Super Sr. Combo Champs

'Do Not Panic. Everything Is Fine' -- See below

TENNIS E-News

July 10, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 77
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Simply a nice story: Check out the attached story by Jaime Kaplan, who until Saturday didn't have

a Hilton Head Island connection, but now has several. Also, see PTI story below.

SL Mis-Hits, SC Rally Cats, PR Combo, IR Hot Shots

4 Teams Clinch Local Super Senior Combo Titles, Qualify for States in October

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Spring Lake Mis-Hits, Sun City Rally Cats, Port Royal Whatever* and Indigo Run Hot Shots have won their local divisions and will advance to South Carolina State Super Senior Championships in late October in Charleston.

Meanwhile, Adult and Senior Mixed Doubles are advancing in their schedules with undefeated teams currently atop each division, but with head-to-head matchups coming. The mixed season will end in mid-August with local champions to advance to the State Championships in September.

*Come on, guys, surely you can come up with a team nickname … else TENNIS E-News will provide one.

Here is how summer play is looking in standings as of Wednesday the 9^th:

Super Senior Combo

6.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 6/3 to 7/1 -- Spring Lake MisHits clinch championship at 3-2

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

7.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 6/10 to 7/8 -- Port Royal Super Senior Combo clinch championship at 3-2

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

Adult Mixed Doubles

5.0 -- 2 teams -- Wexford Dream Team in lead at 1-0

6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/14 to 8/23 -- Wexford Ball and Chain, Bluffton Smash Cats tied at 3-0

7.0 -- 7 teams -- 6/21 to 8/16 -- Chaplin Heat 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 4-0

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

Dad Gets Trip to New York

$2,050 Final Take on PTI Fundraiser for US Open Tickets

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via Tim Ryan/Chaplin Chatter) -- A grand total of $2,050 was raised by Public Tennis Inc. in its US Open ticket promotion that ended with drawings and a silent auction Saturday.

The silent auction winner was Bob Coleman of Hilton Head Island. He is a longtime volunteer at the Professional Tennis Registry's Wheelchair Tennis Tournament and Special Olympics events. He has always dreamed of taking his Dad to the US Open. The PTR made the highest silent auction bid of $250 and give Coleman the courtside tickets for his volunteerism.

Marty Gleason of Hilton Head Island won the grand prize set of tickets to the USTA President's Box. Jaime Kaplan, a tennis pro from Macon GA and a former Wimbledon player, was the winner of the set of courtside seats. Kaplan was a "classmate" of HHI's Patricia Hy-Boulais at Nick Bolletieri Tennis Academy "in our youth" (Patricia's quote). See attached story by Kaplan of Wimbledon special days.

The auction bid along with the raffle tickets that were sold have given PTI a total of $2050 in funds that will be used towards reaching the 2008 goal of $7,500 for the new court fund.

Assurance From Packet Sports:

'Do Not Panic. Everything Is Fine'

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- "Yes, my column was every two weeks, and I know what you're thinking ... But you shouldn't be thinking it." That's from Island Packet's Justin Jarrett, now ex-tennis columnist, on our noting that new tennis guy Sam McDowell's tennis column will be every THREE weeks.

"Sam's column will be every three weeks," Justin emailed, "but he's also going to have a tennis-related blog on islandpacket.com that will be updated between columns, and we plan to try to do more features and enterprise stories from the local tennis scene.

"In the long run, I think there will be more local tennis coverage, despite the column running less frequently.

"Do not panic. Everything is fine."

Jarrett, shifting to other IPack sports duties, will continue his volunteer www.tennisenews.blogspot.com service where you can access current and back TENNIS E-News issues.

If you are at a tennis event and see a very young-looking guy with a notepad, that's probably Sam McDowell. He's our new official tennis guy. Say hello.

USTA League Players Needed

6.5 Women's Combo -- Team needs 3.5 women players that will be practicing at Chaplin Public Tennis Center Wednesday nights with matches probably on Saturday afternoons. Contact Heather Rath at 301-1122 or heatherrath@yahoo.com.

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.

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

Sept. 4-7: RE/MAX Children’s Miracle Network Doubles Tournament at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center / Men’s and Women’s doubles and mixed doubles in rated divisions 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

Sept. 13-15: South Carolina USTA Mixed Doubles League State Championships at Charleston

Sept. 24-28: Fall Southern PTR/ROHO Wheelchair Championships at Van der Meer Shipyard. Volunteers needed. Contact Julie Jilly at 785.7244.

Sept. 18-21: SC State Closed Senior Tennis Championships at Litchfield Racquet Club. 843-237-3983

Sept. 26-28: Fripp Is. Fall Clay Court Championships in Men’s (35-75 odd) & Women’s (35-65 odd) singles & doubles; NTRP Men’s & Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 singles & doubles; Combo MxD 6.0, 7.0, 8.0. Call (843) 838-1504.

Sept. 26-28: Van der Meer Junior Championships in Boys' & Girls' 18-10s. Call Justyn Schelver 785-8388 ext. 119.

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