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TENNIS E-News

Sept. 28, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 106
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

TOURNAMENT FINALS

Locals Pasareanu, Carter, Tobe, Czura Win Championships at Van Der Meer Juniors

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Four Hilton Head Island and Bluffton juniors came out with winning finals today in the wrapup of the Van Der Meer Junior Championships at Van Der Meer Tennis Center. The 124 players came from along the East Coast for the USTA-sanctioned tournament.

Here are today’s results:

Boys' 18 Singles – Semifinals -- Thai Kwiatkowski (Charlotte NC) d. (2) Sebastien Fauchet (Pittsford NY) 6-2; 6-4; (1) Alexandru Pasareanu (Bluffton) d. Ryan Drake (HHI) 6-2; 6-3; Final -- Pasareanu d. Kwiatkowski 6-1; 6-1; Consolation: Final -- (3) Erik Halaj (HHI) d. Parker Chang (Winston-Salem NC) 6-0; 6-0

Boys' 16 Singles -- Final -- (1) Aaron Cotton (Gretna LA) d. Jared Woodson (HHI) 7-6(5); 6-3; Consolation: Final -- (2) Wes Counts (Anderson) d. Colby Burke (HHI) 6-2; 6-3

Boys' 14 Singles – Semifinals -- (2) Joel Roberts (Summerville) d. Matthew Mendez (Mount Pleasant) 6-4; 6-4; (1) Luca Cerin (Beluno BL) d. Sam Trimble (HHI) 6-3; 6-2; Final -- Cerin d. Roberts 6-1; 6-2; Consolation: Final -- (3) Matthew Kelly (HHI) d. Jackson Grillo (Carrollton GA) 6-2; 6-2

Boys' 12 Singles – Final -- (2) Lee Ropp (Charleston) d. (1) Hufelder Duarte (Johns Is.) 6-2; 3-6(7); Consolation: Final -- Richard Snyder (Bluffton) d. Nathan Lockcuff (HHI) 6-0; 6-2

Boys' 10 Singles – Final -- (1) Alexander Bakita (Raleigh NC) d. Alex Likins (HHI) 6-1; 6-0; Consolation: Final -- (2) Zach Kirkland (Columbia) d. Nicholas Wheeler (HHI) 6-3; 6-2

Girls' 18 Singles – Semifinals -- (4) Bethany Dyar (HHI) d. (2) Erica White (Charleston WV) 7-5; 6-1; Hayley Carter (HHI) d. (1) Emily Stein (Broomall PA) 6-1; 6-0; Final -- Carter d. Dyar 6-2; 7-5; Consolation: Final -- (3) Samantha Light (Cramerton NC) d. Brittany Davis (Florence) 6-1; 6-1

Girls' 16 Singles – Semifinals -- (2) Zeynep Mafa (HHI) d. Kendal Drake (HHI) 6-3; 6-3; (1) Alrissa Tobe (Bluffton) d. (4) Ashley Kitchen (HHI) 6-2; 6-3; Final -- Tobe d. Mafa 7-5; 6-1; Consolation: Final -- Sarah McDonald d. Shena Joseph 6-1; 6-0

Girls' 14 Singles – Final -- (2) Meagan Evans (Ridgeville) d. (1) Sabrina Drammis (HHI) 6-1; 6-3; Consolation: Final -- Carissa Steichen (Mount Pleasant) d. Lyndsey Hegler (Lancaster SC) 4-6; 6-3; 1-0(3)

Girls' 12 Singles -- Final -- (2) Taylor Childress (Little River) d. (1) Natalie Kitchen (HHI) 6-3; 6-1; Consolation: Final -- Samantha Schuster (Charleston) d. Sydnee Wheeler (HHI) 6-7(4); 7-6(4); 10-4

Girls' 10 Singles – Final -- (1) Ellie Czura (Bluffton) d. Meredith Langs (HHI) 6-4; 7-5; Consolation: Final -- Cameron Kriscunas (HHI) d. Ariel Lipat (Savannah GA) 7-6; 6-0

Fripp Island Fall Clay Court Championships

FRIPP ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Players scrambled through a beautiful autumn day of singles and doubles semifinals and finals today at the USTA-sanctioned Fripp Island Fall Clay Court Championships.

Here are today’s match results:

Men's Open Singles – Final -- Lee Withrow (Mount Pleasant) d. (1) Patrick Child (HHI) 7-6(5); 6-0

Men's Open Doubles – Final -- Kirk Busby (Charleston)/Bill Greene (Charleston) d. Rob Anderson (Cumming GA)/Ted Anderson (Fripp Is.) 6-3; 6-1

Women's Open Doubles – Round Robin 3 – Joy Ross (Charlotte NC)/Heather Shaw (Charlotte NC) d. Sally Harvey (Sheldon)/Holly Mills (Port Royal) 5-7; 7-6(2); Michelle Clark (Beaufort)/Jill Wilson (Beaufort) winner of round robin

Mixed Open Doubles – Semifinal – Holly Mills (Port Royal)/Matt Straut (Beaufort) d. Heather Shaw (Charlotte NC)/Lee Withrow (Mount Pleasant) 7-5; 6-7(4); 10-6; Final – Kevin McGuire (Beaufort)/Jill Wilson (Beaufort) d. Mills/Straut 3-6; 6-1; 10-1

