TENNIS E-News
Oct. 26, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 117
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
PLAY OF THE DAY – It’s the VacaCo finals at Shipyard. Men’s 60 Doubles 3rd set. A smash from team Iannuzzi/Young bounces the ball over opposing team Filligim/Harwell, clearing the fence toward the Pro Shop. Out races a spectator – Doug Luba’s 6-year-old Golden Retriever Cimber … uninstructed pouncing on the ball in the grass, picking it up, trotting purposefully around the fence and across the court and “handing” it to Young. PLAY OF THE DAY.
Tournament Finals Story – See below
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Play Ends Monday
PD Sr. Net Jets, Port Royal Win Combo State Championships
CHARLESTON SC (TENNIS E-NEWS via TennisLink) – Hilton Head Island league teams showed once again that if they are going to win championships, it probably will be in senior categories, as the PD Senior Net Jets took the Senior Women’s 6.5 final and Port Royal captured the Super Senior Men’s 7.5s at the South Carolina Combo State Championships in Charleston.
After the total rainout Friday and scramble to catch up Saturday, today went pretty much as originally scheduled, with rating divisions that were to start Friday finishing semifinals and finals. Divisions that started Saturday will have finals day Monday, concentrated at tournament headquarters site -- Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island.
The PD Senior Net Jets, captained by Patty Diggs, lost a match early but finished in their group #1 spot. The Net Jets proceeded to win semifinals and finals 2-1, with all four court wins coming in third-set match tiebreaks. Diggs and partner Judy Larkin won two of them; Pat Leinberger and Beth Fishburne won a third and Stephanie Rathan and Kay Kern won the clincher in today’s final.
Port Royal’s Super Senior 7.5s, captained by Dave Partington, were in a straight round robin format. They went 3-0, as each team match was won 2-1, with Joe Daniel and Fred Meli teaming for straight-set victories in all three matches.
Of the 18 HHI league teams competing in the championships, only in the Senior Men’s 7.5s did any more finish close to a championship so far. The HHI #2 Long Cove, captained by Ralph Huff, finished its group at 3-0, but lost in the semifinals. HHI #1 Port Royal, captained by Dave Partington, lost an in-group match but got a wild card into the semifinals. Winning ended there, however, as the PRs lost in the final to the Gatewood Misfits 2-1. And, yes, Partington was captain of two teams in the competition.
Because so many of Saturday’s results were not posted until way past our deadline time, here are the complete results of Friday/Saturday (listed at originally scheduled times) and today, plus the Monday schedule:
