberts (Beaufort) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Open: Pat Child (HHI)/Jill Wilson (Beaufort) def. Matt Straut (Beaufort)/Holly Mills (Port Royal) 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
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.
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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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