Men's 3.0 Singles – Round Robin 3 -- Bill McDaniel (Roswell GA) d. Bradley Mol (Fripp Is.) 6-1; 6-1; Pete Galloway (Fripp Is.) winner of round robin

Men's 3.5 Singles – Final -- Patrick Smith (Beaufort) d. William Wilkening (Fripp Is.) Wo (inj)

Men's 4.0 Singles – Round Robin 3 -- Henry Morales (HHI) d. Chris Dennison (Beaufort) 6-1; 4-6; 10-8 ; Morales winner of round robin

Men's 65 Singles – Final -- (1) Joseph Daniel (HHI) d. Jim Manship (Bluffton) 6-2; 4-6; 11-9

Women's 3.5 Singles – Final -- (1) Pam McShea (Simpsonville) d. Mary Knight (Simpsonville) 6-3; 6-0

Women's 4.0 Singles – Final -- Becky Trapp (Marvin NC) d. Leslie Peterson (Charlotte NC) 6-1; 6-1

Men's 3.0 Doubles – Round Robin 3 – Richard Pingree (Beaufort)/Richard Poore (Beaufort) d. Bernie Moscovitz (Beaufort) /Ron Tucker (Beaufort) 6-3; 6-2; Pete Galloway (Fripp Is.)/William Wilkening (Fripp Is.) winner of round robin

Men's 3.5 Doubles – Semifinal – Chad Bishop (Walterboro)/Jody Smoak (Walterboro) d. Norman Kinghorn (Fripp Is.)/Rusty Prophater (Norcross GA) 6-4; 7-6(8); Final -- Philip Manigo (Walterboro)/Michael Upchurch (Walterboro) d. Bishop/Smoak 3-6; 6-3; 10-7

Women's 3.0 Doubles – Final -- Lee Blanchard (Simpsonville)/Mary Knight (Simpsonville) d. Megan Hyatt (Beaufort)/Clare Taylor (Beaufort) 6-1; 6-4

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Final – Suzanne Burns (Mount Pleasant)/Sarah Dacosta (Mount Pleasant) d. Vicky Goodbrand (Charlotte NC)/Michelle Murphy (Davidson NC) 2-6; 6-4; 10-1

Women's 4.0 Doubles – Semifinals – Lynn Norris (Washaw NC)/Margaret Schrimsher (Charlotte NC) d. Leslie Peterson (Charlotte NC)/Becky Trapp (Marvin NC) 7-6(4); 7-5 ; Sarah Dacosta (Mount Pleasant)/Robyn Hughes (Mount Pleasant) d. Karen Duckworth (Huntersville NC)/Julli Goodwin (Davidson NC) 7-5; 6-2; Final -- Norris/Schrimsher d. Dacosta/Hughes 6-3; 6-3

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles – Semifinal – Bill McDaniel (Roswell GA)/Sandra McDaniel (Atlanta) d. Bernie Moscovitz (Beaufort)/Clare Taylor (Beaufort) 7-6(2); 6-3; Final – David Topper (Sheldon)/Michelle Vitale (St. Helena Is.) d. McDaniel/McDaniel 7-5; 6-3

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals – Michael Upchurch (Walterboro)/Martha Upchurch (Walterboro) d. Sam Annand (Beaufort)/Linda Annand (Beaufort) 6-4; 2-6; 10-5; William Greene (Charleston)/Heather Greene (Charleston) d. Linda Evans (Okatie)/Ed Pappas (Bluffton) 6-4; 6-4; Semifinals -- Greene/Greene d. Upchurch/Upchurch 6-2; 6-4; Candi Hawkins (Meggett)/Philip Manigo (Walterboro) d. Ted Anderson (Fripp Is.)/Connie Anderson (Fripp Is.) 6-1; 6-0; Final – Greene/Greene d. Hawkins/Manigo 6-2, 6-1.

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals – John Bauer (Chapin)/Michelle Clark (Beaufort) d. Jerry Josey (Beaufort)/Susi Josey (Beaufort) 6-1; 6-3; Kirk Busby (Charleston)/Kathy Hyatt (Beaufort) d. Buddy Evans (Newnan GA)/Eileen Evans (Newnan GA) 6-0; 6-3; Semifinals -- Bauer/Clark d. Busby/Hyatt 6-1; 6-3; Suzanne Burns (Mount Pleasant)/Chris Dennison (Beaufort) d. William Dalton (Beaufort)/Kristin Dalton (Beaufort) 7-6(4); 6-2; Final -- Bauer/Clark d. Burns/Dennison 6-1, 6-2.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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

Nov. 7-9: 14^th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes. Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

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TENNIS E-News

Sept. 27, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 105
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

TOURNAMENT FINALS SUNDAY

Van Der Meer Junior Championships

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Matchplay will resume at 8 a.m. Sunday in the Van Der Meer Junior Championships with some semifinals, while other semis and finals will begin at 9:30 a.m. Spectators are admitted free for the USTA-sponsored tournament that has 123 players from throughout the East Coast.

