Open Drawings & Kids Event

LAST CHANCE FOR US OPEN DRAWINGS -- Story below

TENNIS E-News

July 02, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 75
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Kid Zone Tournament for 8s & Under, 12s & Under July 13 -- Story below

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3 Sets of Tickets

JULY 5^TH DRAWINGS for US Open Tickets in President's Box & Courtside

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Three sets of tickets for a day during the US Open's first week will be up for grabs in Saturday's drawings and silent auction at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. Seats are for the USTA President's Box and courtside and are part of a Public Tennis, Inc., court-building fund benefit.

Silent auction bidding for one of the sets of tickets is at $250. Two other sets of tickets, with a minimum $25 tax deductible donation, are available. Both of the latter will be awarded at a special Round Robin Social Saturday at Chaplin. A cookout sponsored by Custom Water Solutions and Public Tennis Inc. will get started at 5 p.m. Besides the drawing for the US Open tickets the event will also include a 50/50 raffle with door prizes also being awarded.

Tickets are now available at Players World of Sports in the Shoppes on the Parkway and PTR's International Headquarters at the Van der Meer Shipyard Tennis Center. Checks made payable to People For Parks.

To bid in the silent auction or for more information and tickets, you can contact Tim Ryan at chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com.

"I Know Your Are Out There."

Deadline Extended for Adult, Senior Men's Combo + Sr. Women's 6.5s

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The deadline to register teams for Adult and Senior Men's combo has been extended by Coordinator Kathy Foulke. Also, time has been extended for 6.5 Senior Women.

"I know you are out there!!!" Foulke said in reporting numbers for the upcoming season that will begin in August. More teams are especially wanted in divisions that have only one or two teams. To register or to get on a combo team, contact Foulke at kathyfoulke@netscape.net.

Here is the lineup of teams registered so far:

Adult Combo

5.5 Women -- 3 teams

6.5 Women -- 5 teams

6.5 Men -- 3 teams

7.5 Women -- 5 teams

7.5 Men -- 2 teams

8.5 Men -- 1 team

Senior Combo

6.5 Women 3 teams,

7.5 Women 4 Teams

7.5 Men 1 team

8.5 Women -- 1 Team

8.5 Men -- 1 team.

Bring Out the Kids & Grandkids

Kid Zone Tennis Tournament July 13 for Under 8s and Under 12s -- Signup Deadline Sunday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Parents and grandparents, get the kids off the sofa and onto the tennis court Sunday the 13^th for the island's first Quickstart Tennis Tournament for boys and girls in 8 & Under and 12 & Under categories. Special balls and shorter courts will be used in the competition aimed at beginning youngsters.

Conducted by Wimbledon recordholder* Patricia Hy-Boulais and Yves Boulais, the all-day event will feature the 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 deadline is Sunday the 6th. Youngsters will receive a T-shirt, lunch and a minimum of two matches.

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.

All proceeds from the one-day event will go to Public Tennis, Inc. and Island Recreation Center.

*Patricia Hy and Chanda Rubin hold the Wimbledon record for most games played in a women's match -- a 1995 thriller that went 7-6, 6-7, 17-15 over almost four hours to Rubin.

Splash!!

The Rest of the Final Results of Beaufort's Summer Double Exclamation

The finals day results of the Beaufort Junior Summer Splash!! didn't arrive until after our deadline last Sunday. Here are those results. Players are from Beaufort unless otherwise noted:

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

Boys' 16 Singles -- Final -- (1) Peter Pritchard (Charleston) d. Joseph Tiller (Camden) 6-2; 6-1; Consolation: Final -- (2) Russell Smith (Roswell GA) d. (4) Manning Miller (Bluffton) 6-4; 6-4

Boys' 14 Singles -- Final -- (1) Steven Weaver (Hollywood SC) d. Colby Tubbs (Mount Pleasant) 6-2; 6-2; Consolation: Final -- (2) Wilson Daniel (Charleston) d. Nicholas Demosthenes (Greenville) 7-5; 6-2

Boys' 12 Singles -- Final -- (1) Logan Adkins (Lexington) d. Jonathan Prince (Columbia) 6-3; 7-5; Consolation: Final -- (3) Hufelder Duarte (Johns Island) d. (4) Conrad C Fonseca (Savannah) 6-0; 6-2

Boys' 10 Singles -- Final -- (2) Chambers Easterling (Spartanburg) d. (1) Spencer Fonseca (Savannah) 6-1; 6-4; Consolation: Final -- Alex Likins (HHI) d. Daniel Luther (HHI) 6-0; 6-1

Boys' 16 Doubles-- Final -- Wilson Daniel (Charleston)/Joseph Tiller (Camden) d. Trey Hale (HHI)/Brady Nichols (HHI) 6-3

Boys' 14 Doubles -- Final -- Thomas Kuisel (Mount Pleasant)/Joey Shelver (Charleston) d. Jonathan Prince (Columbia)/Ryan Swanier (Jackson MS) 8-1

Boys' 12 Doubles -- Round Robin 3 -- Carsten Fisher (HHI)/Benjamin Likins (HHI) d. Greyson Finlay (Savannah)/Clay Obrien (Greer) 9-8(2); Fisher/Likins winner of round robin

Girls' 18 Singles -- Final -- Mary Chris Satterthwaite (Columbia) d. Victorea Austin (Prospect KY) 6-1; 6-0; Consolation: Final -- Shannon McManus (Mount Pleasant) d. (1) Emilee Carter (Saint Marys GA) Def (ns)