(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)
Friday the 24th
8 a.m. – AM7.5 – Beaufort 2, AATL/Odell Weeks 1
9:30 a.m. – AW5.5 – HHI #1/ Bluffton Stray Cats 1, GSTL/Prestwick Divas 2
9:30 a.m. – SW6.5 -- PD Senior Net Jets 3, SATA/Westside Combo Divas 0
11 a.m. – AW5.5 – HHI #2/Spanish Wells 3, LCTA #1/Dunes West Two Timers 0
11 a.m. – SM7.5 – HHI #2/Long Cove 2, GSTL #1/Grande Dunes 1
11 a.m. – SM7.5 – HHI #1/Port Royal 3, LATA #2/Lexington Sore Losers 0
12:30 p.m. – AM7.5 – Beaufort 1, SATA/Westside Club 2
12:30 p.m. – SW7.5 -- Port Royal Raucous Racquets 1, AATL/The Reserve Club 2
2 p.m. – AW5.5 – HHI #1/ Bluffton Stray Cats 1, CTL #1/Greenview Gems 2
2 p.m. – AW7.5 – Oldfield 2, SATA/Westside 1
2 p.m. – SW6.5 -- PD Senior Net Jets 1, LATA/Lexington Slightly Seasoned 2
3:30 p.m. – AW5.5 – HHI #2/Spanish Wells 1, CTL #2/Caughman Beezer’s Combo 2
3:30 p.m. – SM7.5 – HHI #2/Long Cove 3, UPTA/Keowee Key 0
3:30 p.m. – SM7.5 – HHI #1/Port Royal 3, LCTA/Walterboro Forest Hills 0
5 p.m. – SM8.5 -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 3, LCTA/Family Circle Senior Hologram 0
5 p.m. – SW7.5 -- Port Royal Raucous Racquets 1, LATA #2/AOL Just Out 2
5 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #2/Indigo Run 0, LATA #1/Seven Oaks Park 3
5 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #1/ Long Cove 0, LATA #2/Murraywood 10S4FUN 3
6:30 p.m. – AW7.5 – Oldfield 1, LATA/Lexington Volley Girls 2
Saturday the 25th
8 a.m. – AW5.5 – HHI #1/Bluffton Stray Cats 2, LCTA #3/St. Andrews Dames 1
8 a.m. – AW6.5 – HHI #1/PD Net Jets 2, GSTL/Wachesaw T-ups 1
8 a.m. – SM7.5 – HHI #1/Port Royal 1, GATA/Gatewood Misfits 2
8 a.m. – SSW7.5 -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 2, UPTA #1/ Spindle Tree 1
9:30 a.m. – SSM6.5 -- Spring Lake Miss Hits 0, UPTA #2/Sportsclub 3
9:30 a.m. – SSW6.5 -- Sun City ShoreBets 1, CTL/Rockbridge We Rock 2
11 a.m. – SM8.5 -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 1, GSTL/Grande Dunes Plus 2
12:30 p.m. – SM7.5 – HHI #2/Long Cove 2, MCTL/Rocking Rebels 1
12:30 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #2/Indigo Run 1, LATA #2/ Murraywood 10S4FUN 2
12:30 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #1/Long Cove 0, LCTA/Lowcountry 3
12:30 p.m. – SSM7.5 -- Port Royal 2, LCTA/ LCTA 7.5s 1
3:30 p.m. – AM7.5 – Beaufort 1, LATA/Crooked Creek Bring Beer 2
3:30 p.m. – SM8.5 -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 2, LATA/Smarter Than We Look 1
5 p.m. – AM6.5 – Wexford 1, LATA/Lexington Back Handed Compliment 2
5 p.m. – AW5.5 – HHI #2/Spanish Wells 1, GATA #1/ Saluda 2
5 p.m. – SW6.5 -- PD Senior Net Jets 3, AATL/O’Dell Seniors 0
5 p.m. – SW7.5 -- Port Royal Raucous Racquets 0, LCTA/Family Circle Fit and Fifty(ish) 3
5 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #1/Long Cove 1, UPTA/Old but Alive ‘n Kickin’ 2