Results of matches played today at Van Der Meer Tennis Center:

Boys' 18 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Sebastien Fauchet d. Peter Pritchard 6-1; 6-3; Thai Kwiatkowski d. Mo Hookaylo 6-3; 6-4; Ryan Drake d. (4) Jan Surovic 6-2; 6-3; (1) Alexandru Pasareanu d. Alex Bahr 6-1; 6-2; Consolation: Round 1 -- Johnny Steichen d. Mark Hyland 6-0; 6-0; (3) Erik Halaj d. David Hawkins 6-4; 6-1; Parker Chang d. Jason Zack 6-2; 6-0; Semifinal -- (3) Erik Halaj d. Johnny Steichen 6-1; 6-3

Boys' 16 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Steven Weaver d. (2) Wes Counts 6-3; 6-4; Jared Woodson d. (4) Trey Hale 6-4; 6-2; Semifinals -- Jared Woodson d. Steven Weaver 6-3; 6-3; (1) Aaron Cotton d. (3) Brent Lett 6-0; 6-3

Boys' 14 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Joel Roberts d. Hampton Drake 6-4; 6-0; Matthew Mendez d. Santiago PintoHugues 6-7(1); 6-3; 1-0(8); Sam Trimble d. (4) Charlie Drake 6-2; 6-1; (1) Luca Cerin d. Jack O'Koniewski 6-2; 6-1; Consolation: Quarterfinals -- Kyle Freeman d. James Bachety 6-2; 6-3; (3) Matthew Kelly d. Carsten Fisher 6-4; 6-2; Aaron Lipat d. Thomas Capocasale 6-1; 0-6; 1-0(6); Jackson Grillo d. Angelo Carrabba 6-1; 6-2

Boys' 12 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Amit Kohli d. Richard Snyder 6-1; 7-5; Semifinals --(2) Lee Ropp d. Amit Kohli 6-2; 6-3; (1) Hufelder Duarte d. Nathan Lockcuff 6-0; 6-0

Boys' 10 Singles – Quarterfinal -- Alex Likins d. Robert Gavin 6-1; 6-1; Semifinals -- (2) Zach Kirkland d. Alex Likins 6-0; 6-0; (1) Alexander Bakita d. Nicholas Wheeler 7-6; 6-1

Girls' 18 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Erica White d. Samantha Sullivan 6-3; 6-2; (4) Bethany Dyar d. Diana Donoslovic 6-1; 6-4; Hayley Carter d. Meghan Blevins 7-5; 6-1; (1) Emily Stein d. Lauren Kelly 6-2; 6-0; Consolation: Round 1 -- Brittany Davis d. Alexandra Sheeran 6-3; 6-4; Sonya Stover d. April McDonie 7-5; 6-2; (3) Samantha Light d. Elizabeth Hensley 6-0; 6-0

Girls' 16 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Zeynep Mafa d. Samantha Droop 6-4; 6-1; Kendal Drake d. (3) Kelly Cameron 6-2; 6-7(3); 1-(5); (4) Ashley Kitchen d. Madison Martin 6-0; 6-2; (1) Alrissa Tobe d. Jasmyn Howell 6-1; 6-1; Consolation: Round 2 -- Miranda Martin d. Madison Hutchinson 6-3; 6-1; Quarterfinals -- Sarah McDonald d. Renee Henry 6-0; 6-1; Marian Hohenwarter d. Chelsea Bellomy 6-2; 7-5; Semifinal --Marian Hohenwarter d. Sarah McDonald 6-2; 7-5

Girls' 14 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Meagan Evans d. Charlotte Loper 6-1; 6-2; Samantha Russell d. Carissa Steichen 6-3; 6-1; Semifinals -- (2) Meagan Evans d. Samantha Russell 6-3; 6-2; (1) Sabrina Drammis d. Makayla Chandler 6-0; 6-0; Consolation: Quarterfinal -- Carissa Steichen d. Stephanie Behring 6-1; 6-1

Girls' 12 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Taylor Childress d. Sydnee Wheeler 6-1Ret (ill); Valerie Droop d. Taylor Soop 6-1; 6-3; Jenai Charles d. Naruemon Wiriyachon 6-4; 6-1; Semifinal -- (2) Taylor Childress d. Valerie Droop 6-0; 6-1; Consolation: Quarterfinals -- Sydnee Wheeler d. Taylor Soop 6-1; 6-1; Samantha Schuster d. Naruemon Wiriyachon 7-5; 6-2

Girls' 10 Singles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Mckenzie Collins d. Cameron Kriscunas ; Meredith Langs d. Marin Czura Def (ad); Semifinals -- Meredith Langs d. (2) Mckenzie Collins 6-2; 6-3; (1) Ellie Czura d. Elise Mills 6-0; 6-0; Consolation: Quarterfinals -- Cameron Kriscunas d. Marin Czura Def (ad); Ariel Lipat d. Kathryn Bautista 6-2; 6-4

Fripp Island Fall Clay Court Championships

FRIPP ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Singles finals and semifinal doubles will begin early Sunday in the Fripp Island Fall Clay Court Championships. The USTA-sanctioned tournament has 136 players entered.

