VDM and Fripp

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