5 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #2/Indigo Run 1, LCTA/Lowcountry 8.5 Seniors 2
5 p.m. – SSM7.5 -- Port Royal 2, UPTA/KK Grown Boys 1
6:30 p.m. – AW6.5 – HHI #2/Wexford Wild Side 1, UPTA/Thornblade 2
6:30 p.m. – AW7.5 – Oldfield 1, AATL/O’Dell Weeks 2
Sunday the 26th
8 a.m. – SW6.5 – Semifinal – FTA 3, LCTA #2 0
8 a.m. – SW6.5 – Semifinal – HHI/PD Senior Net Jets 2, Wildcard/LCTA #1/Snee Farm Charmers
Ct. 1 – Judy Larkin/Patty Diggs (HHI) d. Penny Kiggans/Kathy Grogan 3-6, 6-2, 1-0
Ct. 2 – Pat Leinberger/Beth Fishburne (HHI) d. Jo Berry/Susan Hassig 4-6, 6-0, 1-0
Ct. 3 – Sherry Harbin/Tassie Bielsky (LCTA) d. Karen Thompson/Kay Kern 6-4, 6-1
8 a.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #1/Long Cove 1, LATA #1/Seven Oaks Park 2
8 a.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #2/Indigo Run 2, UPTA/Old but Alive ‘n Kickin’ 1
9:30 a.m. – AM6.5 – Wexford 2, LCTA #2/St. Andrews Solid Rocks 1
9:30 a.m. – AM7.5 – Semifinal – UPTA 3, LATA 0
9:30 a.m. – AM7.5 – Semifinal – CTL 3, GATA 0
9:30 a.m. – SW7.5 – Semifinal – LATA #1 2, GATA 1
9:30 a.m. – SW7.5 – Semifinal – LCTA 2, GSTL 1
9:30 a.m. – SSM6.5 -- Spring Lake Miss Hits 1, LCTA/St. Andrews Solid Rock
11 a.m. – AW5.5 – Semifinal – PD 2, CTL #1 1
11 a.m. – AW5.5 – Semifinal – LATA 2, GATA 1
11 a.m. – AW6.5 – HHI #1/PD Net Jets 1, LCTA #2/Dunes West Twisted Sisters 2
11 a.m. – AW7.5 – Semifinal – MCTL 3, PD 0
11 a.m. – AW7.5 – Semifinal – LCTA 2, LATA 1
11 a.m. – SM8.5 -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 2, UPTA #2/Riverside Rocks 1
12:30 p.m. – AW6.5 – HHI #2/ Wexford Wild Side 2, AATL/Woodside 1
12:30 p.m. – SM7.5 – Semifinal – HHI #2/Long Cove 1, GATA/Gatewood Misfits 2
Ct. 1 – Bob Harla/David Staniford (GATA) d. Ralph Huff/Lee Bracken 6-4, 6-3
Ct. 2 – Art Loeben/bob Lacey (HHI) d. Norman Whitfieled/Frankie Manning 5-7, retired
Ct. 3 – James Fuzy/Harry Hal Lane (GATA) d. John Joseph/Bill Cale 6-3, 6-3
12:30 p.m. – SM7.5 – Semifinal – LATA #1/Rawls Creek 1, Wildcard/HHI #1/Port Royal 2
Ct. 1 – Dave Dockum/Rick Rickenbach (HHI) d. Li Huang/Chris Nettles 4-6, 6-3, 1-0
Ct. 2 – Kent James/Sean O’Sullivan (HHI) d. Woody Duernberger/Tim Stafford 6-4, 5-7, 1-0
Ct. 3 – Beau Matthews/Richard Robinson (LATA) d. Howard Kirk/Jerry Jebo 4-6, 7-5, 1-0
12:30 p.m. – SW6.5 – Final – HHI/PD Senior Net Jets 2, FTA/Greenville Sportsclub 1
Ct. 1 – Judy Larkin/Patty Diggs (HHI) d. Betty Jo Pearce/Peggy Hoeferlin 6-4, 6-7, 1-0
Ct. 2 – Stephanie Rathan/Kay Kern (HHI) d. Faye Nelms/Sue Hammond 1-6, 6-4, 1-0
Ct. 3 – Trisha Meadows/Joan Derossett (FTA) d. Pat Leinberger/Beth Fishburne 6-3, 6-2
12:30 p.m. – SW8.5 – HHI #1/ Long Cove 1, HHI #2/Indigo Run 2
2 p.m. – AM6.5 – Wexford vs. AATL/Odell Weeks Drop Shot 08
2 p.m. – AM7.5 – Final – GATA 2, UPTA 1