Here are results of matches played today at Fripp Island Racquet Club (Note: It appears that some of today’s results are not included. These are as posted on TennisLink.):

Men's Open Singles – Semifinals -- Lee Withrow d. Joseph Macdermant 6-0; 6-1; (1) Patrick Child d. Grady Clay 6-0; 6-1

Men's Open Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Dalton/Straut d. Abbott/Abbott 6-3; 3-6; 10-6; Semifinals -- Busby/Greene d. Chambers/McGuire 6-4; 7-6(2); Anderson/Anderson d. Dalton/Straut 6-2; 6-4

Women's Open Doubles – Round Robin -- Clark/Wilson d. Harvey/Mills 6-0; 6-2; Clark/Wilson d. Ross/Shaw 6-3; 7-5

Mixed Open Doubles – Semifinal -- McGuire/Wilson d. Chambers/Compton 6-1; 6-2

Men's 3.0 Singles – Round Robin -- Pete Galloway d. Bradley Mol 6-1; 6-2; Pete Galloway d. Bill McDaniel 6-2; 0-6; 10-6

Men's 3.5 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Richard Poore d. Buddy Evans Wd (emerg); Patrick Smith d. Alex Trammell 6-1; 6-1; Semifinals -- William Wilkening d. Richard Poore 6-3; 6-1; Patrick Smith d. Rodney Blakeman 6-1; 6-0

Men's 4.0 Singles – Round Robin -- Henry Morales d. Chris Hoogenboom 6-2; 6-3; Chris Dennison d. Chris Hoogenboom 6-4; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Vicky Goodbrand d. Cristel Mol-Dellepoort 6-0; 6-1; Mary Knight d. Marjory Mitchell 6-2; 6-3; Semifinals -- Mary Knight d. Vicky Goodbrand 7-5; 0-6; 10-5; (1) Pam McShea d. Linda Evans 6-3; 6-1

Women's 4.0 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Becky Trapp d. Suzanne Wolf 7-6(6); 6-1; Judy Mattoon d. A. Kristin. Dalton 6-1; 6-0; Semifinals -- Becky Trapp d. Judy Mattoon 6-2; 6-4; Leslie Peterson d. Alice Boland Def (ns)

Men's 3.0 Doubles – Round Robin -- Galloway/Wilkening d. Pingree/Poore 7-5; 6-4; Galloway/Wilkening d. Moscovitz/Tucker 6-3; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Dockum/Rickenbach d. Annand/Beauregard 6-2; 6-4; Manigo/Upchurch d. Roberts/Smith 6-3; 6-1; Kinghorn/Prophater d. Nagle/Pappas 6-3; 7-6(5); Semifinals -- Manigo/Upchurch d. Dockum/Rickenbach 3-6; 6-3; 10-2

Women's 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Hyatt/Taylor d. Dameron/Littleton 7-5; 7-6(1); Hawkins/Upchurch d. Carter/Tucker 6-4; 6-3; Semifinals -- Hyatt/Taylor d. Hawkins/Upchurch 7-6(1); 4-6; 10-6; Blanchard/Knight d. Beverly/Galloway 6-1; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Goodbrand/Murphy d. Dabney/McGill 7-5; 6-4; Harris/Kuster d. Ambrose/Mitchell 6-2; 6-2; Semifinals --Goodbrand/Murphy d. Harris/Kuster 6-2; 6-1; Burns/Dacosta d. Beauregard/Kennedy-Parker 6-3; 6-2

Women's 4.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Peterson/Trapp d. Josey/Wolf 6-3; 6-0; Norris/Schrimsher d. Barwick/Painton 7-5; 0-6; 11-9; Dacosta/Hughes d. Compton/Dounn 6-0; 2-6; 10-7; Duckworth/Goodwin d. Hon/Manship 7-6(7); 2-6; 10-7

Men's 65 Singles – Semifinal -- Jim Manship d. Jerry Wayne 6-1; 6-0; (1) Joseph Daniel d. David Kimball 6-1; 6-3

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Tucker/Tucker d. Kennedy-Parker/Kenny 6-4; 2-6; 10-8; Topper/Vitale d. Mol-Dellepoort/Mol 6-1; 6-2; McDaniel/McDaniel d. Hyatt/Miller 6-3; 6-0; Semifinal -- Topper/Vitale d. Tucker/Tucker 6-2; 6-4

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles – Round of 16 Upchurch/Upchurch d. Blakeman/Kuster 6-1; 5-7; 10-4; Greene/Greene d. Huff/Mix 6-4; 6-2; Leinberger/Leinberger d. Poore/Poore 3-6; 7-5; 10-9; Hawkins/Manigo d. Pingree/Pingree 6-2; 6-1

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Aube/Terrill d. Abernathy/Boland 6-3; 6-4

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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. 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

Nov. 7-9: 14^th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes. Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

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TENNIS E-News

Sept. 26, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 104
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

IT’S A BIG TOURNAMENT WEEKEND

Van Der Meer Junior Championships

Results of matches played today at Van Der Meer Tennis Center:

Boys' 16 Singles (Round of 16) -- Mitchell, Hunter def. Howard, Andrew 6-0; 6-0; Woodson, Jared def. Sasko, Spencer 6-1; 6-0; Kirk, Matt def. Burke, Colby 6-3; 6-1

Boys' 14 Singles (Round of 32) -- Nishnic, Nicholas def. Bachety, James 6-2; 6-1; Mourillon-Swift, Shaheed def. Carrabba, Angelo 6-0; 6-0; O'Koniewski, Jack def. Pittard, Jackson 6-3; 6-0; Likins, Benjamin def. Lipat, Aaron 6-1; 6-1; Wilburn, Merritt def. Capocasale, Thomas 6-2; 6-2; Mendez, Matthew def. Bakala, Franklyn 6-1; 6-1; Drake, Hampton def. Freeman, Kyle 6-0; 6-3; PintoHugues, Santiago def. Lowenthal, Grayson 6-1; 6-1

Boys' 10 Singles (Quarterfinal Round) -- Likins, Alex def. Gavin, Robert 6-1; 6-1

