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TENNIS E-News
Aug. 25, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 91
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
Mixed Doubles Combo
Adult Team Tennis Setting Up for Fall Season; 7.5 Added to This Year's Format
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (from Chaplin Chatter) -- USA Adult Team Tennis is organizing for its fall season that will begin in late October and run through middle January and again will culminate in a season-ending District Championship and player's party. New this year in the mixed doubles team play will be a fifth court to include play at the 7.5 combo level as well an increase to a 12-game pro set format.
Public Tennis Inc., with Ray Hardy as coordinator, has set each team match with mixed doubles in 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 and 7.5. All games will count toward the match, for a total of 60 points up for grabs. The team with the most games won at the end of the season will be #1 seed at the South Carolina District Championships.
Cost for an individual to register for a team will be $34 plus a $3.05 TennisLink fee. That includes all court fees and balls. Proceeds from the league will benefit the PTI program fund, as well as the new court funds at Bluffton and HHI's Chaplin Public Tennis Center.
Anyone interested in captaining a team at one of the clubs should contact Hardy at rayhardy36@aol.com. Last season Spanish Wells won the District Championship. If you are interested in being added to the roster for a Chaplin team, contact Tim Ryan at chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com.
CCTA Gets Under Way Wetly
Fall Super Senior Results Will Count in '08 Year-End Ratings
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- All of this fall's matches played in the Super Senior Leagues (except the 75s) will be included in the 2008 year-end ratings which will be published sometime in late November or early December. Local coordinators report that there will be no disqualifications during the course of the season for any player possessing a computer rating. Players who have just self-rated could be disqualified if a grievance is filed. Originally the fall results had been carried over to the next year because of amount of time necessary in compiling records. Technology advances; so reporting time is reduced, thus allowing for the complete year's matches to be included in year-end ratings.
New this year is the ruling that any benchmark player (played in advanced championships like States) who is bumped up will have to wait a year before being allowed to appeal the "promotion".
MEANWHILE IN RAIN CITY, the new Coastal Carolina Tennis Association got its historic first matches played last week -- mostly. The Men's and Women's 3.5 matches scheduled for Sun City courts were rained out. Matches on Dataw and Callawassie Islands the same afternoon were played. Figures.
Thanks to Ernie Clark, senior coordinator of CCTA, here is a shorter step form in the "How To … " series presented by TENNIS E-News. This is how to get to results of your team matches and other:
1.Go to http://usta.com, then
2. Look to the right and select TennisLink, then
3. Select Leagues, then
4. Enter your USTA number and click on Go, then
5. Click on the team name you want, then
6. You can select Match Schedule, then
7. Select the Match ID # for the one you want.
TennisLink Decides Who Goes to States
You Just Can't Cut It Much Closer: Adult Mxd Teams Finish Win Same Won-Loss Records
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- 'Tis the way it's s'posed to be … right down to the wire and then some. The USTA League 7.0 and 8.0 Mixed Doubles finished the schedule with two teams tied atop each standings. TennisLink records determined teams going to South Carolina State Championships.
In Adult 7.0, Chaplin Heat and Wexford Serves & Curves were in a dead heat at 5-1. Both teams stood at 13-5 in courts won/lost and in sets lost at 13. The Heat, however, became the first Chaplin Park Mixed team to advance to States by losing only 156 games, compared to the Wexford 163.
In Adult 8.0, the Bluffton Bangers came up with a three-court win in the final match to not only tie Port Royal Mixed Sundevils at 7-1, but to take the category first place with a 19-5 courts won/lost record, compared to the Sundevils' 17-7.
That completes the summer mixed doubles season, setting up teams heading to States Sept. 13-15 in Charleston.
Here are the league standings as of Sunday the 24th:
Adult Mixed Doubles
5.0 -- 2 teams -- 6/29 to 7/27 -- Wexford Dream Team in lead at 3-1; championship clinched
6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/14 to 8/23 -- Wexford Ball and Chain in lead at 8-0; championship clinched
7.0 -- 7 teams -- 6/21 to 8/16 -- Chaplin Heat in lead at 5-1; Heat clinch title on fewer games lost
8.0 -- 5 teams -- 6/15 to 8/24 -- Bluffton Bangers, Port Royal Mixed Sundevils tied at 7-1; Bangers clinch title on courts won
9.0 -- 1 team -- South Beach Slammers
Senior Mixed Doubles
6.0 -- 8 teams -- 6/16 to 8/11 -- Spring Lake Odd Couples in lead at 7-0; championship clinched
7.0 -- 10 teams -- 6/11 to 8/13 -- Port Royal Topspinners in lead at 9-0; championship clinched
8.0 -- 3 teams -- 6/19 to 8/21 -- PDTC 8.0 Sr. in lead at 5-0; championship clinched
Adult Combo Doubles
5.5 Women -- 4 teams -- 8/2 to 9/27 -- Spanish Wells 3-0
6.5 Men -- 4 teams -- 7/19 to 9/13 -- Wexford Combo in lead at 3-0
6.5 Women -- 8 teams -- 8/16 to 10/11 -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets, Wexford Wild Side tied at 2-0
7.5 Men -- 3 teams -- 8/7 to 10/2 -- Beaufort Combo, Bluffton TopSpin tied at 1-0
7.5 Women -- 7 teams -- 8/16 to 10/4 -- Palmetto Dunes Chix Mix, Racquet Squad tied at 1-0
Senior Combo Doubles
6.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 8/5 to 9/2 -- Spring Lake in lead at 3-0
6.5 Women -- 3 teams -- 7/21 to 9/15 -- Palmetto Dunes Senior Net Jets in lead at 3-0
7.5 Men -- 3 teams -- 7/29 to 9/23 -- Port Royal in lead at 3-0
7.5 Women -- 6 teams -- 7/18 to 9/19 -- Sun City Hot Flashes, Port Royal Raucous Racquets, Sun City Tsunamis tied at 3-1
8.5 Men -- 1 team -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs
8.5 Women -- 2 teams -- 7/31 to 9/4 -- Long Cove, Indigo Run tied at 1-1
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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 -- Playing slots full.
Sept. 13 -- KidZone Tennis Tournament for Under 8 and Under 12 age divisions. Email patricia@hytennis.com.
Sept. 13-15: South Carolina USTA Mixed Doubles League State Championships at Charleston
Sept. 24-28: Fall Southern PTR/ROHO Wheelchair Championships at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. Volunteers needed to assist players and events. 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. USTA-sanctioned 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.
Oct. 22-26: The Vacation Co. Adult Championships. USTA-sanctioned Level 2. Open and age divisions. Call Justyn Schelver 785-8388 ext 119 Oct. 24-27: USTA League South Carolina Combo State Championships at Daniel Island, Charleston
Oct. 31-Nov. 2 -- The Island Championship. TAHHI's annual tournament for Islanders and visitors. Go to www.tahhi.org.
Nov. 3-7: Beaufort County Senior Games 2008 including men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles.
Nov. 7-9: South Carolina USTA League Super Senior Championships at Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms
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