2 p.m. – SW7.5 – Final – LATA #1 LCTA
2 p.m. – SSM7.5 -- Port Royal 2, GSTL/Kingston-Dunes 2 (Championship-clinching match)
Ct. 1 – Joe Daniel/Fred Meli (HHI) d. Larry Brown/Johnnie Williams 6-1, 6-2
Ct. 2 – Dave Partington/Harold Stephens (HHI) d. Ernie Walters/Ronnie Jones 6-4, 6-2
Ct. 3 – Ray Szurley/Terry Boyd (GSTL) d. Vinnie Cook/Bob Muller 6-3, 3-6, 1-0
2 p.m. – SSW7.5 -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 2, UPTA #2/Brookstone Ladies 1
3 p.m. – AW5.5 – Final – PD vs. LATA
3:30 p.m. – AW6.5 – HHI #1/ PD Net Jets 1, MCTL/Ft. Mill High Strung Girls 2
3:30 p.m. – AW7.5 – Final – MCTL vs. LCTA
3:30 p.m. – SM8.5 -- Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 1, UPTA #1/Upstate 10SBoyz 2
3:30 p.m. – SSM6.5 -- Spring Lake Miss Hits vs. LATA/Topspin Senior Partners
3:30 p.m. – SSW6.5 -- Sun City ShoreBets 0, MCTL/The Good Time Girls 3
5 p.m. – AW6.5 – HHI #2/Wexford Wild Side 2, LATA #1/Lexington Slice of Summer 1
5 p.m. – SM7.5 – Final -- HHI #1/Port Royal 1, GATA/Gatewood Misfits 2
Ct. 1 – Kent James/Sean O’Sullivan (HHI) d. David Staniford/Bob Harla 6-2, 6-4
Ct. 2 -- James Fuzy/Harry Hal Lane (GATA) d. Tim Arr/Dave Dockum -5, 3-6, 1-0
Ct. 3 – Frankie Manning/Norman Whitfield (GATA) d. Howard Kirk/Rick Rickenbach 6-7, 6-1, 1-0
Halaj, White Take Open
Island Srs. Cooke, Child, Whitlow, Meade Singles Titlists at Vacation Co. Adult Championships
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) – Islanders Frank Meade, Keith Whitlow and Pat Child won senior singles and doubles finals today at the Vacation Company Adult Championships, while HHI’s Bob Cooke won senior singles and Hank Iannuzzi/Bryce Young captured senior doubles titles as did Bob Koenig of Bluffton at Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club.
Meanwhile, the younger big hitters were fighting it out in the prize-money Van Der Meer Open at Van Der Meer Tennis Center, with Erik Halaj and Erica White winning singles and Alex Bahr/Jan Surovic and Kendal Drake/Zeynep Mafa taking the doubles.
Here are today’s complete results as posted on TennisLink:
Men's 45 Singles – Final -- (1) Bob Cooke d. Glenn Sheaffer 6-4; 7-6(5)
Men's 50 Singles -- Round Robin Three -- Mitch Walker d. Harry Luthi 7-5; 6-3; Walker winner of round robin
Men's 55 Singles – Semifinals -- (2) Keith Belcher d. Ron Smith 7-6(5); 6-3; (1) Patrick Child d. Kevin Bryant 6-0; 6-2;
Final -- Child d. Belcher 6-4; 6-4
Men's 60 Singles – Semifinals -- (2) Michael Crider d. Alex Raducanu 7-6(3); 6-2; (1) Keith Whitlow d. (3) Robert Schuele 6-3; 6-1;
F -- Whitlow d. Crider 6-2; 6-0
Men's 65 Singles – Semifinals -- (2) Dewey Varn d. Cliff Madison 6-0; 6-0; (1) Richard Weathers d. (3) Henry Iannuzzi 6-2; 6-1; Final -- Weathers d. Varn 6-2; 6-1
Men's 70 Singles – Semifinals -- Kermit Turner d. Victor Carlsen Wd (ill); (1) Santiago Benites d. Richard Rivir 7-5; 6-3; Final -- Benites d. Turner 6-0; 6-2