Girls' 16 Singles (Round of 32) -- Howell, Jasmyn def. Hutchinson, Madison 6-1; 6-0; Wiriyachon, Thitirat def. Bilotta, Maria 6-3; 6-0; Drake, Kendal def. Bellomy, Chelsea 6-0; 6-2; Selman, Holli def. Harris, Ashley 6-3; 7-5; Henry, Renee def. Busby, Brooke Wd (ill)

Girls' 14 Singles (Round of 16) -- Loper, Charlotte def. Bellomy, Charlotte 6-1; 6-3; Russell, Samantha def. Behring, Stephanie Wo (ill)

Fripp Island Fall Clay Court Championships

Results of matches played today at Fripp Island Racquet Club:

Men's Open Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Dalton/Straut d. Abbott/Abbott 6-3; 3-6; 10-6

Women's Open Doubles – Round Robin -- Clark/Wilson d. Ross/Shaw 6-3; 7-5

Men's 3.0 Singles – Round Robin -- Pete Galloway d. Bill McDaniel 6-2; 0-6; 10-6

Men's 3.5 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Richard Poore d. Buddy Evans Wd (emerg); Patrick Smith d. Alex Trammell 6-1; 6-1

Men's 4.0 Singles – Round Robin -- Chris Dennison d. Chris Hoogenboom 6-4; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Vicky Goodbrand d. Cristel Mol-Dellepoort 6-0; 6-1; Mary Knight d. Marjory Mitchell 6-2; 6-3; Linda Evans d. Angela Poore 6-0; 6-1

Women's 4.0 Singles – Quarterfinals -- Becky Trapp d. Suzanne Wolf 7-6(6); 6-1; Judy Mattoon d. A. Kristin. Dalton 6-1; 6-0; Alice Boland d. Eileen Evans Wd (emerg); Leslie Peterson d. Robyn Hughes 6-4; 7-6(3)

Men's 3.0 Doubles – Round Robin -- Galloway/Wilkening d. Moscovitz/Tucker 6-3; 6-1

Men's 3.5 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Roberts/Smith d. Herrnstein/Warner 6-2; 6-4

Women's 3.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Hyatt/Taylor d. Dameron/Littleton 7-5; 7-6(1); Hawkins/Upchurch d. Carter/Tucker 6-4; 6-3; Beverly/Galloway d. Alexander/Reznik 6-2; 6-2; Annand/Jarvis d. Blanchard/Knight 6-4; 6-3

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Goodbrand/Murphy d. Dabney/McGill 7-5; 6-4; Harris/Kuster d. Ambrose/Mitchell 6-2; 6-2; Burns/Dacosta d. Hyatt/Lindsay 6-1; 6-3

Women's 4.0 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Peterson/Trapp d. Pingree/Sullivan 6-0; 6-1; Barwick/Painton d. Newman/Straut 6-3; 6-2; Dacosta/Hughes d. Harvey/Webb 6-2; -6-7(3); 10-4; Duckworth/Goodwin d. Bastian/Stallworth 6-2; 7-6(6)

Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Tucker/Tucker d. Kennedy-Parker/Kenny 6-4; 2-6; 10-8; Topper/Vitale d. Mol-Dellepoort/Mol 6-1; 6-2; McDaniel/McDaniel d. Hyatt/Miller 6-3; 6-0

Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Upchurch/Upchurch d. Blakeman/Kuster 6-1; 5-7; 10-4; Greene/Greene d. Huff/Mix 6-4; 6-2; Leinberger/Leinberger d. Poore/Poore 3-6; 7-5; 10-9; Hawkins/Manigo d. Pingree/Pingree 6-2; 6-1

Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles – Round of 16 -- Aube/Terrill d. Abernathy/Boland 6-3; 6-4

PTI’s Fall Junior Team Tennis Registration Opens

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Registration for USTA’s Junior Team Tennis opens Wednesday (10/1) and goes through Nov. 1. The league for juniors opens its fourth year with matches beginning on Nov. 8.

JTT for ages 6-8 allows a team experience for all levels in a statewide format which culminates in a local, state, rgional and national championships. The local co-ed league, sponsored by Public Tennis Inc. (PTI), has experienced constant growth, playing more than 160 juniors in the recent spring season. Expert coaches, many of whom are certified professionals offer practice, matches, team shirts and prizes for the season which ends Feb. 1.

This season local teams include Bluffton, Beaufort, Sea Pines, Chaplin Park, Windmill Harbor, Palmetto Hall and Wexford. New this year is the expansion of the 14 and Under Beginner Division as well as plans to offer QuickStart teaching principals to those under the age of 10.

Information about teams needing players can be obtained through Local League Coordinator Robert Brown at 290-2833. Also, visit http://www.sctennis.com and go to Junior Team Tennis.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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. 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

Nov. 7-9: 14^th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes. Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) Book* dedication: To the memory of the striking Bolshevik printers of St. Petersburg who, in 1905, demanded to be paid the same rate

( ) for punctuation marks as for letters, and thereby directly precipitated the first Russian Revolution.

(___) -- from “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” by Lynne Truss

*A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

“Why?” asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. “I’m a panda,” he says, at the door. “Look it up.”

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

“Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”

-- Dennis Malick

Exciting Wheelchair Tennis

SC ’08 Awards Go to Morrissette, Meister, Brown – See story below

TENNIS E-News

Sept. 24, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 103
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

In the ever-mystical online world, communications has been very chancy for a week or so – especially for those on charter.net and embarqmail.com,

among others. E-News e-mailouts have been bouncing back. Sorry ‘bout that.

