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 (22nd) 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
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