Men's 75 Singles – Semifinals -- (2) Robert Wiederhorn d. Gerald Smith 7-5; 6-3; (1) Frank Meade d. Robert Koenig 4-6; 6-2; 10-8;
Final -- Meade d. Wiederhorn 6-1; 6-3
Women's 55 Singles – Final -- Donna Bryant d. Christina Boldrick 6-3; 6-0
Women's 65 Singles -- Final -- Robi Poston d. Mary Dick 6-4; 6-2
Men's 40 Doubles – Final -- Harper/Wright d. Maroscher/Rowlands 6-4; 3-6; 10-5
Men's 50 Doubles – Quarterfinal -- Kader/Lilley d. Richardson/Trapp Wd (emerg); Semifinals -- Ihlendorf/Mohney d. Morris/Walker 2-6; 6-3; 10-5; Kader/Lilley d. Gula/Karousis Wo (emerg); Final -- Kader/Lilley d. Ihlendorf/Mohney 6-4; 7-5
Men's 55 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- Mohney/Quinton d. Crider/Spar 3-6; 6-3; 10-8; Belcher/Bryant d. Gallagher/Lurkin 6-2; 6-0; Semifinals -- (2) Fillingim/Harwell d. Mohney/Quinton 6-3; 6-0; (1) Child/Whitlow d. Belcher/Bryant 6-4; 6-2; Final -- Child/Whitlow d. Fillingim/Harwell 6-4; 6-2
Men's 60 Doubles – Quarterfinals -- (2) Fillingim/Harwell d. Luba/Warren 3-6; 6-3; 10-4; Resley/Schinto d. Schuele/Shepherd 6-3; 3-6; 10-7; Hastings/Williamson d. Miller/Roberts Wd (emerg); (1) Iannuzzi/Young d. Filbert/Johnson 6-2; 6-1; Semifinals – (2) Fillingim/Harwell d. Resley/Schinto 6-3; 6-1; (1) Iannuzzi/Young d. Hastings/Williamson 6-1; 6-1; Final -- Iannuzzi/Young d. Fillingim/Harwell 1-6; 6-2; 6-4
Men's 65 Doubles – Round Robin Three -- Hodson/Hull d. Brown/Wenhold 6-2; 6-2; Engelke/Lurkin d. Becker/Schinto 7-5; 6-0; Hodson/Hull winner of round robin
Men's 70 Doubles – Final -- Benites/Koenig d. Becker/Rivir 6-3; 6-2
Men's 75 Doubles – Round Robin One -- Adams/Butler d. Emery/Smith 6-3; 6-4; Round Robin Two -- Kingery/Meade d. Emery/Smith 6-1; 6-2; Kingery/Meade d. Adams/Butler 6-1; 6-2; Kingery/Meade winner of round robin
Women's 55 Doubles – Semifinals -- Bryant/Fitzgerald d. Dean/Lambert 6-1; 6-4; Dick/Long d. Boldrick/Johnson 6-3; 6-1; Final – Dick/Long d. Bryant/Fitzgerald 6-4; 7-6(5)
Men's Open Singles -- Semifinals -- (2) Jeff Zenisek d. (4) Jan Surovic 6-2; 6-2; (1) Erik Halaj d. (3) Ryan Drake 6-1; 6-0; Final -- Halaj d. Zenisek 6-2; 6-2
Women's Open Singles – Semifinals -- Mikayla Rogers d. (3) Amanda Becker 6-3; 6-3; (1) Erica White d. Zeynep Mafa 6-2; 6-0; Final -- White d. Rogers 6-2; 6-2
Men's Open Doubles – Semifinals -- Bahr/Surovic d. Cerin/Kirk 6-1; 6-2; Hookaylo/Mitchell d. Trimble/Trimble 6-4; 6-4; Final -- Bahr/Surovic d. Hookaylo/Mitchell 1-6; 7-6(5; 6-1
Women's Open Doubles – Round Robin One -- Bush/Colket d. Sheeran/Stover 6-4; 7-6(2); Round Robin Two -- Drake/Mafa d. Sheeran/Stover 6-3; 6-1; Round Robin Three -- Drake/Mafa d. Bush/Colket 1-6; 6-2; 7-6(1); Drake/Mafa winner of round robin
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