As one E-News reader put it: “Those Communists in an attempt to upgrade our DSL did something whacky …”

We have no clue as to what’s happening.

Play at Chaplin Park, Shipyard

PTR/ROHO $15,000 Wheelchair Championships Begin Today; Feature Matches Thursday Night

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The PTR/ROHO Wheelchair Tennis Championships rolls out today and will run through Sunday at Chaplin Public Tennis Center and in Shipyard Plantation. The $15,000 prize-money event has attracted players from throughout the country as well as overseas. Admission is free to spectators at both sites.

A Run/Roll event (wheelchair and able-bodied player) will take place today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Chaplin, with wheelchair players paired with local partners. Twenty-six teams are competing.

Thursday will be feature-match night, beginning at 7 p.m. with WHHI-TV’s Ed McCollough (a beginner tennis player) taking on the #1 female junior wheelchair player in the world, Emmy Kaiser, in a four-game set. That will be followed by a Run/Roll winner vs. finalist demonstration four-game set. Top feature match is set for 7:30, with men’s open doubles involving top world-ranked players. Stefan Olsson of Sweden will be wearing his Silver Olympic Medal which he won in Beijing.

The Men’s B & C divisions are scheduled to play early rounds at the Evian Courts in Shipyard Plantation. The Quads will play at the Van Der Meer Shipyard Indoor Courts next to the Crowne Plaza Resort. Play for the Women’s Open and Men’s A will begin Thursday morning.

The tournament off-court activities will include a Quickie Welcome Reception tonight, a ROHO Awards Banquet Friday evening to honor the Player of the Year and Sportsmanship winners and a Saturday evening Beach Party at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront deck.

For additional information, contact the PTR office at 785-7344.

Presentations in December

3 Area Tennis Leaders To Receive 2008 Annual Honors from South Carolina Tennis Association
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Bluffton junior coordinator Bob Brown and HHI’s tennis official Sandra Morrissette and Special Olympics volunteer Myron Meister have been selected for South Carolina honors that will be presented in December at the SC Tennis Association’s annual award ceremonies in Myrtle Beach.

The breaking news awards will be to Meister as Special Olympics Volunteer of the Year, to Morrissette as Pete Conklin Official of the Year and Brown as Junior Team Tennis Coordinator of the Year. Also to receive an award is former HHI teaching pro Joey Eskridge as John Newcomb Pro of the Year.

Each year players, volunteers, events and officials are nominated from awards that range from most-improved juniors to tennis sponsors. Honorees are chosen by a USTA South Carolina awards committee. The annual meeting, held for the last several years at Westin Hilton Head Island Resort, this year will be Dec. 11-14 in Myrtle Beach. Meetings and workshops set up programs, league rules and formats and such for the following year. Climax of the weekend is the Saturday night South Carolina Tennis Patrons Hall of Fame Banquet, during which the SC awards are presented and Hall of Fame induction is held. (For a complete list of honorees, go to http://www.sctennis.com and scroll down to the awards story.)

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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. 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

Nov. 7-9: 14^th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes. Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

TENNIS E-News FootNote

ooooO Caller to 911 answering center: “My wife got attacked by a warthog real bad and needs an ambulance to come pick her up.”

( ) Answerer: “Okay, sir, could you tell me where you are?”

( ) Caller: “We’re at 1231 Eucalyptus Drive”

(___) Answerer: “Spell that for me, please.”

Caller, after several seconds pause: “Tell you what. I’m gonna drag her over to Oak Street and you can pick her up there.”
-- online video forwarded to E-News by Bob Bourdage

-- Dennis Malick

HHI Champs at Litchfield

TENNIS E-News

Sept. 21, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 102
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Age-Division Points for Year-End Rankings

HHIslanders Win 3 Singles, 2 Doubles Championships at South Carolina State Clay Courts at Litchfield

PAWLEYS ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Hilton Head Islander Pat Child won singles and doubles with partner Keith Whitlow; Frank Meade and Lee Butler won singles and Hank Iannuzzi and Bryce Young won doubles today at the South Carolina State Closed Clay Championships at Litchfield Racquet Club. The Level One tournament carries top weight in determining year-end age-division rankings.

#2 seed Child won the Men’s 55s by defeating top-seeded Andy Steingold of Mount Pleasant 6-4, 6-4 in the final. He went back on court with Whitlow to take the 55 doubles in a protracted 6-2, 6-7(7), 6-4 final over Frederico Gildemeister and Graham Snook of Myrtle Beach. The 60s singles #1 seed Whitlow dropped a 6-3, 6-4 final to Emile Rasheed of Greer.

Unseeded Meade worked his way through the #2 and then #1 seeds for his 75s singles title. First, he defeated #2 Bob Koenig of Bluffton 7-6(5) in Saturday’s semifinal, then moved up to take out top seed Joe Roberts of Greenville 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 for the championship.

Butler had but one opponent to beat and he did that, winning 6-2, 6-3 over Fred Owens of Easley in the 80s singles.

The 60s #1 seeded doubles team of Iannuzzi and Young took on fellow HHIslanders Doug Luba and Dave Partington and won in a 6-0, 6-2 final.