Girls' 16 Singles -- Final -- (2) Samantha Droop (HHI) d. (1) Samantha Sullivan (Saint Helena Island) 6-4; 6-4; Consolation: Final -- Hunter Owens (Rincon GA) d. Sonya Stover (Savannah) 7-6(4); 6-1

Girls' 14 Singles -- Final -- Charlotte Loper (Bluffton) d. (2) Chandler Caulder (Mount Pleasant) 6-0; 3-6; 6-0; Consolation: Final -- Kelly McManus (Mount Pleasant) d. (3) Hailey Bowers (Charleston) 7-5; 6-4

Girls' 12 Singles -- Final -- (1) Charlotte Bellomy d. Valerie Droop (HHI) 6-4; 7-5 Consolation: Final -- (2) Akela Bryant (Savannah) d. Caroline MacGillivray (Columbia) 6-3; 6-1

Girls' 10 Singles -- Final -- (2) Sara Putman (Savannah) d. (1) Ellie Czura (Bluffton) 0-6; 6-3 Ret (quit); Consolation: Final -- Mckenzie Collins (Savannah) d. Anna Sharp (Rock Hill) 6-0; 6-0

Girls' 18 Doubles -- Final -- Shannon McManus (Mount Pleasant)/Mary Chris Satterthwaite (Columbia) d. Ann Coleman/Samantha Droop (HHI) 8-3

Girls' 14 Doubles -- Final -- Kirstin Jurgensen (Bluffton)/Charlotte Loper (Bluffton) d. Chandler Caulder (Mount Pleasant)/Caroline Gaffney (Mount Pleasant) 7-1

Girls' 12 Doubles -- Final -- Akela Bryant (Savannah)/Valerie Droop (HHI) d. Ellie Czura (Bluffton)/Caroline MacGillivray (Columbia) 9-8(5)

Girls' 10 Doubles -- Final -- Mckenzie Collins (Savannah)/Sara Putman (Savannah) d. Samantha Schuster (Charleston)/Anna Sharp (Rock Hill) 8-3

Herefore is the complete list of champions of the Adult Splash!!, including holdovers Monday and Tuesday. Again, players are from Beaufort unless otherwise noted.

Men's 3.0 Singles -- (1) James Jeffers, Charleston

Men's 3.5 Singles -- Kevin Radzinski, Oak Park IL

Men's 4.0 Singles -- Thomas Reagan, Mount Pleasant

Men's Open Singles -- Lee Floyd, Spartanburg

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Chip Upchurch (Greenville)/Michael Upchurch (Walterboro)

Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Chad Bishop (Walterboro)/Greg Garrett (Walterboro)

Men's Open Doubles -- Pat Child (HHI)/Mike O'Regan (HHI)

Women's 3.0 Singles -- Connie Halstead, Chapin

Women's 3.5 Singles -- Christine Clark, HHI

Women's Open Singles -- Chloe Bellomy

Women's 2.5 Doubles -- Sharria Johnson/Emlee Pylant

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Mary Clark (HHI)/Heather Rath (HHI)

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Sheri Bott (Guyton GA)/Susan Cate (Rincon GA)

Women's 4.0 Doubles -- Caroline Greenwood (Lawrenceville GA)/Keli Greenwood (Lawrenceville GA)

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles -- Kyle Mansfield (Walterboro)/Ashley Mansfield (Walterboro)

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles -- Indie Harris/Timothy Roberts vs. Rebecca Hooker/Jody Smoak (Walterboro) TBA

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles -- Brittany Gore (Columbia)/Jonathan Hoffman (Columbia)

Open Mixed Doubles -- Pat Child (HHI)/Jill Wilson vs. Holly Mills (Port Royal)/Matt Straut TBA

160 Players in Program

Junior Team Tennis Champions Decided; Next Up Is State Championships

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- USTA Junior Team Tennis has wrapped up its most successful season in the area with 160 players and the Bluffton Badkatz atop the 18 & Under and 14 & Under final standings. Next up will be the South Carolina championships in Sumter.

Local League Coordinator Robert Brown reports that 14 teams competed in four age graded divisions. Finalists will be guests at a season-ending banquet later this month, then on to the state championships and a chance to advance to a national title. Last year a South Carolina 18 & Under Intermediate team won Nationals.

Here are the final local standings with coaches in (parentheses):

18 & Under Intermediate(s) Ending Ranking

1. Bluffton Badkatz (Brown and Kelly)
2. Racquet Club Villains (Scott Nichols)
3. Chaplin Landsharks (Dom DeMaria)
4. Beaufort (David Riedmayer)

14 & Under Intermediate(s) Ending Ranking

1. Bluffton Badkatz (Brown and Kelly)
2. Beaufort Jazz (Floyd Johnson)
3. Windmill Harbor (Royce Silvan)
4. Sharks (Caddell Czura)
5. Wexford Warriors (Patrick Mason)
6. Chaplin Landsharks (Dom DeMaria)
7. Bluffton Badkatz – Beginners (Coach Brett Robertson)

This summer season winners will be joined in Sumter by the previous season winners: Racquet Club Villains – 18s and 14s and Coach Dan Santorum's 12 & Unders, totaling 6 local teams (about 60 juniors) trying to advance to a Sectional Championship. Sportsmanship Awards for one boy and one girl from each division will be awarded on July 12 as will a travel stipend for the teams advancing.

The league was administered by Public Tennis Inc. and sponsored by Players World of Sports and Weichert Realty – Scott Nichols. Junior Team Tennis is a USTA league format which allows kids to compete as a team in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at all levels. The next season will be November through January 2009. More information about coaching, volunteering and participating can be obtained from Brown at 290-2833 or by going to Junior Team Tennis at http://www.sctennis.com.

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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