Islanders were finalists in one singles and one doubles event. The seedings bore out in the finals of the Men’s 50 singles as #1 Jim Hinson of Columbia defeated #2 Steve Brady of Bluffton 7-5, 0-6, 6-2. HHI’s Athena Whitlow and Carrie Randall of lost in the 55s doubles final to #1 seed Cynthia Babb of Mount Pleasant and Susan Peiffer of Charleston 6-1, 6-3. Whitlow and Randall were semifinalists in the 50s doubles.

COMBO LEAGUE STANDINGS

Here are the BMW Combo League stats as of Saturday the 20^th:

Adult Combo Doubles

5.5 Women -- 4 teams -- 8/2 to 9/27 -- Bluffton Stray Cats in lead at 5-0

6.5 Men -- 4 teams -- 7/19 to 9/13 -- Wexford Combo in lead at 5-1

6.5 Women -- 8 teams -- 8/16 to 10/11 – Palmetto Dunes Net Jets, Chaplin For Tea Love tied at 5-0

7.5 Men -- 3 teams -- 8/7 to 10/2 – Bluffton Topspin, Beaufort Combo tied at 3-1

7.5 Women -- 7 teams -- 8/16 to 10/4 – Oldfield Combo in lead at 3-1

Senior Combo Doubles

6.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 8/5 to 9/2 -- Spring Lake in lead at 5-0, clinched championship

6.5 Women -- 3 teams -- 7/21 to 9/15 -- Palmetto Dunes Senior Net Jets in lead at 6-0, clinched championship

7.5 Men -- 3 teams -- 7/29 to 9/23 -- Port Royal in lead at 5-0, clinched championship

7.5 Women -- 6 teams -- 7/18 to 9/19 -- Port Royal Raucous Racquets in lead at 6-2

8.5 Men -- 1 team -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs

8.5 Women -- 2 teams -- 7/31 to 9/4 -- Long Cove in lead at 3-1, clinched championship

TENNIS ASSOCIATION of HILTON HEAD ISLAND LEAGUES

Here are the stats as of Saturday the 20^th:

Super Senior 60s

3.0 Men -- 12 teams -- 8/25 to 10/27 -- Spring Lake Spin Masters, Country Club of HH Hustlers, Spring Lake Spin Masters tied at 4-0

3.0 Women -- 7 teams -- 9/09 to 10/21 -- Moss Creek Powershots, South Beach Island Babes tied at 2-0

3.5 Men -- 9 teams -- 8/27 to 10/22 -- Long Cove Super Retreads in lead at 4-0

3.5 Women -- 11 teams -- 9/03 to 10/22 -- PRRC Royal Ladies, Spring Lake Lady Lakers tied at 4-0

4.0 Men -- 3 team -- 8/26 to 10/21 -- Long Cove Shipwrecks in lead at 2-0

4.0 Women -- 3 teams -- 9/08 to 10/27 – Port Royal Senior Moments in lead at 2-0

4.5 Women -- 1 team -- SC 4.5 Women

Super Senior 70s

3.0 Men -- 4 teams -- 9/09 to 10/14 – Spring Lake Cruisers in lead at 2-0

3.0 Women -- 3 teams -- 9/03 to 10/20 – Sun City Golden Girls in lead at 2-0

3.5 Men -- 3 teams -- 8/28 to 10/23 -- Indigo Run in lead at 3-0

3.5 Women -- 3 teams -- 9/08 to 10/27 – Port Royal Killer Bees in lead at 2-0

4.0 Women -- 1 team – PRRC SS Super Stars

Super Senior 75s

3.0 Men -- 6 teams -- 9/10 to 10/08 – Moss Creek Aces, SPCC 75s, Shipyard Beach Boys tied at 2-0

3.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 9/15 to 10/13 – PRRC 75s in lead at 1-0

COASTAL CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUES

Here are the stats as of Saturday the 20^th:

Super Senior 60s

2.5 Men -- 4 teams -- 9/10 to 10/23 – Moss Creek Raging Bulls, CCHH Court Jesters tied at 1-0

3.0 Men -- 7 teams -- 9/08 to 10/20 – Sun City Court Jesters in lead at 2-0

3.0 Women -- 3 teams -- 8/26 to 10/21 – Beaufort Sole Sista’s in lead at 2-0

3.5 Men -- 6 teams -- 8/20 to 10/22 -- Sun City Spin Doctors, Sun City Aces tied at 4-1

3.5 Women -- 5 teams -- 8/20 to 10/22 -- Dataw Dixies in lead at 4-0

Super Senior 70s

3.0 Men -- 3 teams -- 8/26 to 10/21 -- Sun City Spoilers in lead at 3-0

3.5 Men -- 2 teams -- 9/09 to 10/23 – Sun City Old Dudes in lead at 1-0

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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. 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

TENNIS E-News FootNote

ooooO

( ) An elderly gentleman with years of serious hearing problems was fitted with hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100%. A month later,

( ) he went back to his doctor. “Your hearing is perfect,” doc said, “Your family must really be pleased that you can hear again.”

(___) “Oh, I haven't told my family yet,” the man replied. “I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times.”

-- Dennis Malick

Now for Interclub

TENNIS E-News

Sept. 19, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 101
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Season Set for Late October

First Call Out for HHI Split Senior Men’s Interclub: Will CCTA Have an Interclub Too??

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Another foot is coming down in the transformation of area league tennis, with the initial call for the Senior Men’s Interclub season that will begin late next month. Dick Sonberg, inveterate Interclub coordinator, is organizing a Hilton Head Island-only format* for the November-through-January season. (Hilton Head Island now appears in the standing records with an asterisk* meaning Moss Creek included.)

Following the lead of TAHHI/USTA leagues, Men’s Interclub will now be limited to teams playing with a site on Hilton Head Island*. Teams with playing sites off-Island will have to organize their own league ... and that effort may already be under way. Ernie Clark, senior men’s coordinator for Coastal Carolina Tennis Association, has emailed Bluffton, Sun City, Beaufort, the islands, etc., team captains to check on interest interclub competition for those areas.

Should both sides of The Bridge get it together, a season-end playoff between the respective champions is likely. Levels 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 are involved in Interclub, all much more laid back compared to the spring, summer and fall USTA League seasons. (Yes, the women also have an interclub, but no one is supposed to know because it is “just for fun” and everyone is cool with that.)

The interclub season, though set in the USTA rating and three-courts formats, has no bearing on year-end ratings. Also, the new ratings that appear at the end of November will have no bearing on interclub. A player’s rating as of the start of interclub will carry through the complete season.

For the Hilton Head Island clubs, captains from last year have been emailed by Sonberg for information on the ’08-’09 season. The data that needs to go to rtsiws@aol.com:

1. Name of team

2. Level of play (3.0, 3.5, etc.)

3. Site of matches and starting time (should be either 2 or 2:30 p.m.)

4. Name of captain with telephone number and email address

5. Name of assistant captain with telephone and email address

Deadline for team registration is Friday, Oct. 3. Also requested is a reply if a team that competed in ’07 does NOT plan to compete this year.

For CCTA clubs and tennis centers, that same information should be emailed to Clark at tennisracquets@yahoo.com.

Register by Oct. 6

Deadline Approaching for Adult Team Tennis

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) –Public Tennis Inc. is approaching final registration for its Adult Team Tennis fall season. Deadline for registering teams is Oct. 6 for the season that will begin late next month. More than 150 players are expected for the all-mixed-doubles league.

Coordinator Ray Hardy and associate Tim Ryan plan for the season to run through mid-January and again culminate in a season-ending District Championship and Player's Party. New this year will be the addition of a fifth court that will include play at the 7.5 level as well an increase to a 12-game pro set. The matches will include mixed doubles play in 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 and 7.5 with all games counting towards 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 receive the #1 seeding at the District Championships.

Cost to register for a team is $34 plus a $3.05 TennisLink fee and includes all court fees and balls. Proceeds from the league will benefit the PTI program fund as well as the new court funds at both Bluffton and Chaplin. Team Captains interested in fielding a team must contact either of the coordinators – rayhardy36@aol.com or chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com.

Each Took 3 Titles

HHI, Columbia Led Areas in USTA League Mixed Doubles State Championships at Charleston

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Not since 2005 have Hilton Head Island mixed doubles teams had such a successful run at USTA League South Carolina State Championships, and then just two local teams came home with titles. It’s probably the best ever, but TENNIS E-News records don’t go back that far.

In 2006, zero championships. In 2007, one team was a finalist. On Monday in Charleston, however, three HHI teams won state titles, tying Columbia for most winners from one town/city. Upper Piedmont teams won two championships and Lexington one.

The South Carolina champions all will advance, along with a couple wildcards, to the Southern Section Championships Oct. 17-19 in New Orleans.

Here are the complete final results:

(Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = GrandStrand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/CharlestonArea; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence;SATA = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville

A5.0 – Final – HHI/Wexford Dream Team 2, SATA/Westside Blue 1

A6.0 – Final – CTL #1/Caughman Road Mixed Up 3, LCTA #1/Pine Forest Ball Busters 0

A7.0 – Final – UPTA #1/Greenville Sportsclub Spinners 3, LATA #2/Lexington Tennis Crashers 0

A8.0 – Final -- CTL/Mixed Mayhem 2, LCTA #1/Maybank 1

A9.0 -- Final -- MCTL/Rock Hill Tennis Center 2, UPTA/Riverside 1

A10.0 -- LATA/The One-Hit Wonders winner of round robin

S6.0 – Final -- CTL #1/Parklane Real Mixed Up 2, UPTA/The Pavilion 1

S7.0 – Final – HHI/Port Royal Topspinners 2, UPTA/Greenville Sportsclub 1

S8.0 -- Final – HHI/PDTC 2, GATA/Gatewood Mixers 1

Play Set Nov. 4-6

Entry Deadline Monday for Beaufort County Senior Games … Tennis

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Beaufort County Senior Games tennis won’t start until Nov. 4, but entry deadline is this coming Monday (22^nd) for the multi-sport event that includes 50-and-older competition in swimming, track, pickleball and more.

Men’s and women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles will be played in 10-year age groupings of two categories: 3.5 & above and 3.0 & below. Entry fee is $10 that includes registration, event souvenir and opening ceremony. $10 lunch will be available at the closing ceremony.

Entry forms are available at HHI and area tennis facilities or by calling the Purrysburg Fitness Center 705-4022.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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

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. 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

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) Eagle Trace Golf Course in Broomfield CO allowed insufficient time between an early morning kids golf event and a noon

( ) charity tournament sponsored by Shotgun Willie’s strip club.

(___) One youngster asked: “Mommy, why is she only wearing underwear?”

-- News of the Weird (Funny Times)

-- Dennis Malick